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17: <h2><font color=#0000e0>OpenBSD 2.8</font></h2>
1.1 deraadt 18: <p>
1.5 aaron 19: Released December 1, 2000<br>
1.1 deraadt 20: Copyright 1997-2000, Theo de Raadt.<br>
21: <font color=#e00000>ISBN 0-9683637-6-8</font>
22: <p>
23: <ul>
1.22 deraadt 24: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="https://openbsdstore.com">ordering system</a>.
1.1 deraadt 25: <li>See the information on <a href=ftp.html>The FTP page</a> for
26: a list of mirror machines
27: <li>Go to the <font color=#e00000>pub/OpenBSD/2.8/</font> directory on
28: one of the mirror sites
1.7 deraadt 29: <li>Have a look at <a href=errata28.html>The 2.8 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 deraadt 30: of bugs and workarounds.
31: <li>See a <a href=plus28.html>detailed log of changes</a> between the
32: 2.7 and 2.8 releases.
33: </ul>
34: <br clear=all>
1.18 deraadt 35: <p>
1.17 deraadt 36: All applicable copyrights and credits can be found in the applicable
1.21 jsg 37: file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, srcsys.tar.gz,
38: X11.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The
1.17 deraadt 39: distribution files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file
40: are not included on the CDROM because of lack of space.
1.1 deraadt 41: <p>
42:
43: <a name=new></a>
44: <hr>
45: <p>
46: <h3><font color=#0000e0>What's New</font></h3>
47: <p>
48: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 2.8.
49: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href=plus28.html>changelog</a> leading
50: to 2.8.
51: <p>
52:
53: <ul>
54:
55: <li><a href="http://www.OpenSSH.com">OpenSSH</a> (supporting both the
1.5 aaron 56: SSH1 and SSH2 protocols) is now at version 2.3.0. An SFTP server is now
57: included for secure file transfers.
1.1 deraadt 58:
59: <li>Since the RSA patent has expired, there is no longer a need to install
60: the SSL libraries. They are included in the system.
61:
62: <li>Extensive changes to the documentation, notably the man pages and
63: the Web FAQ. The manual pages now include useful examples to
64: supplement the explanations.
65:
66: <p>
67:
68: <li>More complete collection and better tested set of "ports".
69: <p>
70:
71: <li>Over 500 pre-built and tested packages.
72: <p>
73:
1.5 aaron 74: <li>OpenBSD 2.8 will run on Apple iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines.
75: <p>
76:
1.1 deraadt 77: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
78: <p>
79: <ul>
80: <li>XFree86 3.3.6-current
1.4 brad 81: <li>gcc 2.95.3
1.1 deraadt 82: <li>perl 5.6.0 plus a few fixes.
1.5 aaron 83: <li>Apache 1.3.12 (+ patches), Mod_ssl 2.6.2, OpenSSL 0.9.5a, DSO support
1.1 deraadt 84: <li>ipf 3.3.18
85: <li>groff 1.15
86: <li>sendmail 8.10.1
87: <li>lynx 2.8.2 with HTTPS support added
88: <li>sudo 1.6.3p5
89: <li>ncurses 5.2
90: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
91: <li>KTH Kerberos 1.0.2
1.5 aaron 92: <li>OpenSSH 2.3.0
1.1 deraadt 93: </ul>
94: <p>
95:
96: <li>Much improved device driver support
97: <p>
98: <ul>
1.5 aaron 99: <li>Improved hardware crypto support, now including Hifn PowerCrypt and
100: Broadcom Bluesteelnet (uBsec) hardware accelerator boards.
101: <li>Many new Ethernet devices supported, including National Semiconductor
102: DP83815-based adapters, 3Com MiniPCI adapters, 3Com 574-based PCMCIA,
103: and many new CardBus devices (Xircom, Intel 21143, Intel CardBus II).
104: <li>Support for most of the Gigabit Ethernet cards on the market, i.e.,
105: SysKonnect, Intel, and Alteon-based.
106: <li>Support for most types of USB devices, including Ethernet, printers,
107: audio, etc. Sync your Handspring Visor, or transfer MP3's to your Rio.
108: <li>Support for 3ware Escalade 3W-5x000 and 3W-6x000 series RAID controllers.
109: <li>New audio support, including the Cirrus Logic CS4280, ForteMedia FM801,
110: and integrated audio chips found on newer VIA and Intel motherboards.
111: <li>Improvements and new support in the PCI IDE subsystem.
1.1 deraadt 112: </ul>
113: <p>
114:
115: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
116: print in the <a href=plus28.html>complete changelog</a>).
117: <p>
118:
119: <li>Many other new features, including:
120: <p>
121: <ul>
1.5 aaron 122: <li>Console mouse support on the i386 platform.
123: <li>Support for the AES encryption standard.
124: <li>Import of tcfs, a file content crypto file system.
125: <li>New sftp-server in OpenSSH.
1.1 deraadt 126: </ul>
127: <p>
128:
129: </ul>
130: <p>
131:
132: <a name=install></a>
133: <hr>
134: <p>
135: <h3><font color=#0000e0>How to install</font></h3>
136: <p>
137: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
138: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
139: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
140: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
141: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
142: purchased a CDROM instead.
143: <p>
144:
145: <hr>
1.8 jsyn 146: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROMs for extensive
1.1 deraadt 147: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.8 on your machine:
148: <p>
149: <dl>
150: <li> CD1:2.8/i386/INSTALL.i386
151: <li> CD1:2.8/powerpc/INSTALL.powerpc
1.5 aaron 152: <li> CD1:2.8/vax/INSTALL.vax
1.1 deraadt 153: <p>
154: <li> CD2:2.8/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
155: <li> CD2:2.8/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
156: <li> CD2:2.8/amiga/INSTALL.amiga
157: <li> CD2:2.8/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
158: <li> CD2:2.8/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
159: <li> CD2:2.8/sun3/INSTALL.sun3
160: <p>
1.5 aaron 161: <li>The pmax release is available on the ftp sites, but not
1.1 deraadt 162: on the CDs.
163: </dl>
164: <hr>
165: <p>
166: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
167: use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
168: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
169: <p>
170: <h3><font color=#e00000>i386:</font></h3>
171: <p>
172: Play with your BIOS options, and see if you can enable booting off a
173: CD; try using CD1. If not, write CD1:2.8/i386/floppy28.fs to a
174: floppy, then boot that. If you are mixing OpenBSD with another
175: operating system, you will surely need to read the INSTALL.i386
176: document.
177: <p>
178: To make a floppy under MS-DOS, use /2.8/tools/rawrite.exe. Under
179: Unix, use "dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k" (where device could
180: be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). Use properly formatted perfect
181: floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose.
182: <p>
1.6 aaron 183: If you experience any boot hangs on PCI devices, or any panic early in boot
1.26 ! sthen 184: that seems related to <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pcibios&sektion=4&manpath=OpenBSD+current&arch=i386">pcibios(4)</a>, you might have to disable the pcibios device as
1.6 aaron 185: a workaround. At the <i>boot></i> prompt, type
186: "boot -c" to enter User Kernel Configuration. At the <i>UKC></i> prompt,
187: enter "disable pcibios" then "quit". See
1.26 ! sthen 188: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=config&sektion=8">config(8)</a> after a successful boot for instructions on how to re-write your kernel
! 189: to disable <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pcibios&sektion=4&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386">pcibios(4)</a> permanently.
1.6 aaron 190: <p>
1.1 deraadt 191: <h3><font color=#e00000>sparc:</font></h3>
192: <p>
193: To boot off CD2, type "boot cdrom 2.8/sparc/bsd.rd", or
194: "b sd(0,6,0)2.8/sparc/bsd.rd" depending on your ROM version.
195: Alternatively, write CD2:2.8/sparc/floppy28.fs to a floppy and boot it
196: using "boot floppy" or "boot fd()" depending on your ROM version.
197: <p>
198: <h3><font color=#e00000>amiga:</font></h3>
199: <p>
200: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
201: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
202: CLI command: "CD0:2.8/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.8/amiga/bsd.rd".
203: <p>
204: <h3><font color=#e00000>hp300:</font></h3>
205: <p>
206: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
207: INSTALL.hp300.
208: <p>
209: <h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k:</font></h3>
210: <p>
211: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
212: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
213: CD2:2.8/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
214: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
215: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD2:2.8/mac68k/ onto your
216: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
217: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
218: <p>
219: <h3><font color=#e00000>sun3:</font></h3>
220: <p>
221: Get the release via ftp. Then, you can either setup a diskless boot or
222: create an installation tape, as described in INSTALL.sun3.
223: <p>
224: <h3><font color=#e00000>Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
225: <p>
226: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
227: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
228: in a separate archive. To extract:
229: <p>
230: <pre>
231: # mkdir -p /usr/src
232: # cd /usr/src
233: # tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz
234: </pre>
235: <p>
236: srcsys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
237: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
238: To extract:
239: <p>
240: <pre>
241: # mkdir -p /usr/src/sys
242: # cd /usr/src
243: # tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz
244: </pre>
245: <p>
246: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
247: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
248: described at <a href=anoncvs.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/anoncvs.html</a>.
249: Using these files
250: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
251: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
252: <p>
253:
254: <a name=ports></a>
255: <hr>
256: <p>
257: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Ports Tree</font></h3>
258: <p>
259: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
260: <p>
261: <pre>
262: # cd /usr
263: # tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz
264: # cd ports
265: # ls
266: ...
267: </pre>
268: <p>
269: The ports/ subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.15 jasper 270: read <a href=faq/faq15.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/faq15.html</a>
1.1 deraadt 271: if you know nothing about ports
272: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
273: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
274: OpenBSD ports system.
275: <p>
276: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. This is because
277: the full integration of ports into the OpenBSD environment is still a
278: young project as of this release. We believe the ports that are
279: provided here are stable, but it is most important to realize that
280: ports will continue to grow a great deal in functionality in the
281: future.
282: <p>
283: As we said, ports will be growing a lot in the future. The ports/
284: directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for cvs(1) if you aren't
285: familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete source
286: tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
287: order to keep current with it, you must make the ports/ tree
288: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
289: like:
290: <p>
291: <pre>
1.14 deraadt 292: # cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd
1.1 deraadt 293: </pre>
294: <p>
295: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
296: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
297: server.]
298: <p>
299: Again, it is important to see the webpage for specific instructions as
300: this is a new service which hasn't yet been ironed out
301: completely.
302: <p>
303: Finally, despite ports' youth, help is never far. If you're
304: interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
305: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
306: place to know.
307: <p>
308:
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