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! 17: <font color="#0000ff"><i>Open</i></font><font color="#000084">BSD</font></a>
! 18: <font color="#e00000">2.8</font>
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1.1 deraadt 23: <p>
1.5 aaron 24: Released December 1, 2000<br>
1.1 deraadt 25: Copyright 1997-2000, Theo de Raadt.<br>
26: <font color=#e00000>ISBN 0-9683637-6-8</font>
27: <p>
28: <ul>
1.22 deraadt 29: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="https://openbsdstore.com">ordering system</a>.
1.1 deraadt 30: <li>See the information on <a href=ftp.html>The FTP page</a> for
31: a list of mirror machines
32: <li>Go to the <font color=#e00000>pub/OpenBSD/2.8/</font> directory on
33: one of the mirror sites
1.7 deraadt 34: <li>Have a look at <a href=errata28.html>The 2.8 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 deraadt 35: of bugs and workarounds.
36: <li>See a <a href=plus28.html>detailed log of changes</a> between the
37: 2.7 and 2.8 releases.
38: </ul>
1.27 ! tb 39: All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,
! 40: sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the
! 41: files fetched via ports.tar.gz.
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1.1 deraadt 43:
44: <hr>
1.27 ! tb 45: <a name="new"></a>
1.1 deraadt 46: <p>
47: <h3><font color=#0000e0>What's New</font></h3>
48: <p>
1.27 ! tb 49: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 2.8.
1.1 deraadt 50: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href=plus28.html>changelog</a> leading
51: to 2.8.
52: <p>
53:
54: <ul>
55:
56: <li><a href="http://www.OpenSSH.com">OpenSSH</a> (supporting both the
1.5 aaron 57: SSH1 and SSH2 protocols) is now at version 2.3.0. An SFTP server is now
58: included for secure file transfers.
1.1 deraadt 59:
60: <li>Since the RSA patent has expired, there is no longer a need to install
61: the SSL libraries. They are included in the system.
62:
63: <li>Extensive changes to the documentation, notably the man pages and
64: the Web FAQ. The manual pages now include useful examples to
65: supplement the explanations.
66:
67: <p>
68:
69: <li>More complete collection and better tested set of "ports".
70: <p>
71:
72: <li>Over 500 pre-built and tested packages.
73: <p>
74:
1.5 aaron 75: <li>OpenBSD 2.8 will run on Apple iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines.
76: <p>
77:
1.1 deraadt 78: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
79: <p>
80: <ul>
81: <li>XFree86 3.3.6-current
1.4 brad 82: <li>gcc 2.95.3
1.1 deraadt 83: <li>perl 5.6.0 plus a few fixes.
1.5 aaron 84: <li>Apache 1.3.12 (+ patches), Mod_ssl 2.6.2, OpenSSL 0.9.5a, DSO support
1.1 deraadt 85: <li>ipf 3.3.18
86: <li>groff 1.15
87: <li>sendmail 8.10.1
88: <li>lynx 2.8.2 with HTTPS support added
89: <li>sudo 1.6.3p5
90: <li>ncurses 5.2
91: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
92: <li>KTH Kerberos 1.0.2
1.5 aaron 93: <li>OpenSSH 2.3.0
1.1 deraadt 94: </ul>
95: <p>
96:
97: <li>Much improved device driver support
98: <p>
99: <ul>
1.5 aaron 100: <li>Improved hardware crypto support, now including Hifn PowerCrypt and
101: Broadcom Bluesteelnet (uBsec) hardware accelerator boards.
102: <li>Many new Ethernet devices supported, including National Semiconductor
103: DP83815-based adapters, 3Com MiniPCI adapters, 3Com 574-based PCMCIA,
104: and many new CardBus devices (Xircom, Intel 21143, Intel CardBus II).
105: <li>Support for most of the Gigabit Ethernet cards on the market, i.e.,
106: SysKonnect, Intel, and Alteon-based.
107: <li>Support for most types of USB devices, including Ethernet, printers,
108: audio, etc. Sync your Handspring Visor, or transfer MP3's to your Rio.
109: <li>Support for 3ware Escalade 3W-5x000 and 3W-6x000 series RAID controllers.
110: <li>New audio support, including the Cirrus Logic CS4280, ForteMedia FM801,
111: and integrated audio chips found on newer VIA and Intel motherboards.
112: <li>Improvements and new support in the PCI IDE subsystem.
1.1 deraadt 113: </ul>
114: <p>
115:
116: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
117: print in the <a href=plus28.html>complete changelog</a>).
118: <p>
119:
120: <li>Many other new features, including:
121: <p>
122: <ul>
1.5 aaron 123: <li>Console mouse support on the i386 platform.
124: <li>Support for the AES encryption standard.
125: <li>Import of tcfs, a file content crypto file system.
126: <li>New sftp-server in OpenSSH.
1.1 deraadt 127: </ul>
128: <p>
129:
130: </ul>
131: <p>
132:
133: <a name=install></a>
134: <hr>
135: <p>
136: <h3><font color=#0000e0>How to install</font></h3>
137: <p>
138: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
139: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
140: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
141: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
142: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
143: purchased a CDROM instead.
144: <p>
145:
146: <hr>
1.8 jsyn 147: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROMs for extensive
1.1 deraadt 148: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.8 on your machine:
149: <p>
150: <dl>
151: <li> CD1:2.8/i386/INSTALL.i386
152: <li> CD1:2.8/powerpc/INSTALL.powerpc
1.5 aaron 153: <li> CD1:2.8/vax/INSTALL.vax
1.1 deraadt 154: <p>
155: <li> CD2:2.8/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
156: <li> CD2:2.8/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
157: <li> CD2:2.8/amiga/INSTALL.amiga
158: <li> CD2:2.8/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
159: <li> CD2:2.8/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
160: <li> CD2:2.8/sun3/INSTALL.sun3
161: <p>
1.5 aaron 162: <li>The pmax release is available on the ftp sites, but not
1.1 deraadt 163: on the CDs.
164: </dl>
165: <hr>
166: <p>
167: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
168: use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
169: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
170: <p>
171: <h3><font color=#e00000>i386:</font></h3>
172: <p>
173: Play with your BIOS options, and see if you can enable booting off a
174: CD; try using CD1. If not, write CD1:2.8/i386/floppy28.fs to a
175: floppy, then boot that. If you are mixing OpenBSD with another
176: operating system, you will surely need to read the INSTALL.i386
177: document.
178: <p>
179: To make a floppy under MS-DOS, use /2.8/tools/rawrite.exe. Under
180: Unix, use "dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k" (where device could
181: be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). Use properly formatted perfect
182: floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose.
183: <p>
1.6 aaron 184: If you experience any boot hangs on PCI devices, or any panic early in boot
1.26 sthen 185: 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 186: a workaround. At the <i>boot></i> prompt, type
187: "boot -c" to enter User Kernel Configuration. At the <i>UKC></i> prompt,
188: enter "disable pcibios" then "quit". See
1.26 sthen 189: <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
190: to disable <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pcibios&sektion=4&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386">pcibios(4)</a> permanently.
1.6 aaron 191: <p>
1.1 deraadt 192: <h3><font color=#e00000>sparc:</font></h3>
193: <p>
194: To boot off CD2, type "boot cdrom 2.8/sparc/bsd.rd", or
195: "b sd(0,6,0)2.8/sparc/bsd.rd" depending on your ROM version.
196: Alternatively, write CD2:2.8/sparc/floppy28.fs to a floppy and boot it
197: using "boot floppy" or "boot fd()" depending on your ROM version.
198: <p>
199: <h3><font color=#e00000>amiga:</font></h3>
200: <p>
201: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
202: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
203: CLI command: "CD0:2.8/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.8/amiga/bsd.rd".
204: <p>
205: <h3><font color=#e00000>hp300:</font></h3>
206: <p>
207: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
208: INSTALL.hp300.
209: <p>
210: <h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k:</font></h3>
211: <p>
212: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
213: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
214: CD2:2.8/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
215: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
216: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD2:2.8/mac68k/ onto your
217: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
218: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
219: <p>
220: <h3><font color=#e00000>sun3:</font></h3>
221: <p>
222: Get the release via ftp. Then, you can either setup a diskless boot or
223: create an installation tape, as described in INSTALL.sun3.
224: <p>
225: <h3><font color=#e00000>Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
226: <p>
227: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
228: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
229: in a separate archive. To extract:
230: <p>
231: <pre>
232: # mkdir -p /usr/src
233: # cd /usr/src
234: # tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz
235: </pre>
236: <p>
237: srcsys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
238: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
239: To extract:
240: <p>
241: <pre>
242: # mkdir -p /usr/src/sys
243: # cd /usr/src
244: # tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz
245: </pre>
246: <p>
247: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
248: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
249: described at <a href=anoncvs.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/anoncvs.html</a>.
250: Using these files
251: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
252: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
253: <p>
254:
255: <a name=ports></a>
256: <hr>
257: <p>
258: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Ports Tree</font></h3>
259: <p>
260: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
261: <p>
262: <pre>
263: # cd /usr
264: # tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz
265: # cd ports
266: # ls
267: ...
268: </pre>
269: <p>
270: The ports/ subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.15 jasper 271: read <a href=faq/faq15.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/faq15.html</a>
1.1 deraadt 272: if you know nothing about ports
273: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
274: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
275: OpenBSD ports system.
276: <p>
277: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. This is because
278: the full integration of ports into the OpenBSD environment is still a
279: young project as of this release. We believe the ports that are
280: provided here are stable, but it is most important to realize that
281: ports will continue to grow a great deal in functionality in the
282: future.
283: <p>
284: As we said, ports will be growing a lot in the future. The ports/
285: directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for cvs(1) if you aren't
286: familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete source
287: tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
288: order to keep current with it, you must make the ports/ tree
289: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
290: like:
291: <p>
292: <pre>
1.14 deraadt 293: # cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd
1.1 deraadt 294: </pre>
295: <p>
296: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
297: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
298: server.]
299: <p>
300: Again, it is important to see the webpage for specific instructions as
301: this is a new service which hasn't yet been ironed out
302: completely.
303: <p>
304: Finally, despite ports' youth, help is never far. If you're
305: interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
306: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
307: place to know.
308: <p>
309:
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