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1.33 bentley 11: <h2 id=OpenBSD>
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1.33 bentley 13: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
14: 2.8
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1.5 aaron 23: Released December 1, 2000<br>
1.1 deraadt 24: Copyright 1997-2000, Theo de Raadt.<br>
1.33 bentley 25: <cite class=isbn>ISBN 0-9683637-6-8</cite>
1.35 ! bentley 26:
1.1 deraadt 27: <ul>
28: <li>See the information on <a href=ftp.html>The FTP page</a> for
29: a list of mirror machines
1.33 bentley 30: <li>Go to the <code class=reldir>pub/OpenBSD/2.8/</code> directory on
1.1 deraadt 31: one of the mirror sites
1.35 ! bentley 32: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata28.html">The 2.8 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 deraadt 33: of bugs and workarounds.
34: <li>See a <a href=plus28.html>detailed log of changes</a> between the
35: 2.7 and 2.8 releases.
36: </ul>
1.28 tb 37: <p>
1.27 tb 38: All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,
39: sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the
40: files fetched via ports.tar.gz.
1.33 bentley 41: </table>
1.1 deraadt 42:
43: <hr>
1.33 bentley 44:
45: <section id=new>
46: <h3>What's New</h3>
1.1 deraadt 47: <p>
1.27 tb 48: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 2.8.
1.1 deraadt 49: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href=plus28.html>changelog</a> leading
50: to 2.8.
51:
52: <ul>
53:
1.30 tb 54: <li><a href="https://www.OpenSSH.com">OpenSSH</a> (supporting both the
1.5 aaron 55: SSH1 and SSH2 protocols) is now at version 2.3.0. An SFTP server is now
56: included for secure file transfers.
1.1 deraadt 57:
58: <li>Since the RSA patent has expired, there is no longer a need to install
59: the SSL libraries. They are included in the system.
60:
61: <li>Extensive changes to the documentation, notably the man pages and
62: the Web FAQ. The manual pages now include useful examples to
63: supplement the explanations.
64:
65: <p>
66:
67: <li>More complete collection and better tested set of "ports".
68: <p>
69:
70: <li>Over 500 pre-built and tested packages.
71: <p>
72:
1.5 aaron 73: <li>OpenBSD 2.8 will run on Apple iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines.
74: <p>
75:
1.1 deraadt 76: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
77: <p>
78: <ul>
79: <li>XFree86 3.3.6-current
1.4 brad 80: <li>gcc 2.95.3
1.1 deraadt 81: <li>perl 5.6.0 plus a few fixes.
1.5 aaron 82: <li>Apache 1.3.12 (+ patches), Mod_ssl 2.6.2, OpenSSL 0.9.5a, DSO support
1.1 deraadt 83: <li>ipf 3.3.18
84: <li>groff 1.15
85: <li>sendmail 8.10.1
86: <li>lynx 2.8.2 with HTTPS support added
87: <li>sudo 1.6.3p5
88: <li>ncurses 5.2
89: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
90: <li>KTH Kerberos 1.0.2
1.5 aaron 91: <li>OpenSSH 2.3.0
1.1 deraadt 92: </ul>
93: <p>
94:
95: <li>Much improved device driver support
96: <p>
97: <ul>
1.5 aaron 98: <li>Improved hardware crypto support, now including Hifn PowerCrypt and
99: Broadcom Bluesteelnet (uBsec) hardware accelerator boards.
100: <li>Many new Ethernet devices supported, including National Semiconductor
101: DP83815-based adapters, 3Com MiniPCI adapters, 3Com 574-based PCMCIA,
102: and many new CardBus devices (Xircom, Intel 21143, Intel CardBus II).
103: <li>Support for most of the Gigabit Ethernet cards on the market, i.e.,
104: SysKonnect, Intel, and Alteon-based.
105: <li>Support for most types of USB devices, including Ethernet, printers,
106: audio, etc. Sync your Handspring Visor, or transfer MP3's to your Rio.
107: <li>Support for 3ware Escalade 3W-5x000 and 3W-6x000 series RAID controllers.
108: <li>New audio support, including the Cirrus Logic CS4280, ForteMedia FM801,
109: and integrated audio chips found on newer VIA and Intel motherboards.
110: <li>Improvements and new support in the PCI IDE subsystem.
1.1 deraadt 111: </ul>
112: <p>
113:
114: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
115: print in the <a href=plus28.html>complete changelog</a>).
116: <p>
117:
118: <li>Many other new features, including:
119: <p>
120: <ul>
1.5 aaron 121: <li>Console mouse support on the i386 platform.
122: <li>Support for the AES encryption standard.
123: <li>Import of tcfs, a file content crypto file system.
124: <li>New sftp-server in OpenSSH.
1.1 deraadt 125: </ul>
126:
127: </ul>
1.33 bentley 128: </section>
1.1 deraadt 129:
130: <hr>
1.33 bentley 131:
132: <section id=install>
133: <h3>How to install</h3>
1.1 deraadt 134: <p>
135: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
136: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
137: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
138: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
139: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
140: purchased a CDROM instead.
141:
142: <hr>
1.8 jsyn 143: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROMs for extensive
1.1 deraadt 144: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.8 on your machine:
1.35 ! bentley 145:
1.33 bentley 146: <ul>
1.34 deraadt 147: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/i386/INSTALL.i386">
148: .../OpenBSD/2.8/i386/INSTALL.i386 (on CD1)</a>
149: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/powerpc/INSTALL.powerpc">
150: .../OpenBSD/2.8/powerpc/INSTALL.powerpc (on CD1)</a>
151: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/vax/INSTALL.vax">
152: .../OpenBSD/2.8/vax/INSTALL.vax (on CD1)</a>
153: <p>
154: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
155: .../OpenBSD/2.8/sparc/INSTALL.sparc (on CD2)</a>
156: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k">
157: .../OpenBSD/2.8/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k (on CD2)</a>
158: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/amiga/INSTALL.amiga">
159: .../OpenBSD/2.8/amiga/INSTALL.amiga (on CD2)</a>
160: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k">
161: .../OpenBSD/2.8/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k (on CD2)</a>
162: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/hp300/INSTALL.hp300">
163: .../OpenBSD/2.8/hp300/INSTALL.hp300 (on CD2)</a>
164: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/INSTALL.sun3">
165: .../OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/INSTALL.sun3 (on CD2)</a>
166: <p>
167: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/pmax/INSTALL.pmax">
168: .../OpenBSD/2.8/pmax/INSTALL.pmax</a>
1.33 bentley 169: </ul>
1.34 deraadt 170: </section>
1.33 bentley 171:
1.1 deraadt 172: <hr>
1.33 bentley 173:
174: <section id=quickinstall>
1.1 deraadt 175: <p>
176: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
177: use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
178: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
1.35 ! bentley 179:
1.34 deraadt 180: <h3>OpenBSD/i386:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 181: <p>
182: Play with your BIOS options, and see if you can enable booting off a
183: CD; try using CD1. If not, write CD1:2.8/i386/floppy28.fs to a
184: floppy, then boot that. If you are mixing OpenBSD with another
185: operating system, you will surely need to read the INSTALL.i386
186: document.
187: <p>
188: To make a floppy under MS-DOS, use /2.8/tools/rawrite.exe. Under
189: Unix, use "dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k" (where device could
190: be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). Use properly formatted perfect
191: floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose.
192: <p>
1.6 aaron 193: If you experience any boot hangs on PCI devices, or any panic early in boot
1.33 bentley 194: that seems related to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/i386/pcibios.4">pcibios(4)</a>, you might have to disable the pcibios device as
1.6 aaron 195: a workaround. At the <i>boot></i> prompt, type
196: "boot -c" to enter User Kernel Configuration. At the <i>UKC></i> prompt,
197: enter "disable pcibios" then "quit". See
1.33 bentley 198: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/config.8">config(8)</a> after a successful boot for instructions on how to re-write your kernel
199: to disable <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/i386/pcibios.4">pcibios(4)</a> permanently.
1.35 ! bentley 200:
1.34 deraadt 201: <h3>OpenBSD/sparc:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 202: <p>
203: To boot off CD2, type "boot cdrom 2.8/sparc/bsd.rd", or
204: "b sd(0,6,0)2.8/sparc/bsd.rd" depending on your ROM version.
205: Alternatively, write CD2:2.8/sparc/floppy28.fs to a floppy and boot it
206: using "boot floppy" or "boot fd()" depending on your ROM version.
1.35 ! bentley 207:
1.34 deraadt 208: <h3>OpenBSD/amiga:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 209: <p>
210: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
211: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
212: CLI command: "CD0:2.8/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.8/amiga/bsd.rd".
1.35 ! bentley 213:
1.34 deraadt 214: <h3>OpenBSD/hp300:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 215: <p>
216: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
217: INSTALL.hp300.
1.35 ! bentley 218:
1.34 deraadt 219: <h3>OpenBSD/mac68k:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 220: <p>
221: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
222: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
223: CD2:2.8/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
224: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
225: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD2:2.8/mac68k/ onto your
226: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
227: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
1.35 ! bentley 228:
1.34 deraadt 229: <h3>OpenBSD/sun3:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 230: <p>
231: Get the release via ftp. Then, you can either setup a diskless boot or
232: create an installation tape, as described in INSTALL.sun3.
1.33 bentley 233: </section>
234:
1.34 deraadt 235: <hr>
236:
1.33 bentley 237: <section id=sourcecode>
1.34 deraadt 238: <h3>Notes about the source code</h3>
1.1 deraadt 239: <p>
240: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
241: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
242: in a separate archive. To extract:
1.34 deraadt 243: <blockquote><pre>
244: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src</kbd>
245: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
246: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</kbd>
247: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 248: <p>
249: srcsys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
250: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
251: To extract:
1.34 deraadt 252: <blockquote><pre>
253: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</kbd>
254: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
255: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz</kbd>
256: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 257: <p>
258: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
259: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
1.34 deraadt 260: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
1.1 deraadt 261: Using these files
262: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
263: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
1.33 bentley 264: </section>
1.1 deraadt 265:
266: <hr>
1.33 bentley 267:
268: <section id=ports>
269: <h3>Ports Tree</h3>
1.1 deraadt 270: <p>
271: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
1.34 deraadt 272: <blockquote><pre>
273: # <kbd>cd /usr</kbd>
274: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</kbd>
275: # <kbd>cd ports</kbd>
276: # <kbd>ls</kbd>
1.1 deraadt 277: ...
1.34 deraadt 278: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 279: <p>
280: The ports/ subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.35 ! bentley 281: read <a href="faq/faq15.html">https://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/faq15.html</a>
1.1 deraadt 282: if you know nothing about ports
283: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
284: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
285: OpenBSD ports system.
286: <p>
287: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. This is because
288: the full integration of ports into the OpenBSD environment is still a
289: young project as of this release. We believe the ports that are
290: provided here are stable, but it is most important to realize that
291: ports will continue to grow a great deal in functionality in the
292: future.
293: <p>
294: As we said, ports will be growing a lot in the future. The ports/
295: directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for cvs(1) if you aren't
296: familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete source
297: tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
298: order to keep current with it, you must make the ports/ tree
299: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
300: like:
1.34 deraadt 301: <blockquote><pre>
302: # <kbd>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd</kbd>
303: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 304: <p>
305: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
306: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
307: server.]
308: <p>
309: Again, it is important to see the webpage for specific instructions as
310: this is a new service which hasn't yet been ironed out
311: completely.
312: <p>
313: Finally, despite ports' youth, help is never far. If you're
314: interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
1.34 deraadt 315: would like to know more, the mailing list
316: <a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
1.33 bentley 317: </section>
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