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20: <h2><font color=#0000e0>The OpenBSD 2.9 Release:</font></h2>
21: <p>
22:
23: Released June 1, 2001<br>
24: Copyright 1997-2001, Theo de Raadt.<br>
25: <font color=#e00000>ISBN 0-9683637-7-6</font>
26: <p>
27:
28: <a href=#new>What's New</a><br>
29: <a href=#install>How to install</a><br>
30: <a href=#ports>How to use the ports tree</a><br>
31: <a href=orders.html>Ordering a CD set</a><br>
32:
33: <p>
34: <h3><font color=#0000e0>
35: To get the files for this release:
36: <ul>
37: <li>Order a CDROM from our ordering system.
38: <li>See the information on <a href=ftp.html>The FTP page</a> for
39: a list of mirror machines
40: <li>Go to the <font color=#e00000>pub/OpenBSD/2.9/</font> directory on
41: one of the mirror sites
42: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
43: <li>Have a look at <a href=errata.html>The 2.9 Errata page</a> for a list
44: of bugs and workarounds.
45: <li>See a <a href=plus29.html>detailed log of changes</a> between the
46: 2.8 and 2.9 releases.
47: </ul>
48: </font></h3>
49: <br clear=all>
50: <br>
51: <p>
52:
53: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
54: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, srcsys.tar.gz,
55: XF4.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The distribution
56: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
57: the CDROM because of lack of space.
58: <p>
59:
60: <a name=new></a>
61: <hr>
62: <p>
63: <h3><font color=#0000e0>What's New</font></h3>
64: <p>
65: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 2.9.
66: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href=plus29.html>changelog</a> leading
67: to 2.9.
68: <p>
69:
70: <ul>
71:
1.4 aaron 72: <li>Filesystem performance has received an incredible boost from new softupdates and dirpref code. Some tests show a 60x improvement in filesystem speed. If there is one reason to upgrade to 2.9, this is it.
73: <p>
74:
1.1 deraadt 75: <li><a href="http://www.OpenSSH.com">OpenSSH</a> (supporting both the
1.5 deraadt 76: SSH1 and SSH2 protocols) is now at version 2.9. Secure file transfers are
1.2 aaron 77: encouraged using the greatly enhanced SFTP subsystem which now comes both with
78: an SFTP server and client.
79: <p>
1.1 deraadt 80:
81: <li>Extensive changes to the documentation, notably the man pages and
82: the Web FAQ. The manual pages now include useful examples to
83: supplement the explanations.
84: <p>
85:
86: <li>More complete collection and better tested set of "ports".
87: <p>
88:
1.4 aaron 89: <li>Over 1000 pre-built and tested packages.
1.1 deraadt 90: <p>
91:
1.2 aaron 92: <li>OpenBSD 2.9 will run on the new Apple Titanium PowerBook G4.
1.1 deraadt 93: <p>
94:
1.6 ericj 95: <li>After a 2 release hiatus, the <a href="alpha.html">OpenBSD/alpha</a> port is back with more hardware support than ever!
96: <p>
97:
1.1 deraadt 98: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
99: <p>
100: <ul>
1.14 ! espie 101: <<<<<<< 29.html
! 102: <li>XFree86 4.0.3 (and i386 contains 3.3.X servers also, thus providing support
! 103: for all chipsets)
! 104: <li>gcc 2.95.3 (+ patches)
! 105: <li>perl 5.6.0 plus a few fixes.
! 106: <li>Apache 1.3.19 (+ patches), mod_ssl 2.8.1, OpenSSL 0.9.5a, DSO support
! 107: =======
1.4 aaron 108: <li>XFree86 4.0.3 (and i386 contains 3.3.X servers also, thus providing support for all chipsets)
109: <li>gcc 2.95.3 (+ patches)
1.10 brad 110: <li>perl 5.6.0 (+ patches)
111: <li>Apache 1.3.19, mod_ssl 2.8.2, OpenSSL 0.9.6 (+ patches), DSO support
1.14 ! espie 112: >>>>>>> 1.13
1.2 aaron 113: <li>ipf 3.4.16 (+ patches)
114: <li>groff 1.15
115: <li>sendmail 8.11.3
116: <li>lynx 2.8.2 with HTTPS support added
117: <li>sudo 1.6.3p7
118: <li>ncurses 5.2
119: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
120: <li>KTH Kerberos 1.0.2
1.5 deraadt 121: <li>OpenSSH 2.9
1.2 aaron 122:
123: </ul>
124: <p>
125:
126: <li>Much improved device driver support
127: <p>
128: <ul>
129: <li>3Com 3c990 3XP Typhoon/Sidewinder driver (Ethernet only).
1.6 ericj 130: <li>New hardware RAID drivers including:
131: <ul>
132: <li>Adaptec FSA
133: <li>American Megatrends MegaRAID
1.12 brad 134: <li>Compaq Smart ARRAY controllers
1.6 ericj 135: </ul>
136: <li>New SCSI drivers supporting:
137: <ul>
138: <li>Initio 940/950
139: <li>Symbios Logic 53c1x10
140: <li>AMD Am53c974-based PCI adapters
141: </ul>
142: <li>Much added support for various laptop audio cards, including:
143: <ul>
144: <li>ESS Maestro 1/2/2E
145: <li>Yamaha DS-1S
146: <li>Cirrus Logic CS4281 audio devices
147: </ul>
1.2 aaron 148: <li>USB hardware is now enabled by default and includes support for keyboards and mice.
1.1 deraadt 149: </ul>
150: <p>
151:
152: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
153: print in the <a href=plus29.html>complete changelog</a>).
154: <p>
155:
156: <li>Many other new features, including:
157: <p>
158: <ul>
1.13 chris 159: <li>Vastly improved Linux <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=compat_linux&sektion=8">emulation</a> allowing many more applications to run.
160: <li>802.1d spanning tree support for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge(4)</a>.
161: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vlan&sektion=4">vlan(4)</a> bridging support allows for many more bridge possibilities (Now you can even use OpenBSD as an 802.1Q compatible switch)
162: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=kqueue&sektion=2">kqueue(2)</a> kernel event notification mechanism.
1.6 ericj 163: <li>Addition of the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wscons&sektion=4">wscons(4)</a> machine-independent console driver.
164: <li>Major enhancements to softupdates, including speed and stability fixes.
1.13 chris 165: <li>Bug-fixes and enhancements to the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=atapiscsi&sektion=4">atapiscsi(4)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org:/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide(4)</a> drivers,
166: including UltraDMA/100 support for Intel, Promise, and Highpoint controllers.
1.1 deraadt 167: </ul>
168: <p>
169:
170: </ul>
171: <p>
172:
173: <a name=install></a>
174: <hr>
175: <p>
176: <h3><font color=#0000e0>How to install</font></h3>
177: <p>
178: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
179: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
180: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
181: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
182: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
183: purchased a CDROM instead.
184: <p>
185:
186: <hr>
187: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROM's for extensive
188: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.9 on your machine:
189: <p>
1.7 ericj 190: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 191: <li> CD1:2.9/i386/INSTALL.i386
192: <li> CD1:2.9/powerpc/INSTALL.powerpc
193: <li> CD1:2.9/vax/INSTALL.vax
194: <p>
195: <li> CD2:2.9/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
196: <li> CD2:2.9/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
197: <li> CD2:2.9/amiga/INSTALL.amiga
198: <li> CD2:2.9/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
199: <li> CD2:2.9/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
200: <li> CD2:2.9/sun3/INSTALL.sun3
201: <p>
1.7 ericj 202: <li>The alpha release is available on the ftp sites, but not on the CDs.
203: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 204: <hr>
1.7 ericj 205:
1.1 deraadt 206: <p>
207: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
208: use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
209: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
210: <p>
1.7 ericj 211:
212: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
213: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 214: <p>
1.8 ericj 215: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386 release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write <i>CD1:2.9/i386/floppy29.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
1.7 ericj 216:
1.1 deraadt 217: <p>
1.8 ericj 218: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to read the included INSTALL.i386 document.
219:
220: <p>
221: To make a boot floopy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located at <i>CD:/2.9/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS, use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>, where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or "rfd0a".
222:
223: <ul><pre>
224: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
225: </pre></ul>
226:
227: <p>
228: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to <a href="faq/faq4.html#4.1">FAQ4.1</a>.
1.7 ericj 229: </ul>
230:
231: <p>
232: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
233: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 234: <p>
1.8 ericj 235: The 2.9 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD2. To boot off of this CD you can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
236:
237: <ul><pre>
238: > <strong>boot cdrom 2.9/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
239: or
240: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)2.9/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
241: </pre></ul>
242:
243: <p>
244: If your sparc does not have a CD drive, you can alternativly boot from floppy. To do so you need to write "CD2:2.9/sparc/floppy29.fs" to a floppy. For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#4.1">FAQ4.1</a>. To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
245:
246: <ul><pre>
247: > <strong>boot floppy</strong>
248: or
249: > <strong>boot fd()</strong>
250: </pre></ul>
251:
252: <p>
253: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install will most likely fail.
1.11 miod 254:
255: <p>
256: If your sparc doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
257: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
258: INSTALL.sparc file.
1.7 ericj 259: </ul>
260:
1.1 deraadt 261: <p>
1.7 ericj 262: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/amiga:</font></h3>
263: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 264: <p>
265: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
266: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
267: CLI command: "CD0:2.9/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.9/amiga/bsd.rd".
1.7 ericj 268: </ul>
269:
1.1 deraadt 270: <p>
1.7 ericj 271: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
272: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 273: <p>
274: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
275: INSTALL.hp300.
1.7 ericj 276: </ul>
277:
1.1 deraadt 278: <p>
1.7 ericj 279: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
280: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 281: <p>
282: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
283: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
284: CD2:2.9/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
285: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
286: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD2:2.9/mac68k/ onto your
287: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
288: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
1.7 ericj 289: </ul>
290:
1.1 deraadt 291: <p>
1.7 ericj 292: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/sun3:</font></h3>
293: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 294: <p>
1.9 miod 295: You can either setup a diskless boot or create an installation tape,
296: as described in INSTALL.sun3.
1.7 ericj 297: </ul>
298:
1.1 deraadt 299: <p>
1.8 ericj 300: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
301: <ul>
302: <p>
303: Get the release via ftp. Then, you can either setup a diskless boot or boot via floppy as described in INSTALL.alpha.
304: </p>
305: </ul>
306:
307: <p>
1.1 deraadt 308: <h3><font color=#e00000>Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
1.7 ericj 309: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 310: <p>
311: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
312: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
313: in a separate archive. To extract:
314: <p>
1.7 ericj 315: <ul><pre>
316: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
317: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
318: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
319: </pre></ul>
1.1 deraadt 320: <p>
321: srcsys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
322: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
323: To extract:
324: <p>
1.7 ericj 325: <ul><pre>
326: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
327: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
328: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz</strong>
329: </pre></ul>
1.1 deraadt 330: <p>
331: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
332: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
333: described at <a href=anoncvs.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/anoncvs.html</a>.
334: Using these files
335: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
336: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
337: <p>
1.7 ericj 338: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 339: <a name=ports></a>
340: <hr>
341: <p>
342: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Ports Tree</font></h3>
343: <p>
344: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
345: <p>
1.7 ericj 346: <ul><pre>
347: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
348: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
349: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
350: </pre></ul>
1.1 deraadt 351: <p>
1.7 ericj 352: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.1 deraadt 353: read <a href=ports.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/ports.html</a>
354: if you know nothing about ports
355: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
356: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
357: OpenBSD ports system.
358: <p>
1.14 ! espie 359: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. It is doubtful it
! 360: will ever be. However, it is growing very fast and getting more stable.
! 361: Almost all ports provided with this release should build without problems
! 362: on most architectures (over 1200 packages build on i386, for instance).
! 363: <p>
! 364: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for cvs(1) if
! 365: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
! 366: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
1.7 ericj 367: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
1.1 deraadt 368: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
369: like:
370: <p>
1.7 ericj 371: <ul><pre>
1.14 ! espie 372: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_2_9</strong>
1.7 ericj 373: </pre></ul>
1.1 deraadt 374: <p>
375: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
376: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
377: server.]
378: <p>
1.14 ! espie 379: Note that most ports are available as packages through ftp. Updated
! 380: packages for the 2.9 release will be made available if problems arise.
1.1 deraadt 381: <p>
1.14 ! espie 382: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
1.1 deraadt 383: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
384: place to know.
385: <p>
386:
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