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17: <h2><font color=#0000e0>OpenBSD 2.9</font></h2>
1.1 deraadt 18: <p>
19: Released June 1, 2001<br>
20: Copyright 1997-2001, Theo de Raadt.<br>
21: <font color=#e00000>ISBN 0-9683637-7-6</font>
22: <p>
23: <ul>
1.37 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/2.9/</font> directory on
28: one of the mirror sites
1.22 deraadt 29: <li>Have a look at <a href=errata29.html>The 2.9 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 deraadt 30: of bugs and workarounds.
31: <li>See a <a href=plus29.html>detailed log of changes</a> between the
32: 2.8 and 2.9 releases.
33: </ul>
34: <br clear=all>
1.33 deraadt 35: <p>
1.32 deraadt 36: All applicable copyrights and credits can be found in the applicable
1.36 jsg 37: file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, srcsys.tar.gz,
38: XF4.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The
1.32 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:
1.32 deraadt 43: <hr>
1.1 deraadt 44: <p>
45: <a name=new></a>
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 2.9.
49: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href=plus29.html>changelog</a> leading
50: to 2.9.
51: <p>
52:
53: <ul>
54:
1.4 aaron 55: <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.
56: <p>
57:
1.1 deraadt 58: <li><a href="http://www.OpenSSH.com">OpenSSH</a> (supporting both the
1.5 deraadt 59: SSH1 and SSH2 protocols) is now at version 2.9. Secure file transfers are
1.2 aaron 60: encouraged using the greatly enhanced SFTP subsystem which now comes both with
61: an SFTP server and client.
62: <p>
1.1 deraadt 63:
64: <li>Extensive changes to the documentation, notably the man pages and
65: the Web FAQ. The manual pages now include useful examples to
66: supplement the explanations.
67: <p>
68:
69: <li>More complete collection and better tested set of "ports".
70: <p>
71:
1.4 aaron 72: <li>Over 1000 pre-built and tested packages.
1.1 deraadt 73: <p>
74:
1.2 aaron 75: <li>OpenBSD 2.9 will run on the new Apple Titanium PowerBook G4.
1.1 deraadt 76: <p>
77:
1.6 ericj 78: <li>After a 2 release hiatus, the <a href="alpha.html">OpenBSD/alpha</a> port is back with more hardware support than ever!
79: <p>
80:
1.1 deraadt 81: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
82: <p>
83: <ul>
1.4 aaron 84: <li>XFree86 4.0.3 (and i386 contains 3.3.X servers also, thus providing support for all chipsets)
85: <li>gcc 2.95.3 (+ patches)
1.10 brad 86: <li>perl 5.6.0 (+ patches)
87: <li>Apache 1.3.19, mod_ssl 2.8.2, OpenSSL 0.9.6 (+ patches), DSO support
1.2 aaron 88: <li>ipf 3.4.16 (+ patches)
89: <li>groff 1.15
90: <li>sendmail 8.11.3
91: <li>lynx 2.8.2 with HTTPS support added
92: <li>sudo 1.6.3p7
93: <li>ncurses 5.2
94: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
1.16 hin 95: <li>KTH Kerberos 1.0.4
1.5 deraadt 96: <li>OpenSSH 2.9
1.2 aaron 97:
98: </ul>
99: <p>
100:
101: <li>Much improved device driver support
102: <p>
103: <ul>
104: <li>3Com 3c990 3XP Typhoon/Sidewinder driver (Ethernet only).
1.6 ericj 105: <li>New hardware RAID drivers including:
106: <ul>
107: <li>Adaptec FSA
108: <li>American Megatrends MegaRAID
1.12 brad 109: <li>Compaq Smart ARRAY controllers
1.6 ericj 110: </ul>
111: <li>New SCSI drivers supporting:
112: <ul>
113: <li>Initio 940/950
114: <li>Symbios Logic 53c1x10
115: <li>AMD Am53c974-based PCI adapters
116: </ul>
117: <li>Much added support for various laptop audio cards, including:
118: <ul>
119: <li>ESS Maestro 1/2/2E
120: <li>Yamaha DS-1S
121: <li>Cirrus Logic CS4281 audio devices
122: </ul>
1.2 aaron 123: <li>USB hardware is now enabled by default and includes support for keyboards and mice.
1.1 deraadt 124: </ul>
125: <p>
126:
127: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
128: print in the <a href=plus29.html>complete changelog</a>).
129: <p>
130:
131: <li>Many other new features, including:
132: <p>
133: <ul>
1.17 aaron 134: <li>Long username support.
1.41 ! sthen 135: <li>Vastly improved Linux <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=compat_linux&sektion=8">emulation</a> allowing many more applications to run.
! 136: <li>802.1d spanning tree support for <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge(4)</a>.
! 137: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?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)
! 138: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=kqueue&sektion=2">kqueue(2)</a> kernel event notification mechanism.
! 139: <li>Addition of the <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=wscons&sektion=4">wscons(4)</a> machine-independent console driver.
1.6 ericj 140: <li>Major enhancements to softupdates, including speed and stability fixes.
1.41 ! sthen 141: <li>Bug-fixes and enhancements to the <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=atapiscsi&sektion=4">atapiscsi(4)</a> and <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide(4)</a> drivers,
1.13 chris 142: including UltraDMA/100 support for Intel, Promise, and Highpoint controllers.
1.1 deraadt 143: </ul>
144: <p>
145:
146: </ul>
147: <p>
148:
149: <a name=install></a>
150: <hr>
151: <p>
152: <h3><font color=#0000e0>How to install</font></h3>
153: <p>
154: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
155: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
156: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
157: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
158: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
159: purchased a CDROM instead.
160: <p>
161:
162: <hr>
1.20 jsyn 163: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROMs for extensive
1.1 deraadt 164: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.9 on your machine:
165: <p>
1.7 ericj 166: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 167: <li> CD1:2.9/i386/INSTALL.i386
168: <li> CD1:2.9/powerpc/INSTALL.powerpc
169: <li> CD1:2.9/vax/INSTALL.vax
170: <p>
171: <li> CD2:2.9/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
172: <li> CD2:2.9/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
173: <li> CD2:2.9/amiga/INSTALL.amiga
174: <li> CD2:2.9/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
175: <li> CD2:2.9/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
176: <li> CD2:2.9/sun3/INSTALL.sun3
177: <p>
1.7 ericj 178: <li>The alpha release is available on the ftp sites, but not on the CDs.
179: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 180: <hr>
1.7 ericj 181:
1.1 deraadt 182: <p>
183: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
1.18 miod 184: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
1.1 deraadt 185: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
186: <p>
1.7 ericj 187:
188: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
189: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 190: <p>
1.8 ericj 191: 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 192:
1.1 deraadt 193: <p>
1.8 ericj 194: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to read the included INSTALL.i386 document.
195:
196: <p>
1.41 ! sthen 197: To make a boot floppy 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://man.openbsd.org/?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>, where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or "rfd0a".
1.8 ericj 198:
199: <ul><pre>
200: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
201: </pre></ul>
202:
203: <p>
204: 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 205: </ul>
206:
207: <p>
208: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
209: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 210: <p>
1.8 ericj 211: 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.
212:
213: <ul><pre>
214: > <strong>boot cdrom 2.9/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
215: or
216: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)2.9/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
217: </pre></ul>
218:
219: <p>
1.18 miod 220: If your sparc does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively 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.
1.8 ericj 221:
222: <ul><pre>
223: > <strong>boot floppy</strong>
224: or
225: > <strong>boot fd()</strong>
226: </pre></ul>
227:
228: <p>
229: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install will most likely fail.
1.11 miod 230:
231: <p>
232: If your sparc doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
233: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
234: INSTALL.sparc file.
1.7 ericj 235: </ul>
236:
1.1 deraadt 237: <p>
1.7 ericj 238: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/amiga:</font></h3>
239: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 240: <p>
241: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
242: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
243: CLI command: "CD0:2.9/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.9/amiga/bsd.rd".
1.7 ericj 244: </ul>
245:
1.1 deraadt 246: <p>
1.7 ericj 247: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
248: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 249: <p>
250: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
251: INSTALL.hp300.
1.7 ericj 252: </ul>
253:
1.1 deraadt 254: <p>
1.7 ericj 255: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
256: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 257: <p>
258: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
259: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
260: CD2:2.9/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
261: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
262: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD2:2.9/mac68k/ onto your
263: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
264: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
1.7 ericj 265: </ul>
266:
1.1 deraadt 267: <p>
1.7 ericj 268: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/sun3:</font></h3>
269: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 270: <p>
1.9 miod 271: You can either setup a diskless boot or create an installation tape,
272: as described in INSTALL.sun3.
1.7 ericj 273: </ul>
274:
1.1 deraadt 275: <p>
1.8 ericj 276: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
277: <ul>
278: <p>
279: Get the release via ftp. Then, you can either setup a diskless boot or boot via floppy as described in INSTALL.alpha.
280: </p>
281: </ul>
282:
283: <p>
1.1 deraadt 284: <h3><font color=#e00000>Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
1.7 ericj 285: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 286: <p>
287: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
288: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
289: in a separate archive. To extract:
290: <p>
1.7 ericj 291: <ul><pre>
292: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
293: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
294: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
295: </pre></ul>
1.1 deraadt 296: <p>
297: srcsys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
298: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
299: To extract:
300: <p>
1.7 ericj 301: <ul><pre>
302: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
303: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
304: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz</strong>
305: </pre></ul>
1.1 deraadt 306: <p>
307: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
308: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
309: described at <a href=anoncvs.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/anoncvs.html</a>.
310: Using these files
311: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
312: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
313: <p>
1.7 ericj 314: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 315: <a name=ports></a>
316: <hr>
317: <p>
318: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Ports Tree</font></h3>
319: <p>
320: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
321: <p>
1.7 ericj 322: <ul><pre>
323: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
324: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
325: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
326: </pre></ul>
1.1 deraadt 327: <p>
1.7 ericj 328: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.30 jasper 329: read <a href=faq/faq15.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/faq15.html</a>
1.1 deraadt 330: if you know nothing about ports
331: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
332: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
333: OpenBSD ports system.
334: <p>
1.14 espie 335: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. It is doubtful it
336: will ever be. However, it is growing very fast and getting more stable.
337: Almost all ports provided with this release should build without problems
338: on most architectures (over 1200 packages build on i386, for instance).
339: <p>
1.19 jufi 340: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
1.41 ! sthen 341: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
1.19 jufi 342: cvs(1)</a> if
1.14 espie 343: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
344: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
1.7 ericj 345: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
1.1 deraadt 346: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
347: like:
348: <p>
1.7 ericj 349: <ul><pre>
1.29 deraadt 350: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_2_9</strong>
1.7 ericj 351: </pre></ul>
1.1 deraadt 352: <p>
353: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
354: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
355: server.]
356: <p>
1.14 espie 357: Note that most ports are available as packages through ftp. Updated
358: packages for the 2.9 release will be made available if problems arise.
1.1 deraadt 359: <p>
1.14 espie 360: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
1.1 deraadt 361: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
362: place to know.
363: <p>
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