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! 17: <font color="#0000ff"><i>Open</i></font><font color="#000084">BSD</font></a>
! 18: <font color="#e00000">2.9</font>
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1.1 deraadt 23: <p>
24: Released June 1, 2001<br>
25: Copyright 1997-2001, Theo de Raadt.<br>
26: <font color=#e00000>ISBN 0-9683637-7-6</font>
27: <p>
28: <ul>
1.37 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/2.9/</font> directory on
33: one of the mirror sites
1.22 deraadt 34: <li>Have a look at <a href=errata29.html>The 2.9 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 deraadt 35: of bugs and workarounds.
36: <li>See a <a href=plus29.html>detailed log of changes</a> between the
37: 2.8 and 2.9 releases.
38: </ul>
1.42 ! 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:
1.32 deraadt 44: <hr>
1.1 deraadt 45: <p>
1.42 ! tb 46: <a name="new"></a>
1.1 deraadt 47: <h3><font color=#0000e0>What's New</font></h3>
48: <p>
1.42 ! tb 49: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 2.9.
1.1 deraadt 50: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href=plus29.html>changelog</a> leading
51: to 2.9.
52: <p>
53:
54: <ul>
55:
1.4 aaron 56: <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.
57: <p>
58:
1.1 deraadt 59: <li><a href="http://www.OpenSSH.com">OpenSSH</a> (supporting both the
1.5 deraadt 60: SSH1 and SSH2 protocols) is now at version 2.9. Secure file transfers are
1.2 aaron 61: encouraged using the greatly enhanced SFTP subsystem which now comes both with
62: an SFTP server and client.
63: <p>
1.1 deraadt 64:
65: <li>Extensive changes to the documentation, notably the man pages and
66: the Web FAQ. The manual pages now include useful examples to
67: supplement the explanations.
68: <p>
69:
70: <li>More complete collection and better tested set of "ports".
71: <p>
72:
1.4 aaron 73: <li>Over 1000 pre-built and tested packages.
1.1 deraadt 74: <p>
75:
1.2 aaron 76: <li>OpenBSD 2.9 will run on the new Apple Titanium PowerBook G4.
1.1 deraadt 77: <p>
78:
1.6 ericj 79: <li>After a 2 release hiatus, the <a href="alpha.html">OpenBSD/alpha</a> port is back with more hardware support than ever!
80: <p>
81:
1.1 deraadt 82: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
83: <p>
84: <ul>
1.4 aaron 85: <li>XFree86 4.0.3 (and i386 contains 3.3.X servers also, thus providing support for all chipsets)
86: <li>gcc 2.95.3 (+ patches)
1.10 brad 87: <li>perl 5.6.0 (+ patches)
88: <li>Apache 1.3.19, mod_ssl 2.8.2, OpenSSL 0.9.6 (+ patches), DSO support
1.2 aaron 89: <li>ipf 3.4.16 (+ patches)
90: <li>groff 1.15
91: <li>sendmail 8.11.3
92: <li>lynx 2.8.2 with HTTPS support added
93: <li>sudo 1.6.3p7
94: <li>ncurses 5.2
95: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
1.16 hin 96: <li>KTH Kerberos 1.0.4
1.5 deraadt 97: <li>OpenSSH 2.9
1.2 aaron 98:
99: </ul>
100: <p>
101:
102: <li>Much improved device driver support
103: <p>
104: <ul>
105: <li>3Com 3c990 3XP Typhoon/Sidewinder driver (Ethernet only).
1.6 ericj 106: <li>New hardware RAID drivers including:
107: <ul>
108: <li>Adaptec FSA
109: <li>American Megatrends MegaRAID
1.12 brad 110: <li>Compaq Smart ARRAY controllers
1.6 ericj 111: </ul>
112: <li>New SCSI drivers supporting:
113: <ul>
114: <li>Initio 940/950
115: <li>Symbios Logic 53c1x10
116: <li>AMD Am53c974-based PCI adapters
117: </ul>
118: <li>Much added support for various laptop audio cards, including:
119: <ul>
120: <li>ESS Maestro 1/2/2E
121: <li>Yamaha DS-1S
122: <li>Cirrus Logic CS4281 audio devices
123: </ul>
1.2 aaron 124: <li>USB hardware is now enabled by default and includes support for keyboards and mice.
1.1 deraadt 125: </ul>
126: <p>
127:
128: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
129: print in the <a href=plus29.html>complete changelog</a>).
130: <p>
131:
132: <li>Many other new features, including:
133: <p>
134: <ul>
1.17 aaron 135: <li>Long username support.
1.41 sthen 136: <li>Vastly improved Linux <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=compat_linux&sektion=8">emulation</a> allowing many more applications to run.
137: <li>802.1d spanning tree support for <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge(4)</a>.
138: <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)
139: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=kqueue&sektion=2">kqueue(2)</a> kernel event notification mechanism.
140: <li>Addition of the <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=wscons&sektion=4">wscons(4)</a> machine-independent console driver.
1.6 ericj 141: <li>Major enhancements to softupdates, including speed and stability fixes.
1.41 sthen 142: <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 143: including UltraDMA/100 support for Intel, Promise, and Highpoint controllers.
1.1 deraadt 144: </ul>
145: <p>
146:
147: </ul>
148: <p>
149:
150: <a name=install></a>
151: <hr>
152: <p>
153: <h3><font color=#0000e0>How to install</font></h3>
154: <p>
155: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
156: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
157: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
158: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
159: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
160: purchased a CDROM instead.
161: <p>
162:
163: <hr>
1.20 jsyn 164: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROMs for extensive
1.1 deraadt 165: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.9 on your machine:
166: <p>
1.7 ericj 167: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 168: <li> CD1:2.9/i386/INSTALL.i386
169: <li> CD1:2.9/powerpc/INSTALL.powerpc
170: <li> CD1:2.9/vax/INSTALL.vax
171: <p>
172: <li> CD2:2.9/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
173: <li> CD2:2.9/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
174: <li> CD2:2.9/amiga/INSTALL.amiga
175: <li> CD2:2.9/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
176: <li> CD2:2.9/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
177: <li> CD2:2.9/sun3/INSTALL.sun3
178: <p>
1.7 ericj 179: <li>The alpha release is available on the ftp sites, but not on the CDs.
180: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 181: <hr>
1.7 ericj 182:
1.1 deraadt 183: <p>
184: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
1.18 miod 185: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
1.1 deraadt 186: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
187: <p>
1.7 ericj 188:
189: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
190: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 191: <p>
1.8 ericj 192: 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 193:
1.1 deraadt 194: <p>
1.8 ericj 195: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to read the included INSTALL.i386 document.
196:
197: <p>
1.41 sthen 198: 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 199:
200: <ul><pre>
201: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
202: </pre></ul>
203:
204: <p>
205: 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 206: </ul>
207:
208: <p>
209: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
210: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 211: <p>
1.8 ericj 212: 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.
213:
214: <ul><pre>
215: > <strong>boot cdrom 2.9/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
216: or
217: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)2.9/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
218: </pre></ul>
219:
220: <p>
1.18 miod 221: 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 222:
223: <ul><pre>
224: > <strong>boot floppy</strong>
225: or
226: > <strong>boot fd()</strong>
227: </pre></ul>
228:
229: <p>
230: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install will most likely fail.
1.11 miod 231:
232: <p>
233: If your sparc doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
234: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
235: INSTALL.sparc file.
1.7 ericj 236: </ul>
237:
1.1 deraadt 238: <p>
1.7 ericj 239: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/amiga:</font></h3>
240: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 241: <p>
242: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
243: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
244: CLI command: "CD0:2.9/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.9/amiga/bsd.rd".
1.7 ericj 245: </ul>
246:
1.1 deraadt 247: <p>
1.7 ericj 248: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
249: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 250: <p>
251: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
252: INSTALL.hp300.
1.7 ericj 253: </ul>
254:
1.1 deraadt 255: <p>
1.7 ericj 256: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
257: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 258: <p>
259: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
260: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
261: CD2:2.9/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
262: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
263: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD2:2.9/mac68k/ onto your
264: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
265: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
1.7 ericj 266: </ul>
267:
1.1 deraadt 268: <p>
1.7 ericj 269: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/sun3:</font></h3>
270: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 271: <p>
1.9 miod 272: You can either setup a diskless boot or create an installation tape,
273: as described in INSTALL.sun3.
1.7 ericj 274: </ul>
275:
1.1 deraadt 276: <p>
1.8 ericj 277: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
278: <ul>
279: <p>
280: Get the release via ftp. Then, you can either setup a diskless boot or boot via floppy as described in INSTALL.alpha.
281: </p>
282: </ul>
283:
284: <p>
1.1 deraadt 285: <h3><font color=#e00000>Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
1.7 ericj 286: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 287: <p>
288: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
289: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
290: in a separate archive. To extract:
291: <p>
1.7 ericj 292: <ul><pre>
293: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
294: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
295: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
296: </pre></ul>
1.1 deraadt 297: <p>
298: srcsys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
299: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
300: To extract:
301: <p>
1.7 ericj 302: <ul><pre>
303: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
304: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
305: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz</strong>
306: </pre></ul>
1.1 deraadt 307: <p>
308: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
309: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
310: described at <a href=anoncvs.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/anoncvs.html</a>.
311: Using these files
312: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
313: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
314: <p>
1.7 ericj 315: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 316: <a name=ports></a>
317: <hr>
318: <p>
319: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Ports Tree</font></h3>
320: <p>
321: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
322: <p>
1.7 ericj 323: <ul><pre>
324: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
325: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
326: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
327: </pre></ul>
1.1 deraadt 328: <p>
1.7 ericj 329: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.30 jasper 330: read <a href=faq/faq15.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/faq15.html</a>
1.1 deraadt 331: if you know nothing about ports
332: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
333: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
334: OpenBSD ports system.
335: <p>
1.14 espie 336: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. It is doubtful it
337: will ever be. However, it is growing very fast and getting more stable.
338: Almost all ports provided with this release should build without problems
339: on most architectures (over 1200 packages build on i386, for instance).
340: <p>
1.42 ! tb 341: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
1.41 sthen 342: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
1.42 ! tb 343: cvs(1)</a> if
! 344: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
1.14 espie 345: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
1.7 ericj 346: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
1.1 deraadt 347: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
348: like:
349: <p>
1.7 ericj 350: <ul><pre>
1.29 deraadt 351: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_2_9</strong>
1.7 ericj 352: </pre></ul>
1.1 deraadt 353: <p>
354: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
355: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
356: server.]
357: <p>
1.14 espie 358: Note that most ports are available as packages through ftp. Updated
359: packages for the 2.9 release will be made available if problems arise.
1.1 deraadt 360: <p>
1.14 espie 361: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
1.1 deraadt 362: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
363: place to know.
364: <p>
365:
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