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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>
1.47 ! tj 29: <!--
1.37 deraadt 30: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="https://openbsdstore.com">ordering system</a>.
1.47 ! tj 31: -->
1.1 deraadt 32: <li>See the information on <a href=ftp.html>The FTP page</a> for
33: a list of mirror machines
34: <li>Go to the <font color=#e00000>pub/OpenBSD/2.9/</font> directory on
35: one of the mirror sites
1.22 deraadt 36: <li>Have a look at <a href=errata29.html>The 2.9 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 deraadt 37: of bugs and workarounds.
38: <li>See a <a href=plus29.html>detailed log of changes</a> between the
39: 2.8 and 2.9 releases.
40: </ul>
1.43 tb 41: <p>
1.42 tb 42: All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,
43: sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the
44: files fetched via ports.tar.gz.
45: <br clear="all">
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1.1 deraadt 48: <p>
1.42 tb 49: <a name="new"></a>
1.1 deraadt 50: <h3><font color=#0000e0>What's New</font></h3>
51: <p>
1.42 tb 52: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 2.9.
1.1 deraadt 53: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href=plus29.html>changelog</a> leading
54: to 2.9.
55: <p>
56:
57: <ul>
58:
1.4 aaron 59: <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.
60: <p>
61:
1.45 tb 62: <li><a href="https://www.OpenSSH.com">OpenSSH</a> (supporting both the
1.5 deraadt 63: SSH1 and SSH2 protocols) is now at version 2.9. Secure file transfers are
1.2 aaron 64: encouraged using the greatly enhanced SFTP subsystem which now comes both with
65: an SFTP server and client.
66: <p>
1.1 deraadt 67:
68: <li>Extensive changes to the documentation, notably the man pages and
69: the Web FAQ. The manual pages now include useful examples to
70: supplement the explanations.
71: <p>
72:
73: <li>More complete collection and better tested set of "ports".
74: <p>
75:
1.4 aaron 76: <li>Over 1000 pre-built and tested packages.
1.1 deraadt 77: <p>
78:
1.2 aaron 79: <li>OpenBSD 2.9 will run on the new Apple Titanium PowerBook G4.
1.1 deraadt 80: <p>
81:
1.6 ericj 82: <li>After a 2 release hiatus, the <a href="alpha.html">OpenBSD/alpha</a> port is back with more hardware support than ever!
83: <p>
84:
1.1 deraadt 85: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
86: <p>
87: <ul>
1.4 aaron 88: <li>XFree86 4.0.3 (and i386 contains 3.3.X servers also, thus providing support for all chipsets)
89: <li>gcc 2.95.3 (+ patches)
1.10 brad 90: <li>perl 5.6.0 (+ patches)
91: <li>Apache 1.3.19, mod_ssl 2.8.2, OpenSSL 0.9.6 (+ patches), DSO support
1.2 aaron 92: <li>ipf 3.4.16 (+ patches)
93: <li>groff 1.15
94: <li>sendmail 8.11.3
95: <li>lynx 2.8.2 with HTTPS support added
96: <li>sudo 1.6.3p7
97: <li>ncurses 5.2
98: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
1.16 hin 99: <li>KTH Kerberos 1.0.4
1.5 deraadt 100: <li>OpenSSH 2.9
1.2 aaron 101:
102: </ul>
103: <p>
104:
105: <li>Much improved device driver support
106: <p>
107: <ul>
108: <li>3Com 3c990 3XP Typhoon/Sidewinder driver (Ethernet only).
1.6 ericj 109: <li>New hardware RAID drivers including:
110: <ul>
111: <li>Adaptec FSA
112: <li>American Megatrends MegaRAID
1.12 brad 113: <li>Compaq Smart ARRAY controllers
1.6 ericj 114: </ul>
115: <li>New SCSI drivers supporting:
116: <ul>
117: <li>Initio 940/950
118: <li>Symbios Logic 53c1x10
119: <li>AMD Am53c974-based PCI adapters
120: </ul>
121: <li>Much added support for various laptop audio cards, including:
122: <ul>
123: <li>ESS Maestro 1/2/2E
124: <li>Yamaha DS-1S
125: <li>Cirrus Logic CS4281 audio devices
126: </ul>
1.2 aaron 127: <li>USB hardware is now enabled by default and includes support for keyboards and mice.
1.1 deraadt 128: </ul>
129: <p>
130:
131: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
132: print in the <a href=plus29.html>complete changelog</a>).
133: <p>
134:
135: <li>Many other new features, including:
136: <p>
137: <ul>
1.17 aaron 138: <li>Long username support.
1.46 tb 139: <li>Vastly improved Linux <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=compat_linux&sektion=8">emulation</a> allowing many more applications to run.
140: <li>802.1d spanning tree support for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge(4)</a>.
141: <li><a href="https://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)
142: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=kqueue&sektion=2">kqueue(2)</a> kernel event notification mechanism.
143: <li>Addition of the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=wscons&sektion=4">wscons(4)</a> machine-independent console driver.
1.6 ericj 144: <li>Major enhancements to softupdates, including speed and stability fixes.
1.46 tb 145: <li>Bug-fixes and enhancements to the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=atapiscsi&sektion=4">atapiscsi(4)</a> and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide(4)</a> drivers,
1.13 chris 146: including UltraDMA/100 support for Intel, Promise, and Highpoint controllers.
1.1 deraadt 147: </ul>
148: <p>
149:
150: </ul>
151: <p>
152:
153: <a name=install></a>
154: <hr>
155: <p>
156: <h3><font color=#0000e0>How to install</font></h3>
157: <p>
158: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
159: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
160: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
161: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
162: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
163: purchased a CDROM instead.
164: <p>
165:
166: <hr>
1.20 jsyn 167: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROMs for extensive
1.1 deraadt 168: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.9 on your machine:
169: <p>
1.7 ericj 170: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 171: <li> CD1:2.9/i386/INSTALL.i386
172: <li> CD1:2.9/powerpc/INSTALL.powerpc
173: <li> CD1:2.9/vax/INSTALL.vax
174: <p>
175: <li> CD2:2.9/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
176: <li> CD2:2.9/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
177: <li> CD2:2.9/amiga/INSTALL.amiga
178: <li> CD2:2.9/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
179: <li> CD2:2.9/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
180: <li> CD2:2.9/sun3/INSTALL.sun3
181: <p>
1.7 ericj 182: <li>The alpha release is available on the ftp sites, but not on the CDs.
183: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 184: <hr>
1.7 ericj 185:
1.1 deraadt 186: <p>
187: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
1.18 miod 188: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
1.1 deraadt 189: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
190: <p>
1.7 ericj 191:
192: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
193: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 194: <p>
1.8 ericj 195: 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 196:
1.1 deraadt 197: <p>
1.8 ericj 198: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to read the included INSTALL.i386 document.
199:
200: <p>
1.46 tb 201: 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="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>, where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or "rfd0a".
1.8 ericj 202:
203: <ul><pre>
204: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
205: </pre></ul>
206:
207: <p>
208: 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 209: </ul>
210:
211: <p>
212: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
213: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 214: <p>
1.8 ericj 215: 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.
216:
217: <ul><pre>
218: > <strong>boot cdrom 2.9/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
219: or
220: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)2.9/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
221: </pre></ul>
222:
223: <p>
1.18 miod 224: 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 225:
226: <ul><pre>
227: > <strong>boot floppy</strong>
228: or
229: > <strong>boot fd()</strong>
230: </pre></ul>
231:
232: <p>
233: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install will most likely fail.
1.11 miod 234:
235: <p>
236: If your sparc doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
237: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
238: INSTALL.sparc file.
1.7 ericj 239: </ul>
240:
1.1 deraadt 241: <p>
1.7 ericj 242: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/amiga:</font></h3>
243: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 244: <p>
245: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
246: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
247: CLI command: "CD0:2.9/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.9/amiga/bsd.rd".
1.7 ericj 248: </ul>
249:
1.1 deraadt 250: <p>
1.7 ericj 251: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
252: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 253: <p>
254: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
255: INSTALL.hp300.
1.7 ericj 256: </ul>
257:
1.1 deraadt 258: <p>
1.7 ericj 259: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
260: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 261: <p>
262: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
263: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
264: CD2:2.9/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
265: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
266: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD2:2.9/mac68k/ onto your
267: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
268: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
1.7 ericj 269: </ul>
270:
1.1 deraadt 271: <p>
1.7 ericj 272: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/sun3:</font></h3>
273: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 274: <p>
1.9 miod 275: You can either setup a diskless boot or create an installation tape,
276: as described in INSTALL.sun3.
1.7 ericj 277: </ul>
278:
1.1 deraadt 279: <p>
1.8 ericj 280: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
281: <ul>
282: <p>
283: Get the release via ftp. Then, you can either setup a diskless boot or boot via floppy as described in INSTALL.alpha.
284: </p>
285: </ul>
286:
287: <p>
1.1 deraadt 288: <h3><font color=#e00000>Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
1.7 ericj 289: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 290: <p>
291: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
292: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
293: in a separate archive. To extract:
294: <p>
1.7 ericj 295: <ul><pre>
296: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
297: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
298: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
299: </pre></ul>
1.1 deraadt 300: <p>
301: srcsys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
302: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
303: To extract:
304: <p>
1.7 ericj 305: <ul><pre>
306: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
307: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
308: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz</strong>
309: </pre></ul>
1.1 deraadt 310: <p>
311: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
312: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
313: described at <a href=anoncvs.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/anoncvs.html</a>.
314: Using these files
315: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
316: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
317: <p>
1.7 ericj 318: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 319: <a name=ports></a>
320: <hr>
321: <p>
322: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Ports Tree</font></h3>
323: <p>
324: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
325: <p>
1.7 ericj 326: <ul><pre>
327: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
328: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
329: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
330: </pre></ul>
1.1 deraadt 331: <p>
1.7 ericj 332: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.30 jasper 333: read <a href=faq/faq15.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/faq15.html</a>
1.1 deraadt 334: if you know nothing about ports
335: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
336: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
337: OpenBSD ports system.
338: <p>
1.14 espie 339: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. It is doubtful it
340: will ever be. However, it is growing very fast and getting more stable.
341: Almost all ports provided with this release should build without problems
342: on most architectures (over 1200 packages build on i386, for instance).
343: <p>
1.42 tb 344: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
1.46 tb 345: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
1.42 tb 346: cvs(1)</a> if
347: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
1.14 espie 348: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
1.7 ericj 349: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
1.1 deraadt 350: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
351: like:
352: <p>
1.7 ericj 353: <ul><pre>
1.29 deraadt 354: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_2_9</strong>
1.7 ericj 355: </pre></ul>
1.1 deraadt 356: <p>
357: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
358: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
359: server.]
360: <p>
1.14 espie 361: Note that most ports are available as packages through ftp. Updated
362: packages for the 2.9 release will be made available if problems arise.
1.1 deraadt 363: <p>
1.14 espie 364: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
1.1 deraadt 365: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
366: place to know.
367: <p>
368:
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