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1.48 bentley 13: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
14: 2.9
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1.1 deraadt 23: Released June 1, 2001<br>
24: Copyright 1997-2001, Theo de Raadt.<br>
1.48 bentley 25: <cite class=isbn>ISBN 0-9683637-7-6</cite>
1.1 deraadt 26: <p>
27: <ul>
28: <li>See the information on <a href=ftp.html>The FTP page</a> for
29: a list of mirror machines
1.48 bentley 30: <li>Go to the <code class=reldir>pub/OpenBSD/2.9/</code> directory on
1.1 deraadt 31: one of the mirror sites
1.22 deraadt 32: <li>Have a look at <a href=errata29.html>The 2.9 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 deraadt 33: of bugs and workarounds.
34: <li>See a <a href=plus29.html>detailed log of changes</a> between the
35: 2.8 and 2.9 releases.
36: </ul>
1.43 tb 37: <p>
1.42 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.
1.48 bentley 41: </table>
1.1 deraadt 42:
1.32 deraadt 43: <hr>
1.48 bentley 44:
45: <section id=new>
46: <h3>What's New</h3>
1.42 tb 47: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 2.9.
1.1 deraadt 48: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href=plus29.html>changelog</a> leading
49: to 2.9.
50: <p>
51:
52: <ul>
53:
1.4 aaron 54: <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.
55: <p>
56:
1.45 tb 57: <li><a href="https://www.OpenSSH.com">OpenSSH</a> (supporting both the
1.5 deraadt 58: SSH1 and SSH2 protocols) is now at version 2.9. Secure file transfers are
1.2 aaron 59: encouraged using the greatly enhanced SFTP subsystem which now comes both with
60: an SFTP server and client.
61: <p>
1.1 deraadt 62:
63: <li>Extensive changes to the documentation, notably the man pages and
64: the Web FAQ. The manual pages now include useful examples to
65: supplement the explanations.
66: <p>
67:
68: <li>More complete collection and better tested set of "ports".
69: <p>
70:
1.4 aaron 71: <li>Over 1000 pre-built and tested packages.
1.1 deraadt 72: <p>
73:
1.2 aaron 74: <li>OpenBSD 2.9 will run on the new Apple Titanium PowerBook G4.
1.1 deraadt 75: <p>
76:
1.6 ericj 77: <li>After a 2 release hiatus, the <a href="alpha.html">OpenBSD/alpha</a> port is back with more hardware support than ever!
78: <p>
79:
1.1 deraadt 80: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
81: <p>
82: <ul>
1.4 aaron 83: <li>XFree86 4.0.3 (and i386 contains 3.3.X servers also, thus providing support for all chipsets)
84: <li>gcc 2.95.3 (+ patches)
1.10 brad 85: <li>perl 5.6.0 (+ patches)
86: <li>Apache 1.3.19, mod_ssl 2.8.2, OpenSSL 0.9.6 (+ patches), DSO support
1.2 aaron 87: <li>ipf 3.4.16 (+ patches)
88: <li>groff 1.15
89: <li>sendmail 8.11.3
90: <li>lynx 2.8.2 with HTTPS support added
91: <li>sudo 1.6.3p7
92: <li>ncurses 5.2
93: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
1.16 hin 94: <li>KTH Kerberos 1.0.4
1.5 deraadt 95: <li>OpenSSH 2.9
1.2 aaron 96:
97: </ul>
98: <p>
99:
100: <li>Much improved device driver support
101: <p>
102: <ul>
103: <li>3Com 3c990 3XP Typhoon/Sidewinder driver (Ethernet only).
1.6 ericj 104: <li>New hardware RAID drivers including:
105: <ul>
106: <li>Adaptec FSA
107: <li>American Megatrends MegaRAID
1.12 brad 108: <li>Compaq Smart ARRAY controllers
1.6 ericj 109: </ul>
110: <li>New SCSI drivers supporting:
111: <ul>
112: <li>Initio 940/950
113: <li>Symbios Logic 53c1x10
114: <li>AMD Am53c974-based PCI adapters
115: </ul>
116: <li>Much added support for various laptop audio cards, including:
117: <ul>
118: <li>ESS Maestro 1/2/2E
119: <li>Yamaha DS-1S
120: <li>Cirrus Logic CS4281 audio devices
121: </ul>
1.2 aaron 122: <li>USB hardware is now enabled by default and includes support for keyboards and mice.
1.1 deraadt 123: </ul>
124: <p>
125:
126: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
127: print in the <a href=plus29.html>complete changelog</a>).
128: <p>
129:
130: <li>Many other new features, including:
131: <p>
132: <ul>
1.17 aaron 133: <li>Long username support.
1.48 bentley 134: <li>Vastly improved Linux <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/compat_linux.8">emulation</a> allowing many more applications to run.
135: <li>802.1d spanning tree support for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bridge.4">bridge(4)</a>.
136: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/vlan.4">vlan(4)</a> bridging support allows for many more bridge possibilities (Now you can even use OpenBSD as an 802.1Q compatible switch)
137: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/kqueue.2">kqueue(2)</a> kernel event notification mechanism.
138: <li>Addition of the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/wscons.4">wscons(4)</a> machine-independent console driver.
1.6 ericj 139: <li>Major enhancements to softupdates, including speed and stability fixes.
1.48 bentley 140: <li>Bug-fixes and enhancements to the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/atapiscsi.4">atapiscsi(4)</a> and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pciide.4">pciide(4)</a> drivers,
1.13 chris 141: including UltraDMA/100 support for Intel, Promise, and Highpoint controllers.
1.1 deraadt 142: </ul>
143:
144: </ul>
1.48 bentley 145: </section>
1.1 deraadt 146:
147: <hr>
1.48 bentley 148:
149: <section id=install>
150: <h3>How to install</h3>
1.1 deraadt 151: <p>
152: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
153: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
154: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
155: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
156: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
157: purchased a CDROM instead.
158: <p>
159:
160: <hr>
1.20 jsyn 161: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROMs for extensive
1.1 deraadt 162: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.9 on your machine:
163: <p>
1.7 ericj 164: <ul>
1.49 ! deraadt 165: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/i386/INSTALL.i386">
! 166: .../OpenBSD/2.9/i386/INSTALL.i386 (on CD1)</a>
! 167: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/powerpc/INSTALL.powerpc">
! 168: .../OpenBSD/2.9/powerpc/INSTALL.powerpc (on CD1)</a>
! 169: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/vax/INSTALL.vax">
! 170: .../OpenBSD/2.9/vax/INSTALL.vax (on CD1)</a>
! 171: <p>
! 172: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
! 173: .../OpenBSD/2.9/sparc/INSTALL.sparc (on CD2)</a>
! 174: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k">
! 175: .../OpenBSD/2.9/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k (on CD2)</a>
! 176: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/amiga/INSTALL.amiga">
! 177: .../OpenBSD/2.9/amiga/INSTALL.amiga (on CD2)</a>
! 178: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k">
! 179: .../OpenBSD/2.9/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k (on CD2)</a>
! 180: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/hp300/INSTALL.hp300">
! 181: .../OpenBSD/2.9/hp300/INSTALL.hp300 (on CD2)</a>
! 182: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/sun3/INSTALL.sun3">
! 183: .../OpenBSD/2.9/sun3/INSTALL.sun3 (on CD2)</a>
! 184: <p>
! 185: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
! 186: .../OpenBSD/2.9/alpha/INSTALL.alpha</a>
1.7 ericj 187: </ul>
1.49 ! deraadt 188: </section>
1.48 bentley 189:
1.1 deraadt 190: <hr>
1.7 ericj 191:
1.48 bentley 192: <section id=quickinstall>
193:
1.1 deraadt 194: <p>
195: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
1.18 miod 196: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
1.1 deraadt 197: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
1.7 ericj 198:
1.48 bentley 199: <h3>OpenBSD/i386:</h3>
200:
1.1 deraadt 201: <p>
1.8 ericj 202: 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 203:
1.1 deraadt 204: <p>
1.8 ericj 205: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to read the included INSTALL.i386 document.
206:
207: <p>
1.48 bentley 208: 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/dd.1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dd.1">dd(1)</a>, where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or "rfd0a".
1.8 ericj 209:
1.48 bentley 210: <blockquote><pre>
1.49 ! deraadt 211: # <kbd>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</kbd>
1.48 bentley 212: </pre></blockquote>
1.8 ericj 213:
214: <p>
215: 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>.
1.48 bentley 216:
217: <h3>OpenBSD/sparc:</h3>
1.7 ericj 218:
219: <p>
1.8 ericj 220: 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.
221:
1.48 bentley 222: <blockquote><pre>
223: > <kbd>boot cdrom 2.9/sparc/bsd.rd</kbd>
1.8 ericj 224: or
1.48 bentley 225: > <kbd>b sd(0,6,0)2.9/sparc/bsd.rd</kbd>
226: </pre></blockquote>
1.8 ericj 227:
228: <p>
1.18 miod 229: 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 230:
1.48 bentley 231: <blockquote><pre>
232: > <kbd>boot floppy</kbd>
1.8 ericj 233: or
1.49 ! deraadt 234: > <kbd>boot fd()</kbd>
1.48 bentley 235: </pre></blockquote>
1.8 ericj 236:
237: <p>
238: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install will most likely fail.
1.11 miod 239:
240: <p>
241: If your sparc doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
242: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
243: INSTALL.sparc file.
1.48 bentley 244:
245: <h3>OpenBSD/amiga:</h3>
1.7 ericj 246:
1.1 deraadt 247: <p>
248: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
249: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
250: CLI command: "CD0:2.9/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.9/amiga/bsd.rd".
1.48 bentley 251:
252: <h3>OpenBSD/hp300:</h3>
1.7 ericj 253:
1.1 deraadt 254: <p>
255: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
256: INSTALL.hp300.
1.48 bentley 257:
258: <h3>OpenBSD/mac68k:</h3>
1.7 ericj 259:
1.1 deraadt 260: <p>
261: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
262: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
263: CD2:2.9/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
264: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
265: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD2:2.9/mac68k/ onto your
266: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
267: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
1.48 bentley 268:
269: <h3>OpenBSD/sun3:</h3>
1.7 ericj 270:
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:
1.48 bentley 275: <h3>OpenBSD/alpha:</h3>
276:
1.8 ericj 277: <p>
278: Get the release via ftp. Then, you can either setup a diskless boot or boot via floppy as described in INSTALL.alpha.
1.49 ! deraadt 279: </section>
1.48 bentley 280:
1.49 ! deraadt 281: <hr>
1.48 bentley 282:
283: <section id=sourcecode>
1.49 ! deraadt 284: <h3>Notes about the source code</h3>
1.8 ericj 285: <p>
1.1 deraadt 286: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
287: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
288: in a separate archive. To extract:
1.48 bentley 289:
290: <blockquote><pre>
291: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src</kbd>
292: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
293: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</kbd>
294: </pre></blockquote>
295:
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:
1.48 bentley 300:
301: <blockquote><pre>
302: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</kbd>
303: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
304: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz</kbd>
305: </pre></blockquote>
306:
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
1.49 ! deraadt 310: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
1.1 deraadt 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.
1.48 bentley 314: </section>
315:
1.1 deraadt 316: <hr>
1.48 bentley 317:
318: <section id=ports>
319: <h3>Ports Tree</h3>
1.1 deraadt 320: <p>
321: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
322: <p>
1.48 bentley 323: <blockquote><pre>
324: # <kbd>cd /usr</kbd>
325: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</kbd>
326: # <kbd>cd ports</kbd>
327: </pre></blockquote>
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
1.48 bentley 342: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/cvs.1">
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>
1.48 bentley 350: <blockquote><pre>
1.49 ! deraadt 351: # <kbd>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_2_9</kbd>
1.48 bentley 352: </pre></blockquote>
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>
1.49 ! deraadt 358: Note that most ports are available as packages on our mirrors. Updated
1.14 espie 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
1.49 ! deraadt 362: would like to know more, the mailing list
! 363: <a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
1.48 bentley 364: </section>
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