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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>
1.50 bentley 26:
1.1 deraadt 27: <ul>
1.52 ! deraadt 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
1.52 ! deraadt 31: one of the mirror sites.
1.50 bentley 32: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata29.html">The 2.9 Errata page</a> for a list
1.52 ! deraadt 33: of bugs and workarounds.
1.1 deraadt 34: <li>See a <a href=plus29.html>detailed log of changes</a> between the
1.52 ! deraadt 35: 2.8 and 2.9 releases.
1.1 deraadt 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
1.51 deraadt 40: files fetched via <code>ports.tar.gz</code>.
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>
1.50 bentley 47: <p>
1.42 tb 48: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 2.9.
1.1 deraadt 49: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href=plus29.html>changelog</a> leading
50: to 2.9.
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:
159: <hr>
1.20 jsyn 160: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROMs for extensive
1.1 deraadt 161: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.9 on your machine:
1.50 bentley 162:
1.7 ericj 163: <ul>
1.49 deraadt 164: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/i386/INSTALL.i386">
165: .../OpenBSD/2.9/i386/INSTALL.i386 (on CD1)</a>
166: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/powerpc/INSTALL.powerpc">
167: .../OpenBSD/2.9/powerpc/INSTALL.powerpc (on CD1)</a>
168: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/vax/INSTALL.vax">
169: .../OpenBSD/2.9/vax/INSTALL.vax (on CD1)</a>
170: <p>
171: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
172: .../OpenBSD/2.9/sparc/INSTALL.sparc (on CD2)</a>
173: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k">
174: .../OpenBSD/2.9/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k (on CD2)</a>
175: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/amiga/INSTALL.amiga">
176: .../OpenBSD/2.9/amiga/INSTALL.amiga (on CD2)</a>
177: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k">
178: .../OpenBSD/2.9/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k (on CD2)</a>
179: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/hp300/INSTALL.hp300">
180: .../OpenBSD/2.9/hp300/INSTALL.hp300 (on CD2)</a>
181: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/sun3/INSTALL.sun3">
182: .../OpenBSD/2.9/sun3/INSTALL.sun3 (on CD2)</a>
183: <p>
184: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
185: .../OpenBSD/2.9/alpha/INSTALL.alpha</a>
1.7 ericj 186: </ul>
1.49 deraadt 187: </section>
1.48 bentley 188:
1.1 deraadt 189: <hr>
1.7 ericj 190:
1.48 bentley 191: <section id=quickinstall>
192:
1.1 deraadt 193: <p>
194: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
1.18 miod 195: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
1.1 deraadt 196: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
1.7 ericj 197:
1.48 bentley 198: <h3>OpenBSD/i386:</h3>
199:
1.1 deraadt 200: <p>
1.8 ericj 201: 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 202:
1.1 deraadt 203: <p>
1.8 ericj 204: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to read the included INSTALL.i386 document.
205:
206: <p>
1.48 bentley 207: 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 208:
1.48 bentley 209: <blockquote><pre>
1.49 deraadt 210: # <kbd>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</kbd>
1.48 bentley 211: </pre></blockquote>
1.8 ericj 212:
213: <p>
214: 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 215:
216: <h3>OpenBSD/sparc:</h3>
1.7 ericj 217:
218: <p>
1.8 ericj 219: 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.
220:
1.48 bentley 221: <blockquote><pre>
222: > <kbd>boot cdrom 2.9/sparc/bsd.rd</kbd>
1.8 ericj 223: or
1.48 bentley 224: > <kbd>b sd(0,6,0)2.9/sparc/bsd.rd</kbd>
225: </pre></blockquote>
1.8 ericj 226:
227: <p>
1.18 miod 228: 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 229:
1.48 bentley 230: <blockquote><pre>
231: > <kbd>boot floppy</kbd>
1.8 ericj 232: or
1.49 deraadt 233: > <kbd>boot fd()</kbd>
1.48 bentley 234: </pre></blockquote>
1.8 ericj 235:
236: <p>
237: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install will most likely fail.
1.11 miod 238:
239: <p>
240: If your sparc doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
241: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
242: INSTALL.sparc file.
1.48 bentley 243:
244: <h3>OpenBSD/amiga:</h3>
1.7 ericj 245:
1.1 deraadt 246: <p>
247: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
248: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
249: CLI command: "CD0:2.9/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.9/amiga/bsd.rd".
1.48 bentley 250:
251: <h3>OpenBSD/hp300:</h3>
1.7 ericj 252:
1.1 deraadt 253: <p>
254: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
255: INSTALL.hp300.
1.48 bentley 256:
257: <h3>OpenBSD/mac68k:</h3>
1.7 ericj 258:
1.1 deraadt 259: <p>
260: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
261: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
262: CD2:2.9/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
263: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
264: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD2:2.9/mac68k/ onto your
265: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
266: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
1.48 bentley 267:
268: <h3>OpenBSD/sun3:</h3>
1.7 ericj 269:
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:
1.48 bentley 274: <h3>OpenBSD/alpha:</h3>
275:
1.8 ericj 276: <p>
277: 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 278: </section>
1.48 bentley 279:
1.49 deraadt 280: <hr>
1.48 bentley 281:
282: <section id=sourcecode>
1.49 deraadt 283: <h3>Notes about the source code</h3>
1.8 ericj 284: <p>
1.51 deraadt 285: <code>src.tar.gz</code> contains a source archive starting at <code>/usr/src</code>.
286: This file contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
1.1 deraadt 287: in a separate archive. To extract:
1.48 bentley 288:
289: <blockquote><pre>
290: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src</kbd>
291: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
292: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</kbd>
293: </pre></blockquote>
294:
1.1 deraadt 295: <p>
1.51 deraadt 296: <code>sys.tar.gz</code> contains a source archive starting at <code>/usr/src/sys</code>.
1.1 deraadt 297: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
298: To extract:
1.48 bentley 299:
300: <blockquote><pre>
301: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</kbd>
302: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
303: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz</kbd>
304: </pre></blockquote>
305:
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
1.49 deraadt 309: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
1.1 deraadt 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.
1.48 bentley 313: </section>
314:
1.1 deraadt 315: <hr>
1.48 bentley 316:
317: <section id=ports>
318: <h3>Ports Tree</h3>
1.1 deraadt 319: <p>
320: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
1.48 bentley 321: <blockquote><pre>
322: # <kbd>cd /usr</kbd>
323: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</kbd>
324: # <kbd>cd ports</kbd>
325: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 326: <p>
1.7 ericj 327: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.50 bentley 328: read <a href="faq/faq15.html">https://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/faq15.html</a>
1.1 deraadt 329: if you know nothing about ports
330: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
331: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
332: OpenBSD ports system.
333: <p>
1.14 espie 334: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. It is doubtful it
335: will ever be. However, it is growing very fast and getting more stable.
336: Almost all ports provided with this release should build without problems
337: on most architectures (over 1200 packages build on i386, for instance).
338: <p>
1.42 tb 339: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
1.50 bentley 340: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/cvs.1">cvs(1)</a> if
1.42 tb 341: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
1.14 espie 342: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
1.7 ericj 343: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
1.1 deraadt 344: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
345: like:
1.48 bentley 346: <blockquote><pre>
1.49 deraadt 347: # <kbd>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_2_9</kbd>
1.48 bentley 348: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 349: <p>
350: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
351: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
352: server.]
353: <p>
1.49 deraadt 354: Note that most ports are available as packages on our mirrors. Updated
1.14 espie 355: packages for the 2.9 release will be made available if problems arise.
1.1 deraadt 356: <p>
1.14 espie 357: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
1.49 deraadt 358: would like to know more, the mailing list
359: <a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
1.48 bentley 360: </section>
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