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20: <h2><font color=#0000e0>The OpenBSD 2.9 Release:</font></h2>
21: <p>
22:
23: Released June 1, 2001<br>
24: Copyright 1997-2001, Theo de Raadt.<br>
25: <font color=#e00000>ISBN 0-9683637-7-6</font>
26: <p>
27:
28: <a href=#new>What's New</a><br>
29: <a href=#install>How to install</a><br>
30: <a href=#ports>How to use the ports tree</a><br>
31: <a href=orders.html>Ordering a CD set</a><br>
32:
33: <p>
34: <h3><font color=#0000e0>
35: To get the files for this release:
36: <ul>
37: <li>Order a CDROM from our ordering system.
38: <li>See the information on <a href=ftp.html>The FTP page</a> for
39: a list of mirror machines
40: <li>Go to the <font color=#e00000>pub/OpenBSD/2.9/</font> directory on
41: one of the mirror sites
42: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
43: <li>Have a look at <a href=errata.html>The 2.9 Errata page</a> for a list
44: of bugs and workarounds.
45: <li>See a <a href=plus29.html>detailed log of changes</a> between the
46: 2.8 and 2.9 releases.
47: </ul>
48: </font></h3>
49: <br clear=all>
50: <br>
51: <p>
52:
53: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
54: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, srcsys.tar.gz,
55: XF4.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The distribution
56: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
57: the CDROM because of lack of space.
58: <p>
59:
60: <a name=new></a>
61: <hr>
62: <p>
63: <h3><font color=#0000e0>What's New</font></h3>
64: <p>
65: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 2.9.
66: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href=plus29.html>changelog</a> leading
67: to 2.9.
68: <p>
69:
70: <ul>
71:
1.4 aaron 72: <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.
73: <p>
74:
1.1 deraadt 75: <li><a href="http://www.OpenSSH.com">OpenSSH</a> (supporting both the
1.5 deraadt 76: SSH1 and SSH2 protocols) is now at version 2.9. Secure file transfers are
1.2 aaron 77: encouraged using the greatly enhanced SFTP subsystem which now comes both with
78: an SFTP server and client.
79: <p>
1.1 deraadt 80:
81: <li>Extensive changes to the documentation, notably the man pages and
82: the Web FAQ. The manual pages now include useful examples to
83: supplement the explanations.
84: <p>
85:
86: <li>More complete collection and better tested set of "ports".
87: <p>
88:
1.4 aaron 89: <li>Over 1000 pre-built and tested packages.
1.1 deraadt 90: <p>
91:
1.2 aaron 92: <li>OpenBSD 2.9 will run on the new Apple Titanium PowerBook G4.
1.1 deraadt 93: <p>
94:
1.6 ericj 95: <li>After a 2 release hiatus, the <a href="alpha.html">OpenBSD/alpha</a> port is back with more hardware support than ever!
96: <p>
97:
1.1 deraadt 98: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
99: <p>
100: <ul>
1.4 aaron 101: <li>XFree86 4.0.3 (and i386 contains 3.3.X servers also, thus providing support for all chipsets)
102: <li>gcc 2.95.3 (+ patches)
1.1 deraadt 103: <li>perl 5.6.0 plus a few fixes.
1.2 aaron 104: <li>Apache 1.3.19 (+ patches), mod_ssl 2.8.1, OpenSSL 0.9.5a, DSO support
105: <li>ipf 3.4.16 (+ patches)
106: <li>groff 1.15
107: <li>sendmail 8.11.3
108: <li>lynx 2.8.2 with HTTPS support added
109: <li>sudo 1.6.3p7
110: <li>ncurses 5.2
111: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
112: <li>KTH Kerberos 1.0.2
1.5 deraadt 113: <li>OpenSSH 2.9
1.2 aaron 114:
115: </ul>
116: <p>
117:
118: <li>Much improved device driver support
119: <p>
120: <ul>
121: <li>3Com 3c990 3XP Typhoon/Sidewinder driver (Ethernet only).
1.6 ericj 122: <li>New hardware RAID drivers including:
123: <ul>
124: <li>Adaptec FSA
125: <li>American Megatrends MegaRAID
126: <li>Compaq SmartARRAY-based PCI controllers
127: </ul>
128: <li>New SCSI drivers supporting:
129: <ul>
130: <li>Initio 940/950
131: <li>Symbios Logic 53c1x10
132: <li>AMD Am53c974-based PCI adapters
133: </ul>
134: <li>Much added support for various laptop audio cards, including:
135: <ul>
136: <li>ESS Maestro 1/2/2E
137: <li>Yamaha DS-1S
138: <li>Cirrus Logic CS4281 audio devices
139: </ul>
1.2 aaron 140: <li>USB hardware is now enabled by default and includes support for keyboards and mice.
1.1 deraadt 141: </ul>
142: <p>
143:
144: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
145: print in the <a href=plus29.html>complete changelog</a>).
146: <p>
147:
148: <li>Many other new features, including:
149: <p>
150: <ul>
1.2 aaron 151: <li>Vastly improved Linux emulation allowing many more applications to run.
1.4 aaron 152: <li>802.1d spanning tree and vlan support for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge(4)</a>.
1.2 aaron 153: <li>kqueue kernel event notification mechanism.
1.6 ericj 154: <li>Addition of the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wscons&sektion=4">wscons(4)</a> machine-independent console driver.
155: <li>Major enhancements to softupdates, including speed and stability fixes.
1.1 deraadt 156: </ul>
157: <p>
158:
159: </ul>
160: <p>
161:
162: <a name=install></a>
163: <hr>
164: <p>
165: <h3><font color=#0000e0>How to install</font></h3>
166: <p>
167: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
168: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
169: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
170: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
171: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
172: purchased a CDROM instead.
173: <p>
174:
175: <hr>
176: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROM's for extensive
177: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.9 on your machine:
178: <p>
1.7 ! ericj 179: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 180: <li> CD1:2.9/i386/INSTALL.i386
181: <li> CD1:2.9/powerpc/INSTALL.powerpc
182: <li> CD1:2.9/vax/INSTALL.vax
183: <p>
184: <li> CD2:2.9/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
185: <li> CD2:2.9/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
186: <li> CD2:2.9/amiga/INSTALL.amiga
187: <li> CD2:2.9/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
188: <li> CD2:2.9/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
189: <li> CD2:2.9/sun3/INSTALL.sun3
190: <p>
1.7 ! ericj 191: <li>The alpha release is available on the ftp sites, but not on the CDs.
! 192: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 193: <hr>
1.7 ! ericj 194:
1.1 deraadt 195: <p>
196: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
197: use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
198: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
199: <p>
1.7 ! ericj 200:
! 201: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
! 202: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 203: <p>
204: Play with your BIOS options, and see if you can enable booting off a
205: CD; try using CD1. If not, write CD1:2.9/i386/floppy29.fs to a
206: floppy, then boot that. If you are mixing OpenBSD with another
207: operating system, you will surely need to read the INSTALL.i386
208: document.
1.7 ! ericj 209:
1.1 deraadt 210: <p>
211: To make a floppy under MS-DOS, use /2.9/tools/rawrite.exe. Under
212: Unix, use "dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k" (where device could
213: be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). Use properly formatted perfect
214: floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose.
1.7 ! ericj 215: </ul>
! 216:
! 217: <p>
! 218: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
! 219: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 220: <p>
221: To boot off CD2, type "boot cdrom 2.9/sparc/bsd.rd", or
222: "b sd(0,6,0)2.9/sparc/bsd.rd" depending on your ROM version.
223: Alternatively, write CD2:2.9/sparc/floppy29.fs to a floppy and boot it
224: using "boot floppy" or "boot fd()" depending on your ROM version.
1.7 ! ericj 225: </ul>
! 226:
1.1 deraadt 227: <p>
1.7 ! ericj 228: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/amiga:</font></h3>
! 229: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 230: <p>
231: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
232: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
233: CLI command: "CD0:2.9/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.9/amiga/bsd.rd".
1.7 ! ericj 234: </ul>
! 235:
1.1 deraadt 236: <p>
1.7 ! ericj 237: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
! 238: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 239: <p>
240: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
241: INSTALL.hp300.
1.7 ! ericj 242: </ul>
! 243:
1.1 deraadt 244: <p>
1.7 ! ericj 245: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
! 246: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 247: <p>
248: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
249: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
250: CD2:2.9/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
251: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
252: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD2:2.9/mac68k/ onto your
253: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
254: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
1.7 ! ericj 255: </ul>
! 256:
1.1 deraadt 257: <p>
1.7 ! ericj 258: <h3><font color=#e00000>OpenBSD/sun3:</font></h3>
! 259: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 260: <p>
261: Get the release via ftp. Then, you can either setup a diskless boot or
262: create an installation tape, as described in INSTALL.sun3.
1.7 ! ericj 263: </ul>
! 264:
1.1 deraadt 265: <p>
266: <h3><font color=#e00000>Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
1.7 ! ericj 267: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 268: <p>
269: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
270: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
271: in a separate archive. To extract:
272: <p>
1.7 ! ericj 273: <ul><pre>
! 274: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
! 275: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
! 276: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
! 277: </pre></ul>
1.1 deraadt 278: <p>
279: srcsys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
280: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
281: To extract:
282: <p>
1.7 ! ericj 283: <ul><pre>
! 284: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
! 285: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
! 286: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz</strong>
! 287: </pre></ul>
1.1 deraadt 288: <p>
289: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
290: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
291: described at <a href=anoncvs.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/anoncvs.html</a>.
292: Using these files
293: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
294: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
295: <p>
1.7 ! ericj 296: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 297: <a name=ports></a>
298: <hr>
299: <p>
300: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Ports Tree</font></h3>
301: <p>
302: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
303: <p>
1.7 ! ericj 304: <ul><pre>
! 305: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
! 306: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
! 307: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
! 308: </pre></ul>
1.1 deraadt 309: <p>
1.7 ! ericj 310: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.1 deraadt 311: read <a href=ports.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/ports.html</a>
312: if you know nothing about ports
313: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
314: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
315: OpenBSD ports system.
316: <p>
317: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. This is because
318: the full integration of ports into the OpenBSD environment is still a
319: young project as of this release. We believe the ports that are
320: provided here are stable, but it is most important to realize that
321: ports will continue to grow a great deal in functionality in the
322: future.
323: <p>
1.7 ! ericj 324: As we said, ports will be growing a lot in the future. The <i>ports/</i>
1.1 deraadt 325: directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for cvs(1) if you aren't
326: familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete source
327: tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
1.7 ! ericj 328: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
1.1 deraadt 329: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
330: like:
331: <p>
1.7 ! ericj 332: <ul><pre>
! 333: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -PAd</strong>
! 334: </pre></ul>
1.1 deraadt 335: <p>
336: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
337: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
338: server.]
339: <p>
340: Again, it is important to see the webpage for specific instructions as
341: this is a new service which hasn't yet been ironed out
342: completely.
343: <p>
344: Finally, despite ports' youth, help is never far. If you're
345: interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
346: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
347: place to know.
348: <p>
349:
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