The OpenBSD 2.1 Release:
The most recent OpenBSD release is 2.1. The files are available on
a number of FTP and AFS mirror servers. For the 2.1 release, look in
the 2.1/ directory on whichever server you choose.
Binary Snapshots:
Binary snapshots will be made available from time to time on the ftp mirrors.
A snapshot is a release build done by a developer as a test of the system.
These snapshot builds might work OK or... they might not. The snapshots
are made available for people who have specifically requested a build
based on more recent sources.
The snapshots are available on each of the FTP servers in the
directory snapshots.
If you plan to use a snapshot, you should read the
general description about OpenBSD snapshots.
NOTE: you cannot fetch binaries directly from cvs.OpenBSD.org or
OpenBSD.org but must use a mirror site. The main OpenBSD machines are
only on a small network pipe in Canada, and that bandwidth is used
primarily by the developers.
This is a list of currently known ftp servers:
Canada:
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD ==
ftp://ftp1.ca.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD ==
ftp://lager.ucs.ualberta.ca/pub/OpenBSD
located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
(Transfer Stats)
Canada:
ftp://ftp2.ca.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD ==
ftp://obsd.compmore.net/pub/OpenBSD
located in Kanata, Ontario, Canada.
Switzerland:
ftp://ftp.eu.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD ==
ftp://web.eunet.ch/pub/OpenBSD
located in Switzerland.
USA:
ftp://ftp1.usa.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD ==
ftp://pub.seastrom.com/pub/OpenBSD
located in Virginia, Eastern USA.
USA:
ftp://ftp2.usa.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD ==
ftp://news.pacifier.com/pub/OpenBSD
located in Portland, Oregon, western USA.
USA:
ftp://ftp3.usa.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD ==
ftp://freestuff.cs.colorado.edu/pub/OpenBSD
located in Boulder, Colorado, western USA.
USA:
ftp://ftp4.usa.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD ==
ftp://openbsd.eecs.umich.edu/pub/OpenBSD
located in Michigan, USA.
USA:
ftp://ftp5.usa.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD ==
ftp://alpha.ctaz.com/pub/OpenBSD
located in Arizona, western USA.
USA:
ftp://ftp6.usa.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD ==
ftp://ftp.geek-girl.com/pub/OpenBSD
located in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
USA:
ftp://ftp.op.net/pub/OpenBSD
located in Pennsylvania, eastern USA.
France:
ftp://ftp.fr.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD ==
ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/OpenBSD
located in France.
Germany:
ftp://ftp.de.openbsd.org/pub/unix/openbsd/mirrors/OpenBSD ==
ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pub/unix/openbsd/mirrors/OpenBSD
located at the Free University, Berlin, GERMANY
Japan:
ftp://ftp1.jp.openbsd.org/OpenBSD ==
ftp://ftp.tut.ac.jp/OpenBSD
located at Toyohashi University of Technology, Aichi, JAPAN
Japan:
ftp://ftp2.jp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD ==
ftp://ftp.dti.ad.jp/pub/OpenBSD
located at Dream Train Internet, JAPAN
Sweden:
ftp://ftp1.se.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD ==
ftp://ftp.stacken.kth.se/pub/OpenBSD
located at Royal Institue of Technology, Stockholm, SWEDEN
Thailand:
ftp://ftp1.th.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD ==
ftp://ftp.riubon.ac.th/pub/OpenBSD
located at Computer Center, Rajabhat Institute Ubonratchathani, THAILAND
This is a list of currently known AFS servers:
- /afs/ualberta.ca/mirror/openbsd/
This is located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
If you can't see it from your AFS site, you may
need to have your local AFS admins put in the
CellServDB entries for ualberta.ca and make it available for you.
>ualberta.ca # University of Alberta
129.128.1.131 #file13.ucs.ualberta.ca
129.128.98.17 #mystery.ucs.ualberta.ca
129.128.125.40 #drake-en0.ucs.ualberta.ca
The file structure of each FTP/AFS server is roughly:
- .../OpenBSD/2.1/
Where you find our most recent release. (For each architecture,
X11 is included if possible).
- alpha/
- amiga/
- arc/
- i386/
- mac68k/
- mvme68k/
- pmax/
- sparc/
- src.tar.gz
Userland sources, which you would place in /usr/src.
(This does not include kernel sources)
- srcsys.tar.gz
The Kernel sources, which you would place in /usr/src/sys.
- .../OpenBSD/snapshots/
For our major architectures, we tend to build mini releases
of unknown stability and quality about every month or so.
This is where we place those test releases.
- .../OpenBSD/src/
This is a cvs checkout of our daily source tree for those
who want to access individual files. Normally we recommend
the use of CTM or
AnonCVS instead of mirroring
this location.
- .../OpenBSD/tools/
Various other little bits.
People setting up new FTP mirrors will be interested in
the following disk space usage estimates:
315MB 2.0 (OpenBSD 2.0 release)
500MB 2.1 (OpenBSD 2.1 release)
27MB domestic (domestic distributions, i.e. hp300)
500MB snapshots (current snapshots, normally >= 2.1 distribution size)
244MB src (ftpable src tree, checked out from anoncvs nightly)
1MB tools (helpful tools for OpenBSD stuff..)
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1.5GB Total -- all collections
If you add a new FTP mirror site, please contact
the FTP maintainer.
www@openbsd.org
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