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
This is a list of currently known AFS servers:
- /afs/ualberta.ca/mirror/openbsd/
This is located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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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