This is one of the CDROM's in the OpenBSD 2.8 package. For more OpenBSD information check www.OpenBSD.org. Released December 1, 2000. Copyright 1997-2000, Theo de Raadt. All applicable copyrights and credits can be found in the applicable file sources found on the two CDROMs in this package. XXX XXX If there are bugs found in this CD release, workaround information XXX can be found at http://www.OpenBSD.org/errata.html XXX ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Please refer to the following files on the two CDROM's for extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 2.8 on your machine: CD1:2.8/i386/INSTALL.i386 CD1:2.8/powerpc/INSTALL.powerpc CD1:2.8/vax/INSTALL.vax CD2:2.8/sparc/INSTALL.sparc CD2:2.8/hp300/INSTALL.hp300 CD2:2.8/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k CD2:2.8/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k CD2:2.8/amiga/INSTALL.amiga ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above! i386: Play with your BIOS options, and see if you can enable booting off a CD; try using CD1. Not all BIOS/CDROM combinations work well. If not, write CD1:2.8/i386/floppy28.fs to a floppy, then boot that. Use cdrom28.fs for a 2.88MB floppy, or floppyB28.fs if floppy28.fs turns out to not support a scsi controller you need supported. Finally, floppyC28.fs contains more cardbus support for laptops. If you are mixing OpenBSD with another operating system, you will want to read the INSTALL.i386 document. If you have problems with pcibios, use "> boot -c" and then "UKC> disable pcibios", and following the install read the pcibios(8) manual page. SPARC: To boot off CD1, type "boot cdrom 2.8/sparc/bsd.rd", or "b sd(0,6,0)2.8/sparc/bsd.rd" depending on your ROM version. Alternatively, write CD1:2.8/sparc/floppy28.fs to a floppy and boot it using "boot fd()" or "boot floppy" depending on your ROM version. POWERPC: Hold down Command, Option, O and F keys while booting, until you are presented with the Open Firmware > prompt. To boot off CD2, type "boot cd:,ofwboot /2.8/powerpc/bsd.rd". AMIGA: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section. Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following CLI command: "CD0:2.8/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.8/amiga/bsd.rd". HP300: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300. ALPHA: Your alpha must use SRM firmware (not ARC). If you have a CDROM drive, you can try to boot CD2 using "boot -fi 2.8/alpha/bsd.rd dkaX" (use "show device" to find your CDROM drive identifier). Otherwise, write CD2:2.8/alpha/floppy.fs to a floppy and boot that by typing "boot dva0". If this fails, you can place bsd.rd on some other device and boot it, or use the provided simpleroot. MAC68K: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from CD2:2.8/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD2:2.8/mac68k/ onto your partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Further Notes: To make a floppy under MS-DOS, use CD1:/2.8/tools/rawrite.exe. Under Unix, use "dd if= of=/dev/ bs=32k" (where device could be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). To write a floppy under NT, use CD1:/2.8/tools/ntrw.exe instead. Use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CD#1 contains a regular CVS checkout starting in /. Using this tree it is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as described at http://www.OpenBSD.org/anoncvs.html. Using these files results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree. There are two ways of using the CD: 1) copy the tree off it, (assuming the CD is mounted on /mnt): # mkdir /usr/src # cd /mnt; cp -Rp CVS Makefile bin distrib etc games gnu \ include kerberosIV lib libexec lkm regress sbin share \ sys usr.bin usr.sbin /usr/src 2) Or, alternatively, use a union mount with the CD below a writable directory. However, be aware that the union filesystem code is not flawless. # mkdir /usr/src # mount -t union -o -b /mnt /usr/src After this, /usr/src will be a nice checkout area where all cvs(1) commands will work OK. Refer to http://www.OpenBSD.org/anoncvs.html for more details. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- KERNEL SOURCE If you want the kernel source copied off CD1, do the following: # mkdir -p /usr/src/sys # cd /mnt/sys # tar cf - . | (cd /usr/src/sys; tar xvf - ) Important man pages to read are config(8) and options(4). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To compile a kernel from the readonly CD mounted on /usr/src: cd /somewhere cp /usr/src/sys/arch/$ARCH/conf/SOMEFILE . edit SOMEFILE (to make any changes you want) config -s /usr/src/sys -b . SOMEFILE make $ARCH should be the architecture (e.g. i386). If you like, do a "make depend" too so you'll have your dependencies there next time you do a compile. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CD#2 contains the following things: Changelogs/ This is all of the CVS commit logs we have generated while working on the project. ports.tar.gz Our ports tree. Refer to CD2:/PORTS X11.tar.gz A CVS checkout of our version of the XFree86 source tree.