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to ensure that you find all of the documentation you will need
while performing an install via HTTP. With the CD-ROMs,
the necessary documentation is easier to find.
1) Read either of the following two files for a list of HTTP
mirrors which provide OpenBSD, then choose one near you:
http://www.OpenBSD.org/ftp.html
http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/ftplist
As of March 29, 2016, the following HTTP mirror sites have the 5.9 release:
http://ftp.eu.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/ Stockholm, Sweden
http://ftp.bytemine.net/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/ Oldenburg, Germany
http://ftp.ch.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/ Zurich, Switzerland
http://ftp.fr.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/ Paris, France
http://ftp5.eu.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/ Vienna, Austria
http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/ Brisbane, Australia
http://ftp.usa.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/ CO, USA
http://ftp5.usa.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/ CA, USA
http://mirror.esc7.net/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/ TX, USA
The release is also available at the master site:
http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/ Alberta, Canada
However it is strongly suggested you use a mirror.
Other mirror sites may take a day or two to update.
2) Connect to that HTTP mirror site and go into the directory
pub/OpenBSD/5.9/ which contains these files and directories.
This is a list of what you will see:
ANNOUNCEMENT alpha/ luna88k/ sparc64/
Changelogs/ amd64/ macppc/ src.tar.gz
HARDWARE armish/ octeon/ sys.tar.gz
PACKAGES armv7/ packages/ tools/
PORTS hppa/ ports.tar.gz xenocara.tar.gz
README i386/ root.mail zaurus/
SHA256 landisk/ sgi/
SHA256.sig loongson/ socppc/
It is quite likely that you will want at LEAST the following
files which apply to all the architectures OpenBSD supports.
README - generic README
HARDWARE - list of hardware we support
PORTS - description of our ports tree
PACKAGES - description of pre-compiled packages
root.mail - a copy of root's mail at initial login.
(This is really worthwhile reading).
3) Read the README file. It is short, and a quick read will make
sure you understand what else you need to fetch.
4) Next, go into the directory that applies to your architecture,
for example, amd64. This is a list of what you will see:
BOOTIA32.EFI* bsd* floppy59.fs pxeboot*
BOOTX62.EFI* bsd.mp* game59.tgz xbase59.tgz
BUILDINFO bsd.rd* index.txt xfont59.tgz
INSTALL.amd64 cd59.iso install59.fs xserv59.tgz
SHA256 cdboot* install59.iso xshare59.tgz
SHA256.sig cdbr* man59.tgz
base59.tgz comp59.tgz miniroot59.fs
If you are new to OpenBSD, fetch _at least_ the file INSTALL.amd64
and install59.iso. The install59.iso file (roughly 290MB in size)
is a one-step ISO-format install CD image which contains the various
*.tgz files so you do not need to fetch them separately.
If you prefer to use a USB flash drive, fetch install59.fs and
follow the instructions in INSTALL.amd64.
5) If you are an expert, follow the instructions in the file called
README; otherwise, use the more complete instructions in the
file called INSTALL.amd64. INSTALL.amd64 may tell you that you
need to fetch other files.
6) Just in case, take a peek at:
http://www.OpenBSD.org/errata.html
This is the page where we talk about the mistakes we made while
creating the 5.9 release, or the significant bugs we fixed
post-release which we think our users should have fixes for.
Patches and workarounds are clearly described there.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
- X.ORG FOR MOST ARCHITECTURES -----------------------------------------
X.Org has been integrated more closely into the system. This release
contains X.Org 7.7. Most of our architectures ship with X.Org, including amd64, sparc64 and macppc. During installation, you can install X.Org
quite easily. Be sure to try out xdm(1) and see how we have customized
it for OpenBSD.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
- PORTS TREE -----------------------------------------------------------
The OpenBSD ports tree contains automated instructions for building
third party software. The software has been verified to build and
run on the various OpenBSD architectures. The 5.9 ports collection
is included on the 3-CD set. Please see the PORTS file for more
information.
Note: a few popular ports, e.g., NSD, Unbound, and several X
applications, come standard with OpenBSD. Also, many popular ports have
been pre-compiled for those who do not desire to build their own binaries
(see BINARY PACKAGES, below).
------------------------------------------------------------------------
- BINARY PACKAGES ------------------------------------------------------
A large number of binary packages are provided. Please see the PACKAGES
file (
http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/PACKAGES) for more details.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
- SYSTEM SOURCE CODE ---------------------------------------------------
The CD-ROMs contain source code for all the subsystems explained
above, and the README (
http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/README)
file explains how to deal with these source files. For those who
are doing an HTTP install, the source code for all four subsystems
can be found in the pub/OpenBSD/5.9/ directory:
xenocara.tar.gz ports.tar.gz src.tar.gz sys.tar.gz
------------------------------------------------------------------------
- THANKS ---------------------------------------------------------------
Ports tree and package building by Pierre-Emmanuel Andre, Landry Breuil,
Visa Hankala, Stuart Henderson, Peter Hessler, Paul Irofti, and
Christian Weisgerber. Base and X system builds by
Jasper Lievisse Adriaanse, Kenji Aoyama, Theo de Raadt, Jonathan Gray,
and Tobias Ulmer. ISO-9660 filesystem layout by Theo de Raadt.
We would like to thank all of the people who sent in bug reports, bug
fixes, donation cheques, and hardware that we use. We would also like
to thank those who pre-ordered the 5.9 CD-ROM or bought our previous
CD-ROMs. Those who did not support us financially have still helped
us with our goal of improving the quality of the software.
Our developers are:
Aaron Bieber, Alexander Bluhm, Alexander Hall, Alexandr Nedvedicky,
Alexandr Shadchin, Alexandre Ratchov, Andrew Fresh,
Anil Madhavapeddy, Anthony J. Bentley, Antoine Jacoutot,
Benoit Lecocq, Bob Beck, Brandon Mercer, Brent Cook, Bret Lambert,
Bryan Steele, Can Erkin Acar, Charles Longeau, Chris Cappuccio,
Christian Weisgerber, Christopher Zimmermann, Claudio Jeker,
Damien Miller, Daniel Boulet, Daniel Dickman, Darren Tucker,
David Coppa, David Gwynne, Dmitrij Czarkoff, Doug Hogan,
Edd Barrett, Eric Faurot, Florian Obser, Gerhard Roth,
Giannis Tsaraias, Gilles Chehade, Giovanni Bechis, Gleydson Soares,
Gonzalo L. Rodriguez, Henning Brauer, Ian Darwin, Igor Sobrado,
Ingo Feinerer, Ingo Schwarze, James Turner, Jason McIntyre,
Jasper Lievisse Adriaanse, Jeremie Courreges-Anglas, Jeremy Evans,
Joel Sing, Joerg Jung, Jonathan Armani, Jonathan Gray,
Jonathan Matthew, Joshua Stein, Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado,
Kazuya Goda, Kenji Aoyama, Kenneth R Westerback, Kent R. Spillner,
Kirill Bychkov, Kurt Miller, Landry Breuil, Lawrence Teo,
Luke Tymowski, Marc Espie, Mark Kettenis, Mark Lumsden,
Markus Friedl, Martijn van Duren, Martin Pieuchot, Martynas Venckus,
Masao Uebayashi, Mats O Jansson, Matthew Dempsky, Matthias Kilian,
Matthieu Herrb, Michael McConville, Mike Belopuhov, Mike Larkin,
Miod Vallat, Nayden Markatchev, Nicholas Marriott, Nigel Taylor,
Okan Demirmen, Otto Moerbeek, Pascal Stumpf, Paul Irofti,
Peter Hessler, Philip Guenther, Pierre-Emmanuel Andre,
Rafael Zalamena, Remi Pointel, Renato Westphal, Reyk Floeter,
Ricardo Mestre, Robert Nagy, Robert Peichaer, Sasano Takayoshi,
Sebastian Benoit, Sebastian Reitenbach, Sebastien Marie,
Stefan Fritsch, Stefan Kempf, Stefan Sperling, Steven Mestdagh,
Stuart Cassoff, Stuart Henderson, Sunil Nimmagadda, T.J. Townsend,
Ted Unangst, Theo Buehler, Theo de Raadt, Tim van der Molen,
Tobias Stoeckmann, Tobias Ulmer, Todd C. Miller, Ulf Brosziewski,
Vadim Zhukov, Vincent Gross, Visa Hankala, Yasuoka Masahiko,
Yojiro Uo
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