-The i386-specific portion of the OpenBSD 2.0 release is found in the
+The i386-specific portion of the OpenBSD 2.1 release is found in the
"i386" subdirectory of the distribution. That subdirectory is laid
out as follows:
-.../2.0/i386/
+.../2.1/i386/
INSTALL.i386 Installation notes; this file.
bins/ i386 binary distribution sets;
installation section, below.
There are four i386 floppy images to be found in the "i386/floppy"
-subdirectory of the OpenBSD 2.0 distribution. Two of them are bootable
+subdirectory of the OpenBSD 2.1 distribution. Two of them are bootable
kernel-copy floppies, one is an installation floppy, and one is an
upgrade floppy. They are all described in more detail below. There
are gzipped versions of each available, for easier downloading. (The
floppies. This floppy is named "upgr20.fs"
The OpenBSD/i386 binary distribution sets contain the binaries which
-comprise the OpenBSD 2.0 release for the i386. There are seven binary
+comprise the OpenBSD 2.1 release for the i386. There are seven binary
distribution sets. The binary distribution sets can be found in
-subdirectories of the "i386/bins" subdirectory of the OpenBSD 2.0
+subdirectories of the "i386/bins" subdirectory of the OpenBSD 2.1
distribution tree, and are as follows:
- base20 The OpenBSD/i386 2.0 base binary distribution. You
+ base20 The OpenBSD/i386 2.1 base binary distribution. You
MUST install this distribution set. It contains the
base OpenBSD utilities that are necessary for the
system to run and be minimally functional. It
-OpenBSD/i386 2.0 runs on ISA (AT-Bus), EISA, PCI, and VL-bus systems
+OpenBSD/i386 2.1 runs on ISA (AT-Bus), EISA, PCI, and VL-bus systems
with 386-family processors, with or without math coprocessors. It
does NOT support MCA systems, such as some IBM PS/2 systems. The
minimal configuration is said to require 4M of RAM and 50M of disk space,
Enter "halt" at the prompt to halt the system. When the
system is halted, remove the "inst-20" floppy from the floppy
- drive, and replace it with the OpenBSD 2.0 kernel-copy floppy
+ drive, and replace it with the OpenBSD 2.1 kernel-copy floppy
that you previously booted from. Reboot with that floppy.
with that floppy.
Once the system is halted, remove the kernel-copy floppy from
the floppy disk drive, and hit any key to reboot.
-Congratulations, you have successfully installed OpenBSD 2.0. When you
+Congratulations, you have successfully installed OpenBSD 2.1. When you
reboot into OpenBSD, you should log in as "root" at the login prompt.
There is no initial password, but if you're using the machine in a
networked environment, you should create yourself an account and
protect it and the "root" account with good passwords.
-Some of the files in the OpenBSD 2.0 distribution might need to be
+Some of the files in the OpenBSD 2.1 distribution might need to be
tailored for your site. In particular, the /etc/sendmail.cf file will
almost definitely need to be adjusted, and other files in /etc will
probably need to be modified, as well. If you are unfamiliar with
it is complete, you should use "halt" to halt the system.
When the system is halted, remove the "upgr20" floppy from
- the floppy drive, and replace it with the OpenBSD 2.0
+ the floppy drive, and replace it with the OpenBSD 2.1
kernel-copy floppy that you previously booted from. Reboot
with that floppy.
Once the system is halted, remove the kernel-copy floppy from
the floppy disk drive, and hit any key to reboot.
-Your system has now been upgraded to OpenBSD 2.0.
+Your system has now been upgraded to OpenBSD 2.1.
After a new kernel has been copied to your hard disk, your
- machine is a complete OpenBSD 2.0 system. However, that
+ machine is a complete OpenBSD 2.1 system. However, that
doesn't mean that you're finished with the upgrade process.
There are several things that you should do, or might have to
do, to insure that the system works properly.
-For the i386, OpenBSD 2.0 brings greatly improved performance,
-stability, and device support. Emulation for several UN*X and UN*X
-like operating systems, including Linux and FreeBSD, has been added.
-Many new PCI devices are supported, such as cards based on the AMD
-PCnet-PCI Ethernet chip, the Digital DC21x4x family of Ethernet chips,
-and the Adaptec AIC7870 SCSI host adapter chip. Some drivers such as
-"ccd" which previously only worked on other ports of OpenBSD now work
-on the i386 port. Though still not known to be entirely stable, the
-"ncr" driver for 53c8xx-series SCSI adapters has had substantial bugs
-and performance issues resolved.
+For the i386, OpenBSD 2.1 brings greater stability and security. As a
+side effect of the full security audit, many userland programs have
+been significantly cleaned up and debugged.
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