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Getting OpenBSD Before you proceed much further, let’s talk about how you can get OpenBSD. OpenBSD is available on CD-ROM and over the Internet. CD-ROMs You can purchase OpenBSD CD-ROMs direct from the OpenBSD Project or from any number of online vendors. Just go to the OpenBSD website and look for the “Getting OpenBSD” link. The OpenBSD Project will be happy to sell you CD-ROMs and assorted other OpenBSD merchandise, such as T-shirts and posters. The main OpenBSD distribution point is in Canada, which may be a problem for those of you in other countries. You can get OpenBSD from a variety of resellers, many of which are listed on the OpenBSD ordering page. Pick a vendor in your country and you can save on customs duties or, at least, you can pick a vendor on your same continent and save on shipping charges! CD-ROM Layout Each of the CD-ROMs contain the software for a few hardware platforms. For example, in the OpenBSD 3.2 CD-ROM set, disk 1 contains the i386 and Alpha software, disk 2 contains the VAX and MacPPC software, and disk 3 contains the Sparc and Sparc64 software. You’ll find some extra tidbits scattered throughout all the CD-ROMs, however, so you can’t just get by with one disk. For example, the operating system source code is kept on disk 3 in this particular release. Here’s a look at the contents of the first CD-ROM. 3.2/ HARDWARE PACKAGES PORTS README TRANS.TBL song32.mp3 The 3.2 directory contains the actual software of OpenBSD 3.2. Almost anything you want to install your software is in this directory. The HARDWARE file gives a brief overview of the hardware this release of OpenBSD supports. It makes an excellent quick reference if you’re wondering about hardware support for your particular machine or architecture. The PACKAGES file gives instructions for installing precompiled software packages on OpenBSD. We cover this information in more detail in Chapter 13. The PORTS file gives instruction for compiling your own software from the ports collection, also discussed in Chapter 13. The README file gives valuable pointers to information elsewhere on the CD-ROM. While I’ve made every effort to be complete in This Blog, if you have any trouble at all always refer to the documentation for the release of OpenBSD you’re working with! Finally, the song32.mp3 file contains a song written to celebrate this OpenBSD release. (It might not be technically necessary, but it’s certainly fun.) Finding OpenBSD on the Net You can install OpenBSD directly from the Internet, over HTTP or FTP. Every bit of OpenBSD is available this way, from programs to source code to add-on packages. You can download the entirety of OpenBSD piecemeal or just grab the entire software distribution from the FTP site. Installing via FTP or HTTP is one of the most popular ways to get OpenBSD. What you will not find on the Internet is a set of official OpenBSD ISO images of any release. The Page 38
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