18f04b5dcSderaadtFrom deraadt@do-not-reply.openbsd.org Sun Sep 1 07:00:00 MST 2016 2dfc8a969SderaadtReturn-Path: root 38f04b5dcSderaadtDate: Sep 1 07:00:00 MST 2016 4fb6b5d8eSderaadtFrom: deraadt@do-not-reply.openbsd.org (Theo de Raadt) 5dfc8a969SderaadtTo: root 68f04b5dcSderaadtSubject: Welcome to OpenBSD 6.0! 7dfc8a969Sderaadt 88bb15af0SderaadtThis message attempts to describe the most basic initial questions that a 9fb6b5d8eSderaadtsystem administrator of an OpenBSD box might have. You are urged to save 10fb6b5d8eSderaadtthis message for later reference. 117e19f6b3Sderaadt 127e19f6b3SderaadtFor more information on how to set up your OpenBSD system, refer to the 13f49a6d61Sjmc"afterboot" man page (i.e. after you exit the mail subsystem, type 148bb15af0Sderaadt"man afterboot"). If you are not familiar with how to read man pages, type 158bb15af0Sderaadt"man man" at a shell prompt and read the entire thing. Pay specific 16fb6b5d8eSderaadtattention to the "man -k keyword" option, which will permit you to find the 171a1a27f3Sderaadtman page you are looking for more easily; for instance, "man -k ethernet". 181a1a27f3SderaadtThe GNU "info" subsystem is also installed with further documentation 191a1a27f3Sderaadtresources: to read info pages type "info". (The info subsystem behaves like 201a1a27f3Sderaadtthe popular emacs editor.) 217e19f6b3Sderaadt 2281b85557SderaadtAgain, PLEASE READ THE MANUAL PAGES. Our developers have spent countless 2381b85557Sderaadthours improving them so that they are clear and precise. 2481b85557Sderaadt 25eb46410eSderaadtIf you have installed the X11 file sets during the install process, you can 261a1a27f3Sderaadtfind further information regarding configuration in the file /usr/X11R6/README. 272186ffe8Sderaadt 2855ef6989SmarcSeveral popular binary packages (pre-compiled applications) are available 29d43472aaSroheefor most architectures. If you installed from a CD-ROM the packages 308f04b5dcSderaadtare on the same CD-ROM you installed from in the directory 6.0/packages. 31f17af8f2Sderaadt 32f49a6d61SjmcCD-ROM space permitted us to include a subset of the full FTP packages 334d393826Sderaadtfor the most common architectures. Please see the FTP sites to see a 344d393826Sderaadtfull list of packages for each architecture: 35de7dbe57Sderaadt 36*695df7faStj http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.0/packages/ 374d393826Sderaadt 38f17af8f2SderaadtIf you do not find a package you want on the CD, please go look at your 39f17af8f2Sderaadtnearest FTP mirror site. 4055ef6989Smarc 4163397df1SderaadtSelect your architecture and download the tarballs of your choice. For example 42f2be82a0Smiodto install the emacs package for amd64, execute: 438bb15af0Sderaadt # mount /dev/cd0a /cdrom 448f04b5dcSderaadt # pkg_add -v /cdrom/6.0/packages/amd64/emacs-24.5p0-no_x11.tgz 45ed95d646Sderaadtor alternatively install them via FTP this way: 468f04b5dcSderaadt # pkg_add -v ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.0/packages/amd64/emacs-24.5p0-no_x11.tgz 47fb6b5d8eSderaadt 48fb6b5d8eSderaadtSignificant efforts were made to centralize all system configuration in the 49fb6b5d8eSderaadt/etc directory. You should be able to find each of the configuration files 50fb6b5d8eSderaadtyou seek there, lightly documented. In particular, much of the configuration 51fb6b5d8eSderaadthas been centralized in the file /etc/rc.conf. You should not need to ever 52fb6b5d8eSderaadtedit the file /etc/rc. 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As shown, 775fa58d18Sderaadtincluding a bit of information about your machine in the subject or the body 785fa58d18Sderaadtcan help us even further. We will use this information to improve device driver 795fa58d18Sderaadtsupport in future releases. (Please do this using the supplied GENERIC kernel, 805fa58d18Sderaadtnot for a custom compiled kernel, unless you're unable to boot the GENERIC 8105efb82cSstevenkernel. If you have a multi-processor machine, dmesg results of both GENERIC.MP 8205efb82cSstevenand GENERIC kernels are appreciated.) The device driver information we get from 8305efb82cSsteventhis helps us fix existing drivers. Thank you! 84fb6b5d8eSderaadt 851a1a27f3Sderaadt(If you wish to save it, use the "x" command.) 862186ffe8Sderaadt 87