OpenBSD Frequently Asked Questions
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This FAQ is supplemental documentation to the man pages, available both in the installed system and online. The FAQ covers the active release of OpenBSD, currently v3.5. There are likely features and changes to features in the development version (-current) version of OpenBSD that are not covered in this FAQ. The FAQ in PDF and plain text form is available in the pub/OpenBSD/doc directory from the FTP mirrors, along with other documents.
1 - Introduction to OpenBSD ● ●
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1.1 - What is OpenBSD? 1.2 - On what systems does OpenBSD run? 1.3 - Is OpenBSD really free? 1.4 - Why might I want to use OpenBSD? 1.5 - How can I help support OpenBSD? 1.6 - Who maintains OpenBSD? 1.7 - When is the next release of OpenBSD? 1.8 - What is included with OpenBSD? 1.9 - What is new in OpenBSD 3.5? 1.10 - Can I use OpenBSD as a desktop system? 1.11 - Why is/isn't ProductX included?
2 - Other OpenBSD Information Resources ● ● ● ●
2.1 - Web Pages 2.2 - Mailing Lists 2.3 - Manual Pages 2.4 - Reporting Bugs
3 - Obtaining OpenBSD ● ● ●
3.1 - Buying an OpenBSD CD 3.2 - Buying OpenBSD T-Shirts 3.3 - Does OpenBSD provide an ISO image for download?
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3.4 - Downloading via FTP, HTTP or AFS 3.5 - Obtaining Current Source Code
4 - OpenBSD 3.5 Installation Guide ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
4.1 - Overview of the OpenBSD installation procedure. 4.2 - Pre-installation checklist 4.3 - Creating bootable OpenBSD install media 4.4 - Booting OpenBSD install media 4.5 - Performing an install 4.6 - What files are needed for Installation? 4.7 - How much space do I need for an OpenBSD installation? 4.8 - Multibooting OpenBSD 4.9 - Sending your dmesg to
[email protected] after the install 4.10 - Adding a file set after install 4.11 - What is 'bsd.rd'? 4.12 - Common installation problems 4.13 - Customizing the install process 4.14 - How can I install a number of similar systems? 4.15 - How can I get a dmesg(8) to report an install problem? 4.16 - Upgrading/reinstalling OpenBSD/i386 using bsd.rd-a.out.
5 - Building the System from Source ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
5.1 - OpenBSD Flavors 5.2 - Why do I need a custom kernel? 5.3 - Kernel configuration Options 5.4 - Building your own kernel 5.5 - Boot-time configuration 5.6 - Getting more verbose output during boot 5.7 - Using config(8) to change your kernel binary 5.8 - Common Problems when Compiling and Building 5.9 - How do I build an OpenBSD release?
6 - Networking ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
6.1 - Before we go any further 6.2 - Initial network setup 6.3 - How do I filter and firewall with OpenBSD? 6.4 - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) 6.5 - Point to Point Protocol 6.6 - Tuning networking parameters 6.7 - Using NFS 6.8 - Setting up a PPTP connection in OpenBSD 6.9 - Setting up a bridge with OpenBSD 6.10 - How do I boot using PXE? 6.11 - The Common Address Redundancy Protocol
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7 - Keyboard and Display Controls ●