1 # Obtaining DragonFly for your system
6 DragonFly CDs are 'live', meaning these CDs will boot your system
7 and let you log in as root (no password). You can use this feature to
8 check for hardware compatibility and play with DragonFly a little before
9 actually installing it on your hard drive. The CD includes an installer
10 that can be run at the console, or (experimentally) via a web browser.
11 Make sure you read the
12 <a href="http://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git/blob/HEAD:/nrelease/root/README">README</a>
13 file for more information. To activate the installer, boot the CD and
15 See the 'Download Site' list below for a list of download locations.
17 ## Obtaining source via git
19 Since DragonFly 2.1 the source repository is maintained with git instead of CVS. See
20 <a href="http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=development§ion=ANY">development(7)</a>
21 for instructions how to clone the repository.
26 Daily DragonFly events and news are reported at the
27 <a href="http://www.shiningsilence.com/dbsdlog/">DragonFly BSD Digest</a>.
30 ## Current Working Set
33 DragonFly is under major development so while we do have a release cycle
34 there are often better choices. We have daily snapshots and we have
35 preview snapshots of current development. First-time DragonFly users are
36 probably best served using a preview snapshot. These snapshots can be
37 located at <a href="ftp://ftp.dragonflybsd.org/iso-images/">ftp://ftp.dragonflybsd.org/iso-images</a>.
38 Daily snapshots are available at <a href="http://chlamydia.fs.ei.tum.de/pub/DragonFly/snapshots/">http://chlamydia.fs.ei.tum.de/pub/DragonFly/snapshots/</a>.
43 DragonFly systems based on current development are labeled PREVIEW or
44 DEVELOPMENT. People who want to keep up with recent developments but who
45 do not want the absolute bleeding-edge-likely-to-crash-in-bad-ways work
46 should use PREVIEW. People who want the bleeding edge should use the
47 HEAD of the git tree which are marked DEVELOPMENT. <i>We used to have
48 something called STABLE and CURRENT. Those no longer exist. STABLE has
49 been renamed to PREVIEW and CURRENT has been renamed to DEVELOPMENT.</i>
55 Releases occur approximately twice a year. DragonFly release branches
56 <b>only contain bug and security fixes</b> and are designed for people
57 running production systems who don't want any surprises. Brand-new
58 features often discussed on the mailing lists are typically not
63 The current release is <a href="release2_0.shtml">DragonFly 2.0.X-RELEASE</a>.
67 DragonFly systems based on releases are labeled RELEASE. For example,
68 you might be running <b>DragonFly X.Y.Z-RELEASE</b>. The subversion is
69 bumped on a daily basis when commits have been made to the release branch
70 that day and can become quite large. For example, 1.4.75.
79 <TH>Mirrored Data</TH>
80 <TH>Access methods</TH>
83 <TR><TD CLASS="mirrorsection" COLSPAN="3">Snapshots and ISO images</TD></TR>
86 <TD>DragonFlyBSD.org (California)</TD>
87 <TD>Code, ISO master site (<B>NOTE: Use this site as a last resort!)</B>)</TD>
89 <TD><a href="ftp://ftp.dragonflybsd.org/">FTP</a>
94 <TD>chlamydia.fs.ei.tum.de (Germany)</TD>
95 <TD>Snapshots master site, official ISOs</TD>
97 <a href="http://chlamydia.fs.ei.tum.de/pub/DragonFly/">HTTP</a>,
98 <a href="ftp://chlamydia.fs.ei.tum.de/pub/DragonFly/">FTP</a>,
99 <a href="http://chlamydia.fs.ei.tum.de/services/#rsync">rsync</a>
105 <TD>AllBSD.org (Japan)</TD>
106 <TD>Daily snapshots, official ISOs</TD>
107 <TD><a href="http://pub.allbsd.org/DragonFly/">HTTP</a>,
108 <a href="ftp://ftp.allbsd.org/pub/DragonFly/">FTP</a>,
114 <TD>Starkast.net (Sweden)</TD>
115 <TD>Daily snapshots, official ISOs</TD>
117 <a href="http://ftp.starkast.net/pub/DragonFly/">HTTP</a>,
118 <a href="ftp://ftp.starkast.net/pub/DragonFly/">FTP</a>
124 <TD>Providence University (Taiwan)</TD>
125 <TD>Daily snapshots, official ISOs</TD>
127 <a href="http://dragonflybsd.cs.pu.edu.tw/">HTTP</a>,
128 <a href="ftp://dragonflybsd.cs.pu.edu.tw/DragonFLYBSD">FTP</a>
133 <TD>Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) (Ishikawa, Japan)</TD>
134 <TD>Daily snapshots, official ISOs</TD>
136 <a href="http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/DragonFly/">HTTP</a>,
137 <a href="ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/DragonFly/">FTP</a>,
138 <a href="rsync://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/DragonFly/">rsync</a>
144 <TD>TheShell.com (Ashburn, VA, USA)</TD>
145 <TD>Code, official ISOs</TD>
147 <a href="http://www.theshell.com/pub/DragonFly/">HTTP</a>,
148 <a href="ftp://ftp.theshell.com/pub/DragonFly/">FTP</a>,
149 <a href="rsync://rsync.theshell.com/pub/DragonFly/">rsync</a> (IPv4 and IPv6)
155 <TD>mirror.macomnet.net (Moscow, Russia)</TD>
156 <TD>Daily snapshots, official ISOs</TD>
158 <a href="http://mirror.macomnet.net/pub/DragonFlyBSD/">HTTP</a>,
159 <a href="ftp://mirror.macomnet.net/pub/DragonFlyBSD/">FTP</a>, and
160 <a href="rsync://mirror.macomnet.net/pub/DragonFlyBSD/">rsync</a>
165 <TD>ftp.tu-clausthal.de (Germany)</TD>
167 <TD>Official ISOs</TD>
169 <a href="http://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/DragonFly/">HTTP</a>,
170 <a href="ftp://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/DragonFly/">FTP</a>
175 <TD>Demokritos University of Thrace (Greece)</TD>
176 <TD>Daily Snapshots, Official ISOs</TD>
178 <a href="http://ftp.duth.gr/pub/DragonflyBSD/">HTTP</a>,
180 <a href="ftp://ftp.duth.gr/pub/DragonflyBSD/">FTP</a>,
181 <a href="rsync://ftp.duth.gr/DragonflyBSD/">rsync</a>
186 <TD>High5.net (Amsterdam)</TD>
187 <TD>Official ISOs</TD>
189 <a href="http://high5.net/mirrors/DragonFly/iso-images/">HTTP</a>
194 <TD>Elion Enterprises Ltd (Estonia)</TD>
195 <TD>Daily Snapshots, Official ISOs</TD>
197 <a href="http://ftp.estpak.ee/pub/DragonFly">HTTP</a>,
198 <a href="ftp://ftp.estpak.ee/pub/DragonFly">FTP</a>,
199 <a href="rsync://ftp.estpak.ee/DragonFly">rsync</a>
205 <TD>TWAREN FTP (Taiwan)</TD>
206 <TD>Daily Snapshots, Official ISOs</TD>
208 <a href="http://ftp.twaren.net/BSD/DragonFlyBSD/">HTTP</a>,
209 <a href="ftp://ftp.twaren.net/BSD/DragonFlyBSD/">FTP</a>
214 <TD>dragonflybsd.kiev.ua (Ukraine)</TD>
215 <TD>Daily Snapshots, Official ISOs</TD>
218 <a href="http://www.dragonflybsd.kiev.ua/">HTTP</a>,
219 <a href="ftp://ftp.dragonflybsd.kiev.ua/pub/DragonFlyBSD/">FTP</a>
224 <TD>boulder.tele.dk (Denmark)</TD>
225 <TD>Daily Snapshots, Official ISOs</TD>
227 <a href="http://mirror03.inet.tele.dk/pub/DragonFly/">HTTP</a>,
228 <a href="ftp://mirror03.inet.tele.dk/pub/DragonFly/">FTP</a>
234 <TD>Philipps-University Marburg (Germany)</TD>
235 <TD>Official ISOs</TD>
237 <a href="ftp://ftp.mathematik.uni-marburg.de/pub/mirror/dragonfly/">FTP</a>
242 <TD>Flixn, Inc. (Texas, United States)</TD>
244 <TD>Daily Snapshots, Official ISOs</TD>
246 <a href="http://mirror.evilprojects.net/pub/DragonFlyBSD/">HTTP</a>
247 <a href="ftp://mirror.evilprojects.net/pub/DragonFlyBSD/">FTP</a>
252 <TD>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. (California)</TD>
253 <TD>Official ISOs</TD>
255 <a href="http://mirrors.isc.org/pub/DragonFly/">HTTP</a>
257 <a href="ftp://mirrors.isc.org/pub/DragonFly/">FTP</a>
261 <!-- binary packages after this -->
263 <TD COLSPAN="3"> </TD>
266 <TR><TD CLASS="mirrorsection" COLSPAN="3">pkgsrc binary mirrors</TD></TR>
269 <TD>www.pkgsrc-box.org (Germany)</TD>
270 <TD>binary pkgsrc packages</TD>
272 <TD><a href="http://www.pkgsrc-box.org/packages/stable/">i386 packages</a>
277 <TD>chlamydia.fs.ei.tum.de (Germany)</TD>
278 <TD>binary pkgsrc packages<br>(mirror from here)</TD>
279 <TD><a href="http://chlamydia.fs.ei.tum.de/pub/DragonFly/packages/">i386 packages</a>
285 <TD>TheShell.com (Ashburn, VA, USA)</TD>
286 <TD>binary pkgsrc packages</TD>
287 <TD><a href="http://www.theshell.com/pub/DragonFly/packages/">i386 packages</a>
292 <TD>TWAREN FTP (Taiwan)</TD>
293 <TD>binary pkgsrc packages</TD>
296 <a href="http://ftp.twaren.net/BSD/DragonFlyBSD/packages/">i386 packages</a>
301 <TD>dragonflybsd.kiev.ua (Ukraine)</TD>
302 <TD>binary pkgsrc packages</TD>
304 <a href="ftp://ftp.dragonflybsd.kiev.ua/pub/DragonFlyBSD/packages/">i386 packages</a>
310 <TD>boulder.tele.dk (Denmark)</TD>
311 <TD>binary pkgsrc packages</TD>
313 <a href="http://mirror03.inet.tele.dk/pub/DragonFly/packages/">i386
319 <TD>Philipps-University Marburg (Germany)</TD>
320 <TD>binary pkgsrc packages</TD>
321 <TD><a href="ftp://ftp.mathematik.uni-marburg.de/pub/mirror/dragonfly/packages/">i386 packages</a>
327 <TD>Flixn, Inc. (Texas, United States)</TD>
328 <TD>binary pkgsrc packages</TD>
330 <a href="http://mirror.evilprojects.net/pub/DragonFlyBSD/packages/">HTTP</a>
331 <a href="ftp://mirror.evilprojects.net/pub/DragonFlyBSD/packages/">FTP</a>
334 <!-- source only after this -->
337 <TD COLSPAN="3"> </TD>
340 <TR><TD CLASS="mirrorsection" COLSPAN="3">Git source mirrors</TD></TR>
343 <TD>DragonFlyBSD.org (California)</TD>
344 <TD>Code master site (<B>NOTE: Use other sites if possible!</B>)</TD>
346 <a href="git://crater.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git">git repo</a>
348 <a href="http://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/">gitweb</a>
353 <TD>chlamydia.fs.ei.tum.de (Germany)</TD>
356 <a href="git://chlamydia.fs.ei.tum.de/dragonfly.git">git repo</a>,
367 <TD COLSPAN="2">Any commercial site selling DragonFly related material can be listed in
378 <TH>Organization</TH>
379 <TH>Access methods</TH>
383 <TD><B>BSD-Systems</B><br>
384 BSD-Systems.co.uk offers high quality Open Source Operating Systems
385 available for purchase on CD, and will ship to UK or international
388 <TD><A HREF="http://bsd-systems.co.uk/">http://bsd-systems.co.uk/</A></TD>
393 <TD><B>Ikarios</B><br>
394 Ikarios is a low-cost supplier (mail-order only) of CDs, shipping in most
395 European countries.<br>
396 Each industrially-produced and tested CD costs at most 1.99 euro (decreasing rate).<br>
398 <TD><A HREF="http://www.ikarios.com/form#dfbsd">http://www.ikarios.com/</A></TD>
402 <TD><B>Lehmanns</B><br>
403 Lehmanns is a bookshop located in Germany, offering various
404 BSD and Linux distributions. Their FreeBSD DVDs also
405 contain the latest version of DragonFly BSD, which can
406 be started straight from the boot menu of the DVD.
408 <TD><A HREF="http://www.lob.de/">http://www.lob.de/</A></TD>
413 <TD><B>Linux Bazar</B><br>
414 Linux Bazar is a low-cost supplier of software CDs. Shipping is only to
415 addresses within India.
417 <TD><A HREF="http://www.LinuxBazar.com/">http://www.LinuxBazar.com/</A></TD>
421 <td><b>Linux CD Mall</b><br/>
422 Linux CD Mall, a family business operating from Auckland, NZ, is run by
423 Chris Hope and The Electric Toolbox Ltd to distribute Linux and BSD
424 distributions on CD and DVD to New Zealand and the rest of the world.
426 <td><a href="http://www.linuxcdmall.com/dragonfly.html">http://www.linuxcdmall.com/dragonfly.html</a></td>
431 <td><b>LinuxDownloads.co.uk</b><br />
432 LinuxDownload.co.uk provides Linux, BSD and Open Source software on CD and
433 DVD. We aim to dispatch orders within 24 hours and offer free delivery to
434 the UK and worldwide shipping is available too.
436 <td><a href="http://www.linuxdownload.co.uk">http://www.linuxdownload.co.uk</a><br/>
437 sales@linuxdownload.co.uk</td>
442 <td><b>Tetrad Digital Integrity</b><br/>
444 TDI is an information assurance company in the Washington DC area, which
445 can provide consulting services for deploying DragonFly BSD in all areas of
446 enterprise use - desktop, server and infrastructure (router/firewall
448 <td><a href="http://www.tdisecurity.com/">http://www.tdisecurity.com</a><br/>
449 dfbsd@tdisecurity.com</td>