Annotation of www/35.html, Revision 1.100
1.1 deraadt 1: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
2: <html>
3: <head>
1.100 ! deraadt 4: <title>OpenBSD 3.5</title>
1.1 deraadt 5: <meta name="resource-type" content="document">
6: <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
7: <meta name="description" content="OpenBSD 3.5">
8: <meta name="keywords" content="openbsd,main">
9: <meta name="distribution" content="global">
1.25 miod 10: <meta name="copyright" content="This document copyright 2004 by OpenBSD.">
1.1 deraadt 11: </head>
12:
13: <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#24248E">
14:
15: <a href="index.html">
16: <img alt="[OpenBSD]" height="30" width="141" hspace="24" src="images/smalltitle.gif" border="0"></a>
17: <hr>
18:
19: <p>
20: <a href="images/Carp.gif">
1.100 ! deraadt 21: <img align="left" width="255" height="343" hspace="24"
1.1 deraadt 22: src="images/Carp.gif" alt="OpenBSD 3.5 logo"></a>
1.100 ! deraadt 23: <h2><font color="#0000e0">OpenBSD 3.5</font></h2>
1.1 deraadt 24: <p>
25: Released May 1, 2004<br>
26: Copyright 1997-2004, Theo de Raadt.<br>
1.89 wvdputte 27: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 0-9731791-3-9</font>
1.93 deraadt 28: <br>
29: <a href="lyrics.html#35">3.5 Song: "CARP License" and "Redundancy must be free"</a>
1.1 deraadt 30: <p>
31: <ul>
32: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
33: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
34: a list of mirror machines.
35: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/3.5/</font> directory on
36: one of the mirror sites.
37: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
1.92 miod 38: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata35.html">The 3.5 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 deraadt 39: of bugs and workarounds.
1.88 deraadt 40: <li>See a <a href="plus35.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
1.1 deraadt 41: 3.4 and 3.5 releases.
42: </ul>
43: <br clear=all>
1.100 ! deraadt 44: All applicable copyrights and credits can be found in the applicable
! 45: file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
! 46: xenocara.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The
! 47: distribution files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file
! 48: are not included on the CDROM because of lack of space.
1.1 deraadt 49: <p>
50:
51: <a name="new"></a>
52: <hr>
53: <p>
54: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
55: <p>
56: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.88 deraadt 57: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus35.html">changelog</a> leading
1.1 deraadt 58: to 3.5.
59: <p>
60:
61: <ul>
62:
1.14 deraadt 63: <li> New platforms:
64: <ul>
1.74 deraadt 65: <li><a href="amd64.html">OpenBSD/amd64</a><br>
66: Supporting the AMD64 architecture natively,
67: with full 64-bit support, 8 extra registers in the architecture
68: to significantly increase performance, and a memory management
69: Non-Executable bit that permits full W^X support.<br>
1.94 david 70: (Note: The upcoming Intel "ia32e" AMD64-compatible CPUs have also
1.74 deraadt 71: been tested, and work, even though they lack the NX bit).
72: <li><a href="cats.html">OpenBSD/cats</a><br>
1.94 david 73: Our first entry in the ARM-CPU landscape. We intend to use this as a
1.74 deraadt 74: development platform for something else we plan for the future...
75: <li><a href="mvme88k.html">OpenBSD/mvme88k</a><br>
1.94 david 76: Supporting an older, but very cool CPU architecture, perhaps the
77: most pure RISC CPU ever.
1.14 deraadt 78: </ul>
79: <p>
80:
1.35 otto 81: <li>Replacement of the GNU
1.12 otto 82: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bc">bc(1)</a>,
83: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dc">dc(1)</a>,
1.4 deraadt 84: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nm">nm(1)</a> and
85: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=size">size(1)</a>
1.1 deraadt 86: commands with BSD licensed equivalents.
87: <p>
88:
1.5 mcbride 89: <li>A large number of bug fixes, changes, and optimizations to our packet filter
90: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf">pf(4)</a>
91: including:
92: <ul>
1.19 otto 93: <li>Atomic commits of ruleset changes (reduce the chance of ending up in an
94: inconsistent state).
1.69 djm 95: <li>A 30% reduction in the size of state table entries.
1.19 otto 96: <li>Source-tracking (limit number of clients and states per client).
97: <li>Sticky-address (the flexibility of round-robin with the benefits of
98: source-hash).
1.53 mcbride 99: <li>Invert the socket match order when redirecting to
1.34 avsm 100: localhost (prevents the potential security problem of remote connections
1.19 otto 101: being identified as local).
1.5 mcbride 102: <li>Significant improvements to interface handling.
103: </ul>
104: <p>
105:
1.53 mcbride 106: <li>New tools for filtering gateway failover:
1.5 mcbride 107: <ul>
108: <li>CARP (the Common Address Redundancy Protocol)
109: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=carp">carp(4)</a>
110: allows multiple machines to share responsibility for a given IP address or
111: addresses. If the owner of the address fails, another member of the group
112: will take over for it. A discussion of the history of CARP can be found
1.62 deraadt 113: <a href="lyrics.html">here</a>.
1.5 mcbride 114: <li>Additions to the
115: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfsync">pfsync(4)</a>
116: interface allow it to synchronise state table entries between two or more
117: firewalls which are operating in parallel, allowing stateful connections
118: to cross any of the firewalls regardless of where the state was initially
119: created.
120: </ul>
121: <p>
122:
1.6 todd 123: <li> New functionality:
124: <ul>
1.51 millert 125: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pty&sektion=4">pty(4)</a> devices are now allocated on demand, up to a configurable limit.
1.6 todd 126: <li>New ptm device (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pty&sektion=4">pty(4)</a>)
1.47 deraadt 127: that allows non-privileged processes to allocate a properly-permissioned pty.<br>
128: As a result any process can now open a pty easily, meaning
129: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xterm&sektion=1">xterm(1)</a>
130: and
131: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xconsole&sektion=1">xconsole(1)</a>
132: are no longer setuid root. (In 3.4 they were setuid root, but privilege revoking).
1.17 otto 133: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=closefrom&sektion=2">closefrom(2)</a>
134: system call has been added.
1.6 todd 135: <li>TCP MD5 signatures (used by <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nc&sektion=1">nc(1)</a>
1.17 otto 136: and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpd&sektion=8">bgpd(8)</a>).
1.70 djm 137: <li>Network boot support for i386 and amd64, using
138: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pxeboot&sektion=8&arch=i386">pxeboot(8)</a>.
1.19 otto 139: <li>The i386 8GB boot loader limitation has been removed.
1.6 todd 140: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=spamd&sektion=8">spamd(8)</a>
1.52 beck 141: gains <a href="http://projects.puremagic.com/greylisting/">greylisting</a> support. This allows greylisting (a very powerful spam reduction technique) to be
142: done on a firewall for many mail hosts, no matter what MTA is being used.
1.80 tdeval 143: <li>Interface 'cloning', accessed by
1.6 todd 144: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a>
1.19 otto 145: commands <em>create</em> and <em>destroy</em>. E.g. `ifconfig vlan100 create'.
1.82 tdeval 146: <li>
147: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a>
148: can now be used with a generic <em>interface</em> name, for listing all such configured interfaces. E.g. `ifconfig carp'.
1.47 deraadt 149: <li>The MAKEDEV(8) manual pages are now generated, and hence, accurate.
150: <li>Complete rewrite of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pkg_add&sektion=1">package</a> tools in perl.
1.21 djm 151: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=syslogd&sektion=8">syslogd(8)</a>
152: now supports logging to memory buffers, to be read using
153: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=syslogc&sektion=8">syslogc(8)</a>.
1.47 deraadt 154: This is useful for diskless or flash-based computers.
1.34 avsm 155: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&sektion=4">IPsec</a> ESP in UDP encapsulation.
1.33 otto 156: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malloc&sektion=3">
1.79 tdeval 157: malloc(3)</a> chunk randomization and guard pages. This helps to detect out-of-bounds
1.33 otto 158: reads and writes.
1.43 beck 159: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=authpf&sektion=8">
160: authpf(8)</a> now tags traffic in
161: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pflog&sektion=4">
162: pflog(4)</A> so that users may be associated with traffic through a NAT setup.
1.46 tedu 163: <li>hw.setperf sysctl allows controlling the speed of many new i386
1.94 david 164: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cpu&arch=i386">CPUs</a>,
1.91 henning 165: great for prolonged battery life.
1.48 beck 166: <li>XFS has been added to the GENERIC kernels so that
167: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=afsd&sektion=8">afsd(8)
168: </a> may be started easily, eliminating the need to recompile the kernel
1.49 deraadt 169: to use AFS.<br>
170: AFS can now be used anonymously by enabling it in
171: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rc.conf&sektion=8">rc.conf(8)</a>
1.48 beck 172: with no further configuration.
1.55 millert 173: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ps&sektion=1">ps</a>, <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=top&sektion=1">top</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=w&sektion=1">w</a> utilities no longer break when changes are made in kernel structures.
1.51 millert 174: <li>A <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=poll&sektion=2">poll</a> interface has been added to the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rpc&sektion=3">rpc</a> routines in the standard C library. Use of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=poll&sektion=2">poll</a> over <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=select&sektion=2">select</a> can result in better performance for programs with a large number of open file descriptors.
1.64 krw 175: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&sektion=8"
176: >dhclient(8)</a> now detects when the interface it configured is modified and
177: gracefully exits.
178: e.g. repeatedly running it against the same interface leaves only the
179: last instance active.
1.6 todd 180: </ul>
181: <p>
182:
1.47 deraadt 183: <li> Privilege separation added to allow complex operations to occur in an untrusted, unprivileged process, resulting in much greater security for the following processes:
1.6 todd 184: <ul>
185: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isakmpd&sektion=8">isakmpd(8)</a>
186: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=named&sektion=8">named(8)</a>
1.47 deraadt 187: (Previously privilege revoking, but this had a small breakage).
1.13 todd 188: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pflogd&sektion=8">pflogd(8)</a>
1.6 todd 189: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tcpdump&sektion=8">tcpdump(8)</a>
190: </ul>
191: <p>
192:
193: <li> New tools:
194: <ul>
1.47 deraadt 195: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sensorsd&sektion=8">sensorsd(8)</a>, monitoring hardware sensors.
196: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=procmap&sektion=1">procmap(1)</a>, to examine a process' memory map.
197: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpd&sektion=8">bgpd(8)</a>, implementing the <a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1771.txt">BGP-4</a> routing protocol.
1.10 deraadt 198: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pkill&sektion=1">pkill(1)</a> and
1.35 otto 199: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pgrep&sektion=1">pgrep(1)</a>, finding or signalling processes by name.
1.6 todd 200: </ul>
201: <p>
202:
1.23 henning 203: <li> Performance improvements:
204: <ul>
1.35 otto 205: <li>Improved connection/socket lookup - about 100 times faster at 10000 sockets than 3.4.
1.72 djm 206: <li>TCP SYN cache. Greatly reduces the memory cost of half-open TCP connections.
1.71 djm 207: <li>Implemented TCP adjustments recommended by
208: <a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3390.txt">RFC3390</a>,
209: controllable via
210: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sysctl&sektion=8">sysctl</a>.
1.23 henning 211: <li>OpenSSL speedup on i386, up to 100% improvement for md5, sha1, blowfish,
1.42 henning 212: des, 3des, rsa, dsa and bn.
1.77 tdeval 213: <li>OpenSSL now directly uses the new AES instructions some VIA C3 processors
214: provide, increasing AES to 780MBytes/second (so you get to see a fan-less
1.94 david 215: CPU performing AES more than 10x faster than the fastest CPU currently sold).
1.45 tedu 216: <li>Directory hashing makes lookups in large directories much faster.
1.90 mcbride 217: <li>Zeroing pages with SSE. Faster operation, and avoids clobbering the cache.
1.23 henning 218: </ul>
219: <p>
220:
1.84 miod 221: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scsi&sektion=4">SCSI(4)</a> improvements:
1.67 krw 222: <ul>
1.73 otto 223: <li>Bus probe made faster by skipping non-existent LUNs.
1.67 krw 224: <li>Bus probe made saner by elimination of spurious commands.
225: <li>Bus probe made safer by having INQUIRY commands ask only for available data.
1.81 krw 226: <li>Eliminated a race that, e.g., caused problems burning CDs at high speeds.
1.67 krw 227: <li>SCSIDEBUG output can now be restricted to specified buses.
228: <li>ASC/ASCQ diagnostic messages updated to SCSI-3 standards.
229: <li>Better error handling.
230: </ul>
231: <p>
232:
1.29 henning 233: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
234: <ul>
1.97 deraadt 235: <li>The <a href="hppa.html">hppa</a> architecture gets support for many
1.29 henning 236: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pci">PCI</a>
1.37 mickey 237: based machines w/ addition of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dino&sektion=4&arch=hppa">dino(4)</a> GSC-PCI bridge.
1.78 otto 238: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=oosiop&sektion=4">oosiop(4)</a> driver for NCR 53C700 SCSI host adapters.
1.55 millert 239: <li>Major improvements to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ahc&sektion=4">ahc(4)</a>, bringing support for many new models.
1.35 otto 240: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bce&sektion=4">bce(4)</a> driver, supporting the Broadcom BCM4401 FastEthernet chipset.
241: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mpt&sektion=4">mpt(4)</a> driver for LSI Fusion-MPT SCSI and FibreChannel host adapters.
1.39 henning 242: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=snapper&arch=macppc&sektion=4&">snapper(4)</a> audio driver for recent iBook (since May 02) and PowerBook (since Apr 02) models.
1.44 millert 243: <li>Improved stability of the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wi&sektion=4">wi(4)</a> driver as well as support for USB-based adapters and software WEP.
244: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wi&sektion=4">wi(4)</a> in HostAP mode now supports SSID hiding and newer prism firmware revisions.
1.61 marco 245: <li>Fixed several firmware incompatibility issues in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>.
1.68 grange 246: <li>Improved ATA and SATA support.
1.50 mickey 247: <li>Support for i835 AGP GART in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vga&sektion=4">vga(4)</a>.
1.54 marco 248: <li>Improved Gigabit Ethernet support for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4">em(4)</a>, <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sk&sektion=4">sk(4)</a> & <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a>.
1.66 marco 249: <li>Several fixes for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=apm&sektion=4">apm(4)</a>.
1.63 marco 250: <li>Support for Intel 852/855/865 AGP chipsets.
1.67 krw 251: <li>Many more USB Flash and other
252: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umass&sektion=4">umass(4)</a> devices work as a result of SCSI improvements.
1.29 henning 253: </ul>
1.20 otto 254: <p>
255:
1.57 marco 256: <li> This release ships with Firefox for all major architectures.
257: <p>
258:
1.58 marco 259: <li> Major improvements in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pthreads&sektion=3">pthreads(3)</a>.
260: <p>
261:
1.18 sturm 262: <li> Over 2500 ports, 2300 pre-built packages.
263: <p>
264:
1.7 todd 265: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
1.88 deraadt 266: print in the <a href="plus35.html">complete changelog</a>).
1.7 todd 267: <p>
268:
1.19 otto 269: <li>Many improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
270: <p>
271:
1.40 tdeval 272: <li>Gcc 3.3.2, including local additions like ProPolice support, for the
1.62 deraadt 273: <a href="amd64.html">OpenBSD/amd64</a>,
274: <a href="cats.html">OpenBSD/cats</a> and
275: <a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a>
1.28 henning 276: platforms.
277: Other architectures still use gcc 2.95.3 with the same local additions.
278: <p>
1.75 markus 279: <li>OpenSSH 3.8.1:
280: <ul>
281: <li>
282: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
283: now supports forced changes of expired passwords via
284: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=passwd&sektion=1">passwd(1)</a>.
285: <li>
286: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
287: now uses untrusted cookies for X11-Forwarding.
288: Some X11 applications might need full access to the X11 server,
289: see ForwardX11Trusted in
1.76 djm 290: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>
1.75 markus 291: and
292: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xauth&sektion=1">xauth(1)</a>.
293: <li>
294: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
295: now supports sending application layer
296: keep-alive messages to the server. See ServerAliveInterval in
1.76 djm 297: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>.
1.75 markus 298: <li> Improved
299: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp(1)</a>
300: batch file support.
301: <li> New KerberosGetAFSToken option for
302: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>.
303: <li> Updated /etc/moduli file and improved performance for
304: protocol version 2.
305: <li> Support for host keys in DNS.
306: <li> The experimental "gssapi" support has been replaced with
307: the "gssapi-with-mic" to fix possible MITM attacks.
308: The two versions are not compatible.
309: </ul>
310: <p>
1.28 henning 311:
312: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
313: <ul>
314: <li>XFree86 4.4.0 unencumbered (+ patches, and i386 contains 3.3.X servers also, thus
315: providing support for all chipsets)
1.40 tdeval 316: <li>Gcc 2.95.3 (+ patches) and 3.3.2 (+ patches)
1.28 henning 317: <li>Perl 5.8.2 (+ patches)
318: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
319: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7c (+ patches)
320: <li>Groff 1.15
321: <li>Sendmail 8.12.11
322: <li>Bind 9.2.3 (+ patches)
323: <li>Lynx 2.8.4rel.1 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
324: <li>Sudo 1.6.7p5
325: <li>Ncurses 5.2
326: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
327: <li>Heimdal 0.6rc1 (+ patches)
328: <li>Arla-current
329: </ul>
330: <p>
1.1 deraadt 331:
332: </ul>
333:
334: <a name="install"></a>
335: <hr>
336: <p>
337: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
338: <p>
339: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
340: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
341: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
342: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
343: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
344: purchased a CDROM instead.
345: <p>
346:
347: <hr>
348: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or ftp mirror for
349: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.5 on your machine:
350: <p>
351: <ul>
352: <li>CD1:3.5/i386/INSTALL.i386
1.2 deraadt 353: <li>CD1:3.5/vax/INSTALL.vax
1.1 deraadt 354: <p>
1.2 deraadt 355: <li>CD2:3.5/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
1.1 deraadt 356: <li>CD2:3.5/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
357: <p>
358: <li>CD3:3.5/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
359: <li>CD3:3.5/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
360: <p>
361: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
1.27 miod 362: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/cats/INSTALL.cats
1.1 deraadt 363: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
364: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
365: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
366: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
1.2 deraadt 367: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
1.1 deraadt 368: </ul>
369: <hr>
370:
371: <p>
372: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
373: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
374: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
375: <p>
376:
377: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
378: <ul>
379: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
380: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
381: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
1.2 deraadt 382: <i>CD1:3.5/i386/floppy35.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
1.1 deraadt 383:
384: <p>
1.2 deraadt 385: Use <i>CD1:3.5/i386/floppyB35.fs</i> instead for greater scsi controller
386: support, or <i>CD1:3.5/i386/floppyC35.fs</i> for better laptop support.
1.1 deraadt 387:
388: <p>
1.83 tom 389: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
390: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
391: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
392:
393: <p>
1.1 deraadt 394: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
1.83 tom 395: read INSTALL.i386.
1.1 deraadt 396:
397: <p>
398: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
1.83 tom 399: at <i>CD1:3.5/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
1.1 deraadt 400: use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=
401: dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of
402: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)
403: </a>, where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
404: "rfd0a".
405:
406: <ul><pre>
407: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
408: </pre></ul>
409:
410: <p>
411: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
412: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
413: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
414: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>.
415: </ul>
416:
417: <p>
1.84 miod 418: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 419: <ul>
1.84 miod 420: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
1.1 deraadt 421: </ul>
422:
423: <p>
1.2 deraadt 424: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
425: <ul>
1.84 miod 426: The 3.5 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
1.83 tom 427: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
428: your BIOS options first.
429: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
1.85 tom 430: To do this, write <i>CD2:3.5/amd64/floppy35.fs</i> to a floppy, then
1.83 tom 431: boot from the floppy drive.
432:
433: <p>
434: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
435: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
436: INSTALL.amd64 document.
437:
438: <p>
439: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
440: read INSTALL.amd64.
1.2 deraadt 441: </ul>
442:
443: <p>
1.84 miod 444: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 445: <ul>
1.84 miod 446: Put the CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
447: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
448:
449: <p>
450: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
451: /3.5/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
1.1 deraadt 452: </ul>
453:
454: <p>
455: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
456: <ul>
457: The 3.5 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
458: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
459: ROM.
460:
461: <ul><pre>
1.86 miod 462: ok <strong>boot cdrom 3.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
1.1 deraadt 463: or
1.86 miod 464: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)3.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
1.1 deraadt 465: </pre></ul>
466:
467: <p>
468: If your sparc does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
1.84 miod 469: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:3.5/sparc/floppy35.fs</i> to a floppy.
1.1 deraadt 470: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>. To boot from
471: the floppy use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of
472: your ROM.
473:
474: <ul><pre>
1.86 miod 475: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
1.1 deraadt 476: or
1.95 miod 477: > <strong>boot fd()</strong>
1.1 deraadt 478: </pre></ul>
479:
480: <p>
481: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
482: will most likely fail.
483:
484: <p>
485: If your sparc doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
486: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
487: INSTALL.sparc file.
488: </ul>
489:
490: <p>
491: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
492: <ul>
493: Put the CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
494:
495: <p>
496: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
1.2 deraadt 497: <i>CD3:3.5/sparc64/floppy35.fs</i> to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
1.1 deraadt 498: floppy</i>.<br>
499: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
500: will most likely fail.
501:
502: <p>
1.2 deraadt 503: You can also write <i>CD3:3.5/sparc64/miniroot35.fs</i> to the swap partition on
1.1 deraadt 504: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
505:
506: <p>
507: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64
508: </ul>
509:
510: <p>
511: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
512: <ul>
1.2 deraadt 513: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.5/alpha/floppy35.fs</i> or
514: <i>FTP:3.5/alpha/floppyB35.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
1.1 deraadt 515: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
516:
517: <p>
518: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
519: will most likely fail.
520:
521: </ul>
522:
523: <p>
1.87 miod 524: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>
525: <ul>
526: <p>
527: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
528: <i>FTP:3.5/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
529: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
530: </ul>
531:
532: <p>
1.1 deraadt 533: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
534: <ul>
535: <p>
536: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
537: </ul>
538:
539: <p>
540: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
541: <ul>
542: <p>
543: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
544: <a href="hppa.html#netboot">hppa platform page</a>.
545: </ul>
546:
547: <p>
548: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
549: <ul>
550: <p>
551: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
552: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
553: <i>FTP:3.5/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
554: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
555: "BSD/Mac68k Installer" to copy all the sets in <i>FTP:3.5/mac68k/</i> onto your
556: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the "BSD/Mac68k
557: Booter" with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
558: </ul>
559:
560: <p>
561: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
562: <ul>
563: <p>
564: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
565: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
566: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
567: for more details.
568: </ul>
569:
570: <p>
1.2 deraadt 571: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
572: <ul>
573: <p>
574: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
575: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
576: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
577: for more details.
578: </ul>
579:
580: <p>
1.1 deraadt 581: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
582: <ul>
583: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
584: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
585: in a separate archive. To extract:
586: <p>
587: <ul><pre>
588: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
589: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
590: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
591: </pre></ul>
592: <p>
593: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
594: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
595: To extract:
596: <p>
597: <ul><pre>
598: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
599: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
600: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
601: </pre></ul>
602: <p>
603: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
604: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
605: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
606: Using these files
607: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
608: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
609: <p>
610: </ul>
611: <a name="ports"></a>
612: <hr>
613: <p>
614: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
615: <p>
616: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
617: <p>
618: <ul><pre>
619: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
620: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
621: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
622: </pre></ul>
623: <p>
624: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.98 jasper 625: read the <a href="faq/faq15.html">ports</a> page
1.1 deraadt 626: if you know nothing about ports
627: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
628: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
629: OpenBSD ports system.
630: <p>
631: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
632: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
633: cvs(1)</a> if
634: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
635: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
636: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
637: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
638: like:
639: <p>
640: <ul><pre>
1.96 deraadt 641: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_5</strong>
1.1 deraadt 642: </pre></ul>
643: <p>
644: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
645: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
646: server.]
647: <p>
648: Note that most ports are available as packages through ftp. Updated
649: packages for the 3.5 release will be made available if problems arise.
650: <p>
651: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
652: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
653: place to know.
654: <p>
655:
656: </body>
657: </html>
![[BACK]](/icons/back.gif){kind=icon}
Return to 35.html CVS log ![[TXT]](/icons/text.gif){kind=icon}
![[DIR]](/icons/dir.gif){kind=icon}
Up to [local] / www