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