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1.111 tb 17: <font color="#0000ff"><i>Open</i></font><font color="#000084">BSD</font></a>
18: <font color="#e00000">3.5</font>
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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>
1.108 deraadt 29: 3.5 Song: <a href="lyrics.html#35">"CARP License" and "Redundancy must be free"</a>
1.1 deraadt 30: <p>
31: <ul>
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1.105 deraadt 33: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="https://openbsdstore.com">ordering system</a>.
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1.1 deraadt 35: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
36: a list of mirror machines.
37: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/3.5/</font> directory on
38: one of the mirror sites.
1.92 miod 39: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata35.html">The 3.5 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 deraadt 40: of bugs and workarounds.
1.88 deraadt 41: <li>See a <a href="plus35.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
1.1 deraadt 42: 3.4 and 3.5 releases.
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1.111 tb 45: All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,
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52: <p>
53: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
54: <p>
55: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.88 deraadt 56: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus35.html">changelog</a> leading
1.1 deraadt 57: to 3.5.
58: <p>
59:
60: <ul>
61:
1.14 deraadt 62: <li> New platforms:
63: <ul>
1.74 deraadt 64: <li><a href="amd64.html">OpenBSD/amd64</a><br>
65: Supporting the AMD64 architecture natively,
66: with full 64-bit support, 8 extra registers in the architecture
67: to significantly increase performance, and a memory management
68: Non-Executable bit that permits full W^X support.<br>
1.94 david 69: (Note: The upcoming Intel "ia32e" AMD64-compatible CPUs have also
1.74 deraadt 70: been tested, and work, even though they lack the NX bit).
71: <li><a href="cats.html">OpenBSD/cats</a><br>
1.94 david 72: Our first entry in the ARM-CPU landscape. We intend to use this as a
1.74 deraadt 73: development platform for something else we plan for the future...
74: <li><a href="mvme88k.html">OpenBSD/mvme88k</a><br>
1.94 david 75: Supporting an older, but very cool CPU architecture, perhaps the
76: most pure RISC CPU ever.
1.14 deraadt 77: </ul>
78: <p>
79:
1.35 otto 80: <li>Replacement of the GNU
1.115 tb 81: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bc">bc(1)</a>,
82: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dc">dc(1)</a>,
83: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=nm">nm(1)</a> and
84: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=size">size(1)</a>
1.1 deraadt 85: commands with BSD licensed equivalents.
86: <p>
87:
1.5 mcbride 88: <li>A large number of bug fixes, changes, and optimizations to our packet filter
1.115 tb 89: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pf">pf(4)</a>
1.5 mcbride 90: including:
91: <ul>
1.19 otto 92: <li>Atomic commits of ruleset changes (reduce the chance of ending up in an
93: inconsistent state).
1.69 djm 94: <li>A 30% reduction in the size of state table entries.
1.19 otto 95: <li>Source-tracking (limit number of clients and states per client).
96: <li>Sticky-address (the flexibility of round-robin with the benefits of
97: source-hash).
1.53 mcbride 98: <li>Invert the socket match order when redirecting to
1.34 avsm 99: localhost (prevents the potential security problem of remote connections
1.19 otto 100: being identified as local).
1.5 mcbride 101: <li>Significant improvements to interface handling.
102: </ul>
103: <p>
104:
1.53 mcbride 105: <li>New tools for filtering gateway failover:
1.5 mcbride 106: <ul>
107: <li>CARP (the Common Address Redundancy Protocol)
1.115 tb 108: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=carp">carp(4)</a>
1.5 mcbride 109: allows multiple machines to share responsibility for a given IP address or
110: addresses. If the owner of the address fails, another member of the group
111: will take over for it. A discussion of the history of CARP can be found
1.62 deraadt 112: <a href="lyrics.html">here</a>.
1.5 mcbride 113: <li>Additions to the
1.115 tb 114: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pfsync">pfsync(4)</a>
1.5 mcbride 115: interface allow it to synchronise state table entries between two or more
116: firewalls which are operating in parallel, allowing stateful connections
117: to cross any of the firewalls regardless of where the state was initially
118: created.
119: </ul>
120: <p>
121:
1.6 todd 122: <li> New functionality:
123: <ul>
1.115 tb 124: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pty&sektion=4">pty(4)</a> devices are now allocated on demand, up to a configurable limit.
125: <li>New ptm device (see <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pty&sektion=4">pty(4)</a>)
1.47 deraadt 126: that allows non-privileged processes to allocate a properly-permissioned pty.<br>
127: As a result any process can now open a pty easily, meaning
1.115 tb 128: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=xterm&sektion=1">xterm(1)</a>
1.111 tb 129: and
1.115 tb 130: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=xconsole&sektion=1">xconsole(1)</a>
1.47 deraadt 131: are no longer setuid root. (In 3.4 they were setuid root, but privilege revoking).
1.115 tb 132: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=closefrom&sektion=2">closefrom(2)</a>
1.17 otto 133: system call has been added.
1.115 tb 134: <li>TCP MD5 signatures (used by <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=nc&sektion=1">nc(1)</a>
135: and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bgpd&sektion=8">bgpd(8)</a>).
1.70 djm 136: <li>Network boot support for i386 and amd64, using
1.115 tb 137: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pxeboot&sektion=8&arch=i386">pxeboot(8)</a>.
1.19 otto 138: <li>The i386 8GB boot loader limitation has been removed.
1.115 tb 139: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=spamd&sektion=8">spamd(8)</a>
1.52 beck 140: gains <a href="http://projects.puremagic.com/greylisting/">greylisting</a> support. This allows greylisting (a very powerful spam reduction technique) to be
141: done on a firewall for many mail hosts, no matter what MTA is being used.
1.80 tdeval 142: <li>Interface 'cloning', accessed by
1.115 tb 143: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a>
1.19 otto 144: commands <em>create</em> and <em>destroy</em>. E.g. `ifconfig vlan100 create'.
1.82 tdeval 145: <li>
1.115 tb 146: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a>
1.82 tdeval 147: can now be used with a generic <em>interface</em> name, for listing all such configured interfaces. E.g. `ifconfig carp'.
1.47 deraadt 148: <li>The MAKEDEV(8) manual pages are now generated, and hence, accurate.
1.115 tb 149: <li>Complete rewrite of <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pkg_add&sektion=1">package</a> tools in perl.
150: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=syslogd&sektion=8">syslogd(8)</a>
1.111 tb 151: now supports logging to memory buffers, to be read using
1.115 tb 152: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=syslogc&sektion=8">syslogc(8)</a>.
1.47 deraadt 153: This is useful for diskless or flash-based computers.
1.115 tb 154: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ipsec&sektion=4">IPsec</a> ESP in UDP encapsulation.
155: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=malloc&sektion=3">
1.79 tdeval 156: malloc(3)</a> chunk randomization and guard pages. This helps to detect out-of-bounds
1.33 otto 157: reads and writes.
1.115 tb 158: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=authpf&sektion=8">
1.43 beck 159: authpf(8)</a> now tags traffic in
1.115 tb 160: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pflog&sektion=4">
1.43 beck 161: pflog(4)</A> so that users may be associated with traffic through a NAT setup.
1.46 tedu 162: <li>hw.setperf sysctl allows controlling the speed of many new i386
1.115 tb 163: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=cpu&arch=i386">CPUs</a>,
1.91 henning 164: great for prolonged battery life.
1.48 beck 165: <li>XFS has been added to the GENERIC kernels so that
1.115 tb 166: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=afsd&sektion=8">afsd(8)
1.48 beck 167: </a> may be started easily, eliminating the need to recompile the kernel
1.49 deraadt 168: to use AFS.<br>
169: AFS can now be used anonymously by enabling it in
1.115 tb 170: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=rc.conf&sektion=8">rc.conf(8)</a>
1.48 beck 171: with no further configuration.
1.115 tb 172: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ps&sektion=1">ps</a>, <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=top&sektion=1">top</a> and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=w&sektion=1">w</a> utilities no longer break when changes are made in kernel structures.
173: <li>A <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=poll&sektion=2">poll</a> interface has been added to the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=rpc&sektion=3">rpc</a> routines in the standard C library. Use of <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=poll&sektion=2">poll</a> over <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=select&sektion=2">select</a> can result in better performance for programs with a large number of open file descriptors.
174: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient&sektion=8"
1.64 krw 175: >dhclient(8)</a> now detects when the interface it configured is modified and
176: gracefully exits.
177: e.g. repeatedly running it against the same interface leaves only the
178: last instance active.
1.6 todd 179: </ul>
180: <p>
181:
1.47 deraadt 182: <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 183: <ul>
1.115 tb 184: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=isakmpd&sektion=8">isakmpd(8)</a>
185: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=named&sektion=8">named(8)</a>
1.47 deraadt 186: (Previously privilege revoking, but this had a small breakage).
1.115 tb 187: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pflogd&sektion=8">pflogd(8)</a>
188: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tcpdump&sektion=8">tcpdump(8)</a>
1.6 todd 189: </ul>
190: <p>
191:
192: <li> New tools:
193: <ul>
1.115 tb 194: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sensorsd&sektion=8">sensorsd(8)</a>, monitoring hardware sensors.
195: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=procmap&sektion=1">procmap(1)</a>, to examine a process' memory map.
1.116 tb 196: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bgpd&sektion=8">bgpd(8)</a>, implementing the <a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1771.txt">BGP-4</a> routing protocol.
1.115 tb 197: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pkill&sektion=1">pkill(1)</a> and
198: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pgrep&sektion=1">pgrep(1)</a>, finding or signalling processes by name.
1.6 todd 199: </ul>
200: <p>
201:
1.23 henning 202: <li> Performance improvements:
203: <ul>
1.35 otto 204: <li>Improved connection/socket lookup - about 100 times faster at 10000 sockets than 3.4.
1.72 djm 205: <li>TCP SYN cache. Greatly reduces the memory cost of half-open TCP connections.
1.71 djm 206: <li>Implemented TCP adjustments recommended by
1.116 tb 207: <a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3390.txt">RFC3390</a>,
1.71 djm 208: controllable via
1.115 tb 209: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sysctl&sektion=8">sysctl</a>.
1.23 henning 210: <li>OpenSSL speedup on i386, up to 100% improvement for md5, sha1, blowfish,
1.42 henning 211: des, 3des, rsa, dsa and bn.
1.77 tdeval 212: <li>OpenSSL now directly uses the new AES instructions some VIA C3 processors
213: provide, increasing AES to 780MBytes/second (so you get to see a fan-less
1.94 david 214: CPU performing AES more than 10x faster than the fastest CPU currently sold).
1.45 tedu 215: <li>Directory hashing makes lookups in large directories much faster.
1.90 mcbride 216: <li>Zeroing pages with SSE. Faster operation, and avoids clobbering the cache.
1.23 henning 217: </ul>
218: <p>
219:
1.115 tb 220: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=scsi&sektion=4">SCSI(4)</a> improvements:
1.67 krw 221: <ul>
1.73 otto 222: <li>Bus probe made faster by skipping non-existent LUNs.
1.67 krw 223: <li>Bus probe made saner by elimination of spurious commands.
224: <li>Bus probe made safer by having INQUIRY commands ask only for available data.
1.81 krw 225: <li>Eliminated a race that, e.g., caused problems burning CDs at high speeds.
1.67 krw 226: <li>SCSIDEBUG output can now be restricted to specified buses.
227: <li>ASC/ASCQ diagnostic messages updated to SCSI-3 standards.
228: <li>Better error handling.
229: </ul>
230: <p>
231:
1.29 henning 232: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
233: <ul>
1.111 tb 234: <li>The <a href="hppa.html">hppa</a> architecture gets support for many
1.115 tb 235: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pci">PCI</a>
236: based machines w/ addition of <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dino&sektion=4&arch=hppa">dino(4)</a> GSC-PCI bridge.
237: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=oosiop&sektion=4">oosiop(4)</a> driver for NCR 53C700 SCSI host adapters.
238: <li>Major improvements to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ahc&sektion=4">ahc(4)</a>, bringing support for many new models.
239: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bce&sektion=4">bce(4)</a> driver, supporting the Broadcom BCM4401 FastEthernet chipset.
240: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=mpt&sektion=4">mpt(4)</a> driver for LSI Fusion-MPT SCSI and FibreChannel host adapters.
241: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=snapper&arch=macppc&sektion=4&">snapper(4)</a> audio driver for recent iBook (since May 02) and PowerBook (since Apr 02) models.
242: <li>Improved stability of the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=wi&sektion=4">wi(4)</a> driver as well as support for USB-based adapters and software WEP.
243: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=wi&sektion=4">wi(4)</a> in HostAP mode now supports SSID hiding and newer prism firmware revisions.
244: <li>Fixed several firmware incompatibility issues in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>.
1.68 grange 245: <li>Improved ATA and SATA support.
1.115 tb 246: <li>Support for i835 AGP GART in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=vga&sektion=4">vga(4)</a>.
247: <li>Improved Gigabit Ethernet support for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=em&sektion=4">em(4)</a>, <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sk&sektion=4">sk(4)</a> & <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a>.
248: <li>Several fixes for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=apm&sektion=4">apm(4)</a>.
1.63 marco 249: <li>Support for Intel 852/855/865 AGP chipsets.
1.67 krw 250: <li>Many more USB Flash and other
1.115 tb 251: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=umass&sektion=4">umass(4)</a> devices work as a result of SCSI improvements.
1.29 henning 252: </ul>
1.20 otto 253: <p>
254:
1.57 marco 255: <li> This release ships with Firefox for all major architectures.
256: <p>
257:
1.115 tb 258: <li> Major improvements in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pthreads&sektion=3">pthreads(3)</a>.
1.58 marco 259: <p>
260:
1.18 sturm 261: <li> Over 2500 ports, 2300 pre-built packages.
262: <p>
263:
1.7 todd 264: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
1.88 deraadt 265: print in the <a href="plus35.html">complete changelog</a>).
1.7 todd 266: <p>
267:
1.19 otto 268: <li>Many improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
269: <p>
270:
1.40 tdeval 271: <li>Gcc 3.3.2, including local additions like ProPolice support, for the
1.62 deraadt 272: <a href="amd64.html">OpenBSD/amd64</a>,
273: <a href="cats.html">OpenBSD/cats</a> and
274: <a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a>
1.28 henning 275: platforms.
276: Other architectures still use gcc 2.95.3 with the same local additions.
277: <p>
1.75 markus 278: <li>OpenSSH 3.8.1:
279: <ul>
280: <li>
1.115 tb 281: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
1.75 markus 282: now supports forced changes of expired passwords via
1.115 tb 283: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=passwd&sektion=1">passwd(1)</a>.
1.75 markus 284: <li>
1.115 tb 285: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
1.75 markus 286: now uses untrusted cookies for X11-Forwarding.
287: Some X11 applications might need full access to the X11 server,
288: see ForwardX11Trusted in
1.115 tb 289: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>
1.75 markus 290: and
1.115 tb 291: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=xauth&sektion=1">xauth(1)</a>.
1.75 markus 292: <li>
1.115 tb 293: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
1.75 markus 294: now supports sending application layer
295: keep-alive messages to the server. See ServerAliveInterval in
1.115 tb 296: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>.
1.75 markus 297: <li> Improved
1.115 tb 298: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp(1)</a>
1.75 markus 299: batch file support.
300: <li> New KerberosGetAFSToken option for
1.115 tb 301: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>.
1.75 markus 302: <li> Updated /etc/moduli file and improved performance for
303: protocol version 2.
304: <li> Support for host keys in DNS.
305: <li> The experimental "gssapi" support has been replaced with
306: the "gssapi-with-mic" to fix possible MITM attacks.
307: The two versions are not compatible.
308: </ul>
309: <p>
1.28 henning 310:
311: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
312: <ul>
313: <li>XFree86 4.4.0 unencumbered (+ patches, and i386 contains 3.3.X servers also, thus
314: providing support for all chipsets)
1.40 tdeval 315: <li>Gcc 2.95.3 (+ patches) and 3.3.2 (+ patches)
1.28 henning 316: <li>Perl 5.8.2 (+ patches)
317: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
318: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7c (+ patches)
319: <li>Groff 1.15
320: <li>Sendmail 8.12.11
321: <li>Bind 9.2.3 (+ patches)
322: <li>Lynx 2.8.4rel.1 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
323: <li>Sudo 1.6.7p5
324: <li>Ncurses 5.2
325: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
326: <li>Heimdal 0.6rc1 (+ patches)
327: <li>Arla-current
328: </ul>
329: <p>
1.1 deraadt 330:
331: </ul>
332:
333: <a name="install"></a>
334: <hr>
335: <p>
336: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
337: <p>
338: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
339: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
340: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
341: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
342: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
343: purchased a CDROM instead.
344: <p>
345:
346: <hr>
347: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or ftp mirror for
348: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.5 on your machine:
349: <p>
350: <ul>
351: <li>CD1:3.5/i386/INSTALL.i386
1.2 deraadt 352: <li>CD1:3.5/vax/INSTALL.vax
1.1 deraadt 353: <p>
1.2 deraadt 354: <li>CD2:3.5/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
1.1 deraadt 355: <li>CD2:3.5/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
356: <p>
357: <li>CD3:3.5/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
358: <li>CD3:3.5/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
359: <p>
360: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
1.27 miod 361: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/cats/INSTALL.cats
1.1 deraadt 362: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
363: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
364: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
365: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
1.2 deraadt 366: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
1.1 deraadt 367: </ul>
368: <hr>
369:
370: <p>
371: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
372: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
373: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
374: <p>
375:
376: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
377: <ul>
378: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
379: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
380: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
1.2 deraadt 381: <i>CD1:3.5/i386/floppy35.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
1.1 deraadt 382:
383: <p>
1.2 deraadt 384: Use <i>CD1:3.5/i386/floppyB35.fs</i> instead for greater scsi controller
385: support, or <i>CD1:3.5/i386/floppyC35.fs</i> for better laptop support.
1.1 deraadt 386:
387: <p>
1.83 tom 388: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
389: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
390: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
391:
392: <p>
1.1 deraadt 393: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
1.83 tom 394: read INSTALL.i386.
1.1 deraadt 395:
396: <p>
397: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
1.83 tom 398: at <i>CD1:3.5/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
1.115 tb 399: use the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=
1.1 deraadt 400: dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of
1.115 tb 401: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)
1.1 deraadt 402: </a>, where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
403: "rfd0a".
404:
405: <ul><pre>
406: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
407: </pre></ul>
408:
409: <p>
410: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
411: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
412: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
1.113 tj 413: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">this page</a>.
1.1 deraadt 414: </ul>
415:
416: <p>
1.84 miod 417: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 418: <ul>
1.84 miod 419: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
1.1 deraadt 420: </ul>
421:
422: <p>
1.2 deraadt 423: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
424: <ul>
1.84 miod 425: The 3.5 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
1.83 tom 426: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
427: your BIOS options first.
428: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
1.85 tom 429: To do this, write <i>CD2:3.5/amd64/floppy35.fs</i> to a floppy, then
1.83 tom 430: boot from the floppy drive.
431:
432: <p>
433: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
434: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
435: INSTALL.amd64 document.
436:
437: <p>
438: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
439: read INSTALL.amd64.
1.2 deraadt 440: </ul>
441:
442: <p>
1.84 miod 443: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 444: <ul>
1.84 miod 445: Put the CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
446: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
447:
448: <p>
449: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
450: /3.5/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
1.1 deraadt 451: </ul>
452:
453: <p>
454: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
455: <ul>
456: The 3.5 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
457: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
458: ROM.
459:
460: <ul><pre>
1.86 miod 461: ok <strong>boot cdrom 3.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
1.1 deraadt 462: or
1.86 miod 463: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)3.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
1.1 deraadt 464: </pre></ul>
465:
466: <p>
467: If your sparc does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
1.84 miod 468: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:3.5/sparc/floppy35.fs</i> to a floppy.
1.113 tj 469: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">this page</a>. To boot from
1.1 deraadt 470: the floppy use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of
471: your ROM.
472:
473: <ul><pre>
1.86 miod 474: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
1.1 deraadt 475: or
1.95 miod 476: > <strong>boot fd()</strong>
1.1 deraadt 477: </pre></ul>
478:
479: <p>
480: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
481: will most likely fail.
482:
483: <p>
484: If your sparc doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
485: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
486: INSTALL.sparc file.
487: </ul>
488:
489: <p>
490: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
491: <ul>
492: Put the CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
493:
494: <p>
495: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
1.2 deraadt 496: <i>CD3:3.5/sparc64/floppy35.fs</i> to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
1.1 deraadt 497: floppy</i>.<br>
498: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
499: will most likely fail.
500:
501: <p>
1.2 deraadt 502: You can also write <i>CD3:3.5/sparc64/miniroot35.fs</i> to the swap partition on
1.1 deraadt 503: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
504:
505: <p>
506: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64
507: </ul>
508:
509: <p>
510: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
511: <ul>
1.2 deraadt 512: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.5/alpha/floppy35.fs</i> or
513: <i>FTP:3.5/alpha/floppyB35.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
1.1 deraadt 514: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
515:
516: <p>
517: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
518: will most likely fail.
519:
520: </ul>
521:
522: <p>
1.87 miod 523: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>
524: <ul>
525: <p>
526: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
527: <i>FTP:3.5/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
528: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
529: </ul>
530:
531: <p>
1.1 deraadt 532: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
533: <ul>
534: <p>
535: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
536: </ul>
537:
538: <p>
539: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
540: <ul>
541: <p>
542: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
543: <a href="hppa.html#netboot">hppa platform page</a>.
544: </ul>
545:
546: <p>
547: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
548: <ul>
549: <p>
550: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
551: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
552: <i>FTP:3.5/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
553: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
554: "BSD/Mac68k Installer" to copy all the sets in <i>FTP:3.5/mac68k/</i> onto your
555: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the "BSD/Mac68k
556: Booter" with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
557: </ul>
558:
559: <p>
560: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
561: <ul>
562: <p>
563: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
564: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
565: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
566: for more details.
567: </ul>
568:
569: <p>
1.2 deraadt 570: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
571: <ul>
572: <p>
573: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
574: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
575: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
576: for more details.
577: </ul>
578:
579: <p>
1.1 deraadt 580: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
581: <ul>
582: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
583: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
584: in a separate archive. To extract:
585: <p>
586: <ul><pre>
587: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
588: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
589: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
590: </pre></ul>
591: <p>
592: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
593: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
594: To extract:
595: <p>
596: <ul><pre>
597: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
598: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
599: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
600: </pre></ul>
601: <p>
602: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
603: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
604: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
605: Using these files
606: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
607: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
608: <p>
609: </ul>
610: <a name="ports"></a>
611: <hr>
612: <p>
613: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
614: <p>
615: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
616: <p>
617: <ul><pre>
618: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
619: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
620: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
621: </pre></ul>
622: <p>
623: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.98 jasper 624: read the <a href="faq/faq15.html">ports</a> page
1.1 deraadt 625: if you know nothing about ports
626: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
627: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
628: OpenBSD ports system.
629: <p>
630: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
1.115 tb 631: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
1.1 deraadt 632: cvs(1)</a> if
633: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
634: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
635: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
636: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
637: like:
638: <p>
639: <ul><pre>
1.96 deraadt 640: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_5</strong>
1.1 deraadt 641: </pre></ul>
642: <p>
643: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
644: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
645: server.]
646: <p>
647: Note that most ports are available as packages through ftp. Updated
648: packages for the 3.5 release will be made available if problems arise.
649: <p>
650: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
651: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
652: place to know.
653: <p>
654:
655: </body>
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