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24: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 3.5 Release:</font></h2>
25: <p>
26: Released May 1, 2004<br>
27: Copyright 1997-2004, Theo de Raadt.<br>
1.89 wvdputte 28: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 0-9731791-3-9</font>
1.1 deraadt 29: <p>
30:
31: <a href="#new">What's New</a><br>
32: <a href="#install">How to install</a><br>
33: <a href="#ports">How to use the ports tree</a><br>
34: <a href="orders.html">Ordering a CD set</a><br>
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36: <p>
37: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
38: To get the files for this release:
39: <ul>
40: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
41: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
42: a list of mirror machines.
43: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/3.5/</font> directory on
44: one of the mirror sites.
45: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
46: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata.html">The 3.5 Errata page</a> for a list
47: of bugs and workarounds.
1.88 deraadt 48: <li>See a <a href="plus35.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
1.1 deraadt 49: 3.4 and 3.5 releases.
50: </ul>
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53:
54: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
55: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
56: XF4.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The distribution
57: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
58: the CDROM because of lack of space.
59: <p>
60:
61: <a name="new"></a>
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63: <p>
64: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
65: <p>
66: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.88 deraadt 67: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus35.html">changelog</a> leading
1.1 deraadt 68: to 3.5.
69: <p>
70:
71: <ul>
72:
1.14 deraadt 73: <li> New platforms:
74: <ul>
1.74 deraadt 75: <li><a href="amd64.html">OpenBSD/amd64</a><br>
76: Supporting the AMD64 architecture natively,
77: with full 64-bit support, 8 extra registers in the architecture
78: to significantly increase performance, and a memory management
79: Non-Executable bit that permits full W^X support.<br>
80: (Note: The upcoming Intel "ia32e" AMD64-compatible cpus have also
81: been tested, and work, even though they lack the NX bit).
82: <li><a href="cats.html">OpenBSD/cats</a><br>
83: Our first entry in the ARM-cpu landscape. We intend to use this as a
84: development platform for something else we plan for the future...
85: <li><a href="mvme88k.html">OpenBSD/mvme88k</a><br>
1.77 tdeval 86: Supporting an older, but very cool cpu architecture, perhaps the
1.74 deraadt 87: most pure RISC cpu ever.
1.14 deraadt 88: </ul>
89: <p>
90:
1.35 otto 91: <li>Replacement of the GNU
1.12 otto 92: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bc">bc(1)</a>,
93: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dc">dc(1)</a>,
1.4 deraadt 94: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nm">nm(1)</a> and
95: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=size">size(1)</a>
1.1 deraadt 96: commands with BSD licensed equivalents.
97: <p>
98:
1.5 mcbride 99: <li>A large number of bug fixes, changes, and optimizations to our packet filter
100: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf">pf(4)</a>
101: including:
102: <ul>
1.19 otto 103: <li>Atomic commits of ruleset changes (reduce the chance of ending up in an
104: inconsistent state).
1.69 djm 105: <li>A 30% reduction in the size of state table entries.
1.19 otto 106: <li>Source-tracking (limit number of clients and states per client).
107: <li>Sticky-address (the flexibility of round-robin with the benefits of
108: source-hash).
1.53 mcbride 109: <li>Invert the socket match order when redirecting to
1.34 avsm 110: localhost (prevents the potential security problem of remote connections
1.19 otto 111: being identified as local).
1.5 mcbride 112: <li>Significant improvements to interface handling.
113: </ul>
114: <p>
115:
1.53 mcbride 116: <li>New tools for filtering gateway failover:
1.5 mcbride 117: <ul>
118: <li>CARP (the Common Address Redundancy Protocol)
119: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=carp">carp(4)</a>
120: allows multiple machines to share responsibility for a given IP address or
121: addresses. If the owner of the address fails, another member of the group
122: will take over for it. A discussion of the history of CARP can be found
1.62 deraadt 123: <a href="lyrics.html">here</a>.
1.5 mcbride 124: <li>Additions to the
125: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfsync">pfsync(4)</a>
126: interface allow it to synchronise state table entries between two or more
127: firewalls which are operating in parallel, allowing stateful connections
128: to cross any of the firewalls regardless of where the state was initially
129: created.
130: </ul>
131: <p>
132:
1.6 todd 133: <li> New functionality:
134: <ul>
1.51 millert 135: <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 136: <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 137: that allows non-privileged processes to allocate a properly-permissioned pty.<br>
138: As a result any process can now open a pty easily, meaning
139: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xterm&sektion=1">xterm(1)</a>
140: and
141: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xconsole&sektion=1">xconsole(1)</a>
142: are no longer setuid root. (In 3.4 they were setuid root, but privilege revoking).
1.17 otto 143: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=closefrom&sektion=2">closefrom(2)</a>
144: system call has been added.
1.6 todd 145: <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 146: and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpd&sektion=8">bgpd(8)</a>).
1.70 djm 147: <li>Network boot support for i386 and amd64, using
148: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pxeboot&sektion=8&arch=i386">pxeboot(8)</a>.
1.19 otto 149: <li>The i386 8GB boot loader limitation has been removed.
1.6 todd 150: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=spamd&sektion=8">spamd(8)</a>
1.52 beck 151: gains <a href="http://projects.puremagic.com/greylisting/">greylisting</a> support. This allows greylisting (a very powerful spam reduction technique) to be
152: done on a firewall for many mail hosts, no matter what MTA is being used.
1.80 tdeval 153: <li>Interface 'cloning', accessed by
1.6 todd 154: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a>
1.19 otto 155: commands <em>create</em> and <em>destroy</em>. E.g. `ifconfig vlan100 create'.
1.82 tdeval 156: <li>
157: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a>
158: can now be used with a generic <em>interface</em> name, for listing all such configured interfaces. E.g. `ifconfig carp'.
1.47 deraadt 159: <li>The MAKEDEV(8) manual pages are now generated, and hence, accurate.
160: <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 161: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=syslogd&sektion=8">syslogd(8)</a>
162: now supports logging to memory buffers, to be read using
163: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=syslogc&sektion=8">syslogc(8)</a>.
1.47 deraadt 164: This is useful for diskless or flash-based computers.
1.34 avsm 165: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&sektion=4">IPsec</a> ESP in UDP encapsulation.
1.33 otto 166: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malloc&sektion=3">
1.79 tdeval 167: malloc(3)</a> chunk randomization and guard pages. This helps to detect out-of-bounds
1.33 otto 168: reads and writes.
1.43 beck 169: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=authpf&sektion=8">
170: authpf(8)</a> now tags traffic in
171: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pflog&sektion=4">
172: pflog(4)</A> so that users may be associated with traffic through a NAT setup.
1.46 tedu 173: <li>hw.setperf sysctl allows controlling the speed of many new i386
1.48 beck 174: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cpu&arch=i386">cpus</a>,
1.91 ! henning 175: great for prolonged battery life.
1.48 beck 176: <li>XFS has been added to the GENERIC kernels so that
177: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=afsd&sektion=8">afsd(8)
178: </a> may be started easily, eliminating the need to recompile the kernel
1.49 deraadt 179: to use AFS.<br>
180: AFS can now be used anonymously by enabling it in
181: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rc.conf&sektion=8">rc.conf(8)</a>
1.48 beck 182: with no further configuration.
1.55 millert 183: <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 184: <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 185: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&sektion=8"
186: >dhclient(8)</a> now detects when the interface it configured is modified and
187: gracefully exits.
188: e.g. repeatedly running it against the same interface leaves only the
189: last instance active.
1.6 todd 190: </ul>
191: <p>
192:
1.47 deraadt 193: <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 194: <ul>
195: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isakmpd&sektion=8">isakmpd(8)</a>
196: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=named&sektion=8">named(8)</a>
1.47 deraadt 197: (Previously privilege revoking, but this had a small breakage).
1.13 todd 198: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pflogd&sektion=8">pflogd(8)</a>
1.6 todd 199: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tcpdump&sektion=8">tcpdump(8)</a>
200: </ul>
201: <p>
202:
203: <li> New tools:
204: <ul>
1.47 deraadt 205: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sensorsd&sektion=8">sensorsd(8)</a>, monitoring hardware sensors.
206: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=procmap&sektion=1">procmap(1)</a>, to examine a process' memory map.
207: <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 208: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pkill&sektion=1">pkill(1)</a> and
1.35 otto 209: <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 210: </ul>
211: <p>
212:
1.23 henning 213: <li> Performance improvements:
214: <ul>
1.35 otto 215: <li>Improved connection/socket lookup - about 100 times faster at 10000 sockets than 3.4.
1.72 djm 216: <li>TCP SYN cache. Greatly reduces the memory cost of half-open TCP connections.
1.71 djm 217: <li>Implemented TCP adjustments recommended by
218: <a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3390.txt">RFC3390</a>,
219: controllable via
220: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sysctl&sektion=8">sysctl</a>.
1.23 henning 221: <li>OpenSSL speedup on i386, up to 100% improvement for md5, sha1, blowfish,
1.42 henning 222: des, 3des, rsa, dsa and bn.
1.77 tdeval 223: <li>OpenSSL now directly uses the new AES instructions some VIA C3 processors
224: provide, increasing AES to 780MBytes/second (so you get to see a fan-less
1.56 deraadt 225: cpu performing AES more than 10x faster than the fastest cpu currently sold).
1.45 tedu 226: <li>Directory hashing makes lookups in large directories much faster.
1.90 mcbride 227: <li>Zeroing pages with SSE. Faster operation, and avoids clobbering the cache.
1.23 henning 228: </ul>
229: <p>
230:
1.84 miod 231: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scsi&sektion=4">SCSI(4)</a> improvements:
1.67 krw 232: <ul>
1.73 otto 233: <li>Bus probe made faster by skipping non-existent LUNs.
1.67 krw 234: <li>Bus probe made saner by elimination of spurious commands.
235: <li>Bus probe made safer by having INQUIRY commands ask only for available data.
1.81 krw 236: <li>Eliminated a race that, e.g., caused problems burning CDs at high speeds.
1.67 krw 237: <li>SCSIDEBUG output can now be restricted to specified buses.
238: <li>ASC/ASCQ diagnostic messages updated to SCSI-3 standards.
239: <li>Better error handling.
240: </ul>
241: <p>
242:
1.29 henning 243: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
244: <ul>
1.35 otto 245: <li>The <a href="/hppa.html">hppa</a> architecture gets support for many
1.29 henning 246: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pci">PCI</a>
1.37 mickey 247: 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 248: <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 249: <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 250: <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.
251: <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 252: <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 253: <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.
254: <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 255: <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 256: <li>Improved ATA and SATA support.
1.50 mickey 257: <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 258: <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 259: <li>Several fixes for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=apm&sektion=4">apm(4)</a>.
1.63 marco 260: <li>Support for Intel 852/855/865 AGP chipsets.
1.67 krw 261: <li>Many more USB Flash and other
262: <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 263: </ul>
1.20 otto 264: <p>
265:
1.57 marco 266: <li> This release ships with Firefox for all major architectures.
267: <p>
268:
1.58 marco 269: <li> Major improvements in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pthreads&sektion=3">pthreads(3)</a>.
270: <p>
271:
1.18 sturm 272: <li> Over 2500 ports, 2300 pre-built packages.
273: <p>
274:
1.7 todd 275: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
1.88 deraadt 276: print in the <a href="plus35.html">complete changelog</a>).
1.7 todd 277: <p>
278:
1.19 otto 279: <li>Many improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
280: <p>
281:
1.40 tdeval 282: <li>Gcc 3.3.2, including local additions like ProPolice support, for the
1.62 deraadt 283: <a href="amd64.html">OpenBSD/amd64</a>,
284: <a href="cats.html">OpenBSD/cats</a> and
285: <a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a>
1.28 henning 286: platforms.
287: Other architectures still use gcc 2.95.3 with the same local additions.
288: <p>
1.75 markus 289: <li>OpenSSH 3.8.1:
290: <ul>
291: <li>
292: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
293: now supports forced changes of expired passwords via
294: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=passwd&sektion=1">passwd(1)</a>.
295: <li>
296: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
297: now uses untrusted cookies for X11-Forwarding.
298: Some X11 applications might need full access to the X11 server,
299: see ForwardX11Trusted in
1.76 djm 300: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>
1.75 markus 301: and
302: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xauth&sektion=1">xauth(1)</a>.
303: <li>
304: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
305: now supports sending application layer
306: keep-alive messages to the server. See ServerAliveInterval in
1.76 djm 307: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>.
1.75 markus 308: <li> Improved
309: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp(1)</a>
310: batch file support.
311: <li> New KerberosGetAFSToken option for
312: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>.
313: <li> Updated /etc/moduli file and improved performance for
314: protocol version 2.
315: <li> Support for host keys in DNS.
316: <li> The experimental "gssapi" support has been replaced with
317: the "gssapi-with-mic" to fix possible MITM attacks.
318: The two versions are not compatible.
319: </ul>
320: <p>
1.28 henning 321:
322: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
323: <ul>
324: <li>XFree86 4.4.0 unencumbered (+ patches, and i386 contains 3.3.X servers also, thus
325: providing support for all chipsets)
1.40 tdeval 326: <li>Gcc 2.95.3 (+ patches) and 3.3.2 (+ patches)
1.28 henning 327: <li>Perl 5.8.2 (+ patches)
328: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
329: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7c (+ patches)
330: <li>Groff 1.15
331: <li>Sendmail 8.12.11
332: <li>Bind 9.2.3 (+ patches)
333: <li>Lynx 2.8.4rel.1 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
334: <li>Sudo 1.6.7p5
335: <li>Ncurses 5.2
336: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
337: <li>Heimdal 0.6rc1 (+ patches)
338: <li>Arla-current
339: </ul>
340: <p>
1.1 deraadt 341:
342: </ul>
343:
344: <a name="install"></a>
345: <hr>
346: <p>
347: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
348: <p>
349: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
350: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
351: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
352: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
353: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
354: purchased a CDROM instead.
355: <p>
356:
357: <hr>
358: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or ftp mirror for
359: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.5 on your machine:
360: <p>
361: <ul>
362: <li>CD1:3.5/i386/INSTALL.i386
1.2 deraadt 363: <li>CD1:3.5/vax/INSTALL.vax
1.1 deraadt 364: <p>
1.2 deraadt 365: <li>CD2:3.5/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
1.1 deraadt 366: <li>CD2:3.5/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
367: <p>
368: <li>CD3:3.5/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
369: <li>CD3:3.5/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
370: <p>
371: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
1.27 miod 372: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/cats/INSTALL.cats
1.1 deraadt 373: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
374: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
375: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
376: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
1.2 deraadt 377: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
1.1 deraadt 378: </ul>
379: <hr>
380:
381: <p>
382: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
383: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
384: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
385: <p>
386:
387: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
388: <ul>
389: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
390: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
391: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
1.2 deraadt 392: <i>CD1:3.5/i386/floppy35.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
1.1 deraadt 393:
394: <p>
1.2 deraadt 395: Use <i>CD1:3.5/i386/floppyB35.fs</i> instead for greater scsi controller
396: support, or <i>CD1:3.5/i386/floppyC35.fs</i> for better laptop support.
1.1 deraadt 397:
398: <p>
1.83 tom 399: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
400: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
401: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
402:
403: <p>
1.1 deraadt 404: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
1.83 tom 405: read INSTALL.i386.
1.1 deraadt 406:
407: <p>
408: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
1.83 tom 409: at <i>CD1:3.5/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
1.1 deraadt 410: use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=
411: dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of
412: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)
413: </a>, where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
414: "rfd0a".
415:
416: <ul><pre>
417: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
418: </pre></ul>
419:
420: <p>
421: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
422: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
423: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
424: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>.
425: </ul>
426:
427: <p>
1.84 miod 428: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 429: <ul>
1.84 miod 430: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
1.1 deraadt 431: </ul>
432:
433: <p>
1.2 deraadt 434: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
435: <ul>
1.84 miod 436: The 3.5 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
1.83 tom 437: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
438: your BIOS options first.
439: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
1.85 tom 440: To do this, write <i>CD2:3.5/amd64/floppy35.fs</i> to a floppy, then
1.83 tom 441: boot from the floppy drive.
442:
443: <p>
444: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
445: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
446: INSTALL.amd64 document.
447:
448: <p>
449: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
450: read INSTALL.amd64.
1.2 deraadt 451: </ul>
452:
453: <p>
1.84 miod 454: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 455: <ul>
1.84 miod 456: Put the CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
457: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
458:
459: <p>
460: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
461: /3.5/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
1.1 deraadt 462: </ul>
463:
464: <p>
465: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
466: <ul>
467: The 3.5 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
468: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
469: ROM.
470:
471: <ul><pre>
1.86 miod 472: ok <strong>boot cdrom 3.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
1.1 deraadt 473: or
1.86 miod 474: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)3.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
1.1 deraadt 475: </pre></ul>
476:
477: <p>
478: If your sparc does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
1.84 miod 479: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:3.5/sparc/floppy35.fs</i> to a floppy.
1.1 deraadt 480: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>. To boot from
481: the floppy use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of
482: your ROM.
483:
484: <ul><pre>
1.86 miod 485: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
1.1 deraadt 486: or
1.86 miod 487: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
1.1 deraadt 488: </pre></ul>
489:
490: <p>
491: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
492: will most likely fail.
493:
494: <p>
495: If your sparc doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
496: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
497: INSTALL.sparc file.
498: </ul>
499:
500: <p>
501: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
502: <ul>
503: Put the CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
504:
505: <p>
506: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
1.2 deraadt 507: <i>CD3:3.5/sparc64/floppy35.fs</i> to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
1.1 deraadt 508: floppy</i>.<br>
509: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
510: will most likely fail.
511:
512: <p>
1.2 deraadt 513: You can also write <i>CD3:3.5/sparc64/miniroot35.fs</i> to the swap partition on
1.1 deraadt 514: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
515:
516: <p>
517: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64
518: </ul>
519:
520: <p>
521: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
522: <ul>
1.2 deraadt 523: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.5/alpha/floppy35.fs</i> or
524: <i>FTP:3.5/alpha/floppyB35.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
1.1 deraadt 525: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
526:
527: <p>
528: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
529: will most likely fail.
530:
531: </ul>
532:
533: <p>
1.87 miod 534: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>
535: <ul>
536: <p>
537: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
538: <i>FTP:3.5/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
539: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
540: </ul>
541:
542: <p>
1.1 deraadt 543: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
544: <ul>
545: <p>
546: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
547: </ul>
548:
549: <p>
550: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
551: <ul>
552: <p>
553: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
554: <a href="hppa.html#netboot">hppa platform page</a>.
555: </ul>
556:
557: <p>
558: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
559: <ul>
560: <p>
561: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
562: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
563: <i>FTP:3.5/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
564: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
565: "BSD/Mac68k Installer" to copy all the sets in <i>FTP:3.5/mac68k/</i> onto your
566: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the "BSD/Mac68k
567: Booter" with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
568: </ul>
569:
570: <p>
571: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</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 MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
576: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
577: for more details.
578: </ul>
579:
580: <p>
1.2 deraadt 581: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
582: <ul>
583: <p>
584: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
585: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
586: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
587: for more details.
588: </ul>
589:
590: <p>
1.1 deraadt 591: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
592: <ul>
593: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
594: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
595: in a separate archive. To extract:
596: <p>
597: <ul><pre>
598: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
599: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
600: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
601: </pre></ul>
602: <p>
603: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
604: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
605: To extract:
606: <p>
607: <ul><pre>
608: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
609: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
610: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
611: </pre></ul>
612: <p>
613: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
614: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
615: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
616: Using these files
617: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
618: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
619: <p>
620: </ul>
621: <a name="ports"></a>
622: <hr>
623: <p>
624: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
625: <p>
626: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
627: <p>
628: <ul><pre>
629: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
630: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
631: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
632: </pre></ul>
633: <p>
634: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
635: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
636: if you know nothing about ports
637: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
638: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
639: OpenBSD ports system.
640: <p>
641: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
642: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
643: cvs(1)</a> if
644: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
645: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
646: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
647: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
648: like:
649: <p>
650: <ul><pre>
1.2 deraadt 651: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_5</strong>
1.1 deraadt 652: </pre></ul>
653: <p>
654: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
655: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
656: server.]
657: <p>
658: Note that most ports are available as packages through ftp. Updated
659: packages for the 3.5 release will be made available if problems arise.
660: <p>
661: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
662: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
663: place to know.
664: <p>
665:
666: <hr>
667: <a href="index.html"><img height="24" width="24" src="back.gif" border="0"
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