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23: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 3.5 Release:</font></h2>
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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>
29: <a href="lyrics.html#35">3.5 Song: "CARP License" and "Redundancy must be free"</a>
1.1 deraadt 30: <p>
31:
32: <a href="#new">What's New</a><br>
33: <a href="#install">How to install</a><br>
34: <a href="#ports">How to use the ports tree</a><br>
35: <a href="orders.html">Ordering a CD set</a><br>
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37: <p>
38: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
39: To get the files for this release:
40: <ul>
41: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
42: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
43: a list of mirror machines.
44: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/3.5/</font> directory on
45: one of the mirror sites.
46: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
1.92 miod 47: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata35.html">The 3.5 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 deraadt 48: of bugs and workarounds.
1.88 deraadt 49: <li>See a <a href="plus35.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
1.1 deraadt 50: 3.4 and 3.5 releases.
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55: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
56: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
57: XF4.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The distribution
58: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
59: the CDROM because of lack of space.
60: <p>
61:
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64: <p>
65: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
66: <p>
67: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.88 deraadt 68: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus35.html">changelog</a> leading
1.1 deraadt 69: to 3.5.
70: <p>
71:
72: <ul>
73:
1.14 deraadt 74: <li> New platforms:
75: <ul>
1.74 deraadt 76: <li><a href="amd64.html">OpenBSD/amd64</a><br>
77: Supporting the AMD64 architecture natively,
78: with full 64-bit support, 8 extra registers in the architecture
79: to significantly increase performance, and a memory management
80: Non-Executable bit that permits full W^X support.<br>
1.94 david 81: (Note: The upcoming Intel "ia32e" AMD64-compatible CPUs have also
1.74 deraadt 82: been tested, and work, even though they lack the NX bit).
83: <li><a href="cats.html">OpenBSD/cats</a><br>
1.94 david 84: Our first entry in the ARM-CPU landscape. We intend to use this as a
1.74 deraadt 85: development platform for something else we plan for the future...
86: <li><a href="mvme88k.html">OpenBSD/mvme88k</a><br>
1.94 david 87: Supporting an older, but very cool CPU architecture, perhaps the
88: most pure RISC CPU ever.
1.14 deraadt 89: </ul>
90: <p>
91:
1.35 otto 92: <li>Replacement of the GNU
1.12 otto 93: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bc">bc(1)</a>,
94: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dc">dc(1)</a>,
1.4 deraadt 95: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nm">nm(1)</a> and
96: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=size">size(1)</a>
1.1 deraadt 97: commands with BSD licensed equivalents.
98: <p>
99:
1.5 mcbride 100: <li>A large number of bug fixes, changes, and optimizations to our packet filter
101: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf">pf(4)</a>
102: including:
103: <ul>
1.19 otto 104: <li>Atomic commits of ruleset changes (reduce the chance of ending up in an
105: inconsistent state).
1.69 djm 106: <li>A 30% reduction in the size of state table entries.
1.19 otto 107: <li>Source-tracking (limit number of clients and states per client).
108: <li>Sticky-address (the flexibility of round-robin with the benefits of
109: source-hash).
1.53 mcbride 110: <li>Invert the socket match order when redirecting to
1.34 avsm 111: localhost (prevents the potential security problem of remote connections
1.19 otto 112: being identified as local).
1.5 mcbride 113: <li>Significant improvements to interface handling.
114: </ul>
115: <p>
116:
1.53 mcbride 117: <li>New tools for filtering gateway failover:
1.5 mcbride 118: <ul>
119: <li>CARP (the Common Address Redundancy Protocol)
120: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=carp">carp(4)</a>
121: allows multiple machines to share responsibility for a given IP address or
122: addresses. If the owner of the address fails, another member of the group
123: will take over for it. A discussion of the history of CARP can be found
1.62 deraadt 124: <a href="lyrics.html">here</a>.
1.5 mcbride 125: <li>Additions to the
126: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfsync">pfsync(4)</a>
127: interface allow it to synchronise state table entries between two or more
128: firewalls which are operating in parallel, allowing stateful connections
129: to cross any of the firewalls regardless of where the state was initially
130: created.
131: </ul>
132: <p>
133:
1.6 todd 134: <li> New functionality:
135: <ul>
1.51 millert 136: <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 137: <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 138: that allows non-privileged processes to allocate a properly-permissioned pty.<br>
139: As a result any process can now open a pty easily, meaning
140: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xterm&sektion=1">xterm(1)</a>
141: and
142: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xconsole&sektion=1">xconsole(1)</a>
143: are no longer setuid root. (In 3.4 they were setuid root, but privilege revoking).
1.17 otto 144: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=closefrom&sektion=2">closefrom(2)</a>
145: system call has been added.
1.6 todd 146: <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 147: and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpd&sektion=8">bgpd(8)</a>).
1.70 djm 148: <li>Network boot support for i386 and amd64, using
149: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pxeboot&sektion=8&arch=i386">pxeboot(8)</a>.
1.19 otto 150: <li>The i386 8GB boot loader limitation has been removed.
1.6 todd 151: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=spamd&sektion=8">spamd(8)</a>
1.52 beck 152: gains <a href="http://projects.puremagic.com/greylisting/">greylisting</a> support. This allows greylisting (a very powerful spam reduction technique) to be
153: done on a firewall for many mail hosts, no matter what MTA is being used.
1.80 tdeval 154: <li>Interface 'cloning', accessed by
1.6 todd 155: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a>
1.19 otto 156: commands <em>create</em> and <em>destroy</em>. E.g. `ifconfig vlan100 create'.
1.82 tdeval 157: <li>
158: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a>
159: can now be used with a generic <em>interface</em> name, for listing all such configured interfaces. E.g. `ifconfig carp'.
1.47 deraadt 160: <li>The MAKEDEV(8) manual pages are now generated, and hence, accurate.
161: <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 162: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=syslogd&sektion=8">syslogd(8)</a>
163: now supports logging to memory buffers, to be read using
164: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=syslogc&sektion=8">syslogc(8)</a>.
1.47 deraadt 165: This is useful for diskless or flash-based computers.
1.34 avsm 166: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&sektion=4">IPsec</a> ESP in UDP encapsulation.
1.33 otto 167: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malloc&sektion=3">
1.79 tdeval 168: malloc(3)</a> chunk randomization and guard pages. This helps to detect out-of-bounds
1.33 otto 169: reads and writes.
1.43 beck 170: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=authpf&sektion=8">
171: authpf(8)</a> now tags traffic in
172: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pflog&sektion=4">
173: pflog(4)</A> so that users may be associated with traffic through a NAT setup.
1.46 tedu 174: <li>hw.setperf sysctl allows controlling the speed of many new i386
1.94 david 175: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cpu&arch=i386">CPUs</a>,
1.91 henning 176: great for prolonged battery life.
1.48 beck 177: <li>XFS has been added to the GENERIC kernels so that
178: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=afsd&sektion=8">afsd(8)
179: </a> may be started easily, eliminating the need to recompile the kernel
1.49 deraadt 180: to use AFS.<br>
181: AFS can now be used anonymously by enabling it in
182: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rc.conf&sektion=8">rc.conf(8)</a>
1.48 beck 183: with no further configuration.
1.55 millert 184: <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 185: <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 186: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&sektion=8"
187: >dhclient(8)</a> now detects when the interface it configured is modified and
188: gracefully exits.
189: e.g. repeatedly running it against the same interface leaves only the
190: last instance active.
1.6 todd 191: </ul>
192: <p>
193:
1.47 deraadt 194: <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 195: <ul>
196: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isakmpd&sektion=8">isakmpd(8)</a>
197: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=named&sektion=8">named(8)</a>
1.47 deraadt 198: (Previously privilege revoking, but this had a small breakage).
1.13 todd 199: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pflogd&sektion=8">pflogd(8)</a>
1.6 todd 200: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tcpdump&sektion=8">tcpdump(8)</a>
201: </ul>
202: <p>
203:
204: <li> New tools:
205: <ul>
1.47 deraadt 206: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sensorsd&sektion=8">sensorsd(8)</a>, monitoring hardware sensors.
207: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=procmap&sektion=1">procmap(1)</a>, to examine a process' memory map.
208: <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 209: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pkill&sektion=1">pkill(1)</a> and
1.35 otto 210: <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 211: </ul>
212: <p>
213:
1.23 henning 214: <li> Performance improvements:
215: <ul>
1.35 otto 216: <li>Improved connection/socket lookup - about 100 times faster at 10000 sockets than 3.4.
1.72 djm 217: <li>TCP SYN cache. Greatly reduces the memory cost of half-open TCP connections.
1.71 djm 218: <li>Implemented TCP adjustments recommended by
219: <a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3390.txt">RFC3390</a>,
220: controllable via
221: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sysctl&sektion=8">sysctl</a>.
1.23 henning 222: <li>OpenSSL speedup on i386, up to 100% improvement for md5, sha1, blowfish,
1.42 henning 223: des, 3des, rsa, dsa and bn.
1.77 tdeval 224: <li>OpenSSL now directly uses the new AES instructions some VIA C3 processors
225: provide, increasing AES to 780MBytes/second (so you get to see a fan-less
1.94 david 226: CPU performing AES more than 10x faster than the fastest CPU currently sold).
1.45 tedu 227: <li>Directory hashing makes lookups in large directories much faster.
1.90 mcbride 228: <li>Zeroing pages with SSE. Faster operation, and avoids clobbering the cache.
1.23 henning 229: </ul>
230: <p>
231:
1.84 miod 232: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scsi&sektion=4">SCSI(4)</a> improvements:
1.67 krw 233: <ul>
1.73 otto 234: <li>Bus probe made faster by skipping non-existent LUNs.
1.67 krw 235: <li>Bus probe made saner by elimination of spurious commands.
236: <li>Bus probe made safer by having INQUIRY commands ask only for available data.
1.81 krw 237: <li>Eliminated a race that, e.g., caused problems burning CDs at high speeds.
1.67 krw 238: <li>SCSIDEBUG output can now be restricted to specified buses.
239: <li>ASC/ASCQ diagnostic messages updated to SCSI-3 standards.
240: <li>Better error handling.
241: </ul>
242: <p>
243:
1.29 henning 244: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
245: <ul>
1.97 deraadt 246: <li>The <a href="hppa.html">hppa</a> architecture gets support for many
1.29 henning 247: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pci">PCI</a>
1.37 mickey 248: 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 249: <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 250: <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 251: <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.
252: <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 253: <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 254: <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.
255: <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 256: <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 257: <li>Improved ATA and SATA support.
1.50 mickey 258: <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 259: <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 260: <li>Several fixes for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=apm&sektion=4">apm(4)</a>.
1.63 marco 261: <li>Support for Intel 852/855/865 AGP chipsets.
1.67 krw 262: <li>Many more USB Flash and other
263: <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 264: </ul>
1.20 otto 265: <p>
266:
1.57 marco 267: <li> This release ships with Firefox for all major architectures.
268: <p>
269:
1.58 marco 270: <li> Major improvements in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pthreads&sektion=3">pthreads(3)</a>.
271: <p>
272:
1.18 sturm 273: <li> Over 2500 ports, 2300 pre-built packages.
274: <p>
275:
1.7 todd 276: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
1.88 deraadt 277: print in the <a href="plus35.html">complete changelog</a>).
1.7 todd 278: <p>
279:
1.19 otto 280: <li>Many improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
281: <p>
282:
1.40 tdeval 283: <li>Gcc 3.3.2, including local additions like ProPolice support, for the
1.62 deraadt 284: <a href="amd64.html">OpenBSD/amd64</a>,
285: <a href="cats.html">OpenBSD/cats</a> and
286: <a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a>
1.28 henning 287: platforms.
288: Other architectures still use gcc 2.95.3 with the same local additions.
289: <p>
1.75 markus 290: <li>OpenSSH 3.8.1:
291: <ul>
292: <li>
293: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
294: now supports forced changes of expired passwords via
295: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=passwd&sektion=1">passwd(1)</a>.
296: <li>
297: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
298: now uses untrusted cookies for X11-Forwarding.
299: Some X11 applications might need full access to the X11 server,
300: see ForwardX11Trusted in
1.76 djm 301: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>
1.75 markus 302: and
303: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xauth&sektion=1">xauth(1)</a>.
304: <li>
305: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
306: now supports sending application layer
307: keep-alive messages to the server. See ServerAliveInterval in
1.76 djm 308: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>.
1.75 markus 309: <li> Improved
310: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp(1)</a>
311: batch file support.
312: <li> New KerberosGetAFSToken option for
313: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>.
314: <li> Updated /etc/moduli file and improved performance for
315: protocol version 2.
316: <li> Support for host keys in DNS.
317: <li> The experimental "gssapi" support has been replaced with
318: the "gssapi-with-mic" to fix possible MITM attacks.
319: The two versions are not compatible.
320: </ul>
321: <p>
1.28 henning 322:
323: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
324: <ul>
325: <li>XFree86 4.4.0 unencumbered (+ patches, and i386 contains 3.3.X servers also, thus
326: providing support for all chipsets)
1.40 tdeval 327: <li>Gcc 2.95.3 (+ patches) and 3.3.2 (+ patches)
1.28 henning 328: <li>Perl 5.8.2 (+ patches)
329: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
330: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7c (+ patches)
331: <li>Groff 1.15
332: <li>Sendmail 8.12.11
333: <li>Bind 9.2.3 (+ patches)
334: <li>Lynx 2.8.4rel.1 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
335: <li>Sudo 1.6.7p5
336: <li>Ncurses 5.2
337: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
338: <li>Heimdal 0.6rc1 (+ patches)
339: <li>Arla-current
340: </ul>
341: <p>
1.1 deraadt 342:
343: </ul>
344:
345: <a name="install"></a>
346: <hr>
347: <p>
348: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
349: <p>
350: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
351: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
352: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
353: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
354: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
355: purchased a CDROM instead.
356: <p>
357:
358: <hr>
359: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or ftp mirror for
360: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.5 on your machine:
361: <p>
362: <ul>
363: <li>CD1:3.5/i386/INSTALL.i386
1.2 deraadt 364: <li>CD1:3.5/vax/INSTALL.vax
1.1 deraadt 365: <p>
1.2 deraadt 366: <li>CD2:3.5/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
1.1 deraadt 367: <li>CD2:3.5/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
368: <p>
369: <li>CD3:3.5/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
370: <li>CD3:3.5/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
371: <p>
372: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
1.27 miod 373: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/cats/INSTALL.cats
1.1 deraadt 374: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
375: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
376: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
377: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
1.2 deraadt 378: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.5/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
1.1 deraadt 379: </ul>
380: <hr>
381:
382: <p>
383: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
384: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
385: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
386: <p>
387:
388: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
389: <ul>
390: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
391: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
392: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
1.2 deraadt 393: <i>CD1:3.5/i386/floppy35.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
1.1 deraadt 394:
395: <p>
1.2 deraadt 396: Use <i>CD1:3.5/i386/floppyB35.fs</i> instead for greater scsi controller
397: support, or <i>CD1:3.5/i386/floppyC35.fs</i> for better laptop support.
1.1 deraadt 398:
399: <p>
1.83 tom 400: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
401: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
402: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
403:
404: <p>
1.1 deraadt 405: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
1.83 tom 406: read INSTALL.i386.
1.1 deraadt 407:
408: <p>
409: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
1.83 tom 410: at <i>CD1:3.5/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
1.1 deraadt 411: use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=
412: dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of
413: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)
414: </a>, where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
415: "rfd0a".
416:
417: <ul><pre>
418: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
419: </pre></ul>
420:
421: <p>
422: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
423: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
424: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
425: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>.
426: </ul>
427:
428: <p>
1.84 miod 429: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 430: <ul>
1.84 miod 431: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
1.1 deraadt 432: </ul>
433:
434: <p>
1.2 deraadt 435: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
436: <ul>
1.84 miod 437: The 3.5 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
1.83 tom 438: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
439: your BIOS options first.
440: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
1.85 tom 441: To do this, write <i>CD2:3.5/amd64/floppy35.fs</i> to a floppy, then
1.83 tom 442: boot from the floppy drive.
443:
444: <p>
445: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
446: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
447: INSTALL.amd64 document.
448:
449: <p>
450: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
451: read INSTALL.amd64.
1.2 deraadt 452: </ul>
453:
454: <p>
1.84 miod 455: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 456: <ul>
1.84 miod 457: Put the CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
458: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
459:
460: <p>
461: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
462: /3.5/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
1.1 deraadt 463: </ul>
464:
465: <p>
466: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
467: <ul>
468: The 3.5 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
469: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
470: ROM.
471:
472: <ul><pre>
1.86 miod 473: ok <strong>boot cdrom 3.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
1.1 deraadt 474: or
1.86 miod 475: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)3.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
1.1 deraadt 476: </pre></ul>
477:
478: <p>
479: If your sparc does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
1.84 miod 480: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:3.5/sparc/floppy35.fs</i> to a floppy.
1.1 deraadt 481: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>. To boot from
482: the floppy use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of
483: your ROM.
484:
485: <ul><pre>
1.86 miod 486: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
1.1 deraadt 487: or
1.95 miod 488: > <strong>boot fd()</strong>
1.1 deraadt 489: </pre></ul>
490:
491: <p>
492: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
493: will most likely fail.
494:
495: <p>
496: If your sparc doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
497: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
498: INSTALL.sparc file.
499: </ul>
500:
501: <p>
502: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
503: <ul>
504: Put the CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
505:
506: <p>
507: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
1.2 deraadt 508: <i>CD3:3.5/sparc64/floppy35.fs</i> to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
1.1 deraadt 509: floppy</i>.<br>
510: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
511: will most likely fail.
512:
513: <p>
1.2 deraadt 514: You can also write <i>CD3:3.5/sparc64/miniroot35.fs</i> to the swap partition on
1.1 deraadt 515: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
516:
517: <p>
518: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64
519: </ul>
520:
521: <p>
522: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
523: <ul>
1.2 deraadt 524: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.5/alpha/floppy35.fs</i> or
525: <i>FTP:3.5/alpha/floppyB35.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
1.1 deraadt 526: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
527:
528: <p>
529: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
530: will most likely fail.
531:
532: </ul>
533:
534: <p>
1.87 miod 535: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>
536: <ul>
537: <p>
538: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
539: <i>FTP:3.5/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
540: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
541: </ul>
542:
543: <p>
1.1 deraadt 544: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
545: <ul>
546: <p>
547: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
548: </ul>
549:
550: <p>
551: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
552: <ul>
553: <p>
554: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
555: <a href="hppa.html#netboot">hppa platform page</a>.
556: </ul>
557:
558: <p>
559: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
560: <ul>
561: <p>
562: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
563: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
564: <i>FTP:3.5/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
565: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
566: "BSD/Mac68k Installer" to copy all the sets in <i>FTP:3.5/mac68k/</i> onto your
567: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the "BSD/Mac68k
568: Booter" with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
569: </ul>
570:
571: <p>
572: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</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 MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
577: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
578: for more details.
579: </ul>
580:
581: <p>
1.2 deraadt 582: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
583: <ul>
584: <p>
585: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
586: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
587: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
588: for more details.
589: </ul>
590:
591: <p>
1.1 deraadt 592: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
593: <ul>
594: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
595: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
596: in a separate archive. To extract:
597: <p>
598: <ul><pre>
599: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
600: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
601: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
602: </pre></ul>
603: <p>
604: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
605: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
606: To extract:
607: <p>
608: <ul><pre>
609: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
610: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
611: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
612: </pre></ul>
613: <p>
614: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
615: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
616: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
617: Using these files
618: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
619: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
620: <p>
621: </ul>
622: <a name="ports"></a>
623: <hr>
624: <p>
625: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
626: <p>
627: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
628: <p>
629: <ul><pre>
630: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
631: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
632: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
633: </pre></ul>
634: <p>
635: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.98 jasper 636: read the <a href="faq/faq15.html">ports</a> page
1.1 deraadt 637: if you know nothing about ports
638: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
639: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
640: OpenBSD ports system.
641: <p>
642: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
643: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
644: cvs(1)</a> if
645: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
646: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
647: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
648: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
649: like:
650: <p>
651: <ul><pre>
1.96 deraadt 652: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_5</strong>
1.1 deraadt 653: </pre></ul>
654: <p>
655: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
656: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
657: server.]
658: <p>
659: Note that most ports are available as packages through ftp. Updated
660: packages for the 3.5 release will be made available if problems arise.
661: <p>
662: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
663: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
664: place to know.
665: <p>
666:
667: </body>
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