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1.1 deraadt 24: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 3.6 Release:</font></h2>
25: <p>
26: To be released: November 1, 2004<br>
27: Copyright 1997-2004, Theo de Raadt.<br>
28: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 0-9731791-4-7</font>
29: <p>
30:
1.2 miod 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>
35:
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/3.6/</font> directory on
44: one of the mirror sites.
45: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
46: <!--
47: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata.html">The 3.6 Errata page</a> for a list
48: of bugs and workarounds.
49: -->
50: <li>See a <a href="plus.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
51: 3.5 and 3.6 releases.
52: </ul>
53: </font></h3>
54: <br clear=all>
55:
56: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
57: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
58: XF4.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The distribution
59: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
60: the CDROM because of lack of space.
61: <p>
62:
63: <a name="new"></a>
64: <hr>
65: <p>
66: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
67: <p>
68: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 3.6.
69: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus.html">changelog</a> leading
70: to 3.6.
71: <p>
72:
73: <ul>
74:
1.6 miod 75: <li>New platform:
1.2 miod 76: <ul>
77: <li><a href="luna88k.html">OpenBSD/luna88k</a><br>
78: Expanding the mvme88k porting effort by supporting Omron's line of
79: 88100-based workstations.
80: </ul>
81: <p>
82:
1.6 miod 83: <li>SMP support on <a href="i386.html">OpenBSD/i386</a> and <a
1.2 miod 84: href="amd64.html">OpenBSD/amd64</a> platforms.
85: <p>
86:
1.6 miod 87: <li>New functionality:
1.2 miod 88: <ul>
89: <li>A new dhcp
90: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcpd&sektion=8">server</a>
91: and
92: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&sektion=8">client</a>
93: implementation, featuring privilege separation and safe defaults.
94: <li>A clean
95: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ntpd&sektion=8">ntp
96: daemon</a> which ought to fit the needs of most ntp users.
97: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfctl&sektion=8">pfctl</a>
98: now provides a <i>rules optimizer</i>, to help improving filtering speed.
1.4 otto 99: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tcpdrop&sektion=8">tcpdrop</a>, a command to drop TCP connections.
1.8 tedu 100: <li>The NMBCLUSTERS option has been eliminated, replaced by a sysctl with higher values on many platforms.
1.4 otto 101: <li>Added support for cksum (three flavours), md4, sha256, sha384 and sha512 to
102: the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=md5&sektion=1">md5</a>
103: command.
104: <li>Memory file systems created by the
105: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mount_mfs&sektion=8">mount_mfs</a>
106: command now can be populated immediately after creation.
1.8 tedu 107: <li>New hotplugd daemon and device that watch for newly attached devices.
108: <li>New timecounter code in the kernel for more accurate timekeeping.
1.10 ! otto 109: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isakmpd&sektion=8">isakmpd(8)</a> now supports NAT-traversal.
1.2 miod 110: </ul>
111: <p>
112:
113: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
114: <ul>
115: <li>Sangoma T1 and E1 cards
116: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=san&sektion=4">san</a>)
117: <li>Jumbo frames are now working reliably on
118: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4">em</a>,
119: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sk&sektion=4">sk</a>
120: and
121: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ti&sektion=4">ti</a>
122: adapters.
123: <li>USB 2.0
124: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ehci&sektion=4">ehci</a>)
125: controllers.
126: <li>AIC79xx-based Ultra320 SCSI adapters, such as the Adaptec 29320 and
127: 39320
128: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ahd&sektion=4">ahd</a>)
1.8 tedu 129: <li>The i386 and amd64 CD bootloader code no longer emulates a floppy which improves the chances of booting on newer machines.
130: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=atw&sektion=4">atw(4)</a> wireless driver.
131: <li>hw.setperf hooks for PowerNow in AMD K6 and K7 processors.
1.2 miod 132: </ul>
133: <p>
134:
1.6 miod 135: <li>Improved NFS performance and reliability.
1.5 otto 136: <p>
1.2 miod 137:
1.6 miod 138: <li>Shared libraries and gcc 3.3.2 on the <a href="hppa.html">OpenBSD/hppa</a>
139: port.
1.5 otto 140: <p>
1.2 miod 141:
1.6 miod 142: <li>Over 2700 ports, 2500 pre-built packages.
1.2 miod 143: <p>
144:
145: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
146: print in the <a href="plus.html">complete changelog</a>).
147: <p>
148:
1.9 pedro 149: <li>As usual, many improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
1.2 miod 150: <p>
151:
152: <li>OpenSSH 3.9:
153: <ul>
1.6 miod 154: <li>
155: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd</a>
156: now re-executes itself on accepting a new connection. This security
1.2 miod 157: measure ensures that all execute-time randomisations are reapplied for each
158: connection rather than once, for the master process' lifetime. This includes
159: mmap and malloc mappings, shared library addressing, shared library mapping
160: order, ProPolice and StackGhost cookies on architectures that support
161: such things.
162: <li>Selected environment variables can now be passed between the
163: client and the server.
164: <li>Session multiplexing: a single ssh connection can now carry
165: multiple login/command/file transfer sessions.
166: </ul>
167: <p>
168:
169: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
170: <ul>
1.6 miod 171: <li>XFree86 4.4.0 unencumbered (+ patches, and i386 contains 3.3.X servers also,
172: thus providing support for all chipsets)
1.2 miod 173: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
174: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
175: and 3.3.2
176: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
177: <li>Perl 5.8.5 (+ patches)
178: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
179: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7d (+ patches)
180: <li>Groff 1.15
181: <li>Sendmail 8.13.0, with libmilter
182: <li>Bind 9.2.3 (+ patches)
183: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.2 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
184: <li>Sudo 1.6.7p5
185: <li>Ncurses 5.2
186: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
187: <li>Heimdal 0.6rc1 (+ patches)
188: <li>Arla 0.35.7
189: <li>Gdb 6.1
190: </ul>
191: <p>
192:
193: </ul>
194:
195: <a name="install"></a>
196: <hr>
197: <p>
198: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
199: <p>
200: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
201: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
202: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
203: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
204: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
205: purchased a CDROM instead.
206: <p>
207:
208: <hr>
209: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or ftp mirror for
210: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.6 on your machine:
211: <p>
212: <ul>
213: <li>CD1:3.6/i386/INSTALL.i386
214: <li>CD1:3.6/vax/INSTALL.vax
215: <p>
216: <li>CD2:3.6/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
217: <li>CD2:3.6/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
218: <p>
219: <li>CD3:3.6/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
220: <li>CD3:3.6/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
221: <p>
222: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.6/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
223: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.6/cats/INSTALL.cats
224: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.6/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
225: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.6/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
226: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.6/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
227: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.6/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
228: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.6/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
229: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.6/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
230: </ul>
231: <hr>
232:
233: <p>
234: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
235: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
236: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
237: <p>
238:
239: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
240: <ul>
241: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
242: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
243: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
244: <i>CD1:3.6/i386/floppy36.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
245:
246: <p>
247: Use <i>CD1:3.6/i386/floppyB36.fs</i> instead for greater scsi controller
248: support, or <i>CD1:3.6/i386/floppyC36.fs</i> for better laptop support.
249:
250: <p>
251: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
252: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
253: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
254:
255: <p>
256: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
257: read INSTALL.i386.
258:
259: <p>
260: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
261: at <i>CD1:3.6/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
262: use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=
263: dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of
264: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)
265: </a>, where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
266: "rfd0a".
267:
268: <ul><pre>
269: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
270: </pre></ul>
271:
272: <p>
273: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
274: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
275: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
276: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>.
277: </ul>
278:
279: <p>
280: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
281: <ul>
282: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
283: </ul>
284:
285: <p>
286: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
287: <ul>
288: The 3.6 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
289: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
290: your BIOS options first.
291: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
292: To do this, write <i>CD2:3.6/amd64/floppy36.fs</i> to a floppy, then
293: boot from the floppy drive.
294:
295: <p>
296: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
297: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
298: INSTALL.amd64 document.
299:
300: <p>
301: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
302: read INSTALL.amd64.
303: </ul>
304:
305: <p>
306: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
307: <ul>
308: Put the CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
309: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
310:
311: <p>
312: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
313: /3.6/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
314: </ul>
315:
316: <p>
317: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
318: <ul>
319: The 3.6 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
320: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
321: ROM.
322:
323: <ul><pre>
324: ok <strong>boot cdrom 3.6/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
325: or
326: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)3.6/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
327: </pre></ul>
328:
329: <p>
330: If your sparc does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
331: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:3.6/sparc/floppy36.fs</i> to a floppy.
332: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>. To boot from
333: the floppy use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of
334: your ROM.
335:
336: <ul><pre>
337: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
338: or
339: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
340: </pre></ul>
341:
342: <p>
343: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
344: will most likely fail.
345:
346: <p>
347: If your sparc doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
348: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
349: INSTALL.sparc file.
350: </ul>
351:
352: <p>
353: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
354: <ul>
355: Put the CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
356:
357: <p>
358: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
359: <i>CD3:3.6/sparc64/floppy36.fs</i> to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
360: floppy</i>.<br>
361: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
362: will most likely fail.
363:
364: <p>
365: You can also write <i>CD3:3.6/sparc64/miniroot36.fs</i> to the swap partition on
366: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
367:
368: <p>
369: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64
370: </ul>
371:
372: <p>
373: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
374: <ul>
375: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.6/alpha/floppy36.fs</i> or
376: <i>FTP:3.6/alpha/floppyB36.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
377: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
378:
379: <p>
380: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
381: will most likely fail.
382:
383: </ul>
384:
385: <p>
386: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>
387: <ul>
388: <p>
389: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
390: <i>FTP:3.6/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
391: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
392: </ul>
393:
394: <p>
395: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
396: <ul>
397: <p>
398: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
399: </ul>
400:
401: <p>
402: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
403: <ul>
404: <p>
405: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
406: <a href="hppa.html#netboot">hppa platform page</a>.
407: </ul>
408:
409: <p>
410: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
411: <ul>
412: <p>
413: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
414: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
415: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
416: </ul>
417:
418: <p>
419: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
420: <ul>
421: <p>
422: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
423: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
424: <i>FTP:3.6/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
425: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
426: "BSD/Mac68k Installer" to copy all the sets in <i>FTP:3.6/mac68k/</i> onto your
427: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the "BSD/Mac68k
428: Booter" with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
429: </ul>
430:
431: <p>
432: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
433: <ul>
434: <p>
435: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
436: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
437: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
438: for more details.
439: </ul>
440:
441: <p>
442: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
443: <ul>
444: <p>
445: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
446: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
447: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
448: for more details.
449: </ul>
450:
451: <p>
452: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
453: <ul>
454: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
455: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
456: in a separate archive. To extract:
457: <p>
458: <ul><pre>
459: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
460: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
461: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
462: </pre></ul>
463: <p>
464: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
465: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
466: To extract:
467: <p>
468: <ul><pre>
469: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
470: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
471: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
472: </pre></ul>
473: <p>
474: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
475: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
476: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
477: Using these files
478: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
479: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
480: <p>
481: </ul>
482: <a name="ports"></a>
483: <hr>
484: <p>
485: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
486: <p>
487: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
488: <p>
489: <ul><pre>
490: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
491: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
492: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
493: </pre></ul>
494: <p>
495: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
496: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
497: if you know nothing about ports
498: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
499: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
500: OpenBSD ports system.
501: <p>
502: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
503: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
504: cvs(1)</a> if
505: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
506: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
507: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
508: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
509: like:
510: <p>
511: <ul><pre>
512: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_6</strong>
513: </pre></ul>
514: <p>
515: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
516: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
517: server.]
518: <p>
519: Note that most ports are available as packages through ftp. Updated
520: packages for the 3.6 release will be made available if problems arise.
521: <p>
522: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
523: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
524: place to know.
525: <p>
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