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