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