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1.53    ! tb         17: <font color="#0000ff"><i>Open</i></font><font color="#000084">BSD</font></a>
        !            18: <font color="#e00000">3.6</font>
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1.1       deraadt    20:
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1.1       deraadt    24: <p>
1.33      deraadt    25: Released November 1, 2004<br>
1.1       deraadt    26: Copyright 1997-2004, Theo de Raadt.<br>
                     27: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 0-9731791-4-7</font>
1.35      deraadt    28: <br>
1.50      deraadt    29: 3.6 Song: <a href="lyrics.html#36">"Pond-erosa Puff (live)"</a>
1.1       deraadt    30: <p>
1.2       miod       31: <ul>
1.47      deraadt    32: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="https://openbsdstore.com">ordering system</a>.
1.2       miod       33: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
                     34:     a list of mirror machines.
                     35: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/3.6/</font> directory on
                     36:     one of the mirror sites.
1.36      deraadt    37: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata36.html">The 3.6 Errata page</a> for a list
1.2       miod       38:     of bugs and workarounds.
1.32      miod       39: <li>See a <a href="plus36.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
1.2       miod       40:     3.5 and 3.6 releases.
                     41: </ul>
1.53    ! tb         42: All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,
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1.2       miod       46:
1.53    ! tb         47: <hr>
1.2       miod       48: <a name="new"></a>
                     49: <p>
                     50: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
                     51: <p>
                     52: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 3.6.
1.32      miod       53: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus36.html">changelog</a> leading
1.2       miod       54: to 3.6.
                     55: <p>
                     56:
                     57: <ul>
                     58:
1.6       miod       59: <li>New platform:
1.2       miod       60: <ul>
                     61: <li><a href="luna88k.html">OpenBSD/luna88k</a><br>
                     62: Expanding the mvme88k porting effort by supporting Omron's line of
                     63: 88100-based workstations.
                     64: </ul>
                     65: <p>
                     66:
1.6       miod       67: <li>SMP support on <a href="i386.html">OpenBSD/i386</a> and <a
1.2       miod       68: href="amd64.html">OpenBSD/amd64</a> platforms.
                     69: <p>
                     70:
1.6       miod       71: <li>New functionality:
1.2       miod       72: <ul>
1.21      henning    73: <li>A cleaned up DHCP
1.52      sthen      74: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhcpd&amp;sektion=8">server</a>
1.2       miod       75: and
1.52      sthen      76: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient&amp;sektion=8">client</a>
1.21      henning    77: implementation, now featuring privilege separation and safe defaults.
                     78: <li>A new
1.52      sthen      79: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ntpd&amp;sektion=8">NTP
1.21      henning    80: daemon</a> written from scratch, which ought to fit the needs of most NTP users.
1.52      sthen      81: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pfctl&amp;sektion=8">pfctl(8)</a>
1.23      jolan      82: now provides a <i>rules optimizer</i> to help improve filtering speed.
1.11      otto       83: <li>The packet filter,
1.52      sthen      84: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pf&amp;sektion=4">pf(4)</a>,
1.11      otto       85: now supports nested anchors.
1.52      sthen      86: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=tcpdrop&amp;sektion=8">tcpdrop(8)</a>,
1.13      jaredy     87: a command to drop TCP connections.
1.19      saad       88: <li>The NMBCLUSTERS option has been eliminated, replaced by a sysctl
                     89: with higher default values on many platforms.
1.4       otto       90: <li>Added support for cksum (three flavours), md4, sha256, sha384 and sha512 to
1.52      sthen      91: the <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=md5&amp;sektion=1">md5(1)</a>
1.4       otto       92: command.
                     93: <li>Memory file systems created by the
1.52      sthen      94: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=mount_mfs&amp;sektion=8">mount_mfs(8)</a>
1.4       otto       95: command now can be populated immediately after creation.
1.13      jaredy     96: <li>New
1.52      sthen      97: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=hotplugd&amp;sektion=8&amp;arch=i386">hotplugd(8)</a>
1.17      grange     98: daemon and
1.52      sthen      99: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=hotplug&amp;sektion=4">hotplug(4)</a>
1.17      grange    100: device that watch for newly attached devices.
1.52      sthen     101: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=isakmpd&amp;sektion=8">isakmpd(8)</a> now supports NAT-traversal and Dead Peer Detection (RFC 3706).
                    102: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=strtonum&amp;sektion=3">strtonum(3)</a>,
1.24      jolan     103: a simple, robust and therefore safe function to convert strings to numbers, has
1.12      otto      104: been added.
                    105: <li>On the <a href="sparc.html">OpenBSD/sparc</a> platform, StackGhost buffer
                    106: overflow exploit protection has been added.
1.14      jaredy    107: <li>A generic IEEE 802.11 framework has been added.
1.2       miod      108: </ul>
                    109: <p>
                    110:
                    111: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
                    112: <ul>
                    113: <li>Sangoma T1 and E1 cards
1.52      sthen     114: (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=san&amp;sektion=4">san(4)</a>).
1.2       miod      115: <li>Jumbo frames are now working reliably on
1.52      sthen     116: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=em&amp;sektion=4">em(4)</a>,
                    117: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=sk&amp;sektion=4">sk(4)</a>,
1.2       miod      118: and
1.52      sthen     119: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ti&amp;sektion=4">ti(4)</a>
1.2       miod      120: adapters.
                    121: <li>USB 2.0
1.52      sthen     122: (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ehci&amp;sektion=4">ehci(4)</a>)
1.2       miod      123: controllers.
                    124: <li>AIC79xx-based Ultra320 SCSI adapters, such as the Adaptec 29320 and
                    125: 39320
1.52      sthen     126: (<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ahd&amp;sektion=4">ahd(4)</a>).
1.13      jaredy    127: <li>The i386 and amd64 CD bootloader code no longer emulates a floppy which improves the chances
                    128: of booting on newer machines.
1.52      sthen     129: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=atw&amp;sektion=4">atw(4)</a>
1.13      jaredy    130: driver for ADMtek ADM8211 802.11b wireless adapters.
1.52      sthen     131: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=axe&amp;sektion=4">axe(4)</a>
1.19      saad      132: driver for ASIX Electronics AX88172 USB Ethernet adapters.
1.52      sthen     133: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=cdce&amp;sektion=4">cdce(4)</a>
1.13      jaredy    134: driver for Ethernet over USB bridges.
1.52      sthen     135: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ichpcib&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=i386">ichpcib(4)</a>
1.13      jaredy    136: driver for Intel ICHx/ICHx-M LPC PCI-ISA bridges.
1.52      sthen     137: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=gscpcib&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=i386">gscpcib(4)</a>
1.13      jaredy    138: driver for National Semiconductor Geode SC1100 PCI-ISA bridges.
1.52      sthen     139: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=iic&amp;sektion=4">iic(4)</a>
1.13      jaredy    140: driver for Inter IC (I2C) master/slave buses.
1.52      sthen     141: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=lmtemp&amp;sektion=4">lmtemp(4)</a>
1.13      jaredy    142: driver for National Semiconductor LM75/LM77 temperature sensors.
1.52      sthen     143: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=gscsio&amp;sektion=4">gscsio(4)</a>
1.13      jaredy    144: driver for National Semiconductor Geode SC1100 Super I/O chips.
1.52      sthen     145: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=gpio&amp;sektion=4">gpio(4)</a>
1.13      jaredy    146: driver and accompanying
1.52      sthen     147: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=gpioctl&amp;sektion=8&amp;arch=i386">gpioctl(8)</a>
1.13      jaredy    148: utility for supporting General Purpose Input/Output.
1.52      sthen     149: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=mediabay&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=macppc">mediabay(4)</a>
1.13      jaredy    150: macppc driver for the ATA33 HD controller over removable CD.
1.52      sthen     151: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=re&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=i386">re(4)</a>
1.28      jsg       152: driver for Realtek 8169/8169S/8110S PCI Ethernet adapters.
1.13      jaredy    153: <li>hw.setperf sysctl hooks for PowerNow in AMD K6 and K7 processors.
1.2       miod      154: </ul>
                    155: <p>
                    156:
1.52      sthen     157: <li>New functionality for <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=bgpd&amp;sektion=8&amp">bgpd(8)</a>,
1.23      jolan     158: the Border Gateway Protocol Daemon:
1.16      otto      159: <ul>
                    160: <li>Kernel memory management improvements now allow the full global
                    161: routing table to be kept in memory without customizing or tuning.
1.52      sthen     162: <li>Support for adding received prefixes to a <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pf&amp;sektion=4&amp">pf(4)</a> table.
1.19      saad      163: <li>Support for IPsec, both manually keyed and using IKE.
1.23      jolan     164: <li>Support for setting BGP communities (RFC1997) on incoming and outbound
                    165: UPDATES.
1.25      henning   166: <li>Support for NOPEER community (RFC3765).
1.16      otto      167: <li>Partial support for RFC2858 Multiprotocol Capabilities, currently only
                    168: IPv4-unicast is announced.
                    169: <li>Support for Route Reflection (RFC2796).
                    170: <li>Support for dynamic network announcements.
                    171: <li>Support for Route Refresh Capability (RFC2918).
                    172: </ul>
                    173: <p>
                    174:
1.6       miod      175: <li>Improved NFS performance and reliability.
1.5       otto      176: <p>
1.2       miod      177:
1.6       miod      178: <li>Shared libraries and gcc 3.3.2 on the <a href="hppa.html">OpenBSD/hppa</a>
                    179: port.
1.5       otto      180: <p>
1.2       miod      181:
1.14      jaredy    182: <li>Privilege separation or revocation for the following programs:
                    183: <ul>
1.52      sthen     184: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=afsd&amp;sektion=8">afsd(8)</a>
                    185: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=mopd&amp;sektion=8">mopd(8)</a>
                    186: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pppoe&amp;sektion=8">pppoe(8)</a>
                    187: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=rbootd&amp;sektion=8">rbootd(8)</a>
                    188: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhcrelay&amp;sektion=8">dhcrelay(8)</a>,
                    189: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient&amp;sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a>,
1.14      jaredy    190: and
1.52      sthen     191: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhcpd&amp;sektion=8">dhcpd(8)</a>
1.14      jaredy    192: </ul>
                    193: <p>
                    194:
1.6       miod      195: <li>Over 2700 ports, 2500 pre-built packages.
1.2       miod      196: <p>
                    197:
                    198: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
1.32      miod      199: print in the <a href="plus36.html">complete changelog</a>).
1.2       miod      200: <p>
                    201:
1.9       pedro     202: <li>As usual, many improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
1.2       miod      203: <p>
                    204:
                    205: <li>OpenSSH 3.9:
                    206: <ul>
1.6       miod      207: <li>
1.52      sthen     208: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
1.6       miod      209: now re-executes itself on accepting a new connection. This security
1.53    ! tb        210: measure ensures that all execute-time randomizations are reapplied for each
1.2       miod      211: connection rather than once, for the master process' lifetime. This includes
1.53    ! tb        212: mmap and malloc mappings, shared library addressing, shared library mapping
1.2       miod      213: order, ProPolice and StackGhost cookies on architectures that support
                    214: such things.
                    215: <li>Selected environment variables can now be passed between the
                    216: client and the server.
1.53    ! tb        217: <li>Session multiplexing: a single ssh connection can now carry
1.2       miod      218: multiple login/command/file transfer sessions.
                    219: </ul>
                    220: <p>
                    221:
                    222: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
                    223: <ul>
1.27      otto      224: <li>XFree86 4.4.0 unencumbered (+ patches, and i386 contains 3.3.6 servers
                    225: (+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by 4.4)
1.2       miod      226: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
1.52      sthen     227: (+ <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=gcc-local&amp;sektion=1">patches</a>)
1.2       miod      228: and 3.3.2
1.52      sthen     229: (+ <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=gcc-local&amp;sektion=1">patches</a>)
1.2       miod      230: <li>Perl 5.8.5 (+ patches)
                    231: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
                    232: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7d (+ patches)
                    233: <li>Groff 1.15
                    234: <li>Sendmail 8.13.0, with libmilter
                    235: <li>Bind 9.2.3 (+ patches)
                    236: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.2 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
                    237: <li>Sudo 1.6.7p5
                    238: <li>Ncurses 5.2
                    239: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
                    240: <li>Heimdal 0.6rc1 (+ patches)
                    241: <li>Arla 0.35.7
1.18      brad      242: <li>Binutils 2.14
1.2       miod      243: <li>Gdb 6.1
                    244: </ul>
                    245: <p>
                    246:
                    247: </ul>
                    248:
                    249: <a name="install"></a>
                    250: <hr>
                    251: <p>
                    252: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
                    253: <p>
                    254: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
                    255: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
                    256: form of install.  The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
                    257: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
                    258: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
                    259: purchased a CDROM instead.
                    260: <p>
                    261:
                    262: <hr>
                    263: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or ftp mirror for
                    264: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.6 on your machine:
                    265: <p>
                    266: <ul>
                    267: <li>CD1:3.6/i386/INSTALL.i386
                    268: <li>CD1:3.6/vax/INSTALL.vax
                    269: <p>
                    270: <li>CD2:3.6/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
                    271: <li>CD2:3.6/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
                    272: <p>
                    273: <li>CD3:3.6/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
                    274: <li>CD3:3.6/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
                    275: <p>
                    276: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.6/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
                    277: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.6/cats/INSTALL.cats
                    278: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.6/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
                    279: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.6/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
                    280: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.6/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
                    281: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.6/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
                    282: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.6/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
                    283: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.6/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
                    284: </ul>
                    285: <hr>
                    286:
                    287: <p>
                    288: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
                    289: use of the "disklabel -E" command.  If you are at all confused when
                    290: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
                    291: <p>
                    292:
                    293: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
                    294: <ul>
                    295: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
                    296: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
                    297: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
                    298: <i>CD1:3.6/i386/floppy36.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
                    299:
                    300: <p>
                    301: Use <i>CD1:3.6/i386/floppyB36.fs</i> instead for greater scsi controller
                    302: support, or <i>CD1:3.6/i386/floppyC36.fs</i> for better laptop support.
                    303:
                    304: <p>
                    305: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    306: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
                    307: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
                    308:
                    309: <p>
                    310: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    311: read INSTALL.i386.
                    312:
                    313: <p>
                    314: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the &quot;rawrite&quot; utility located
                    315: at <i>CD1:3.6/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
1.52      sthen     316: use the <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=
1.2       miod      317: dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of
1.52      sthen     318: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)
1.2       miod      319: </a>, where the device could be &quot;floppy&quot;, &quot;rfd0c&quot;, or
                    320: &quot;rfd0a&quot;.
                    321:
                    322: <ul><pre>
                    323: # <strong>dd if=&lt;file&gt; of=/dev/&lt;device&gt; bs=32k</strong>
                    324: </pre></ul>
                    325:
                    326: <p>
                    327: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
                    328: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
                    329: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
                    330: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>.
                    331: </ul>
                    332:
                    333: <p>
                    334: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
                    335: <ul>
                    336: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
                    337: </ul>
                    338:
                    339: <p>
                    340: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
                    341: <ul>
                    342: The 3.6 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
                    343: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
                    344: your BIOS options first.
                    345: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
                    346: To do this, write <i>CD2:3.6/amd64/floppy36.fs</i> to a floppy, then
                    347: boot from the floppy drive.
                    348:
                    349: <p>
                    350: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    351: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
                    352: INSTALL.amd64 document.
                    353:
                    354: <p>
                    355: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    356: read INSTALL.amd64.
                    357: </ul>
                    358:
                    359: <p>
                    360: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
                    361: <ul>
                    362: Put the CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
                    363: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
                    364:
                    365: <p>
                    366: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
                    367: /3.6/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
                    368: </ul>
                    369:
                    370: <p>
                    371: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
                    372: <ul>
                    373: The 3.6 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
                    374: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
                    375: ROM.
                    376:
                    377: <ul><pre>
                    378: ok <strong>boot cdrom 3.6/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    379: or
                    380: &gt; <strong>b sd(0,6,0)3.6/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    381: </pre></ul>
                    382:
                    383: <p>
1.19      saad      384: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
1.2       miod      385: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:3.6/sparc/floppy36.fs</i> to a floppy.
                    386: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>. To boot from
                    387: the floppy use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of
                    388: your ROM.
                    389:
                    390: <ul><pre>
                    391: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
                    392: or
1.37      miod      393: &gt; <strong>boot fd()</strong>
1.2       miod      394: </pre></ul>
                    395:
                    396: <p>
                    397: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    398: will most likely fail.
                    399:
                    400: <p>
1.19      saad      401: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
1.2       miod      402: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
                    403: INSTALL.sparc file.
                    404: </ul>
                    405:
                    406: <p>
                    407: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
                    408: <ul>
                    409: Put the CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
                    410:
                    411: <p>
                    412: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
                    413: <i>CD3:3.6/sparc64/floppy36.fs</i> to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
                    414: floppy</i>.<br>
                    415: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    416: will most likely fail.
                    417:
                    418: <p>
                    419: You can also write <i>CD3:3.6/sparc64/miniroot36.fs</i> to the swap partition on
                    420: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
                    421:
                    422: <p>
                    423: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64
                    424: </ul>
                    425:
                    426: <p>
                    427: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
                    428: <ul>
                    429: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.6/alpha/floppy36.fs</i> or
                    430: <i>FTP:3.6/alpha/floppyB36.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
                    431: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
                    432:
                    433: <p>
                    434: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    435: will most likely fail.
                    436:
                    437: </ul>
                    438:
                    439: <p>
                    440: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>
                    441: <ul>
                    442: <p>
                    443: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
                    444: <i>FTP:3.6/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
                    445: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
                    446: </ul>
                    447:
                    448: <p>
                    449: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
                    450: <ul>
                    451: <p>
                    452: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
                    453: </ul>
                    454:
                    455: <p>
                    456: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
                    457: <ul>
                    458: <p>
                    459: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
1.38      nick      460: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
1.2       miod      461: </ul>
                    462:
                    463: <p>
                    464: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
                    465: <ul>
                    466: <p>
                    467: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
                    468: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
                    469: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
                    470: </ul>
                    471:
                    472: <p>
                    473: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
                    474: <ul>
                    475: <p>
                    476: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
                    477: configurations.  Then, extract the Macside utilities from
                    478: <i>FTP:3.6/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk.  Run Mkfs to create your
                    479: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made.  Then, use the
                    480: "BSD/Mac68k Installer" to copy all the sets in <i>FTP:3.6/mac68k/</i> onto your
                    481: partitions.  Finally, you will be ready to configure the "BSD/Mac68k
                    482: Booter" with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
                    483: </ul>
                    484:
                    485: <p>
                    486: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
                    487: <ul>
                    488: <p>
                    489: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
                    490: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    491: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
                    492: for more details.
                    493: </ul>
                    494:
                    495: <p>
                    496: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
                    497: <ul>
                    498: <p>
                    499: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
                    500: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    501: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
                    502: for more details.
                    503: </ul>
                    504:
                    505: <p>
                    506: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
                    507: <ul>
                    508: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src.  This file
                    509: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
                    510: in a separate archive.  To extract:
                    511: <p>
                    512: <ul><pre>
                    513: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
                    514: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    515: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
                    516: </pre></ul>
                    517: <p>
                    518: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
                    519: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
                    520: To extract:
                    521: <p>
                    522: <ul><pre>
                    523: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
                    524: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    525: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
                    526: </pre></ul>
                    527: <p>
                    528: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout.  Using these trees it
                    529: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
                    530: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
                    531: Using these files
                    532: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
                    533: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
                    534: <p>
                    535: </ul>
1.34      miod      536:
                    537: <a name="upgrade"></a>
                    538: <hr>
                    539: <p>
                    540: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
                    541: <p>
                    542: If you already have an OpenBSD 3.5 system, and do not want to reinstall,
                    543: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
                    544: <a href="faq/upgrade36.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
                    545:
1.2       miod      546: <a name="ports"></a>
                    547: <hr>
                    548: <p>
                    549: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
                    550: <p>
                    551: A ports tree archive is also provided.  To extract:
                    552: <p>
                    553: <ul><pre>
                    554: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
                    555: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
                    556: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
                    557: </pre></ul>
                    558: <p>
                    559: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree.  Go
1.40      jasper    560: read the <a href="faq/faq15.html">ports</a> page
1.2       miod      561: if you know nothing about ports
                    562: at this point.  This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
                    563: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
                    564: OpenBSD ports system.
                    565: <p>
                    566: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
1.52      sthen     567: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=cvs&amp;apropos=0&amp;sektion=1&amp;manpath=OpenBSD+Current&amp;arch=i386&amp;format=html">
1.2       miod      568: cvs(1)</a> if
                    569: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports.  As with our complete
                    570: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs.  So, in
                    571: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
                    572: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
                    573: like:
                    574: <p>
                    575: <ul><pre>
1.39      deraadt   576: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_6</strong>
1.2       miod      577: </pre></ul>
                    578: <p>
                    579: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
                    580: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
                    581: server.]
                    582: <p>
                    583: Note that most ports are available as packages through ftp. Updated
                    584: packages for the 3.6 release will be made available if problems arise.
                    585: <p>
                    586: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
                    587: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
                    588: place to know.
                    589: <p>
1.1       deraadt   590:
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