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