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26: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 3.7 Release:</font></h2>
27: <p>
1.13 henning 28: Released May 19, 2005<br>
1.1 henning 29: Copyright 1997-2005, Theo de Raadt.<br>
30: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 0-9731791-5-5</font>
31: <p>
32:
33: <a href="#new">What's New</a><br>
34: <a href="#install">How to install</a><br>
35: <a href="#upgrade">How to upgrade</a><br>
36: <a href="#ports">How to use the ports tree</a><br>
37: <a href="orders.html">Ordering a CD set</a><br>
38:
39: <p>
40: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
41: To get the files for this release:
42: <ul>
43: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
44: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
45: a list of mirror machines.
46: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/3.7/</font> directory on
47: one of the mirror sites.
48: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
49: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata.html">The 3.7 Errata page</a> for a list
50: of bugs and workarounds.
51: <li>See a <a href="plus37.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
52: 3.6 and 3.7 releases.
53: </ul>
54: </font></h3>
55: <br clear=all>
56:
57: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
58: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
59: XF4.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The distribution
60: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
61: the CDROM because of lack of space.
62: <p>
63:
64: <a name="new"></a>
65: <hr>
66: <p>
67: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
68: <p>
69: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 3.7.
70: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus37.html">changelog</a> leading
71: to 3.7.
72: <p>
73:
74: <ul>
75:
76: <li>New platforms:
77: <ul>
78: <li><a href="zaurus.html">OpenBSD/zaurus</a><br>
79: <li><a href="sgi.html">OpenBSD/sgi</a><br>
80: </ul>
81: <p>
82:
83: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
84: <ul>
1.9 pvalchev 85: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4&arch=i386">ath(4)</a>
86: driver for Atheros IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network adapters.
87: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4&arch=i386">iwi(4)</a>
88: driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network adapters.
89: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4&arch=i386">ipw(4)</a>
90: driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11b wireless network adapters.
91: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=atu&sektion=4&arch=i386">atu(4)</a>
92: driver for Atmel AT76C50x USB IEEE 802.11b wireless network adapters.
93: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4&arch=i386">ral(4)</a>
94: driver for Ralink Technology RT25x0 IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network adapters.
95: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rtw&sektion=4&arch=i386">rtw(4)</a>
96: driver for Realtek 8180 IEEE 802.11b wireless network adapters.
97: <li>Added support to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=re&sektion=4&arch=i386">re(4)</a>
98: driver for Realtek 8169 CardBus Ethernet adapters.
99: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vge&sektion=4&arch=i386">vge(4)</a>
100: driver for VIA Networking Technologies VT6122 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapters.
1.1 henning 101: </ul>
102: <p>
103:
1.12 mickey 104: <li>Support for a number of much faster 64bit machines in the <a href="hppa.html">OpenBSD/hppa</a>
105: port.
106: <p>
107:
1.11 henning 108: <li>New functionality:
109: <ul>
1.12 mickey 110: <li>Repaired mirroring mode in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ccd&sektion=4&arch=i386">ccd(4)</a>
1.11 henning 111: </ul>
112: <p>
113:
1.10 henning 114: <li>New functionality for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ntpd&sektion=8&">ntpd(8)</a>,
115: the Network Time Protocol Daemon:
116: <ul>
117: <li>ntpd can now set the time hard on startup itself, eleminating the need to
118: run rdate -n beforehands
119: <li>use median instead of average when collapsing all the peers' offsets
120: into one, greatly improving resistance against falsetickers
121: <li>calculate rootdelay, stratum and precision properly; include these in
122: replies sent out in server mode
123: <li>many logging improvements, ntpd is now almost completely silent in normal
124: operation (unless in debug mode, of course)
125: </ul>
126: <p>
127:
1.7 henning 128: <li>New functionality for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpd&sektion=8&">bgpd(8)</a>,
129: the Border Gateway Protocol Daemon:
130: <ul>
131: <li>Allow sessions to depend on a CARP interface's master/backup state,
132: reducing failover times in redundant setups
133: <li>Lower latency for requests from other peers or bgpctl while under heavy
134: load, e. g. initial table transfer when a session comes up
135: <li>Allow for the peer descriptions to be used in bgpctl commands where
136: previously only their IPs where allowed
137: <li>Allow bgpd to not prepend its own AS number and to not modify the nexthop
138: on updates sent out
139: <li>Show associated interfaces and their state on "show nexthop",
140: to help pointing out why nexthops are invalid
141: <li>Allow for relative metrics modification, i. e.
142: "set localpref +20"
143: </ul>
144: <p>
145:
1.8 pvalchev 146: <li>Over 3000 ports, 2800 pre-built packages.
1.1 henning 147: <p>
148:
1.3 henning 149: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability.
1.1 henning 150: <p>
151:
152: <li>As usual, many improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
153: <p>
154:
155: <li>OpenSSH 4.1:
156: <ul>
157: </ul>
158: <p>
159:
160: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
161: <ul>
1.6 matthieu 162: <li>X.Org 6.8.2 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers
163: (+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)
1.1 henning 164: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
165: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
1.2 henning 166: and 3.3.5
1.1 henning 167: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
1.2 henning 168: <li>Perl 5.8.6 (+ patches)
1.1 henning 169: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
170: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7d (+ patches)
171: <li>Groff 1.15
1.2 henning 172: <li>Sendmail 8.13.3, with libmilter
173: <li>Bind 9.3.0 (+ patches)
1.1 henning 174: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.2 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
1.2 henning 175: <li>Sudo 1.6.8p6
1.1 henning 176: <li>Ncurses 5.2
177: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
178: <li>Heimdal 0.6rc1 (+ patches)
179: <li>Arla 0.35.7
1.2 henning 180: <li>Binutils 2.15
181: <li>Gdb 6.3
1.1 henning 182: </ul>
183: <p>
184:
185: </ul>
186:
187: <a name="install"></a>
188: <hr>
189: <p>
190: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
191: <p>
192: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
193: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
194: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
195: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
196: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
197: purchased a CDROM instead.
198: <p>
199:
200: <hr>
201: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or ftp mirror for
202: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.7 on your machine:
203: <p>
204: <ul>
205: <li>CD1:3.7/i386/INSTALL.i386
206: <li>CD1:3.7/vax/INSTALL.vax
207: <p>
208: <li>CD2:3.7/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
209: <li>CD2:3.7/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
210: <p>
211: <li>CD3:3.7/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
212: <li>CD3:3.7/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
213: <p>
214: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
215: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/cats/INSTALL.cats
216: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
217: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
218: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
219: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
220: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
221: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
222: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
223: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
224: </ul>
225: <hr>
226:
227: <p>
228: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
229: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
230: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
231: <p>
232:
233: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
234: <ul>
235: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
236: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
237: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
238: <i>CD1:3.7/i386/floppy37.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
239:
240: <p>
241: Use <i>CD1:3.7/i386/floppyB37.fs</i> instead for greater scsi controller
242: support, or <i>CD1:3.7/i386/floppyC37.fs</i> for better laptop support.
243:
244: <p>
245: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
246: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
247: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
248:
249: <p>
250: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
251: read INSTALL.i386.
252:
253: <p>
254: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
255: at <i>CD1:3.7/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
256: use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=
257: dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of
258: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)
259: </a>, where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
260: "rfd0a".
261:
262: <ul><pre>
263: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
264: </pre></ul>
265:
266: <p>
267: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
268: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
269: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
270: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>.
271: </ul>
272:
273: <p>
274: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
275: <ul>
276: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
277: </ul>
278:
279: <p>
280: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
281: <ul>
282: The 3.7 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
283: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
284: your BIOS options first.
285: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
286: To do this, write <i>CD2:3.7/amd64/floppy37.fs</i> to a floppy, then
287: boot from the floppy drive.
288:
289: <p>
290: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
291: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
292: INSTALL.amd64 document.
293:
294: <p>
295: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
296: read INSTALL.amd64.
297: </ul>
298:
299: <p>
300: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
301: <ul>
302: Put the CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
303: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
304:
305: <p>
306: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
307: /3.7/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
308: </ul>
309:
310: <p>
311: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
312: <ul>
313: The 3.7 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
314: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
315: ROM.
316:
317: <ul><pre>
318: ok <strong>boot cdrom 3.7/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
319: or
320: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)3.7/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
321: </pre></ul>
322:
323: <p>
324: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
325: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:3.7/sparc/floppy37.fs</i> to a floppy.
326: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>. To boot from
327: the floppy use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of
328: your ROM.
329:
330: <ul><pre>
331: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
332: or
333: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
334: </pre></ul>
335:
336: <p>
337: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
338: will most likely fail.
339:
340: <p>
341: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
342: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
343: INSTALL.sparc file.
344: </ul>
345:
346: <p>
347: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
348: <ul>
349: Put the CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
350:
351: <p>
352: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
353: <i>CD3:3.7/sparc64/floppy37.fs</i> to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
354: floppy</i>.<br>
355: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
356: will most likely fail.
357:
358: <p>
359: You can also write <i>CD3:3.7/sparc64/miniroot37.fs</i> to the swap partition on
360: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
361:
362: <p>
363: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64
364: </ul>
365:
366: <p>
367: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
368: <ul>
369: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.7/alpha/floppy37.fs</i> or
370: <i>FTP:3.7/alpha/floppyB37.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
371: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
372:
373: <p>
374: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
375: will most likely fail.
376:
377: </ul>
378:
379: <p>
380: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>
381: <ul>
382: <p>
383: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
384: <i>FTP:3.7/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
385: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
386: </ul>
387:
388: <p>
389: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
390: <ul>
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:3.7/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:3.7/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">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
452: <ul>
453: </ul>
454:
455: <p>
456: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
457: <ul>
458: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
459: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
460: in a separate archive. To extract:
461: <p>
462: <ul><pre>
463: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
464: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
465: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
466: </pre></ul>
467: <p>
468: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
469: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
470: To extract:
471: <p>
472: <ul><pre>
473: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
474: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
475: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
476: </pre></ul>
477: <p>
478: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
479: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
480: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
481: Using these files
482: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
483: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
484: <p>
485: </ul>
486:
487: <a name="upgrade"></a>
488: <hr>
489: <p>
490: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
491: <p>
1.4 henning 492: If you already have an OpenBSD 3.6 system, and do not want to reinstall,
1.1 henning 493: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
494: <a href="faq/upgrade37.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
495:
496: <a name="ports"></a>
497: <hr>
498: <p>
499: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
500: <p>
501: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
502: <p>
503: <ul><pre>
504: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
505: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
506: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
507: </pre></ul>
508: <p>
509: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
510: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
511: if you know nothing about ports
512: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
513: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
514: OpenBSD ports system.
515: <p>
516: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
517: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
518: cvs(1)</a> if
519: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
520: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
521: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
522: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
523: like:
524: <p>
525: <ul><pre>
1.5 henning 526: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_7</strong>
1.1 henning 527: </pre></ul>
528: <p>
529: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
530: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
531: server.]
532: <p>
533: Note that most ports are available as packages through ftp. Updated
534: packages for the 3.7 release will be made available if problems arise.
535: <p>
536: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
537: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
538: place to know.
539: <p>
540:
541: <hr>
542: <a href="index.html"><img height="24" width="24" src="back.gif" border="0"
543: alt="OpenBSD"></a>
544: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
545: <br><small>
1.14 ! henning 546: $OpenBSD: 37.html,v 1.13 2005/03/23 21:04:06 henning Exp $
1.1 henning 547: </small>
548:
549: </body>
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