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26: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 3.7 Release:</font></h2>
27: <p>
28: Released May 1, 2005<br>
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>New functionality:
84: <ul>
85: </ul>
86: <p>
87:
88: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
89: <ul>
90: </ul>
91: <p>
92:
93: <li>Over 2700 ports, 2500 pre-built packages.
94: <p>
95:
1.3 henning 96: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability.
1.1 henning 97: <p>
98:
99: <li>As usual, many improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
100: <p>
101:
102: <li>OpenSSH 4.1:
103: <ul>
104: </ul>
105: <p>
106:
107: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
108: <ul>
1.6 ! matthieu 109: <li>X.Org 6.8.2 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers
! 110: (+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)
1.1 henning 111: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
112: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
1.2 henning 113: and 3.3.5
1.1 henning 114: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
1.2 henning 115: <li>Perl 5.8.6 (+ patches)
1.1 henning 116: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
117: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7d (+ patches)
118: <li>Groff 1.15
1.2 henning 119: <li>Sendmail 8.13.3, with libmilter
120: <li>Bind 9.3.0 (+ patches)
1.1 henning 121: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.2 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
1.2 henning 122: <li>Sudo 1.6.8p6
1.1 henning 123: <li>Ncurses 5.2
124: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
125: <li>Heimdal 0.6rc1 (+ patches)
126: <li>Arla 0.35.7
1.2 henning 127: <li>Binutils 2.15
128: <li>Gdb 6.3
1.1 henning 129: </ul>
130: <p>
131:
132: </ul>
133:
134: <a name="install"></a>
135: <hr>
136: <p>
137: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
138: <p>
139: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
140: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
141: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
142: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
143: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
144: purchased a CDROM instead.
145: <p>
146:
147: <hr>
148: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or ftp mirror for
149: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.7 on your machine:
150: <p>
151: <ul>
152: <li>CD1:3.7/i386/INSTALL.i386
153: <li>CD1:3.7/vax/INSTALL.vax
154: <p>
155: <li>CD2:3.7/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
156: <li>CD2:3.7/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
157: <p>
158: <li>CD3:3.7/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
159: <li>CD3:3.7/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
160: <p>
161: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
162: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/cats/INSTALL.cats
163: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
164: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
165: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
166: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
167: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
168: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
169: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
170: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
171: </ul>
172: <hr>
173:
174: <p>
175: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
176: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
177: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
178: <p>
179:
180: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
181: <ul>
182: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
183: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
184: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
185: <i>CD1:3.7/i386/floppy37.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
186:
187: <p>
188: Use <i>CD1:3.7/i386/floppyB37.fs</i> instead for greater scsi controller
189: support, or <i>CD1:3.7/i386/floppyC37.fs</i> for better laptop support.
190:
191: <p>
192: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
193: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
194: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
195:
196: <p>
197: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
198: read INSTALL.i386.
199:
200: <p>
201: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
202: at <i>CD1:3.7/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
203: use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=
204: dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of
205: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)
206: </a>, where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
207: "rfd0a".
208:
209: <ul><pre>
210: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
211: </pre></ul>
212:
213: <p>
214: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
215: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
216: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
217: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>.
218: </ul>
219:
220: <p>
221: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
222: <ul>
223: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
224: </ul>
225:
226: <p>
227: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
228: <ul>
229: The 3.7 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
230: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
231: your BIOS options first.
232: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
233: To do this, write <i>CD2:3.7/amd64/floppy37.fs</i> to a floppy, then
234: boot from the floppy drive.
235:
236: <p>
237: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
238: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
239: INSTALL.amd64 document.
240:
241: <p>
242: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
243: read INSTALL.amd64.
244: </ul>
245:
246: <p>
247: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
248: <ul>
249: Put the CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
250: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
251:
252: <p>
253: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
254: /3.7/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
255: </ul>
256:
257: <p>
258: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
259: <ul>
260: The 3.7 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
261: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
262: ROM.
263:
264: <ul><pre>
265: ok <strong>boot cdrom 3.7/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
266: or
267: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)3.7/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
268: </pre></ul>
269:
270: <p>
271: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
272: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:3.7/sparc/floppy37.fs</i> to a floppy.
273: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>. To boot from
274: the floppy use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of
275: your ROM.
276:
277: <ul><pre>
278: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
279: or
280: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
281: </pre></ul>
282:
283: <p>
284: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
285: will most likely fail.
286:
287: <p>
288: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
289: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
290: INSTALL.sparc file.
291: </ul>
292:
293: <p>
294: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
295: <ul>
296: Put the CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
297:
298: <p>
299: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
300: <i>CD3:3.7/sparc64/floppy37.fs</i> to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
301: floppy</i>.<br>
302: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
303: will most likely fail.
304:
305: <p>
306: You can also write <i>CD3:3.7/sparc64/miniroot37.fs</i> to the swap partition on
307: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
308:
309: <p>
310: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64
311: </ul>
312:
313: <p>
314: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
315: <ul>
316: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.7/alpha/floppy37.fs</i> or
317: <i>FTP:3.7/alpha/floppyB37.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
318: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
319:
320: <p>
321: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
322: will most likely fail.
323:
324: </ul>
325:
326: <p>
327: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>
328: <ul>
329: <p>
330: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
331: <i>FTP:3.7/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
332: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
333: </ul>
334:
335: <p>
336: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
337: <ul>
338: </ul>
339:
340: <p>
341: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
342: <ul>
343: <p>
344: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
345: </ul>
346:
347: <p>
348: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
349: <ul>
350: <p>
351: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
352: <a href="hppa.html#netboot">hppa platform page</a>.
353: </ul>
354:
355: <p>
356: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
357: <ul>
358: <p>
359: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
360: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
361: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
362: </ul>
363:
364: <p>
365: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
366: <ul>
367: <p>
368: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
369: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
370: <i>FTP:3.7/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
371: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
372: "BSD/Mac68k Installer" to copy all the sets in <i>FTP:3.7/mac68k/</i> onto your
373: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the "BSD/Mac68k
374: Booter" with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
375: </ul>
376:
377: <p>
378: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
379: <ul>
380: <p>
381: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
382: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
383: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
384: for more details.
385: </ul>
386:
387: <p>
388: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
389: <ul>
390: <p>
391: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
392: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
393: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
394: for more details.
395: </ul>
396:
397: <p>
398: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
399: <ul>
400: </ul>
401:
402: <p>
403: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
404: <ul>
405: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
406: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
407: in a separate archive. To extract:
408: <p>
409: <ul><pre>
410: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
411: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
412: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
413: </pre></ul>
414: <p>
415: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
416: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
417: To extract:
418: <p>
419: <ul><pre>
420: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
421: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
422: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
423: </pre></ul>
424: <p>
425: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
426: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
427: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
428: Using these files
429: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
430: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
431: <p>
432: </ul>
433:
434: <a name="upgrade"></a>
435: <hr>
436: <p>
437: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
438: <p>
1.4 henning 439: If you already have an OpenBSD 3.6 system, and do not want to reinstall,
1.1 henning 440: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
441: <a href="faq/upgrade37.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
442:
443: <a name="ports"></a>
444: <hr>
445: <p>
446: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
447: <p>
448: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
449: <p>
450: <ul><pre>
451: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
452: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
453: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
454: </pre></ul>
455: <p>
456: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
457: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
458: if you know nothing about ports
459: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
460: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
461: OpenBSD ports system.
462: <p>
463: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
464: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
465: cvs(1)</a> if
466: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
467: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
468: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
469: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
470: like:
471: <p>
472: <ul><pre>
1.5 henning 473: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_7</strong>
1.1 henning 474: </pre></ul>
475: <p>
476: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
477: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
478: server.]
479: <p>
480: Note that most ports are available as packages through ftp. Updated
481: packages for the 3.7 release will be made available if problems arise.
482: <p>
483: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
484: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
485: place to know.
486: <p>
487:
488: <hr>
489: <a href="index.html"><img height="24" width="24" src="back.gif" border="0"
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