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24: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 3.8 Release:</font></h2>
25: <p>
26: Released November 1, 2005<br>
27: Copyright 1997-2005, Theo de Raadt.<br>
28: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 0-9731791-6-3</font>
29: <br>
30: <a href="lyrics.html#38">3.8 Song: to be disclosed at a later date...</a>
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/3.8/</font> directory on
47: one of the mirror sites.
48: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
49: <!-- uncomment after rotation -->
50: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata.html">The 3.8 Errata page</a> for a list
51: of bugs and workarounds.
52: <!-- becomes plus38 after rotation -->
53: <li>See a <a href="plus.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
54: 3.7 and 3.8 releases.
55: </ul>
56: </font></h3>
57: <br clear=all>
58:
59: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
60: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
61: XF4.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The distribution
62: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
63: the CDROM because of lack of space.
64: <p>
65:
66: <a name="new"></a>
67: <hr>
68: <p>
69: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
70: <p>
71: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 3.8.
72: <!-- becomes plus38 after rotation -->
73: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus.html">changelog</a> leading
74: to 3.8.
75: <p>
76:
77: <ul>
78:
79: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
80: <ul>
81: <li>New
82: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aps&sektion=4">aps</a>
83: driver for the built-in accelerometer found in some IBM ThinkPad laptops.
84: <li>New
85: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=art&sektion=4">art</a>
86: driver for Accom Networks Artery T1 and E1 cards.
87: <li>New
88: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auixp&sektion=4">auixp</a>
89: driver for the ATI IXP series integrated AC'97 audio controller.
90: <li>New
91: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ciss&sektion=4">ciss</a>
92: driver for Compaq Smart ARRAY 5 and 6 RAID controllers.
93: <li>New
94: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=epic&sektion=4">epic</a>
95: driver for SMC 83C170 ethernet adapters.
96: <li>New
97: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcn&sektion=4">pcn</a>
98: driver for the AMD Am79c97x (PCnet) ethernet adapters.
99: <li>New
100: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=safte&sektion=4">safte</a>
101: driver for SCSI Accessed Fault-Tolerant Enclosures, and a rewritten
102: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ses&sektion=4">ses</a>
103: driver for SCSI Enclosure Services, both allowing monitoring through
104: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sysctl&sektion=8">sysctl</a>
105: and
106: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sensorsd&sektion=8">sensorsd</a>.
107: <li>New
108: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ueagle&sektion=4">ueagle</a>
109: driver for Analog Devices Eagle ADSL modems.
110: </ul>
111: <p>
112:
113: <li>New tools:
114: <ul>
115: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bioctl&sektion=8">bioctl(8)</a>,
116: a RAID management interface.
117: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsecctl&sektion=8">ipsecctl(8)</a>,
118: a simple IPsec management tool.
119: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=stat&sektion=1">stat(1)</a>,
120: displaying file status obtained from
121: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=stat&sektion=2">stat(2)</a>
122: or
123: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lstat&sektion=2">lstat(2)</a>.
124: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hostapd&sektion=8">hostapd(8)<a>,
125: a wireless Host Access Point daemon.
126: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifstated&sektion=8">ifstated(8)</a>,
127: a daemon monitoring ethernet interfaces status.
128: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=watchdogd&sektion=8">watchdogd(8)</a>,
129: companion to the hardware
130: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=watchdog&sektion=4">watchdog</a>
131: devices.
132: </ul>
133: <p>
134:
135: <li>New functionality:
136: <ul>
137: <li>UDF (DVD) filesystem support.
138: <li>Network interface aggregation, using the virtual
139: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=trunk&sektion=4">trunk</a>
140: interface.
1.2 ! espie 141: <li>Partial wide character and locale support in the C and C++ libraries.
1.1 deraadt 142: </ul>
143: <p>
144:
1.2 ! espie 145: <li>Over 3000 ports, 2800 pre-built packages, improved package tools.
1.1 deraadt 146: <p>
147:
148: <li>As usual, many improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
149: <p>
150:
151: <!-- someone fill this please
152: <li>OpenSSH 4.2:
153: <ul>
154: <li>...
155: </ul>
156: <p>
157: -->
158:
159: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
160: <ul>
161: <li>X.Org 6.8.2 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers
162: (+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)
163: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
164: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
165: and 3.3.5
166: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
167: <li>Perl 5.8.6 (+ patches)
168: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
169: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7g (+ patches)
170: <li>Groff 1.15
171: <li>Sendmail 8.13.4, with libmilter
172: <li>Bind 9.3.1 (+ patches)
173: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.2 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
174: <li>Sudo 1.6.8p9
175: <li>Ncurses 5.2
176: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
177: <li>Heimdal 0.6rc1 (+ patches)
178: <li>Arla 0.35.7
179: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
180: <li>Gdb 6.3
181: </ul>
182: <p>
183:
184: </ul>
185:
186: <a name="install"></a>
187: <hr>
188: <p>
189: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
190: <p>
191: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
192: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
193: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
194: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
195: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
196: purchased a CDROM instead.
197: <p>
198:
199: <hr>
200: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
201: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.8 on your machine:
202: <p>
203: <ul>
204: <li>CD1:3.8/i386/INSTALL.i386
205: <li>CD1:3.8/vax/INSTALL.vax
206: <p>
207: <li>CD2:3.8/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
208: <li>CD2:3.8/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
209: <p>
210: <li>CD3:3.8/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
211: <li>CD3:3.8/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
212: <p>
213: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
214: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/cats/INSTALL.cats
215: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
216: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
217: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
218: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
219: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
220: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
221: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
222: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
223: </ul>
224: <hr>
225:
226: <p>
227: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
228: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
229: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
230: <p>
231:
232: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
233: <ul>
234: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
235: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
236: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
237: <i>CD1:3.8/i386/floppy38.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
238:
239: <p>
240: Use <i>CD1:3.8/i386/floppyB38.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
241: support, or <i>CD1:3.8/i386/floppyC38.fs</i> for better laptop support.
242:
243: <p>
244: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
245: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
246: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
247:
248: <p>
249: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
250: read INSTALL.i386.
251:
252: <p>
253: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
254: at <i>CD1:3.8/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
255: use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=
256: dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of
257: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
258: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
259: "rfd0a".
260:
261: <ul><pre>
262: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
263: </pre></ul>
264:
265: <p>
266: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
267: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
268: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
269: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
270: </ul>
271:
272: <p>
273: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
274: <ul>
275: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
276: </ul>
277:
278: <p>
279: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
280: <ul>
281: The 3.8 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
282: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
283: your BIOS options first.
284: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
285: To do this, write <i>CD2:3.8/amd64/floppy38.fs</i> to a floppy, then
286: boot from the floppy drive.
287:
288: <p>
289: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
290: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
291: INSTALL.amd64 document.
292:
293: <p>
294: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
295: read INSTALL.amd64.
296: </ul>
297:
298: <p>
299: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
300: <ul>
301: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
302: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
303:
304: <p>
305: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
306: /3.8/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
307: </ul>
308:
309: <p>
310: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
311: <ul>
312: The 3.8 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
313: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
314: ROM.
315:
316: <ul><pre>
317: ok <strong>boot cdrom 3.8/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
318: or
319: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)3.8/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
320: </pre></ul>
321:
322: <p>
323: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
324: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:3.8/sparc/floppy38.fs</i> to a floppy.
325: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
326: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
327: depending on the version of your ROM.
328:
329: <ul><pre>
330: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
331: or
332: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
333: </pre></ul>
334:
335: <p>
336: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
337: will most likely fail.
338:
339: <p>
340: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
341: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
342: INSTALL.sparc file.
343: </ul>
344:
345: <p>
346: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
347: <ul>
348: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
349:
350: <p>
351: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
352: <i>CD3:3.8/sparc64/floppy38.fs</i> or <i>CD3:3.8/sparc64/floppyB38.fs</i>
353: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
354: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
355:
356: <p>
357: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
358: will most likely fail.
359:
360: <p>
361: You can also write <i>CD3:3.8/sparc64/miniroot38.fs</i> to the swap partition on
362: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
363:
364: <p>
365: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
366: </ul>
367:
368: <p>
369: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
370: <ul>
371: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.8/alpha/floppy38.fs</i> or
372: <i>FTP:3.8/alpha/floppyB38.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
373: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
374:
375: <p>
376: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
377: will most likely fail.
378:
379: </ul>
380:
381: <p>
382: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>
383: <ul>
384: <p>
385: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
386: <i>FTP:3.8/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
387: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
388: </ul>
389:
390: <p>
391: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
392: <ul>
393: <p>
394: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
395: </ul>
396:
397: <p>
398: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
399: <ul>
400: <p>
401: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
402: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
403: </ul>
404:
405: <p>
406: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
407: <ul>
408: <p>
409: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
410: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
411: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
412: </ul>
413:
414: <p>
415: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
416: <ul>
417: <p>
418: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
419: <i>FTP:3.8/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
420: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
421: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
422: </ul>
423:
424: <p>
425: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
426: <ul>
427: <p>
428: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
429: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
430: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
431: for more details.
432: </ul>
433:
434: <p>
435: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
436: <ul>
437: <p>
438: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
439: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
440: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
441: for more details.
442: </ul>
443:
444: <p>
445: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
446: <ul>
447: <p>
448: Setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
449: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
450: </ul>
451:
452: <p>
453: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
454: <ul>
455: <p>
456: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
457: openbsd38_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
458: for a few important details.
459: </ul>
460:
461: <p>
462: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
463: <ul>
464: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
465: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
466: in a separate archive. To extract:
467: <p>
468: <ul><pre>
469: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
470: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
471: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
472: </pre></ul>
473: <p>
474: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
475: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
476: To extract:
477: <p>
478: <ul><pre>
479: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
480: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
481: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
482: </pre></ul>
483: <p>
484: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
485: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
486: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
487: Using these files
488: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
489: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
490: <p>
491: </ul>
492:
493: <a name="upgrade"></a>
494: <hr>
495: <p>
496: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
497: <p>
498: If you already have an OpenBSD 3.7 system, and do not want to reinstall,
499: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
500: <a href="faq/upgrade38.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
501:
502: <a name="ports"></a>
503: <hr>
504: <p>
505: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
506: <p>
507: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
508: <p>
509: <ul><pre>
510: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
511: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
512: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
513: </pre></ul>
514: <p>
515: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
516: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
517: if you know nothing about ports
518: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
519: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
520: OpenBSD ports system.
521: <p>
522: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
523: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
524: cvs(1)</a> if
525: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
526: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
527: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
528: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
529: like:
530: <p>
531: <ul><pre>
532: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_8</strong>
533: </pre></ul>
534: <p>
535: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
536: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
537: server.]
538: <p>
539: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
540: packages for the 3.8 release will be made available if problems arise.
541: <p>
542: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
543: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
544: place to know.
545: <p>
546:
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