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1.59 bentley 13: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
14: 3.8
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1.34 deraadt 23: Released November 1, 2005<br>
1.1 deraadt 24: Copyright 1997-2005, Theo de Raadt.<br>
1.59 bentley 25: <cite class=isbn>ISBN 0-9731791-6-3</cite>
1.1 deraadt 26: <br>
1.48 deraadt 27: 3.8 Song: <a href="lyrics.html#38">"Hackers of the Lost RAID"</a>
1.58 deraadt 28: <br>
29: <br>
1.1 deraadt 30: <ul>
1.64 deraadt 31: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">the FTP page</a> for
1.1 deraadt 32: a list of mirror machines.
1.59 bentley 33: <li>Go to the <code class=reldir>pub/OpenBSD/3.8/</code> directory on
1.1 deraadt 34: one of the mirror sites.
1.36 deraadt 35: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata38.html">The 3.8 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 deraadt 36: of bugs and workarounds.
1.22 deraadt 37: <li>See a <a href="plus38.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
1.1 deraadt 38: 3.7 and 3.8 releases.
39: </ul>
1.52 tb 40: <p>
1.51 tb 41: All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,
42: sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the
1.63 deraadt 43: files fetched via <code>ports.tar.gz</code>.
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1.1 deraadt 45:
1.51 tb 46: <hr>
1.59 bentley 47:
48: <section id=new>
49: <h3>What's New</h3>
1.1 deraadt 50: <p>
51: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 3.8.
1.22 deraadt 52: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus38.html">changelog</a> leading
1.1 deraadt 53: to 3.8.
54: <p>
55:
56: <ul>
57:
58: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
59: <ul>
60: <li>New
1.59 bentley 61: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/aps.4">aps</a>
1.1 deraadt 62: driver for the built-in accelerometer found in some IBM ThinkPad laptops.
63: <li>New
1.59 bentley 64: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/art.4">art</a>
1.1 deraadt 65: driver for Accom Networks Artery T1 and E1 cards.
66: <li>New
1.59 bentley 67: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/auixp.4">auixp</a>
1.1 deraadt 68: driver for the ATI IXP series integrated AC'97 audio controller.
69: <li>New
1.59 bentley 70: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ciss.4">ciss</a>
1.1 deraadt 71: driver for Compaq Smart ARRAY 5 and 6 RAID controllers.
72: <li>New
1.59 bentley 73: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/epic.4">epic</a>
1.1 deraadt 74: driver for SMC 83C170 ethernet adapters.
75: <li>New
1.59 bentley 76: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ichwdt.4">ichwdt</a>
1.3 jsg 77: driver for Intel 6300ESB ICH watchdog timer.
78: <li>New
1.59 bentley 79: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pcn.4">pcn</a>
1.1 deraadt 80: driver for the AMD Am79c97x (PCnet) ethernet adapters.
81: <li>New
1.59 bentley 82: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/safte.4">safte</a>
1.1 deraadt 83: driver for SCSI Accessed Fault-Tolerant Enclosures, and a rewritten
1.59 bentley 84: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ses.4">ses</a>
1.1 deraadt 85: driver for SCSI Enclosure Services, both allowing monitoring through
1.59 bentley 86: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sysctl.8">sysctl</a>
1.1 deraadt 87: and
1.59 bentley 88: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sensorsd.8">sensorsd</a>.
1.1 deraadt 89: <li>New
1.59 bentley 90: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ueagle.4">ueagle</a>
1.1 deraadt 91: driver for Analog Devices Eagle ADSL modems.
1.3 jsg 92: <li>New
1.59 bentley 93: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/uipaq.4">uipaq</a>
1.3 jsg 94: driver for iPAQ USB serial.
95: <li>New
1.59 bentley 96: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/viasio.4">viasio</a>
1.3 jsg 97: driver for VIA VT1211 LPC Super I/O hardware sensors.
1.6 uwe 98: <li>New
1.59 bentley 99: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/zaurus/zaudio.4">zaudio</a>
1.6 uwe 100: driver for the built-in Zaurus audio CODEC.
101: <li>Improved
1.59 bentley 102: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/com.4">com</a>
1.6 uwe 103: driver for serial port PCMCIA cards, such as cellular modems on Zaurus.
1.10 krw 104: <li>Improved support for many
1.59 bentley 105: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/umass.4">umass</a>
1.10 krw 106: devices.
1.27 matthieu 107: <li>Updated driver from X.Org for the Intel
1.59 bentley 108: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/i810.4">i810</a>
1.27 matthieu 109: family graphics chipset, including support for the external VGA output on laptops.
1.10 krw 110: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 111: <p>
112:
113: <li>New tools:
114: <ul>
1.59 bentley 115: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bioctl.8">bioctl(8)</a>,
1.1 deraadt 116: a RAID management interface.
1.59 bentley 117: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ipsecctl.8">ipsecctl(8)</a>,
1.1 deraadt 118: a simple IPsec management tool.
1.59 bentley 119: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/stat.1">stat(1)</a>,
1.1 deraadt 120: displaying file status obtained from
1.59 bentley 121: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/stat.2">stat(2)</a>
1.1 deraadt 122: or
1.59 bentley 123: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/lstat.2">lstat(2)</a>.
124: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/hostapd.8">hostapd(8)</a>,
1.1 deraadt 125: a wireless Host Access Point daemon.
1.59 bentley 126: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ifstated.8">ifstated(8)</a>,
1.1 deraadt 127: a daemon monitoring ethernet interfaces status.
1.59 bentley 128: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/watchdogd.8">watchdogd(8)</a>,
1.1 deraadt 129: companion to the hardware
1.59 bentley 130: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/watchdog.4">watchdog</a>
1.1 deraadt 131: devices.
1.59 bentley 132: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/zaurus/ztsscale.8">ztsscale(8)</a>,
1.6 uwe 133: a tool to calibrate the Zaurus touch screen.
1.59 bentley 134: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/xidle.1">xidle(1)</a>,
1.11 fgsch 135: a tool to run a program on X inactivity.
1.59 bentley 136: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gzsig.1">gzsig(1)</a>,
1.14 djm 137: create and verify cryptographic signatures built into gzip file headers.
1.59 bentley 138: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sasyncd.8">sasyncd(8)</a>,
1.31 moritz 139: a daemon to synchronize IPSec SA's for failover gateways.
1.1 deraadt 140: </ul>
141: <p>
142:
143: <li>New functionality:
144: <ul>
1.18 otto 145: <li>
1.59 bentley 146: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mount_udf.8">mount_udf(8)</a>,
1.24 pedro 147: providing UDF (DVD) filesystem support.
1.1 deraadt 148: <li>Network interface aggregation, using the virtual
1.59 bentley 149: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/trunk.4">trunk(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 150: interface.
1.2 espie 151: <li>Partial wide character and locale support in the C and C++ libraries.
1.59 bentley 152: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/wd.4">wd(4)</a>
1.4 jsg 153: disks have the security feature frozen before being attached to prevent
154: malicious users setting a password that would prevent the contents of the drive
155: from being accessed.
1.26 kettenis 156: <li>On the <a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a> platform, StackGhost
157: buffer overflow exploit protection has been added.
1.32 robert 158: <li>
1.59 bentley 159: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/zaurus/zaudio.4">zaudio(4)</a>
1.32 robert 160: changes the mute values if the headphones are plugged in or out.
1.1 deraadt 161: </ul>
162: <p>
163:
1.59 bentley 164: <li>New functionality for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ospfd.8">ospfd(8)</a>,
1.5 norby 165: the Open Shortest Path First Daemon:
166: <ul>
167: <li>ospfd is now able to redistribute static, connected and default routes.
168: <li>ospfctl is now able to display all relevant information.
169: <li>Interoperability with cisco and Extreme has been improved.
170: <li>Support for parsing and displaying parsed configuration file, similar to bgpd.
171: <li>Support for cryptographic authentication has been added.
172: <li>Interface finite state machine has been reworked, primarily to improve interoperability.
173: <li>The performance of the shortest path first calculation has been improved.
174: <li>Numerous bugs have been discovered and fixed during the last 6 months.
175: </ul>
176: <p>
177:
1.59 bentley 178: <li>New functionality for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bgpd.8">bgpd(8)</a>,
1.20 claudio 179: the Border Gateway Protocol Daemon:
180: <ul>
181: <li>bgpd is now able to redistribute static and connected routes dynamically.
182: <li>Full route label support;
1.59 bentley 183: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pf.4">pf(4)</a>
1.20 claudio 184: can filter based on information bgpd attaches to the routes.
185: <li>An additional per prefix weight has been added used to evaluate prefixes
186: with equal AS path length.
1.25 deraadt 187: <li>New route decision tunable <i>rde med compare always</i> to force bgpd
1.20 claudio 188: to compare the MED independent of the peer AS.
189: <li>IPv6 support.
190: </ul>
191: <p>
192:
1.15 otto 193: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
194: <ul>
1.59 bentley 195: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/malloc.3">malloc(3)</a>
1.15 otto 196: has been rewritten to use the
1.59 bentley 197: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mmap.2">mmap(2)</a>
1.15 otto 198: system call, introducing unpredictable allocation addresses and guard
199: pages, which helps in detecting heap based buffer overflows and prevents
200: various types of attacks.
1.59 bentley 201: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/intro.3">libc(3)</a>
1.15 otto 202: source code has been converted to ANSI C.
1.59 bentley 203: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/realpath.3">realpath(3)</a>
1.17 otto 204: is now thread safe.
1.15 otto 205: <li>Several pathname races and potential buffer handling problems have been
206: fixed in
1.59 bentley 207: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pax.1">pax(1)</a>.
1.15 otto 208: <li>Problems with signal delivery on <a href="sparc.html">OpenBSD/sparc</a> and
209: <a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a> have been fixed.
210: <li>Reliability of signal handlers using floating point on
211: <a href="i386.html">OpenBSD/i386</a> and
212: <a href="macppc.html">OpenBSD/macppc</a> has been improved.
1.29 otto 213: <li>NFS write performance has been improved greatly.
214: <li>Countermeasures against various blind ICMP attacks have been implemented.
1.15 otto 215: </ul>
216: <p>
217:
1.13 djm 218: <li>OpenSSH 4.2:
219: <ul>
220: <li>Adds a new compression method that delays the start of zlib
1.51 tb 221: compression until the user has been authenticated successfully.
222: The new method ("Compression delayed") is on by default in the
223: server and eliminates the risk of any zlib vulnerability
1.13 djm 224: leading to a compromise of the server from unauthenticated users.
225: <li>Added support for the improved arcfour cipher modes from
226: draft-harris-ssh-arcfour-fixes-02. The improves the cipher's
227: resistance to a number of attacks by discarding early keystream
228: output.
1.51 tb 229: <li>Many improvements to connection multiplexing, including a new
230: opportunistic multiplexing mode, automatic fallback to plain
231: connections when multiplexing fails and support for multiplexed X11
1.13 djm 232: and agent forwarding.
233: <li>Many additional bug fixes and improvements, as described in the
1.55 tb 234: <a href="https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.2">release announcement</a>.
1.13 djm 235: </ul>
236: <p>
237:
1.9 pvalchev 238: <li>Over 3200 ports, 3000 pre-built packages, improved package tools.
1.1 deraadt 239: <p>
240:
241: <li>As usual, many improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
242: <p>
243:
244: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
245: <ul>
246: <li>X.Org 6.8.2 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers
247: (+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)
248: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
1.59 bentley 249: (+ <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gcc-local.1">patches</a>)
1.1 deraadt 250: and 3.3.5
1.59 bentley 251: (+ <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gcc-local.1">patches</a>)
1.1 deraadt 252: <li>Perl 5.8.6 (+ patches)
253: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
254: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7g (+ patches)
255: <li>Groff 1.15
256: <li>Sendmail 8.13.4, with libmilter
257: <li>Bind 9.3.1 (+ patches)
258: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.2 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
259: <li>Sudo 1.6.8p9
260: <li>Ncurses 5.2
261: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
1.30 biorn 262: <li>Heimdal 0.6.3 (+ patches)
1.1 deraadt 263: <li>Arla 0.35.7
264: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
265: <li>Gdb 6.3
266: </ul>
267:
268: </ul>
1.59 bentley 269: </section>
1.1 deraadt 270:
271: <hr>
1.59 bentley 272:
273: <section id=install>
274: <h3>How to install</h3>
1.1 deraadt 275: <p>
276: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
277: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
278: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
279: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
280: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
281: purchased a CDROM instead.
282: <p>
283:
284: <hr>
285: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
286: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.8 on your machine:
287: <p>
288: <ul>
1.60 deraadt 289: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/i386/INSTALL.i386">
290: .../OpenBSD/3.8/i386/INSTALL.i386 (on CD1)</a>
291: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/vax/INSTALL.vax">
292: .../OpenBSD/3.8/vax/INSTALL.vax (on CD1)</a>
293: <p>
294: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
295: .../OpenBSD/3.8/amd64/INSTALL.amd64 (on CD2)</a>
296: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
297: .../OpenBSD/3.8/macppc/INSTALL.macppc (on CD2)</a>
298: <p>
299: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
300: .../OpenBSD/3.8/sparc/INSTALL.sparc (on CD3)</a>
301: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64">
302: .../OpenBSD/3.8/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64 (on CD3)</a>
303: <p>
304: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
305: .../OpenBSD/3.8/alpha/INSTALL.alpha</a>
306: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/cats/INSTALL.cats">
307: .../OpenBSD/3.8/cats/INSTALL.cats</a>
308: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/hp300/INSTALL.hp300">
309: .../OpenBSD/3.8/hp300/INSTALL.hp300</a>
310: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
311: .../OpenBSD/3.8/hppa/INSTALL.hppa</a>
312: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k">
313: .../OpenBSD/3.8/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k</a>
314: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k">
315: .../OpenBSD/3.8/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k</a>
316: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k">
317: .../OpenBSD/3.8/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k</a>
318: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k">
319: .../OpenBSD/3.8/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k</a>
320: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
321: .../OpenBSD/3.8/sgi/INSTALL.sgi</a>
322: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus">
323: .../OpenBSD/3.8/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus</a>
1.1 deraadt 324: </ul>
1.60 deraadt 325: </section>
326:
1.1 deraadt 327: <hr>
328:
1.59 bentley 329: <section id=quickinstall>
330:
1.1 deraadt 331: <p>
332: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
333: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
334: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
1.59 bentley 335:
336: <h3>OpenBSD/i386:</h3>
337:
1.1 deraadt 338: <p>
339: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
340: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
341: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
342: <i>CD1:3.8/i386/floppy38.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
343:
344: <p>
345: Use <i>CD1:3.8/i386/floppyB38.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
346: support, or <i>CD1:3.8/i386/floppyC38.fs</i> for better laptop support.
347:
348: <p>
349: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
350: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
351: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
352:
353: <p>
354: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
355: read INSTALL.i386.
356:
357: <p>
358: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
359: at <i>CD1:3.8/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
1.59 bentley 360: use the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dd.1">dd(1)</a>
361: utility. The following is an example usage of
362: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dd.1">dd(1)</a>,
1.1 deraadt 363: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
364: "rfd0a".
365:
1.59 bentley 366: <blockquote><pre>
1.60 deraadt 367: # <kbd>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</kbd>
1.59 bentley 368: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 369:
370: <p>
371: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
372: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
373: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
1.53 tj 374: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">this page</a>.
1.59 bentley 375:
376: <h3>OpenBSD/vax:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 377:
378: <p>
379: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
1.59 bentley 380:
381: <h3>OpenBSD/amd64:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 382:
383: <p>
384: The 3.8 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
385: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
386: your BIOS options first.
387: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
388: To do this, write <i>CD2:3.8/amd64/floppy38.fs</i> to a floppy, then
389: boot from the floppy drive.
390:
391: <p>
392: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
393: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
394: INSTALL.amd64 document.
395:
396: <p>
397: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
398: read INSTALL.amd64.
1.59 bentley 399:
400: <h3>OpenBSD/macppc:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 401:
402: <p>
403: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
404: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
405:
406: <p>
407: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
408: /3.8/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
1.59 bentley 409:
410: <h3>OpenBSD/sparc:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 411:
412: <p>
413: The 3.8 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
414: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
415: ROM.
416:
1.59 bentley 417: <blockquote><pre>
418: ok <kbd>boot cdrom 3.8/sparc/bsd.rd</kbd>
1.1 deraadt 419: or
1.59 bentley 420: > <kbd>b sd(0,6,0)3.8/sparc/bsd.rd</kbd>
421: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 422:
423: <p>
424: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
425: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:3.8/sparc/floppy38.fs</i> to a floppy.
1.53 tj 426: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">this page</a>.
1.1 deraadt 427: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
428: depending on the version of your ROM.
429:
1.59 bentley 430: <blockquote><pre>
431: ok <kbd>boot floppy</kbd>
1.1 deraadt 432: or
1.59 bentley 433: > <kbd>b fd()</kbd>
434: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 435:
436: <p>
437: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
438: will most likely fail.
439:
440: <p>
441: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
442: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
443: INSTALL.sparc file.
1.59 bentley 444:
445: <h3>OpenBSD/sparc64:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 446:
447: <p>
448: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
449:
450: <p>
451: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
452: <i>CD3:3.8/sparc64/floppy38.fs</i> or <i>CD3:3.8/sparc64/floppyB38.fs</i>
453: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
454: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
455:
456: <p>
457: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
458: will most likely fail.
459:
460: <p>
461: You can also write <i>CD3:3.8/sparc64/miniroot38.fs</i> to the swap partition on
462: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
463:
464: <p>
465: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
1.59 bentley 466:
467: <h3>OpenBSD/alpha:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 468:
469: <p>
1.60 deraadt 470: Write <i>3.8/alpha/floppy38.fs</i> or
471: <i>3.8/alpha/floppyB38.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
1.1 deraadt 472: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
473:
474: <p>
475: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
476: will most likely fail.
477:
1.59 bentley 478: <h3>OpenBSD/cats:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 479:
480: <p>
481: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
1.60 deraadt 482: <i>3.8/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
1.1 deraadt 483: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
1.59 bentley 484:
485: <h3>OpenBSD/hp300:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 486:
487: <p>
488: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
489:
1.59 bentley 490: <h3>OpenBSD/hppa:</h3>
491:
1.1 deraadt 492: <p>
493: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
494: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
495:
1.59 bentley 496: <h3>OpenBSD/luna88k:</h3>
497:
1.1 deraadt 498: <p>
499: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
500: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
501: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
1.59 bentley 502:
503: <h3>OpenBSD/mac68k:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 504:
505: <p>
506: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
1.60 deraadt 507: <i>3.8/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
1.1 deraadt 508: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
509: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
510:
1.59 bentley 511: <h3>OpenBSD/mvme68k:</h3>
512:
1.1 deraadt 513: <p>
514: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
515: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
516: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
517: for more details.
1.59 bentley 518:
519: <h3>OpenBSD/mvme88k:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 520:
521: <p>
522: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
523: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
524: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
525: for more details.
526:
1.59 bentley 527: <h3>OpenBSD/sgi:</h3>
528:
1.1 deraadt 529: <p>
1.51 tb 530: Burn cd38.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
1.12 matthieu 531: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
532:
1.19 matthieu 533: <p>
534: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
1.12 matthieu 535: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
1.1 deraadt 536: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
1.59 bentley 537:
538: <h3>OpenBSD/zaurus:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 539:
540: <p>
541: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
542: openbsd38_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
543: for a few important details.
1.60 deraadt 544: </section>
1.59 bentley 545:
1.60 deraadt 546: <hr>
1.59 bentley 547:
548: <section id=sourcecode>
1.60 deraadt 549: <h3>Notes about the source code</h3>
1.1 deraadt 550: <p>
1.63 deraadt 551: <code>src.tar.gz</code> contains a source archive starting at <code>/usr/src</code>.
552: This file contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
1.1 deraadt 553: in a separate archive. To extract:
1.59 bentley 554: <blockquote><pre>
555: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src</kbd>
556: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
557: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</kbd>
558: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 559: <p>
1.63 deraadt 560: <code>sys.tar.gz</code> contains a source archive starting at <code>/usr/src/sys</code>.
1.1 deraadt 561: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
562: To extract:
1.59 bentley 563: <blockquote><pre>
564: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</kbd>
565: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
1.60 deraadt 566: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</kbd>
1.59 bentley 567: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 568: <p>
569: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
570: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
571: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
572: Using these files
573: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
574: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
1.59 bentley 575: </section>
576:
1.1 deraadt 577: <hr>
1.59 bentley 578:
579: <section id=upgrade>
580: <h3>How to upgrade</h3>
1.1 deraadt 581: <p>
582: If you already have an OpenBSD 3.7 system, and do not want to reinstall,
583: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
584: <a href="faq/upgrade38.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
1.62 bentley 585: </section>
1.1 deraadt 586:
587: <hr>
1.59 bentley 588:
589: <section id=ports>
590: <h3>Ports Tree</h3>
1.1 deraadt 591: <p>
592: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
1.59 bentley 593: <blockquote><pre>
594: # <kbd>cd /usr</kbd>
595: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</kbd>
596: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 597: <p>
598: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.38 jasper 599: read the <a href="faq/faq15.html">ports</a> page
1.1 deraadt 600: if you know nothing about ports
601: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
602: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
603: OpenBSD ports system.
604: <p>
605: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
1.59 bentley 606: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/cvs.1">cvs(1)</a> if
1.1 deraadt 607: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
608: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
609: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
610: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
611: like:
1.59 bentley 612: <blockquote><pre>
1.60 deraadt 613: # <kbd>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_8</kbd>
1.59 bentley 614: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 615: <p>
616: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
617: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
618: server.]
619: <p>
1.60 deraadt 620: Note that most ports are available as packages on our mirrors. Updated
1.1 deraadt 621: packages for the 3.8 release will be made available if problems arise.
622: <p>
623: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
1.60 deraadt 624: would like to know more, the mailing list
625: <a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
1.59 bentley 626: </section>