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1.1 miod 23: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 3.9 Release:</font></h2>
24: <p>
25: Released May 1, 2006<br>
26: Copyright 1997-2006, Theo de Raadt.<br>
27: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 0-9731791-7-1</font>
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1.43 espie 29: <a href="lyrics.html#39">3.9 Song: "Blob!"</a>
1.1 miod 30: <p>
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32: <a href="#new">What's New</a><br>
33: <a href="#install">How to install</a><br>
34: <a href="#upgrade">How to upgrade</a><br>
35: <a href="#ports">How to use the ports tree</a><br>
36: <a href="orders.html">Ordering a CD set</a><br>
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38: <p>
39: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
40: To get the files for this release:
41: <ul>
42: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
43: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
44: a list of mirror machines.
45: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/3.9/</font> directory on
46: one of the mirror sites.
47: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
1.46 deraadt 48: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata39.html">The 3.9 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 miod 49: of bugs and workarounds.
1.19 deraadt 50: <li>See a <a href="plus39.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
1.1 miod 51: 3.8 and 3.9 releases.
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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.
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62:
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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 3.9.
1.19 deraadt 69: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus39.html">changelog</a> leading
1.1 miod 70: to 3.9.
71: <p>
72:
73: <ul>
74:
75: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
76: <ul>
1.44 steven 77: <li> <a href="macppc.html">Some</a> G5-based Apple
1.41 drahn 78: Macintosh machines, including W^X support (currently restricted to 32-bit mode).
1.1 miod 79: <li>Many more audio drivers in the <a href="macppc.html">OpenBSD/macppc</a>
80: port.
1.18 deraadt 81: <li>Support for many system sensors (temperature, voltage, fan speed)
82: via the following subsystems:
83: <ul>
84: <li>Dell's Embedded Server Management
1.25 moritz 85: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=esm&sektion=4&arch=i386">esm</a>)
1.18 deraadt 86: <li>Intelligent Platform Management Interface
87: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipmi&sektion=4">ipmi</a>)
88: <li>I2C/SMBus sensor subsystems found on most motherboards
89: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iic&sektion=4">iic</a>)
90: </ul>
1.1 miod 91: <li>Touchpad on recent Apple laptops
1.6 jcs 92: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tpms&sektion=4&arch=macppc">tpms</a>).
1.1 miod 93: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nfe&sektion=4">nfe</a>,
1.2 deraadt 94: a binary blob free driver for the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet interface.
1.1 miod 95: <li>Opteron systems now have all their PCI buses detected.
1.12 jsg 96: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cardbus&sektion=4">CardBus</a>
1.1 miod 97: and
1.5 jolan 98: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcmcia&sektion=4">PCMCIA</a>
1.1 miod 99: support on <a href="amd64.html">OpenBSD/amd64</a>.
1.8 jsg 100: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ixgb&sektion=4">ixgb</a>,
101: Intel PRO/10GbE Ethernet.
1.16 brad 102: <li>Support for new Intel i82571, i82572 and i82573 PCI Express based devices in the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4">em(4)</a> driver.
103: <li>Support for new Broadcom BCM5714, BCM5715 and BCM5903M based devices in the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a> driver.
1.8 jsg 104: <li>Support for new Ralink RT2501 and RT2600 based devices in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4">ral</a>.
1.21 brad 105: <li>Support for ASIX AX88178 Gigabit and AX88772 10/100 based devices in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=axe&sektion=4">axe(4)</a>.
1.8 jsg 106: <li>Support for devices incorporating GCT RF transceivers in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rtw&sektion=4">rtw</a>.
1.10 uwe 107: <li>Zaurus remote control (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zrc&sektion=4&arch=zaurus">zrc</a>) support.
1.16 brad 108: <li>Initial Sound Blaster Audigy support in the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=emu&sektion=4">emu(4)</a> driver.
109: <li>The Level 1 LXT1001 Gigabit driver has been fixed and now works (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lge&sektion=4">lge(4)</a>).
110: <li>More HP Smart ARRAY controllers recognized by the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ciss&sektion=4">ciss(4)</a> driver.
1.19 deraadt 111: <li>Support the Intel i915 AGP.
1.22 brad 112: <li>Support for both older and newer IDE and SATA controllers in the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide(4)</a> driver, including:
113: <ul>
114: <li>ATI's IXP 200/300/400 IDE controllers
115: <li>Broadcom's ServerWorks HT-1000 IDE controller
116: <li>a few older Intel PIIX IDE controllers
117: <li>Broadcom's ServerWorks K2 and HT-1000 SATA controllers
118: <li>VIA's VT6410 and VT8251 SATA controllers
119: <li>some newer NVIDIA SATA controllers
120: </ul>
1.21 brad 121: <li>Added IBSS support to the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4">iwi(4)</a> driver.
122: <li>Added bus_dma support to the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=de&sektion=4">de(4)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=san&sektion=4">san(4)</a> drivers.
123: <li>A lot of fixes and improvements to the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uaudio&sektion=4">uaudio(4)</a> audio driver.
1.24 brad 124: <li>Support for the SMC SMC91C1xx Ethernet chips in the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sm&sektion=4">sm(4)</a> driver as well as MII support.
1.40 martin 125: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=adb&sektion=4">adb(4)</a> and framebuffer (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=macfb&sektion=4">macfb(4)</a>) drivers on <a href="mac68k.html">OpenBSD/mac68k</a>, plus switch to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wscons&sektion=4">wscons(4)</a>.
1.1 miod 126: </ul>
127: <p>
128:
129: <li>New tools:
130: <ul>
131: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp-proxy&sektion=8">ftp-proxy</a>
132: has been rewritten, and a tftp version,
133: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tftp-proxy&sektion=8">tftp-proxy</a>,
134: has been added.
135: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sdiff&sektion=1">sdiff</a>,
136: a side-by-side file comparison tool.
1.29 otto 137: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=getent&sektion=1">getent</a>,
138: a tool to get entries from the administrative databases.
1.1 miod 139: </ul>
140: <p>
141:
142: <li>New functionality:
143: <ul>
144: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ancontrol&sektion=8">ancontrol</a>
1.4 miod 145: functionality has been completely merged into
1.1 miod 146: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig</a>.
1.35 sturm 147: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=apmd&sektion=8&arch=i386">apmd</a>
1.39 ray 148: can be used to increase or decrease CPU speed automatically,
149: depending on CPU usage and, if supported, battery status.
1.14 djm 150: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nc&sektion=1">nc(1)</a> now supports HTTP Proxy authentication, making it very useful as a ssh ProxyCommand.
1.17 brad 151: <li>Userland <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ppp&sektion=8">ppp(8)</a> has IPv6 support.
1.34 reyk 152: <li>A number of fixes and new functionality for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=trunk&sektion=4">trunk(4)</a>:
153: <ul>
154: <li>New active/passive failover mode
155: <li>Fixed multicast support, for
156: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=carp&sektion=4">carp(4)</a> and
157: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfsync&sektion=4">pfsync(4)</a>
158: over trunk interfaces.
159: <li>Interface capabilities depending on the trunk ports, for full-size
160: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vlan&sektion=4">vlan(4)</a> MTUs.
161: </ul>
162: <li>Improved functionality for
163: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsecctl&sektion=8">ipsecctl(8)</a>.
1.42 claudio 164: <li>Added multicast routing to GENERIC.
165: It is now possible to enable multicast routing in the kernel with the
166: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sysctl&sektion=8">sysctl(8)</a> option net.inet.ip.mforwarding=1.
167: <li>It is now possible to set a default
168: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vlan&sektion=4">vlan(4)</a> priority via
169: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a>.
1.1 miod 170: </ul>
171: <p>
172:
173: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
174: <ul>
1.13 djm 175: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcap&sektion=3">libpcap</a>
176: has been updated with most of tcpdump.org's libpcap-0.9.4 API, without
177: the clutter.
1.28 jsg 178: <li>System libraries on most architectures are now compiled with debugging symbols,
179: which makes tools like <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gdb&sektion=1">gdb(1)</a>
180: much more useable.
1.30 otto 181: <li>Header files have been rewritten to provide better C99 support.
1.28 jsg 182: <li>Linted versions of system libraries are now provided and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lint&sektion=1">lint(1)</a> has been substantially overhauled to produce less false positives and find new classes of problems.
1.34 reyk 183: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ieee80211&sektion=9">ieee80211(9)</a>
184: wireless framework has been cleaned up and changed to use red-black
185: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tree&sektion=3">tree(3)</a>s
186: instead of hash tables.
1.31 otto 187: <li>The complete source tree has been audited for wrong usage of the
188: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=queue&sektion=3">queue(3)</a>
189: macros and facilities have been added to detect misuse.
1.37 kjell 190: <li>The
191: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mg&sektion=1"
192: >mg(1)</a> editor now includes an editable minibuffer, vastly improved
193: undo, completion buffers, and many other emacs-like improvements.
1.1 miod 194: </ul>
195: <p>
196:
1.34 reyk 197: <li>New functionality for
198: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hostapd&sektion=8">hostapd(8)</a>,
199: the Host Access Point Daemon:
200: <ul>
201: <li>Support for multiple wireless interfaces and per-interface event rules.
202: <li>New rate keyword for event rules, a requirement for using hostapd as a WIDS.
203: <li>Replaced hash tables with safer red-black
204: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tree&sektion=3">tree(3)</a>s.
205: <li>Improved multicast support and configuration options.
206: <li>Various bug fixes and improvements.
207: </ul>
208: <p>
209:
1.1 miod 210: <li>OpenSSH 4.3:
211: <ul>
212: <li>Generate protocol 2 RSA keys in
213: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen&sektion=1">ssh-keygen</a>
214: by default.
215: <li>Support for tunneling arbitrary network packets over a connection between
216: an OpenSSH client and server, as a true VPN.
217: <li>Many additional bug fixes, as described in the
218: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.3">release announcement</a>.
219: </ul>
220: <p>
221:
1.32 claudio 222: <li>OpenBGPD 3.9:
223: <ul>
224: <li>Support for inbound and outbound soft reconfiguration.
225: <li>Added possibility to remove communities.
226: <li>Added new special community value "neighbor-as" which is expanded to
227: the remote-AS of the current neighbor.
228: <li>Support for a unprivileged bgpctl socket added, which can be used for
229: looking glass style applications.
230: <li>Even better IPv6 support.
231: </ul>
232: <p>
233:
1.36 norby 234: <li>OpenOSPFD 3.9:
235: <ul>
236: <li>Neighbor Finite State Machine has been greatly improved.
237: <li>Network redistribution has been reworked.
238: <li>CARP interfaces and their behaviour is now respected.
239: <li>LSA Retransmission has been greatly improved.
240: <li>Each area is now calculated individually when needed.
241: <li>OSPF packet reception performance has been improved.
242: <li>Neighbor uptimes are now displayed with "ospfctl show neighbor".
243: <li>RIB uptimes are now displayed with "ospfctl show rib".
244: </ul>
245: <p>
246:
1.3 espie 247: <li>Over 3200 ports, 3000 pre-built packages, improved package tools (updating
248: packages from the previous release is now possible).
1.1 miod 249: <p>
250:
251: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
252: <p>
253:
254: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
255: <ul>
256: <li>X.Org 6.9.0 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers
257: (+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)
258: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
259: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
260: and 3.3.5
261: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
262: <li>Perl 5.8.6 (+ patches)
263: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
264: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7g (+ patches)
265: <li>Groff 1.15
266: <li>Sendmail 8.13.4, with libmilter
267: <li>Bind 9.3.1 (+ patches)
268: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
269: <li>Sudo 1.6.8p9
270: <li>Ncurses 5.2
271: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
272: <li>Heimdal 0.7 (+ patches)
273: <li>Arla 0.35.7
274: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
275: <li>Gdb 6.3
276: </ul>
277: <p>
278:
279: </ul>
280:
281: <a name="install"></a>
282: <hr>
283: <p>
284: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
285: <p>
286: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
287: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
288: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
289: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
290: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
291: purchased a CDROM instead.
292: <p>
293:
294: <hr>
295: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
296: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.9 on your machine:
297: <p>
298: <ul>
299: <li>CD1:3.9/i386/INSTALL.i386
300: <p>
301: <li>CD2:3.9/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
302: <li>CD2:3.9/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
303: <p>
304: <li>CD3:3.9/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
305: <li>CD3:3.9/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
306: <p>
307: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
308: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/cats/INSTALL.cats
309: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
310: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
311: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
312: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
313: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
314: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
315: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
316: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/vax/INSTALL.vax
317: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
318: </ul>
319: <hr>
320:
321: <p>
322: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
323: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
324: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
325: <p>
326:
327: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
328: <ul>
329: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
330: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
331: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
332: <i>CD1:3.9/i386/floppy39.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
333:
334: <p>
335: Use <i>CD1:3.9/i386/floppyB39.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
336: support, or <i>CD1:3.9/i386/floppyC39.fs</i> for better laptop support.
337:
338: <p>
339: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
340: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
341: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
342:
343: <p>
344: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
345: read INSTALL.i386.
346:
347: <p>
348: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
349: at <i>CD1:3.9/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
1.44 steven 350: use the
351: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
352: utility. The following is an example usage of
1.1 miod 353: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
354: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
355: "rfd0a".
356:
357: <ul><pre>
358: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
359: </pre></ul>
360:
361: <p>
362: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
363: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
364: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
365: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
366: </ul>
367:
368: <p>
369: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
370: <ul>
371: The 3.9 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
372: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
373: your BIOS options first.
374: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
375: To do this, write <i>CD2:3.9/amd64/floppy39.fs</i> to a floppy, then
376: boot from the floppy drive.
377:
378: <p>
379: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
380: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
381: INSTALL.amd64 document.
382:
383: <p>
384: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
385: read INSTALL.amd64.
386: </ul>
387:
388: <p>
389: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
390: <ul>
391: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
392: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
393:
394: <p>
395: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
396: /3.9/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
397: </ul>
398:
399: <p>
400: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
401: <ul>
402: The 3.9 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
403: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
404: ROM.
405:
406: <ul><pre>
407: ok <strong>boot cdrom 3.9/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
408: or
409: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)3.9/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
410: </pre></ul>
411:
412: <p>
413: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
414: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:3.9/sparc/floppy39.fs</i> to a floppy.
415: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
416: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
417: depending on the version of your ROM.
418:
419: <ul><pre>
420: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
421: or
422: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
423: </pre></ul>
424:
425: <p>
426: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
427: will most likely fail.
428:
429: <p>
430: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
431: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
432: INSTALL.sparc file.
433: </ul>
434:
435: <p>
436: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
437: <ul>
438: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
439:
440: <p>
441: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
442: <i>CD3:3.9/sparc64/floppy39.fs</i> or <i>CD3:3.9/sparc64/floppyB39.fs</i>
443: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
444: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
445:
446: <p>
447: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
448: will most likely fail.
449:
450: <p>
451: You can also write <i>CD3:3.9/sparc64/miniroot39.fs</i> to the swap partition on
452: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
453:
454: <p>
455: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
456: </ul>
457:
458: <p>
459: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
460: <ul>
461: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.9/alpha/floppy39.fs</i> or
462: <i>FTP:3.9/alpha/floppyB39.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
463: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
464:
465: <p>
466: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
467: will most likely fail.
468:
469: </ul>
470:
471: <p>
472: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>
473: <ul>
474: <p>
475: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
476: <i>FTP:3.9/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
477: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
478: </ul>
479:
480: <p>
481: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
482: <ul>
483: <p>
484: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
485: </ul>
486:
487: <p>
488: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
489: <ul>
490: <p>
491: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
492: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
493: </ul>
494:
495: <p>
496: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
497: <ul>
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.
502: </ul>
503:
504: <p>
505: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
506: <ul>
507: <p>
508: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
509: <i>FTP:3.9/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
510: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
511: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
512: </ul>
513:
514: <p>
515: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
516: <ul>
517: <p>
518: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
519: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
520: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
521: for more details.
522: </ul>
523:
524: <p>
525: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
526: <ul>
527: <p>
528: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
529: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
530: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
531: for more details.
532: </ul>
533:
534: <p>
535: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
536: <ul>
537: <p>
538: Burn cd39.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
539: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
540:
541: <p>
542: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
543: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
544: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
545: </ul>
546:
547: <p>
548: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
549: <ul>
550: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
551: </ul>
552:
553: <p>
554: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
555: <ul>
556: <p>
557: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
558: openbsd39_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
559: for a few important details.
560: </ul>
561:
562: <p>
563: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
564: <ul>
565: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
566: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
567: in a separate archive. To extract:
568: <p>
569: <ul><pre>
570: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
571: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
572: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
573: </pre></ul>
574: <p>
575: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
576: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
577: To extract:
578: <p>
579: <ul><pre>
580: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
581: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
582: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
583: </pre></ul>
584: <p>
585: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
586: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
587: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
588: Using these files
589: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
590: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
591: <p>
592: </ul>
593:
594: <a name="upgrade"></a>
595: <hr>
596: <p>
597: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
598: <p>
599: If you already have an OpenBSD 3.8 system, and do not want to reinstall,
600: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
1.45 nick 601: <a href="faq/upgrade39.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
1.1 miod 602:
603: <a name="ports"></a>
604: <hr>
605: <p>
606: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
607: <p>
608: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
609: <p>
610: <ul><pre>
611: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
612: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
613: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
614: </pre></ul>
615: <p>
616: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.47 jasper 617: read the <a href="faq/faq15.html">ports</a> page
1.1 miod 618: if you know nothing about ports
619: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
620: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
621: OpenBSD ports system.
622: <p>
623: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
624: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
625: cvs(1)</a> if
626: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
627: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
628: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
629: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
630: like:
631: <p>
632: <ul><pre>
1.23 deraadt 633: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_9</strong>
1.1 miod 634: </pre></ul>
635: <p>
636: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
637: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
638: server.]
639: <p>
640: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
641: packages for the 3.9 release will be made available if problems arise.
642: <p>
643: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
644: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
645: place to know.
646: <p>
647:
648: </body>
649: </html>