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24: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 3.9 Release:</font></h2>
25: <p>
26: Released May 1, 2006<br>
27: Copyright 1997-2006, Theo de Raadt.<br>
28: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 0-9731791-7-1</font>
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33: <p>
34:
35: <a href="#new">What's New</a><br>
36: <a href="#install">How to install</a><br>
37: <a href="#upgrade">How to upgrade</a><br>
38: <a href="#ports">How to use the ports tree</a><br>
39: <a href="orders.html">Ordering a CD set</a><br>
40:
41: <p>
42: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
43: To get the files for this release:
44: <ul>
45: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
46: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
47: a list of mirror machines.
48: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/3.9/</font> directory on
49: one of the mirror sites.
50: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
51: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata.html">The 3.9 Errata page</a> for a list
52: of bugs and workarounds.
53: <!-- POST-RELEASE becomes plus39.html -->
54: <li>See a <a href="plus.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
55: 3.8 and 3.9 releases.
56: </ul>
57: </font></h3>
58: <br clear=all>
59:
60: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
61: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
62: XF4.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The distribution
63: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
64: the CDROM because of lack of space.
65: <p>
66:
67: <a name="new"></a>
68: <hr>
69: <p>
70: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
71: <p>
72: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 3.9.
73: <!-- POST-RELEASE becomes plus39.html -->
74: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus.html">changelog</a> leading
75: to 3.9.
76: <p>
77:
78: <ul>
79:
80: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
81: <ul>
82: <li>G5-based Apple Macintosh machines (currently restricted to 32-bit mode).
83: <li>Many more audio drivers in the <a href="macppc.html">OpenBSD/macppc</a>
84: port.
85: <li>Embedded Server Management
86: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=esm&sektion=4">esm</a>)
87: support for Dell laptops.
88: <li>Touchpad on recent Apple laptops
1.6 jcs 89: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tpms&sektion=4&arch=macppc">tpms</a>).
1.1 miod 90: <li>Many i2c and SMBus temperature and voltage sensors are now recognized.
91: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nfe&sektion=4">nfe</a>,
1.2 deraadt 92: a binary blob free driver for the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet interface.
1.1 miod 93: <li>Opteron systems now have all their PCI buses detected.
94: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cardbus&sektion=4">cardbus</a>
95: and
1.5 jolan 96: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcmcia&sektion=4">PCMCIA</a>
1.1 miod 97: support on <a href="amd64.html">OpenBSD/amd64</a>.
1.7 ! uwe 98: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zrc&sektion=4&arch=zaurus">zrc</a>,
! 99: Zaurus remote control support.
1.1 miod 100: </ul>
101: <p>
102:
103: <li>New tools:
104: <ul>
105: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp-proxy&sektion=8">ftp-proxy</a>
106: has been rewritten, and a tftp version,
107: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tftp-proxy&sektion=8">tftp-proxy</a>,
108: has been added.
109: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sdiff&sektion=1">sdiff</a>,
110: a side-by-side file comparison tool.
111: </ul>
112: <p>
113:
114: <li>New functionality:
115: <ul>
116: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ancontrol&sektion=8">ancontrol</a>
1.4 miod 117: functionality has been completely merged into
1.1 miod 118: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig</a>.
119: <li>On machines which support it,
120: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=apmd&sektion=8">apmd</a>
121: can be used to select various frequency operating points automatically,
122: depending on the battery status.
123: </ul>
124: <p>
125:
126: <!--
127: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
128: <ul>
129: </ul>
130: <p>
131: -->
132:
133: <li>OpenSSH 4.3:
134: <ul>
135: <li>Generate protocol 2 RSA keys in
136: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen&sektion=1">ssh-keygen</a>
137: by default.
138: <li>Support for tunneling arbitrary network packets over a connection between
139: an OpenSSH client and server, as a true VPN.
140: <li>Many additional bug fixes, as described in the
141: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.3">release announcement</a>.
142: </ul>
143: <p>
144:
1.3 espie 145: <li>Over 3200 ports, 3000 pre-built packages, improved package tools (updating
146: packages from the previous release is now possible).
1.1 miod 147: <p>
148:
149: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
150: <p>
151:
152: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
153: <ul>
154: <li>X.Org 6.9.0 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers
155: (+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)
156: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
157: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
158: and 3.3.5
159: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
160: <li>Perl 5.8.6 (+ patches)
161: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
162: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7g (+ patches)
163: <li>Groff 1.15
164: <li>Sendmail 8.13.4, with libmilter
165: <li>Bind 9.3.1 (+ patches)
166: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
167: <li>Sudo 1.6.8p9
168: <li>Ncurses 5.2
169: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
170: <li>Heimdal 0.7 (+ patches)
171: <li>Arla 0.35.7
172: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
173: <li>Gdb 6.3
174: </ul>
175: <p>
176:
177: </ul>
178:
179: <a name="install"></a>
180: <hr>
181: <p>
182: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
183: <p>
184: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
185: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
186: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
187: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
188: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
189: purchased a CDROM instead.
190: <p>
191:
192: <hr>
193: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
194: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.9 on your machine:
195: <p>
196: <ul>
197: <li>CD1:3.9/i386/INSTALL.i386
198: <p>
199: <li>CD2:3.9/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
200: <li>CD2:3.9/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
201: <p>
202: <li>CD3:3.9/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
203: <li>CD3:3.9/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
204: <p>
205: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
206: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/cats/INSTALL.cats
207: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
208: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
209: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
210: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
211: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
212: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
213: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
214: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/vax/INSTALL.vax
215: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
216: </ul>
217: <hr>
218:
219: <p>
220: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
221: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
222: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
223: <p>
224:
225: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
226: <ul>
227: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
228: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
229: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
230: <i>CD1:3.9/i386/floppy39.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
231:
232: <p>
233: Use <i>CD1:3.9/i386/floppyB39.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
234: support, or <i>CD1:3.9/i386/floppyC39.fs</i> for better laptop support.
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
239: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
240:
241: <p>
242: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
243: read INSTALL.i386.
244:
245: <p>
246: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
247: at <i>CD1:3.9/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
248: use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=
249: dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of
250: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
251: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
252: "rfd0a".
253:
254: <ul><pre>
255: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
256: </pre></ul>
257:
258: <p>
259: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
260: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
261: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
262: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
263: </ul>
264:
265: <p>
266: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
267: <ul>
268: The 3.9 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
269: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
270: your BIOS options first.
271: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
272: To do this, write <i>CD2:3.9/amd64/floppy39.fs</i> to a floppy, then
273: boot from the floppy drive.
274:
275: <p>
276: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
277: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
278: INSTALL.amd64 document.
279:
280: <p>
281: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
282: read INSTALL.amd64.
283: </ul>
284:
285: <p>
286: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
287: <ul>
288: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
289: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
290:
291: <p>
292: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
293: /3.9/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
294: </ul>
295:
296: <p>
297: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
298: <ul>
299: The 3.9 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
300: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
301: ROM.
302:
303: <ul><pre>
304: ok <strong>boot cdrom 3.9/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
305: or
306: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)3.9/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
307: </pre></ul>
308:
309: <p>
310: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
311: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:3.9/sparc/floppy39.fs</i> to a floppy.
312: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
313: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
314: depending on the version of your ROM.
315:
316: <ul><pre>
317: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
318: or
319: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
320: </pre></ul>
321:
322: <p>
323: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
324: will most likely fail.
325:
326: <p>
327: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
328: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
329: INSTALL.sparc file.
330: </ul>
331:
332: <p>
333: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
334: <ul>
335: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
336:
337: <p>
338: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
339: <i>CD3:3.9/sparc64/floppy39.fs</i> or <i>CD3:3.9/sparc64/floppyB39.fs</i>
340: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
341: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
342:
343: <p>
344: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
345: will most likely fail.
346:
347: <p>
348: You can also write <i>CD3:3.9/sparc64/miniroot39.fs</i> to the swap partition on
349: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
350:
351: <p>
352: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
353: </ul>
354:
355: <p>
356: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
357: <ul>
358: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.9/alpha/floppy39.fs</i> or
359: <i>FTP:3.9/alpha/floppyB39.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
360: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
361:
362: <p>
363: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
364: will most likely fail.
365:
366: </ul>
367:
368: <p>
369: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>
370: <ul>
371: <p>
372: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
373: <i>FTP:3.9/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
374: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
375: </ul>
376:
377: <p>
378: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
379: <ul>
380: <p>
381: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
382: </ul>
383:
384: <p>
385: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
386: <ul>
387: <p>
388: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
389: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
390: </ul>
391:
392: <p>
393: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
394: <ul>
395: <p>
396: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
397: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
398: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
399: </ul>
400:
401: <p>
402: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
403: <ul>
404: <p>
405: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
406: <i>FTP:3.9/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
407: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
408: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
409: </ul>
410:
411: <p>
412: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
413: <ul>
414: <p>
415: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
416: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
417: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
418: for more details.
419: </ul>
420:
421: <p>
422: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
423: <ul>
424: <p>
425: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
426: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
427: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
428: for more details.
429: </ul>
430:
431: <p>
432: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
433: <ul>
434: <p>
435: Burn cd39.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
436: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
437:
438: <p>
439: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
440: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
441: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
442: </ul>
443:
444: <p>
445: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
446: <ul>
447: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
448: </ul>
449:
450: <p>
451: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
452: <ul>
453: <p>
454: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
455: openbsd39_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
456: for a few important details.
457: </ul>
458:
459: <p>
460: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
461: <ul>
462: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
463: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
464: in a separate archive. To extract:
465: <p>
466: <ul><pre>
467: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
468: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
469: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
470: </pre></ul>
471: <p>
472: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
473: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
474: To extract:
475: <p>
476: <ul><pre>
477: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
478: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
479: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
480: </pre></ul>
481: <p>
482: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
483: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
484: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
485: Using these files
486: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
487: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
488: <p>
489: </ul>
490:
491: <a name="upgrade"></a>
492: <hr>
493: <p>
494: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
495: <p>
496: If you already have an OpenBSD 3.8 system, and do not want to reinstall,
497: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
498: <!-- POST-RELEASE becomes upgrade39.html -->
499: <a href="faq/upgrade.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
500:
501: <a name="ports"></a>
502: <hr>
503: <p>
504: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
505: <p>
506: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
507: <p>
508: <ul><pre>
509: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
510: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
511: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
512: </pre></ul>
513: <p>
514: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
515: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
516: if you know nothing about ports
517: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
518: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
519: OpenBSD ports system.
520: <p>
521: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
522: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
523: cvs(1)</a> if
524: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
525: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
526: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
527: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
528: like:
529: <p>
530: <ul><pre>
531: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_8</strong>
532: </pre></ul>
533: <p>
534: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
535: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
536: server.]
537: <p>
538: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
539: packages for the 3.9 release will be made available if problems arise.
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541: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
542: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
543: place to know.
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