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1.68 bentley 13: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
14: 3.9
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1.1 miod 24: Released May 1, 2006<br>
25: Copyright 1997-2006, Theo de Raadt.<br>
1.68 bentley 26: <cite class=isbn>ISBN 0-9731791-7-1</cite>
1.1 miod 27: <br>
1.57 deraadt 28: 3.9 Song: <a href="lyrics.html#39">"Blob!"</a>
1.67 deraadt 29: <br>
30: <br>
1.1 miod 31: <ul>
1.72 deraadt 32: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">the FTP page</a> for
1.1 miod 33: a list of mirror machines.
1.68 bentley 34: <li>Go to the <code class=reldir>pub/OpenBSD/3.9/</code> directory on
1.1 miod 35: one of the mirror sites.
1.46 deraadt 36: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata39.html">The 3.9 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 miod 37: of bugs and workarounds.
1.19 deraadt 38: <li>See a <a href="plus39.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
1.1 miod 39: 3.8 and 3.9 releases.
40: </ul>
1.61 tb 41: <p>
1.60 tb 42: All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,
43: sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the
1.71 deraadt 44: files fetched via <code>ports.tar.gz</code>.
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1.1 miod 46:
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1.68 bentley 48:
49: <section id=new>
50: <h3>What's New</h3>
1.1 miod 51: <p>
52: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 3.9.
1.19 deraadt 53: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus39.html">changelog</a> leading
1.1 miod 54: to 3.9.
55: <p>
56:
57: <ul>
58:
59: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
60: <ul>
1.44 steven 61: <li> <a href="macppc.html">Some</a> G5-based Apple
1.41 drahn 62: Macintosh machines, including W^X support (currently restricted to 32-bit mode).
1.1 miod 63: <li>Many more audio drivers in the <a href="macppc.html">OpenBSD/macppc</a>
64: port.
1.18 deraadt 65: <li>Support for many system sensors (temperature, voltage, fan speed)
66: via the following subsystems:
67: <ul>
68: <li>Dell's Embedded Server Management
1.68 bentley 69: (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/i386/esm.4">esm</a>)
1.18 deraadt 70: <li>Intelligent Platform Management Interface
1.68 bentley 71: (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ipmi.4">ipmi</a>)
1.18 deraadt 72: <li>I2C/SMBus sensor subsystems found on most motherboards
1.68 bentley 73: (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/iic.4">iic</a>)
1.18 deraadt 74: </ul>
1.1 miod 75: <li>Touchpad on recent Apple laptops
1.68 bentley 76: (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/macppc/tpms.4">tpms</a>).
77: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/nfe.4">nfe</a>,
1.2 deraadt 78: a binary blob free driver for the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet interface.
1.1 miod 79: <li>Opteron systems now have all their PCI buses detected.
1.68 bentley 80: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/cardbus.4">CardBus</a>
1.1 miod 81: and
1.68 bentley 82: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pcmcia.4">PCMCIA</a>
1.1 miod 83: support on <a href="amd64.html">OpenBSD/amd64</a>.
1.68 bentley 84: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ixgb.4">ixgb</a>,
1.8 jsg 85: Intel PRO/10GbE Ethernet.
1.68 bentley 86: <li>Support for new Intel i82571, i82572 and i82573 PCI Express based devices in the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/em.4">em(4)</a> driver.
87: <li>Support for new Broadcom BCM5714, BCM5715 and BCM5903M based devices in the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bge.4">bge(4)</a> driver.
88: <li>Support for new Ralink RT2501 and RT2600 based devices in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ral.4">ral</a>.
89: <li>Support for ASIX AX88178 Gigabit and AX88772 10/100 based devices in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/axe.4">axe(4)</a>.
90: <li>Support for devices incorporating GCT RF transceivers in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/rtw.4">rtw</a>.
91: <li>Zaurus remote control (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/zaurus/zrc.4">zrc</a>) support.
92: <li>Initial Sound Blaster Audigy support in the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/emu.4">emu(4)</a> driver.
93: <li>The Level 1 LXT1001 Gigabit driver has been fixed and now works (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/lge.4">lge(4)</a>).
94: <li>More HP Smart ARRAY controllers recognized by the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ciss.4">ciss(4)</a> driver.
1.19 deraadt 95: <li>Support the Intel i915 AGP.
1.68 bentley 96: <li>Support for both older and newer IDE and SATA controllers in the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pciide.4">pciide(4)</a> driver, including:
1.22 brad 97: <ul>
98: <li>ATI's IXP 200/300/400 IDE controllers
99: <li>Broadcom's ServerWorks HT-1000 IDE controller
100: <li>a few older Intel PIIX IDE controllers
101: <li>Broadcom's ServerWorks K2 and HT-1000 SATA controllers
102: <li>VIA's VT6410 and VT8251 SATA controllers
103: <li>some newer NVIDIA SATA controllers
104: </ul>
1.68 bentley 105: <li>Added IBSS support to the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/iwi.4">iwi(4)</a> driver.
106: <li>Added bus_dma support to the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/de.4">de(4)</a> and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/san.4">san(4)</a> drivers.
107: <li>A lot of fixes and improvements to the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/uaudio.4">uaudio(4)</a> audio driver.
108: <li>Support for the SMC SMC91C1xx Ethernet chips in the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sm.4">sm(4)</a> driver as well as MII support.
109: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/adb.4">adb(4)</a> and framebuffer (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/macfb.4">macfb(4)</a>) drivers on <a href="mac68k.html">OpenBSD/mac68k</a>, plus switch to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/wscons.4">wscons(4)</a>.
1.1 miod 110: </ul>
111: <p>
112:
113: <li>New tools:
114: <ul>
1.68 bentley 115: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ftp-proxy.8">ftp-proxy</a>
1.1 miod 116: has been rewritten, and a tftp version,
1.68 bentley 117: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/tftp-proxy.8">tftp-proxy</a>,
1.1 miod 118: has been added.
1.68 bentley 119: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sdiff.1">sdiff</a>,
1.1 miod 120: a side-by-side file comparison tool.
1.68 bentley 121: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/getent.1">getent</a>,
1.29 otto 122: a tool to get entries from the administrative databases.
1.1 miod 123: </ul>
124: <p>
125:
126: <li>New functionality:
127: <ul>
1.68 bentley 128: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ancontrol.8">ancontrol</a>
1.4 miod 129: functionality has been completely merged into
1.68 bentley 130: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ifconfig.8">ifconfig</a>.
131: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/i386/apmd.8">apmd</a>
1.39 ray 132: can be used to increase or decrease CPU speed automatically,
133: depending on CPU usage and, if supported, battery status.
1.68 bentley 134: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/nc.1">nc(1)</a> now supports HTTP Proxy authentication, making it very useful as a ssh ProxyCommand.
135: <li>Userland <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ppp.8">ppp(8)</a> has IPv6 support.
136: <li>A number of fixes and new functionality for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/trunk.4">trunk(4)</a>:
1.34 reyk 137: <ul>
138: <li>New active/passive failover mode
139: <li>Fixed multicast support, for
1.68 bentley 140: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/carp.4">carp(4)</a> and
141: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pfsync.4">pfsync(4)</a>
1.34 reyk 142: over trunk interfaces.
143: <li>Interface capabilities depending on the trunk ports, for full-size
1.68 bentley 144: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/vlan.4">vlan(4)</a> MTUs.
1.34 reyk 145: </ul>
1.60 tb 146: <li>Improved functionality for
1.68 bentley 147: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ipsecctl.8">ipsecctl(8)</a>.
1.42 claudio 148: <li>Added multicast routing to GENERIC.
149: It is now possible to enable multicast routing in the kernel with the
1.68 bentley 150: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sysctl.8">sysctl(8)</a> option net.inet.ip.mforwarding=1.
1.42 claudio 151: <li>It is now possible to set a default
1.68 bentley 152: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/vlan.4">vlan(4)</a> priority via
153: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ifconfig.8">ifconfig(8)</a>.
1.1 miod 154: </ul>
155: <p>
156:
157: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
158: <ul>
1.68 bentley 159: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pcap.3">libpcap</a>
1.13 djm 160: has been updated with most of tcpdump.org's libpcap-0.9.4 API, without
161: the clutter.
1.28 jsg 162: <li>System libraries on most architectures are now compiled with debugging symbols,
1.68 bentley 163: which makes tools like <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gdb.1">gdb(1)</a>
1.60 tb 164: much more useable.
1.30 otto 165: <li>Header files have been rewritten to provide better C99 support.
1.68 bentley 166: <li>Linted versions of system libraries are now provided and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/lint.1">lint(1)</a> has been substantially overhauled to produce less false positives and find new classes of problems.
167: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ieee80211.9">ieee80211(9)</a>
1.34 reyk 168: wireless framework has been cleaned up and changed to use red-black
1.68 bentley 169: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/tree.3">tree(3)</a>s
1.34 reyk 170: instead of hash tables.
1.31 otto 171: <li>The complete source tree has been audited for wrong usage of the
1.68 bentley 172: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/queue.3">queue(3)</a>
1.31 otto 173: macros and facilities have been added to detect misuse.
1.37 kjell 174: <li>The
1.68 bentley 175: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mg.1"
1.37 kjell 176: >mg(1)</a> editor now includes an editable minibuffer, vastly improved
177: undo, completion buffers, and many other emacs-like improvements.
1.1 miod 178: </ul>
179: <p>
180:
1.60 tb 181: <li>New functionality for
1.68 bentley 182: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/hostapd.8">hostapd(8)</a>,
1.34 reyk 183: the Host Access Point Daemon:
184: <ul>
185: <li>Support for multiple wireless interfaces and per-interface event rules.
186: <li>New rate keyword for event rules, a requirement for using hostapd as a WIDS.
187: <li>Replaced hash tables with safer red-black
1.68 bentley 188: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/tree.3">tree(3)</a>s.
1.34 reyk 189: <li>Improved multicast support and configuration options.
190: <li>Various bug fixes and improvements.
191: </ul>
192: <p>
193:
1.1 miod 194: <li>OpenSSH 4.3:
195: <ul>
196: <li>Generate protocol 2 RSA keys in
1.68 bentley 197: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ssh-keygen.1">ssh-keygen</a>
1.1 miod 198: by default.
199: <li>Support for tunneling arbitrary network packets over a connection between
200: an OpenSSH client and server, as a true VPN.
201: <li>Many additional bug fixes, as described in the
1.64 tb 202: <a href="https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.3">release announcement</a>.
1.1 miod 203: </ul>
204: <p>
205:
1.32 claudio 206: <li>OpenBGPD 3.9:
207: <ul>
208: <li>Support for inbound and outbound soft reconfiguration.
209: <li>Added possibility to remove communities.
210: <li>Added new special community value "neighbor-as" which is expanded to
211: the remote-AS of the current neighbor.
212: <li>Support for a unprivileged bgpctl socket added, which can be used for
213: looking glass style applications.
214: <li>Even better IPv6 support.
215: </ul>
216: <p>
217:
1.36 norby 218: <li>OpenOSPFD 3.9:
219: <ul>
220: <li>Neighbor Finite State Machine has been greatly improved.
221: <li>Network redistribution has been reworked.
222: <li>CARP interfaces and their behaviour is now respected.
223: <li>LSA Retransmission has been greatly improved.
224: <li>Each area is now calculated individually when needed.
225: <li>OSPF packet reception performance has been improved.
226: <li>Neighbor uptimes are now displayed with "ospfctl show neighbor".
227: <li>RIB uptimes are now displayed with "ospfctl show rib".
228: </ul>
229: <p>
230:
1.3 espie 231: <li>Over 3200 ports, 3000 pre-built packages, improved package tools (updating
232: packages from the previous release is now possible).
1.1 miod 233: <p>
234:
235: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
236: <p>
237:
238: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
239: <ul>
240: <li>X.Org 6.9.0 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers
241: (+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)
242: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
1.68 bentley 243: (+ <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gcc-local.1">patches</a>)
1.1 miod 244: and 3.3.5
1.68 bentley 245: (+ <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gcc-local.1">patches</a>)
1.1 miod 246: <li>Perl 5.8.6 (+ patches)
247: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
248: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7g (+ patches)
249: <li>Groff 1.15
250: <li>Sendmail 8.13.4, with libmilter
251: <li>Bind 9.3.1 (+ patches)
252: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
253: <li>Sudo 1.6.8p9
254: <li>Ncurses 5.2
255: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
256: <li>Heimdal 0.7 (+ patches)
257: <li>Arla 0.35.7
258: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
259: <li>Gdb 6.3
260: </ul>
261:
262: </ul>
1.68 bentley 263: </section>
1.1 miod 264:
265: <hr>
1.68 bentley 266:
267: <section id=install>
268: <h3>How to install</h3>
1.1 miod 269: <p>
270: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
271: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
272: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
273: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
274: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
275: purchased a CDROM instead.
276: <p>
277:
278: <hr>
279: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
280: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.9 on your machine:
281: <p>
282: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 283: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/i386/INSTALL.i386">
284: .../OpenBSD/3.9/i386/INSTALL.i386 (on CD1)</a>
1.1 miod 285: <p>
1.69 deraadt 286: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
287: .../OpenBSD/3.9/amd64/INSTALL.amd64 (on CD2)</a>
288: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
289: .../OpenBSD/3.9/macppc/INSTALL.macppc (on CD2)</a>
290: <p>
291: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
292: .../OpenBSD/3.9/sparc/INSTALL.sparc (on CD3)</a>
293: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64">
294: .../OpenBSD/3.9/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64 (on CD3)</a>
295: <p>
296: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
297: .../OpenBSD/3.9/alpha/INSTALL.alpha</a>
298: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/cats/INSTALL.cats">
299: .../OpenBSD/3.9/cats/INSTALL.cats</a>
300: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/hp300/INSTALL.hp300">
301: .../OpenBSD/3.9/hp300/INSTALL.hp300</a>
302: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
303: .../OpenBSD/3.9/hppa/INSTALL.hppa</a>
304: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k">
305: .../OpenBSD/3.9/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k</a>
306: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k">
307: .../OpenBSD/3.9/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k</a>
308: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k">
309: .../OpenBSD/3.9/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k</a>
310: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k">
311: .../OpenBSD/3.9/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k</a>
312: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
313: .../OpenBSD/3.9/sgi/INSTALL.sgi</a>
314: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/vax/INSTALL.vax">
315: .../OpenBSD/3.9/vax/INSTALL.vax</a>
316: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus">
317: .../OpenBSD/3.9/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus</a>
1.1 miod 318: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 319: </section>
320:
1.1 miod 321: <hr>
322:
1.68 bentley 323: <section id=quickinstall>
324:
1.1 miod 325: <p>
326: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
327: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
328: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
1.68 bentley 329:
330: <h3>OpenBSD/i386:</h3>
331:
1.1 miod 332: <p>
333: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
334: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
335: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
336: <i>CD1:3.9/i386/floppy39.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
337:
338: <p>
339: Use <i>CD1:3.9/i386/floppyB39.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
340: support, or <i>CD1:3.9/i386/floppyC39.fs</i> for better laptop support.
341:
342: <p>
343: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
344: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
345: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
346:
347: <p>
348: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
349: read INSTALL.i386.
350:
351: <p>
352: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
353: at <i>CD1:3.9/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
1.44 steven 354: use the
1.68 bentley 355: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dd.1">dd(1)</a>
1.44 steven 356: utility. The following is an example usage of
1.68 bentley 357: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dd.1">dd(1)</a>,
1.1 miod 358: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
359: "rfd0a".
360:
1.68 bentley 361: <blockquote><pre>
1.69 deraadt 362: # <kbd>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</kbd>
1.68 bentley 363: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 miod 364:
365: <p>
366: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
367: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
368: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
1.62 tj 369: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">this page</a>.
1.68 bentley 370:
371: <h3>OpenBSD/amd64:</h3>
1.1 miod 372:
373: <p>
374: The 3.9 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
375: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
376: your BIOS options first.
377: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
378: To do this, write <i>CD2:3.9/amd64/floppy39.fs</i> to a floppy, then
379: boot from the floppy drive.
380:
381: <p>
382: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
383: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
384: INSTALL.amd64 document.
385:
386: <p>
387: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
388: read INSTALL.amd64.
1.68 bentley 389:
390: <h3>OpenBSD/macppc:</h3>
1.1 miod 391:
392: <p>
393: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
394: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
395:
396: <p>
397: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
398: /3.9/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
1.68 bentley 399:
400: <h3>OpenBSD/sparc:</h3>
1.1 miod 401:
402: <p>
403: The 3.9 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
404: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
405: ROM.
406:
1.68 bentley 407: <blockquote><pre>
408: ok <kbd>boot cdrom 3.9/sparc/bsd.rd</kbd>
1.1 miod 409: or
1.68 bentley 410: > <kbd>b sd(0,6,0)3.9/sparc/bsd.rd</kbd>
411: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 miod 412:
413: <p>
414: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
415: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:3.9/sparc/floppy39.fs</i> to a floppy.
1.62 tj 416: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">this page</a>.
1.1 miod 417: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
418: depending on the version of your ROM.
419:
1.68 bentley 420: <blockquote><pre>
421: ok <kbd>boot floppy</kbd>
1.1 miod 422: or
1.68 bentley 423: > <kbd>b fd()</kbd>
424: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 miod 425:
426: <p>
427: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
428: will most likely fail.
429:
430: <p>
431: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
432: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
433: INSTALL.sparc file.
1.68 bentley 434:
435: <h3>OpenBSD/sparc64:</h3>
1.1 miod 436:
437: <p>
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.
1.68 bentley 456:
457: <h3>OpenBSD/alpha:</h3>
1.1 miod 458:
459: <p>
1.69 deraadt 460: Write <i>3.9/alpha/floppy39.fs</i> or
461: <i>3.9/alpha/floppyB39.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
1.1 miod 462: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
463:
464: <p>
465: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
466: will most likely fail.
467:
1.68 bentley 468: <h3>OpenBSD/cats:</h3>
1.1 miod 469:
470: <p>
471: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
1.69 deraadt 472: <i>3.9/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
1.1 miod 473: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
474:
1.68 bentley 475: <h3>OpenBSD/hp300:</h3>
476:
1.1 miod 477: <p>
478: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
1.68 bentley 479:
480: <h3>OpenBSD/hppa:</h3>
1.1 miod 481:
482: <p>
483: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
484: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
1.68 bentley 485:
486: <h3>OpenBSD/luna88k:</h3>
1.1 miod 487:
488: <p>
489: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
490: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
491: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
1.68 bentley 492:
493: <h3>OpenBSD/mac68k:</h3>
1.1 miod 494:
495: <p>
496: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
1.69 deraadt 497: <i>3.9/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
1.1 miod 498: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
499: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
500:
1.68 bentley 501: <h3>OpenBSD/mvme68k:</h3>
502:
1.1 miod 503: <p>
504: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
505: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
506: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
507: for more details.
1.68 bentley 508:
509: <h3>OpenBSD/mvme88k:</h3>
1.1 miod 510:
511: <p>
512: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
513: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
514: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
515: for more details.
516:
1.68 bentley 517: <h3>OpenBSD/sgi:</h3>
518:
1.1 miod 519: <p>
1.60 tb 520: Burn cd39.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
1.1 miod 521: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
522:
523: <p>
524: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
525: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
526: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
1.68 bentley 527:
528: <h3>OpenBSD/vax:</h3>
1.1 miod 529:
530: <p>
531: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
1.68 bentley 532:
533: <h3>OpenBSD/zaurus:</h3>
1.1 miod 534:
535: <p>
536: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
537: openbsd39_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
538: for a few important details.
1.69 deraadt 539: </section>
1.68 bentley 540:
1.69 deraadt 541: <hr>
1.68 bentley 542:
543: <section id=sourcecode>
1.69 deraadt 544: <h3>Notes about the source code</h3>
1.1 miod 545: <p>
1.71 deraadt 546: <code>src.tar.gz</code> contains a source archive starting at <code>/usr/src</code>.
547: This file contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
1.1 miod 548: in a separate archive. To extract:
1.68 bentley 549: <blockquote><pre>
550: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src</kbd>
551: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
552: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</kbd>
553: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 miod 554: <p>
1.71 deraadt 555: <code>sys.tar.gz</code> contains a source archive starting at <code>/usr/src/sys</code>.
1.1 miod 556: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
557: To extract:
1.68 bentley 558: <blockquote><pre>
559: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</kbd>
560: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
1.69 deraadt 561: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</kbd>
1.68 bentley 562: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 miod 563: <p>
564: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
565: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
566: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
567: Using these files
568: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
569: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
1.68 bentley 570: </section>
571:
1.1 miod 572: <hr>
1.68 bentley 573:
574: <section id=upgrade>
575: <h3>How to upgrade</h3>
1.1 miod 576: <p>
577: If you already have an OpenBSD 3.8 system, and do not want to reinstall,
578: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
1.45 nick 579: <a href="faq/upgrade39.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
1.68 bentley 580: </section>
1.1 miod 581:
582: <hr>
1.68 bentley 583:
584: <section id=ports>
585: <h3>Ports Tree</h3>
1.1 miod 586: <p>
587: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
1.68 bentley 588: <blockquote><pre>
589: # <kbd>cd /usr</kbd>
590: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</kbd>
591: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 miod 592: <p>
593: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.47 jasper 594: read the <a href="faq/faq15.html">ports</a> page
1.1 miod 595: if you know nothing about ports
596: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
597: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
598: OpenBSD ports system.
599: <p>
600: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
1.70 bentley 601: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/cvs.1"> cvs(1)</a> if
1.1 miod 602: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
603: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
604: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
605: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
606: like:
1.68 bentley 607: <blockquote><pre>
1.69 deraadt 608: # <kbd>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_9</kbd>
1.68 bentley 609: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 miod 610: <p>
611: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
612: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
613: server.]
614: <p>
1.69 deraadt 615: Note that most ports are available as packages on our mirrors. Updated
1.1 miod 616: packages for the 3.9 release will be made available if problems arise.
617: <p>
618: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
1.69 deraadt 619: would like to know more, the mailing list
620: <a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
1.68 bentley 621: </section>
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