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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 23: Released May 1, 2006<br>
24: Copyright 1997-2006, Theo de Raadt.<br>
1.68 bentley 25: <cite class=isbn>ISBN 0-9731791-7-1</cite>
1.1 miod 26: <br>
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29: <br>
1.1 miod 30: <ul>
1.72 deraadt 31: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">the FTP page</a> for
1.1 miod 32: a list of mirror machines.
1.68 bentley 33: <li>Go to the <code class=reldir>pub/OpenBSD/3.9/</code> directory on
1.1 miod 34: one of the mirror sites.
1.46 deraadt 35: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata39.html">The 3.9 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 miod 36: of bugs and workarounds.
1.19 deraadt 37: <li>See a <a href="plus39.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
1.1 miod 38: 3.8 and 3.9 releases.
39: </ul>
1.61 tb 40: <p>
1.60 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
1.71 deraadt 43: files fetched via <code>ports.tar.gz</code>.
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1.1 miod 45:
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1.68 bentley 47:
48: <section id=new>
49: <h3>What's New</h3>
1.1 miod 50: <p>
51: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 3.9.
1.19 deraadt 52: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus39.html">changelog</a> leading
1.1 miod 53: to 3.9.
54: <p>
55:
56: <ul>
57:
58: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
59: <ul>
1.44 steven 60: <li> <a href="macppc.html">Some</a> G5-based Apple
1.41 drahn 61: Macintosh machines, including W^X support (currently restricted to 32-bit mode).
1.1 miod 62: <li>Many more audio drivers in the <a href="macppc.html">OpenBSD/macppc</a>
63: port.
1.18 deraadt 64: <li>Support for many system sensors (temperature, voltage, fan speed)
65: via the following subsystems:
66: <ul>
67: <li>Dell's Embedded Server Management
1.68 bentley 68: (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/i386/esm.4">esm</a>)
1.18 deraadt 69: <li>Intelligent Platform Management Interface
1.68 bentley 70: (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ipmi.4">ipmi</a>)
1.18 deraadt 71: <li>I2C/SMBus sensor subsystems found on most motherboards
1.68 bentley 72: (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/iic.4">iic</a>)
1.18 deraadt 73: </ul>
1.1 miod 74: <li>Touchpad on recent Apple laptops
1.68 bentley 75: (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/macppc/tpms.4">tpms</a>).
76: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/nfe.4">nfe</a>,
1.2 deraadt 77: a binary blob free driver for the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet interface.
1.1 miod 78: <li>Opteron systems now have all their PCI buses detected.
1.68 bentley 79: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/cardbus.4">CardBus</a>
1.1 miod 80: and
1.68 bentley 81: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pcmcia.4">PCMCIA</a>
1.1 miod 82: support on <a href="amd64.html">OpenBSD/amd64</a>.
1.68 bentley 83: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ixgb.4">ixgb</a>,
1.8 jsg 84: Intel PRO/10GbE Ethernet.
1.68 bentley 85: <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.
86: <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.
87: <li>Support for new Ralink RT2501 and RT2600 based devices in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ral.4">ral</a>.
88: <li>Support for ASIX AX88178 Gigabit and AX88772 10/100 based devices in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/axe.4">axe(4)</a>.
89: <li>Support for devices incorporating GCT RF transceivers in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/rtw.4">rtw</a>.
90: <li>Zaurus remote control (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/zaurus/zrc.4">zrc</a>) support.
91: <li>Initial Sound Blaster Audigy support in the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/emu.4">emu(4)</a> driver.
92: <li>The Level 1 LXT1001 Gigabit driver has been fixed and now works (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/lge.4">lge(4)</a>).
93: <li>More HP Smart ARRAY controllers recognized by the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ciss.4">ciss(4)</a> driver.
1.19 deraadt 94: <li>Support the Intel i915 AGP.
1.68 bentley 95: <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 96: <ul>
97: <li>ATI's IXP 200/300/400 IDE controllers
98: <li>Broadcom's ServerWorks HT-1000 IDE controller
99: <li>a few older Intel PIIX IDE controllers
100: <li>Broadcom's ServerWorks K2 and HT-1000 SATA controllers
101: <li>VIA's VT6410 and VT8251 SATA controllers
102: <li>some newer NVIDIA SATA controllers
103: </ul>
1.68 bentley 104: <li>Added IBSS support to the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/iwi.4">iwi(4)</a> driver.
105: <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.
106: <li>A lot of fixes and improvements to the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/uaudio.4">uaudio(4)</a> audio driver.
107: <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.
108: <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 109: </ul>
110: <p>
111:
112: <li>New tools:
113: <ul>
1.68 bentley 114: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ftp-proxy.8">ftp-proxy</a>
1.1 miod 115: has been rewritten, and a tftp version,
1.68 bentley 116: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/tftp-proxy.8">tftp-proxy</a>,
1.1 miod 117: has been added.
1.68 bentley 118: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sdiff.1">sdiff</a>,
1.1 miod 119: a side-by-side file comparison tool.
1.68 bentley 120: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/getent.1">getent</a>,
1.29 otto 121: a tool to get entries from the administrative databases.
1.1 miod 122: </ul>
123: <p>
124:
125: <li>New functionality:
126: <ul>
1.68 bentley 127: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ancontrol.8">ancontrol</a>
1.4 miod 128: functionality has been completely merged into
1.68 bentley 129: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ifconfig.8">ifconfig</a>.
130: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/i386/apmd.8">apmd</a>
1.39 ray 131: can be used to increase or decrease CPU speed automatically,
132: depending on CPU usage and, if supported, battery status.
1.68 bentley 133: <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.
134: <li>Userland <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ppp.8">ppp(8)</a> has IPv6 support.
135: <li>A number of fixes and new functionality for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/trunk.4">trunk(4)</a>:
1.34 reyk 136: <ul>
137: <li>New active/passive failover mode
138: <li>Fixed multicast support, for
1.68 bentley 139: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/carp.4">carp(4)</a> and
140: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pfsync.4">pfsync(4)</a>
1.34 reyk 141: over trunk interfaces.
142: <li>Interface capabilities depending on the trunk ports, for full-size
1.68 bentley 143: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/vlan.4">vlan(4)</a> MTUs.
1.34 reyk 144: </ul>
1.60 tb 145: <li>Improved functionality for
1.68 bentley 146: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ipsecctl.8">ipsecctl(8)</a>.
1.42 claudio 147: <li>Added multicast routing to GENERIC.
148: It is now possible to enable multicast routing in the kernel with the
1.68 bentley 149: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sysctl.8">sysctl(8)</a> option net.inet.ip.mforwarding=1.
1.42 claudio 150: <li>It is now possible to set a default
1.68 bentley 151: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/vlan.4">vlan(4)</a> priority via
152: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ifconfig.8">ifconfig(8)</a>.
1.1 miod 153: </ul>
154: <p>
155:
156: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
157: <ul>
1.68 bentley 158: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pcap.3">libpcap</a>
1.13 djm 159: has been updated with most of tcpdump.org's libpcap-0.9.4 API, without
160: the clutter.
1.28 jsg 161: <li>System libraries on most architectures are now compiled with debugging symbols,
1.68 bentley 162: which makes tools like <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gdb.1">gdb(1)</a>
1.60 tb 163: much more useable.
1.30 otto 164: <li>Header files have been rewritten to provide better C99 support.
1.68 bentley 165: <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.
166: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ieee80211.9">ieee80211(9)</a>
1.34 reyk 167: wireless framework has been cleaned up and changed to use red-black
1.68 bentley 168: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/tree.3">tree(3)</a>s
1.34 reyk 169: instead of hash tables.
1.31 otto 170: <li>The complete source tree has been audited for wrong usage of the
1.68 bentley 171: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/queue.3">queue(3)</a>
1.31 otto 172: macros and facilities have been added to detect misuse.
1.37 kjell 173: <li>The
1.68 bentley 174: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mg.1"
1.37 kjell 175: >mg(1)</a> editor now includes an editable minibuffer, vastly improved
176: undo, completion buffers, and many other emacs-like improvements.
1.1 miod 177: </ul>
178: <p>
179:
1.60 tb 180: <li>New functionality for
1.68 bentley 181: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/hostapd.8">hostapd(8)</a>,
1.34 reyk 182: the Host Access Point Daemon:
183: <ul>
184: <li>Support for multiple wireless interfaces and per-interface event rules.
185: <li>New rate keyword for event rules, a requirement for using hostapd as a WIDS.
186: <li>Replaced hash tables with safer red-black
1.68 bentley 187: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/tree.3">tree(3)</a>s.
1.34 reyk 188: <li>Improved multicast support and configuration options.
189: <li>Various bug fixes and improvements.
190: </ul>
191: <p>
192:
1.1 miod 193: <li>OpenSSH 4.3:
194: <ul>
195: <li>Generate protocol 2 RSA keys in
1.68 bentley 196: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ssh-keygen.1">ssh-keygen</a>
1.1 miod 197: by default.
198: <li>Support for tunneling arbitrary network packets over a connection between
199: an OpenSSH client and server, as a true VPN.
200: <li>Many additional bug fixes, as described in the
1.64 tb 201: <a href="https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.3">release announcement</a>.
1.1 miod 202: </ul>
203: <p>
204:
1.32 claudio 205: <li>OpenBGPD 3.9:
206: <ul>
207: <li>Support for inbound and outbound soft reconfiguration.
208: <li>Added possibility to remove communities.
209: <li>Added new special community value "neighbor-as" which is expanded to
210: the remote-AS of the current neighbor.
211: <li>Support for a unprivileged bgpctl socket added, which can be used for
212: looking glass style applications.
213: <li>Even better IPv6 support.
214: </ul>
215: <p>
216:
1.36 norby 217: <li>OpenOSPFD 3.9:
218: <ul>
219: <li>Neighbor Finite State Machine has been greatly improved.
220: <li>Network redistribution has been reworked.
221: <li>CARP interfaces and their behaviour is now respected.
222: <li>LSA Retransmission has been greatly improved.
223: <li>Each area is now calculated individually when needed.
224: <li>OSPF packet reception performance has been improved.
225: <li>Neighbor uptimes are now displayed with "ospfctl show neighbor".
226: <li>RIB uptimes are now displayed with "ospfctl show rib".
227: </ul>
228: <p>
229:
1.3 espie 230: <li>Over 3200 ports, 3000 pre-built packages, improved package tools (updating
231: packages from the previous release is now possible).
1.1 miod 232: <p>
233:
234: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
235: <p>
236:
237: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
238: <ul>
239: <li>X.Org 6.9.0 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers
240: (+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)
241: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
1.68 bentley 242: (+ <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gcc-local.1">patches</a>)
1.1 miod 243: and 3.3.5
1.68 bentley 244: (+ <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gcc-local.1">patches</a>)
1.1 miod 245: <li>Perl 5.8.6 (+ patches)
246: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
247: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7g (+ patches)
248: <li>Groff 1.15
249: <li>Sendmail 8.13.4, with libmilter
250: <li>Bind 9.3.1 (+ patches)
251: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
252: <li>Sudo 1.6.8p9
253: <li>Ncurses 5.2
254: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
255: <li>Heimdal 0.7 (+ patches)
256: <li>Arla 0.35.7
257: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
258: <li>Gdb 6.3
259: </ul>
260:
261: </ul>
1.68 bentley 262: </section>
1.1 miod 263:
264: <hr>
1.68 bentley 265:
266: <section id=install>
267: <h3>How to install</h3>
1.1 miod 268: <p>
269: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
270: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
271: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
272: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
273: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
274: purchased a CDROM instead.
275: <p>
276:
277: <hr>
278: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
279: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.9 on your machine:
280: <p>
281: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 282: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/i386/INSTALL.i386">
283: .../OpenBSD/3.9/i386/INSTALL.i386 (on CD1)</a>
1.1 miod 284: <p>
1.69 deraadt 285: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
286: .../OpenBSD/3.9/amd64/INSTALL.amd64 (on CD2)</a>
287: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
288: .../OpenBSD/3.9/macppc/INSTALL.macppc (on CD2)</a>
289: <p>
290: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
291: .../OpenBSD/3.9/sparc/INSTALL.sparc (on CD3)</a>
292: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64">
293: .../OpenBSD/3.9/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64 (on CD3)</a>
294: <p>
295: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
296: .../OpenBSD/3.9/alpha/INSTALL.alpha</a>
297: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/cats/INSTALL.cats">
298: .../OpenBSD/3.9/cats/INSTALL.cats</a>
299: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/hp300/INSTALL.hp300">
300: .../OpenBSD/3.9/hp300/INSTALL.hp300</a>
301: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
302: .../OpenBSD/3.9/hppa/INSTALL.hppa</a>
303: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k">
304: .../OpenBSD/3.9/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k</a>
305: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k">
306: .../OpenBSD/3.9/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k</a>
307: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k">
308: .../OpenBSD/3.9/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k</a>
309: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k">
310: .../OpenBSD/3.9/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k</a>
311: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
312: .../OpenBSD/3.9/sgi/INSTALL.sgi</a>
313: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/vax/INSTALL.vax">
314: .../OpenBSD/3.9/vax/INSTALL.vax</a>
315: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus">
316: .../OpenBSD/3.9/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus</a>
1.1 miod 317: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 318: </section>
319:
1.1 miod 320: <hr>
321:
1.68 bentley 322: <section id=quickinstall>
323:
1.1 miod 324: <p>
325: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
326: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
327: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
1.68 bentley 328:
329: <h3>OpenBSD/i386:</h3>
330:
1.1 miod 331: <p>
332: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
333: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
334: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
335: <i>CD1:3.9/i386/floppy39.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
336:
337: <p>
338: Use <i>CD1:3.9/i386/floppyB39.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
339: support, or <i>CD1:3.9/i386/floppyC39.fs</i> for better laptop support.
340:
341: <p>
342: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
343: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
344: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
345:
346: <p>
347: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
348: read INSTALL.i386.
349:
350: <p>
351: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
352: at <i>CD1:3.9/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
1.44 steven 353: use the
1.68 bentley 354: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dd.1">dd(1)</a>
1.44 steven 355: utility. The following is an example usage of
1.68 bentley 356: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dd.1">dd(1)</a>,
1.1 miod 357: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
358: "rfd0a".
359:
1.68 bentley 360: <blockquote><pre>
1.69 deraadt 361: # <kbd>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</kbd>
1.68 bentley 362: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 miod 363:
364: <p>
365: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
366: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
367: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
1.62 tj 368: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">this page</a>.
1.68 bentley 369:
370: <h3>OpenBSD/amd64:</h3>
1.1 miod 371:
372: <p>
373: The 3.9 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
374: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
375: your BIOS options first.
376: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
377: To do this, write <i>CD2:3.9/amd64/floppy39.fs</i> to a floppy, then
378: boot from the floppy drive.
379:
380: <p>
381: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
382: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
383: INSTALL.amd64 document.
384:
385: <p>
386: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
387: read INSTALL.amd64.
1.68 bentley 388:
389: <h3>OpenBSD/macppc:</h3>
1.1 miod 390:
391: <p>
392: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
393: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
394:
395: <p>
396: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
397: /3.9/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
1.68 bentley 398:
399: <h3>OpenBSD/sparc:</h3>
1.1 miod 400:
401: <p>
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:
1.68 bentley 406: <blockquote><pre>
407: ok <kbd>boot cdrom 3.9/sparc/bsd.rd</kbd>
1.1 miod 408: or
1.68 bentley 409: > <kbd>b sd(0,6,0)3.9/sparc/bsd.rd</kbd>
410: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 miod 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.
1.62 tj 415: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">this page</a>.
1.1 miod 416: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
417: depending on the version of your ROM.
418:
1.68 bentley 419: <blockquote><pre>
420: ok <kbd>boot floppy</kbd>
1.1 miod 421: or
1.68 bentley 422: > <kbd>b fd()</kbd>
423: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 miod 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.
1.68 bentley 433:
434: <h3>OpenBSD/sparc64:</h3>
1.1 miod 435:
436: <p>
437: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
438:
439: <p>
440: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
441: <i>CD3:3.9/sparc64/floppy39.fs</i> or <i>CD3:3.9/sparc64/floppyB39.fs</i>
442: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
443: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
444:
445: <p>
446: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
447: will most likely fail.
448:
449: <p>
450: You can also write <i>CD3:3.9/sparc64/miniroot39.fs</i> to the swap partition on
451: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
452:
453: <p>
454: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
1.68 bentley 455:
456: <h3>OpenBSD/alpha:</h3>
1.1 miod 457:
458: <p>
1.69 deraadt 459: Write <i>3.9/alpha/floppy39.fs</i> or
460: <i>3.9/alpha/floppyB39.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
1.1 miod 461: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
462:
463: <p>
464: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
465: will most likely fail.
466:
1.68 bentley 467: <h3>OpenBSD/cats:</h3>
1.1 miod 468:
469: <p>
470: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
1.69 deraadt 471: <i>3.9/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
1.1 miod 472: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
473:
1.68 bentley 474: <h3>OpenBSD/hp300:</h3>
475:
1.1 miod 476: <p>
477: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
1.68 bentley 478:
479: <h3>OpenBSD/hppa:</h3>
1.1 miod 480:
481: <p>
482: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
483: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
1.68 bentley 484:
485: <h3>OpenBSD/luna88k:</h3>
1.1 miod 486:
487: <p>
488: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
489: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
490: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
1.68 bentley 491:
492: <h3>OpenBSD/mac68k:</h3>
1.1 miod 493:
494: <p>
495: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
1.69 deraadt 496: <i>3.9/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
1.1 miod 497: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
498: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
499:
1.68 bentley 500: <h3>OpenBSD/mvme68k:</h3>
501:
1.1 miod 502: <p>
503: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
504: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
505: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
506: for more details.
1.68 bentley 507:
508: <h3>OpenBSD/mvme88k:</h3>
1.1 miod 509:
510: <p>
511: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
512: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
513: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
514: for more details.
515:
1.68 bentley 516: <h3>OpenBSD/sgi:</h3>
517:
1.1 miod 518: <p>
1.60 tb 519: Burn cd39.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
1.1 miod 520: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
521:
522: <p>
523: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
524: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
525: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
1.68 bentley 526:
527: <h3>OpenBSD/vax:</h3>
1.1 miod 528:
529: <p>
530: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
1.68 bentley 531:
532: <h3>OpenBSD/zaurus:</h3>
1.1 miod 533:
534: <p>
535: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
536: openbsd39_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
537: for a few important details.
1.69 deraadt 538: </section>
1.68 bentley 539:
1.69 deraadt 540: <hr>
1.68 bentley 541:
542: <section id=sourcecode>
1.69 deraadt 543: <h3>Notes about the source code</h3>
1.1 miod 544: <p>
1.71 deraadt 545: <code>src.tar.gz</code> contains a source archive starting at <code>/usr/src</code>.
546: This file contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
1.1 miod 547: in a separate archive. To extract:
1.68 bentley 548: <blockquote><pre>
549: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src</kbd>
550: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
551: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</kbd>
552: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 miod 553: <p>
1.71 deraadt 554: <code>sys.tar.gz</code> contains a source archive starting at <code>/usr/src/sys</code>.
1.1 miod 555: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
556: To extract:
1.68 bentley 557: <blockquote><pre>
558: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</kbd>
559: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
1.69 deraadt 560: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</kbd>
1.68 bentley 561: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 miod 562: <p>
563: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
564: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
565: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
566: Using these files
567: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
568: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
1.68 bentley 569: </section>
570:
1.1 miod 571: <hr>
1.68 bentley 572:
573: <section id=upgrade>
574: <h3>How to upgrade</h3>
1.1 miod 575: <p>
576: If you already have an OpenBSD 3.8 system, and do not want to reinstall,
577: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
1.45 nick 578: <a href="faq/upgrade39.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
1.68 bentley 579: </section>
1.1 miod 580:
581: <hr>
1.68 bentley 582:
583: <section id=ports>
584: <h3>Ports Tree</h3>
1.1 miod 585: <p>
586: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
1.68 bentley 587: <blockquote><pre>
588: # <kbd>cd /usr</kbd>
589: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</kbd>
590: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 miod 591: <p>
592: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.47 jasper 593: read the <a href="faq/faq15.html">ports</a> page
1.1 miod 594: if you know nothing about ports
595: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
596: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
597: OpenBSD ports system.
598: <p>
599: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
1.70 bentley 600: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/cvs.1"> cvs(1)</a> if
1.1 miod 601: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
602: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
603: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
604: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
605: like:
1.68 bentley 606: <blockquote><pre>
1.69 deraadt 607: # <kbd>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_9</kbd>
1.68 bentley 608: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 miod 609: <p>
610: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
611: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
612: server.]
613: <p>
1.69 deraadt 614: Note that most ports are available as packages on our mirrors. Updated
1.1 miod 615: packages for the 3.9 release will be made available if problems arise.
616: <p>
617: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
1.69 deraadt 618: would like to know more, the mailing list
619: <a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
1.68 bentley 620: </section>
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