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24: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 4.1 Release:</font></h2>
25: <p>
1.11 david 26: To be released May 1, 2007<br>
1.1 deraadt 27: Copyright 1997-2007, Theo de Raadt.<br>
28: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9731791-9-4</font>
29: <br>
30: <a href="lyrics.html#41">4.1 Song: (not yet announced)</a>
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32:
33: <a href="#new">What's New</a><br>
34: <a href="#install">How to install</a><br>
35: <a href="#upgrade">How to upgrade</a><br>
36: <a href="#ports">How to use the ports tree</a><br>
37: <a href="orders.html">Ordering a CD set</a><br>
38:
39: <p>
40: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
41: To get the files for this release:
42: <ul>
43: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
44: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
45: a list of mirror machines.
46: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/4.1/</font> directory on
47: one of the mirror sites.
48: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
1.10 deraadt 49: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata41.html">The 4.1 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 deraadt 50: of bugs and workarounds.
1.9 deraadt 51: <li>See a <a href="plus41.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
1.1 deraadt 52: 4.0 and 4.1 releases.
53: </ul>
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56:
57: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
58: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
59: XF4.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The distribution
60: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
61: the CDROM because of lack of space.
62: <p>
63:
64: <a name="new"></a>
65: <hr>
66: <p>
67: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
68: <p>
69: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 4.1.
1.9 deraadt 70: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus41.html">changelog</a> leading
1.1 deraadt 71: to 4.1.
72: <p>
73:
74: <ul>
75:
76: <li>New/extended platforms:
77: <ul>
1.4 dlg 78: <li><a href="landisk.html">OpenBSD/landisk</a>.<br>
1.2 deraadt 79: Various SH4-based appliances, made by IO-Data and resold by Plextor.
1.1 deraadt 80: <li><a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a>.<br>
1.31 kettenis 81: UltraSPARC III based machines are now supported even better, and
82: run at full speed now!
1.59 deanna 83: <li><a href="alpha.html">OpenBSD/alpha</a>.<br>
84: The alpha platform now uses gcc3.
1.1 deraadt 85: </ul>
86: <p>
87:
1.6 deraadt 88: <li>Removed platforms:
89: <ul>
90: <li><a href="cats.html">OpenBSD/cats</a>.<br>
1.14 henning 91: Because the machines are very hard to find, and the developers
1.6 deraadt 92: hate them.
93: </ul>
94: <p>
95:
1.1 deraadt 96: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
97: <ul>
1.7 dlg 98: <li>New USB client controller support:
99: <ul>
100: <li>Support for the USB client functionality in the
1.28 henning 101: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pxaudc&sektion=4&arch=zaurus">pxaudc(4)</a> driver on the Zaurus.
1.7 dlg 102: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=usbf&sektion=4">usbf(4)</a> midlayer for USB Client controllers.
103: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cdcef&sektion=4">cdcef(4)</a> driver for providing a CDCE function on USB client controllers.
104: </ul>
1.8 dlg 105: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cas&sektion=4">cas(4)</a> driver for Sun Cassini 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet devices.
1.12 jsg 106: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uow&sektion=4">uow(4)</a> driver for Maxim/Dallas DS2490 USB 1-Wire devices.
1.13 jsg 107: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=owsbm&sektion=4">owsbm(4)</a> driver for 1-Wire smart battery monitor devices.
1.12 jsg 108: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zyd&sektion=4">zyd(4)</a> driver for ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network devices.
109: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=moscom&sektion=4">moscom(4)</a> driver for MosChip Semiconductor MCS7703 based USB serial adapters.
1.37 tom 110: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=glxsb&sektion=4&arch=i386">glxsb(4)</a> driver for hardware random numbers and AES acceleration on the AMD Geode LX processor.
1.12 jsg 111: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vic&sektion=4">vic(4)</a> driver for VMware VMXnet Virtual Interface Controllers.
112: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malo&sektion=4">malo(4)</a> driver for Marvell Libertas IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network devices.
113: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pwdog&sektion=4">pwdog(4)</a> driver for Quancom PWDOG1 watchdog timer devices.
114: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uberry&sektion=4">uberry(4)</a> driver for Research In Motion Blackberry devices.
115: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mbg&sektion=4">mbg(4)</a> driver for Meinberg Funkuhren radio clocks.
1.33 kettenis 116: <li>Improved <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=msk&sektion=4">msk(4)</a> driver now supports many more Marvell Yukon-2 variants including dual port cards and fiber cards.
1.34 kettenis 117: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gem&sektion=4">gem(4)</a> driver now supports fiber cards.
1.37 tom 118: <li>The <a href="amd64.html">OpenBSD/amd64</a>
1.35 otto 119: platform now has more accurate and robust time keeping.
1.37 tom 120: <li>The <a href="i386.html">OpenBSD/i386</a>
121: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=boot&sektion=8&arch=i386">boot(8)</a>
122: program now works properly on Intel-based Macs.
1.48 jasper 123: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide(4)</a> driver supporting newer chipsets, such as:
124: <ul>
125: <li>AMD CS5536 IDE
126: </li><li>Intel i31244
127: </li><li>NVIDIA MCP67 PATA, MCP67 SATA
128: </li></ul>
1.52 jasper 129: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=com&sektion=4">com(4)</a> driver now supports ST16C654 devices.
1.56 jasper 130: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=adt&sektion=4">adt(4)</a> driver supporting newer chipsets, such as the ADT7475.
1.1 deraadt 131: </ul>
132: <p>
133:
134: <li>New tools:
135: <ul>
1.57 deanna 136: <li>BSD-licensed <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pkg-config&sektion=1">pkg-config(1)</a>, a complete rewrite of the GNU tool of
1.39 espie 137: the same name.
1.58 pyr 138: <li><a href=""http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hoststated&sektion=1">hoststated(8)</a>, a layer 3 and layer 7 server load balancing daemon with host monitoring capacities.
1.1 deraadt 139: </ul>
140: <p>
141:
142: <li>New functionality:
143: <ul>
1.27 henning 144: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=syslogd&sektion=8">syslogd(8)</a>
145: can now pipe logs directly to other programs, making real-time log analysis easier.
1.21 henning 146: <li>the IP_RECVTTL
1.30 henning 147: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ip&sektion=4">ip(4)</a>
1.21 henning 148: socket option allows programs to receive the incoming ttl on raw and udp sockets.
149: <li>the IP_MINTTL
1.30 henning 150: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ip&sektion=4">ip(4)</a>
1.21 henning 151: socket option allows programs to ask the kernel to discard any packets with a ttl
1.29 henning 152: smaller than the given one, for implementing the IP TTL security hack aka the Generalized
1.21 henning 153: TTL Security Mechanism specified in RFC 3682.
1.23 henning 154: <li>multiple, independent routing tables, with
1.30 henning 155: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>
1.23 henning 156: acting as selector.
1.30 henning 157: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=route&sektion=8">route(8)</a>
1.23 henning 158: can be told which table to work with now, and routing daemons have been modified to
159: cope as well.
160: <li>the
1.30 henning 161: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pflog&sektion=4">pflog(4)</a>
1.23 henning 162: interface is now clonable.
1.30 henning 163: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>
1.23 henning 164: can log to multiple pflog interfaces now, each rule can specify which pflog interface
165: to log to.
1.30 henning 166: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pflogd&sektion=8">pflogd(8)</a> and
167: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=spamlogd&sektion=8">spamlogd(8)</a>
1.23 henning 168: can now be told which pflog interface to work with.
169: <li>the
1.30 henning 170: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfsync&sektion=4">pfsync(4)</a>
1.23 henning 171: interface is now clonable as well, thus only there when actually needed.
1.24 henning 172: <li>
1.30 henning 173: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfctl&sektion=8">pfctl(8)</a>
1.24 henning 174: can now expire table entries.
175: <li>allow
1.30 henning 176: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>
1.29 henning 177: rules inside anchors to have their counters reset, and make counter read & reset an
1.24 henning 178: atomic operation.
179: <li>
1.30 henning 180: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sensorsd&sektion=8">sensorsd(8)</a>
1.24 henning 181: dampens status changes now, thus not alerting for a single wrong sensor read, since many
182: sensors lie once in a while.
1.46 beck 183: <li>
184: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=spamd&sektion=8">spamd (8)</a> and
185: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=spamlogd&sektion=8">spamlogd (8)</a> now support synchronisation of the greylist database across multiple hosts. The greytrapping mechanism now allows for whole domain traps, and noticing out of order MX use.
1.51 beck 186: <li>
187: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=spamd&sektion=8">spamd (8)</a> database format has changed from DB_BTREE to DB_HASH for much better performance on large installations with big databases.
1.1 deraadt 188: </ul>
189: <p>
190: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
191: <ul>
1.25 otto 192: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fsck_ffs&sektion=8">fsck_ffs(8)</a>
193: command has been improved to be more robust to various forms of inode and
194: superblock corruption.
195: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=top&sektion=1">top(1)</a>
196: command got some new ways of filtering the display.
1.36 kurt 197: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pthreads&sektion=3">pthreads(3)</a>
198: file descriptor handling has been improved to eliminate several race and deadlock conditions and improve performance.
1.38 tom 199: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mount_msdos&sektion=8">MS-DOS filesystem</a>
200: has had a potential corruption issue fixed, and is more reliable when given
201: a corrupted filesystem to mount.
1.47 niallo 202: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rcs&sektion=1">OpenRCS</a> tools
1.54 niallo 203: are smarter at handling files, especially when dealing with binary files.
204: GNU RCS compatibility has also been improved.
1.56 jasper 205: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mg&sektion=1">mg(1)</a>
206: editor now displays column numbers in the status bar. It has also
207: received several improvements which make it more reliable: line
208: numbers, file insertions, and search wrapping all now work as
1.55 jasper 209: expected.
1.64 ! deanna 210: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systat&sektion=1">systat(1)</a>
1.63 deanna 211: command has a cleaner look, and a display was added for hardware sensors.
1.47 niallo 212: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 213: <p>
214:
215: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes
216: <ul>
1.61 krw 217: <li>more reliable detection of disk and cd devices
1.60 krw 218: <li>more reliable installation from MSDOS FAT partitions
1.62 krw 219: <li>new sanity check in case sets for the wrong architecture are selected
1.60 krw 220: <li>no need to specify the filesystem types of source partitions during disk
221: or cd installs
222: <li>no need to select a source partition during disk or cd installs when
223: there is only one to choose from
1.1 deraadt 224: </ul>
225: <p>
226:
1.11 david 227: <li>OpenSSH 4.6:
1.1 deraadt 228: <ul>
1.5 deraadt 229: <li>...
1.1 deraadt 230: </ul>
231: <p>
232:
1.17 henning 233: <li>OpenBGPD 4.1:
234: <ul>
1.19 henning 235: <li>fixes for sessions with tcp md5sig and ipsec. now sessions can be migrated from and to any
236: form of ipsec and tcpmd5 with just a simple <em>bgpctl reload</em>, and the session migrates
237: the next time it gets established.
1.22 henning 238: <li>include file support in the config parser
239: <li>bgpd can use the new IP_MINTTL socket option to implement the ttl security mechanism
1.17 henning 240: </ul>
241: <p>
242:
243: <li>OpenOSPFD 4.1:
244: <ul>
245: <li>...
246: </ul>
247: <p>
248:
249: <li>OpenDVMRPD 4.1:
250: <ul>
1.60 krw 251: <li>use filesystem info in disklabel to automatically mount disk partition
252: <li>when using disk as a source for sets automatically mount the 'c' partition if it has a filesystem type, or any partition if it is the only one with a filesystem type
253: <li>provide an extra sanity check by looking for INSTALL.xxx in the set source, and asking for confirmation if it is missing
1.17 henning 254: </ul>
255: <p>
256:
257: <li>OpenRIPD 4.1:
258: <ul>
259: <li>...
260: </ul>
261: <p>
262:
263: <li>OpenNTPD 4.1:
264: <ul>
1.18 henning 265: <li>greatly improved support for timedelta sensors
1.20 henning 266: <li>ntpd now uses a strictly monotonically increasing time (uptime, basically) for its internal
1.29 henning 267: timers, so setting the system clock doesn't influence query rates, trust levels, etc. any more.
1.17 henning 268: </ul>
269: <p>
270:
1.40 espie 271: <li>Over 4200 ports, NNNN pre-built packages, minor robustness improvements
272: in package tools. Some highlights:
273: <ul>
274: <li>gstreamer-0.10 tools.
275: <li>OpenOffice.org package, available through ftp for size reasons.
276: <li>KDE 3.5.6 and koffice 1.6.2.
1.45 espie 277: <li>a large (> 500) number of new/updated perl modules, from CPAN, including
278: most of the catalyst web framework.
1.42 bernd 279: <li>NetBeans 5.5 Java IDE.
1.43 jasper 280: <li>updated Linux emulation support by using Fedora Core libraries.
1.44 jasper 281: <li>Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.2 (with translations).
282: <li>PostgreSQL 8.2.3.
1.40 espie 283: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 284: <p>
285:
286: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
287: <p>
288:
289: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
290: <ul>
291: <li>X.Org 6.9.0 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers
292: (+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)
293: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
294: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
295: and 3.3.5
296: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
297: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
1.15 henning 298: <li>our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
1.1 deraadt 299: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
300: <li>Groff 1.15
1.11 david 301: <li>Sendmail 8.14.0, with libmilter
302: <li>Bind 9.3.4 (+ patches)
1.1 deraadt 303: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
304: <li>Sudo 1.6.8p9
305: <li>Ncurses 5.2
306: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
307: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
308: <li>Arla 0.35.7
309: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
310: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
311: </ul>
312: <p>
313:
314: </ul>
315:
316: <a name="install"></a>
317: <hr>
318: <p>
319: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
320: <p>
321: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
322: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
323: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
324: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
325: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
326: purchased a CDROM instead.
327: <p>
328:
329: <hr>
330: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
331: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.1 on your machine:
332: <p>
333: <ul>
334: <li>CD1:4.1/i386/INSTALL.i386
335: <p>
336: <li>CD2:4.1/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
337: <li>CD2:4.1/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
338: <p>
339: <li>CD3:4.1/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
340: <li>CD3:4.1/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
341: <p>
342: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
343: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/armish/INSTALL.armish
344: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
345: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
1.3 deraadt 346: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
1.1 deraadt 347: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
348: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
349: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
350: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
351: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
352: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/vax/INSTALL.vax
353: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
354: </ul>
355: <hr>
356:
357: <p>
358: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
359: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
360: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
361: <p>
362:
363: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
364: <ul>
365: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
366: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
367: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
368: <i>CD1:4.1/i386/floppy41.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
369:
370: <p>
371: Use <i>CD1:4.1/i386/floppyB41.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
372: support, or <i>CD1:4.1/i386/floppyC41.fs</i> for better laptop support.
373:
374: <p>
375: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
376: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
377: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
378:
379: <p>
380: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
381: read INSTALL.i386.
382:
383: <p>
384: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
385: at <i>CD1:4.1/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
386: use the
387: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
388: utility. The following is an example usage of
389: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
390: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
391: "rfd0a".
392:
393: <ul><pre>
394: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
395: </pre></ul>
396:
397: <p>
398: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
399: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
400: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
401: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
402: </ul>
403:
404: <p>
405: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
406: <ul>
407: The 4.1 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
408: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
409: your BIOS options first.
410: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
411: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.1/amd64/floppy41.fs</i> to a floppy, then
412: boot from the floppy drive.
413:
414: <p>
415: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
416: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
417: INSTALL.amd64 document.
418:
419: <p>
420: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
421: read INSTALL.amd64.
422: </ul>
423:
424: <p>
425: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
426: <ul>
427: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
428: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
429:
430: <p>
431: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
432: /4.1/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
433: </ul>
434:
435: <p>
436: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
437: <ul>
438: The 4.1 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
439: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
440: ROM.
441:
442: <ul><pre>
443: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.1/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
444: or
445: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.1/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
446: </pre></ul>
447:
448: <p>
449: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
450: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:4.1/sparc/floppy41.fs</i> to a floppy.
451: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
452: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
453: depending on the version of your ROM.
454:
455: <ul><pre>
456: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
457: or
458: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
459: </pre></ul>
460:
461: <p>
462: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
463: will most likely fail.
464:
465: <p>
466: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
467: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
468: INSTALL.sparc file.
469: </ul>
470:
471: <p>
472: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
473: <ul>
474: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
475:
476: <p>
477: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
478: <i>CD3:4.1/sparc64/floppy41.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.1/sparc64/floppyB41.fs</i>
479: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
480: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
481:
482: <p>
483: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
484: will most likely fail.
485:
486: <p>
487: You can also write <i>CD3:4.1/sparc64/miniroot41.fs</i> to the swap partition on
488: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
489:
490: <p>
491: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
492: </ul>
493:
494: <p>
495: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
496: <ul>
497: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.1/alpha/floppy41.fs</i> or
498: <i>FTP:4.1/alpha/floppyB41.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
499: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
500:
501: <p>
502: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
503: will most likely fail.
504:
505: </ul>
506:
507: <p>
508: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
509: <ul>
510: <p>
511: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
512: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
513: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
514: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
515: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
516: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
517: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
518: </ul>
519:
520: <p>
1.3 deraadt 521: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 522: <ul>
523: <p>
1.3 deraadt 524: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
1.1 deraadt 525: </ul>
526:
527: <p>
1.3 deraadt 528: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 529: <ul>
530: <p>
1.3 deraadt 531: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
532: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
1.1 deraadt 533: </ul>
534:
535: <p>
1.3 deraadt 536: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 537: <ul>
1.11 david 538: <p>
1.3 deraadt 539: Write <i>CD3:4.1/landisk/miniroot41.fs</i> to the start of the CF
540: or disk, and boot normally.
1.1 deraadt 541: </ul>
542:
543: <p>
544: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
545: <ul>
546: <p>
547: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
548: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
549: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
550: </ul>
551:
552: <p>
553: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
554: <ul>
555: <p>
556: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
557: <i>FTP:4.1/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
558: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
559: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
560: </ul>
561:
562: <p>
563: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
564: <ul>
565: <p>
566: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
567: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
568: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
569: for more details.
570: </ul>
571:
572: <p>
573: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
574: <ul>
575: <p>
576: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
577: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
578: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
579: for more details.
580: </ul>
581:
582: <p>
583: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
584: <ul>
585: <p>
586: Burn cd41.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
587: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
588:
589: <p>
590: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
591: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
592: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
593: </ul>
594:
595: <p>
596: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
597: <ul>
598: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
599: </ul>
600:
601: <p>
602: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
603: <ul>
604: <p>
605: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
606: openbsd41_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
607: for a few important details.
608: </ul>
609:
610: <p>
611: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
612: <ul>
613: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
614: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
615: in a separate archive. To extract:
616: <p>
617: <ul><pre>
618: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
619: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
620: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
621: </pre></ul>
622: <p>
623: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
624: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
625: To extract:
626: <p>
627: <ul><pre>
628: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
629: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
630: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
631: </pre></ul>
632: <p>
633: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
634: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
635: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
636: Using these files
637: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
638: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
639: <p>
640: </ul>
641:
642: <a name="upgrade"></a>
643: <hr>
644: <p>
645: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
646: <p>
647: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.0 system, and do not want to reinstall,
648: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
649: <a href="faq/upgrade41.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
650:
651: <a name="ports"></a>
652: <hr>
653: <p>
654: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
655: <p>
656: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
657: <p>
658: <ul><pre>
659: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
660: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
661: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
662: </pre></ul>
663: <p>
664: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
665: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
666: if you know nothing about ports
667: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
668: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
669: OpenBSD ports system.
670: <p>
671: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
672: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
673: cvs(1)</a> if
674: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
675: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
676: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
677: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
678: like:
679: <p>
680: <ul><pre>
1.11 david 681: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_1</strong>
1.1 deraadt 682: </pre></ul>
683: <p>
684: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
685: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
686: server.]
687: <p>
688: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
689: packages for the 4.1 release will be made available if problems arise.
690: <p>
691: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
692: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
693: place to know.
694: <p>
695:
696: <hr>
697: <a href="index.html"><img height="24" width="24" src="back.gif" border="0"
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