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1.1 deraadt 23: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 4.1 Release:</font></h2>
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1.91 jj 25: Released May 1, 2007<br>
1.1 deraadt 26: Copyright 1997-2007, Theo de Raadt.<br>
27: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9731791-9-4</font>
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1.90 deraadt 29: <a href="lyrics.html#41">4.1 Song: "Puffy Baba and the 40 Vendors"</a>
1.1 deraadt 30: <p>
31:
32: <a href="#new">What's New</a><br>
33: <a href="#install">How to install</a><br>
34: <a href="#upgrade">How to upgrade</a><br>
35: <a href="#ports">How to use the ports tree</a><br>
36: <a href="orders.html">Ordering a CD set</a><br>
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39: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
40: To get the files for this release:
41: <ul>
42: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
43: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
44: a list of mirror machines.
45: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/4.1/</font> directory on
46: one of the mirror sites.
47: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
1.10 deraadt 48: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata41.html">The 4.1 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 deraadt 49: of bugs and workarounds.
1.9 deraadt 50: <li>See a <a href="plus41.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
1.1 deraadt 51: 4.0 and 4.1 releases.
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56: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
57: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
58: XF4.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The distribution
59: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
60: the CDROM because of lack of space.
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66: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
67: <p>
68: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 4.1.
1.9 deraadt 69: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus41.html">changelog</a> leading
1.1 deraadt 70: to 4.1.
71: <p>
72:
73: <ul>
74:
75: <li>New/extended platforms:
76: <ul>
1.4 dlg 77: <li><a href="landisk.html">OpenBSD/landisk</a>.<br>
1.2 deraadt 78: Various SH4-based appliances, made by IO-Data and resold by Plextor.
1.1 deraadt 79: <li><a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a>.<br>
1.31 kettenis 80: UltraSPARC III based machines are now supported even better, and
81: run at full speed now!
1.1 deraadt 82: </ul>
83: <p>
84:
1.6 deraadt 85: <li>Removed platforms:
86: <ul>
87: <li><a href="cats.html">OpenBSD/cats</a>.<br>
1.14 henning 88: Because the machines are very hard to find, and the developers
1.6 deraadt 89: hate them.
90: </ul>
91: <p>
92:
1.1 deraadt 93: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
94: <ul>
1.7 dlg 95: <li>New USB client controller support:
96: <ul>
97: <li>Support for the USB client functionality in the
1.28 henning 98: <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 99: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=usbf&sektion=4">usbf(4)</a> midlayer for USB Client controllers.
100: <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.
101: </ul>
1.8 dlg 102: <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 103: <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 104: <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 105: <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.
106: <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 107: <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 108: <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.
109: <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.
110: <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.
111: <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.
112: <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.
1.83 kettenis 113: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mesh&sektion=4&arch=macppc">mesh(4)</a> driver for the on-board SCSI controller of old world Apple Power Macintosh systems.
114: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mc&sektion=4&arch=macppc">mc(4)</a> driver for the on-board Ethernet of many old world Apple Power Macintosh systems
1.33 kettenis 115: <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 116: <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 117: <li>The <a href="amd64.html">OpenBSD/amd64</a>
1.35 otto 118: platform now has more accurate and robust time keeping.
1.37 tom 119: <li>The <a href="i386.html">OpenBSD/i386</a>
120: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=boot&sektion=8&arch=i386">boot(8)</a>
121: program now works properly on Intel-based Macs.
1.75 tom 122: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide(4)</a> driver has had support added for newer chipsets, including:
1.48 jasper 123: <ul>
1.75 tom 124: <li>AMD CS5536 IDE;
125: </li><li>Intel i31244;
126: </li><li>NVIDIA MCP67 PATA, MCP67 SATA.
1.48 jasper 127: </li></ul>
1.52 jasper 128: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=com&sektion=4">com(4)</a> driver now supports ST16C654 devices.
1.75 tom 129: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=adt&sektion=4">adt(4)</a> driver supports some newer chipsets, such as the ADT7475.
1.84 gwk 130: <li>The <a href="macppc.html">OpenBSD/macppc</a> platform now automatically turns the machine back on following an unexpected loss of power.
131: <li>boot.mac an XCOFF formated boot loader for <a href="macppc.html">OpenBSD/macppc</a> capable of booting on many old world macs.
1.1 deraadt 132: </ul>
133: <p>
134:
135: <li>New tools:
136: <ul>
1.57 deanna 137: <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
1.70 deraadt 138: the same name, significantly smaller and more maintainable.
1.65 deanna 139: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hoststated&sektion=8">hoststated(8)</a>, a layer 3 and layer 7 server load balancing daemon with host monitoring capacities.
1.73 fkr 140: <li>new BSD-licensed <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ripd&sektion=8">ripd(8)</a>.
1.69 espie 141: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgplg&sektion=8">bgplg(8)</a>, a CGI looking glass for OpenBGPD, is now available for use with the system httpd.
1.88 aanriot 142: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgplgsh&sektion=8">bgplgsh(8)</a>, a looking glass shell for OpenBGPD, is now available for use as a restricted read-only command line interface.
1.1 deraadt 143: </ul>
144: <p>
145:
146: <li>New functionality:
147: <ul>
1.27 henning 148: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=syslogd&sektion=8">syslogd(8)</a>
149: can now pipe logs directly to other programs, making real-time log analysis easier.
1.70 deraadt 150: <li>The IP_RECVTTL
1.30 henning 151: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ip&sektion=4">ip(4)</a>
1.21 henning 152: socket option allows programs to receive the incoming ttl on raw and udp sockets.
1.70 deraadt 153: <li>The IP_MINTTL
1.30 henning 154: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ip&sektion=4">ip(4)</a>
1.21 henning 155: socket option allows programs to ask the kernel to discard any packets with a ttl
1.29 henning 156: smaller than the given one, for implementing the IP TTL security hack aka the Generalized
1.21 henning 157: TTL Security Mechanism specified in RFC 3682.
1.70 deraadt 158: <li>Multiple, independent routing tables, with
1.30 henning 159: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>
1.23 henning 160: acting as selector.
1.30 henning 161: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=route&sektion=8">route(8)</a>
1.23 henning 162: can be told which table to work with now, and routing daemons have been modified to
163: cope as well.
1.70 deraadt 164: <li>The
1.30 henning 165: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pflog&sektion=4">pflog(4)</a>
1.23 henning 166: interface is now clonable.
1.30 henning 167: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>
1.23 henning 168: can log to multiple pflog interfaces now, each rule can specify which pflog interface
169: to log to.
1.30 henning 170: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pflogd&sektion=8">pflogd(8)</a> and
171: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=spamlogd&sektion=8">spamlogd(8)</a>
1.23 henning 172: can now be told which pflog interface to work with.
1.70 deraadt 173: <li>The
1.30 henning 174: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfsync&sektion=4">pfsync(4)</a>
1.23 henning 175: interface is now clonable as well, thus only there when actually needed.
1.24 henning 176: <li>
1.30 henning 177: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfctl&sektion=8">pfctl(8)</a>
1.24 henning 178: can now expire table entries.
1.87 mcbride 179: <li><i>keep state</i> is now the default for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf.conf&sektion=5">pf.conf(5)</a> rules, as is the <i>flags S/SA</i> option on TCP connections. <i>no state</i> and <i>flags any</i> can be used to disable stateful filtering or TCP flags checking.
180: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfctl&sektion=8">pfctl(8)</a> ruleset optimiser can be enabled in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf.conf&sektion=5">pf.conf(5)</a>.
181: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> anchors can now be loaded inline in the main <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf.conf&sektion=5">pf.conf(5)</a> and can be printed recursively.
1.70 deraadt 182: <li>Allow
1.30 henning 183: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>
1.70 deraadt 184: rules inside anchors to have their counters reset, and make counter read
185: & reset an atomic operation.
1.24 henning 186: <li>
1.30 henning 187: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sensorsd&sektion=8">sensorsd(8)</a>
1.24 henning 188: dampens status changes now, thus not alerting for a single wrong sensor read, since many
189: sensors lie once in a while.
1.46 beck 190: <li>
1.82 jcs 191: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=spamd&sektion=8">spamd(8)</a> and
192: <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 193: <li>
1.82 jcs 194: <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.
1.66 reyk 195: <li>
196: The
197: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge(4)</a> driver and the
198: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=brconfig&sektion=8">brconfig(8)</a> tool now support
199: the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP).
200: The new RSTP mode is now used by default when enabled with the <em>stp</em> option.
1.77 krw 201: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cd&sektion=4">cd(4)</a> now supports reading from region protected DVDs.
202: <li>Detect
203: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mount_msdos&sektion=8">MS-DOS filesystems</a>
204: and spoof disklabel partitions for them even when there is no MBR, e.g. on some newer iPods.
1.1 deraadt 205: </ul>
206: <p>
207: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
208: <ul>
1.25 otto 209: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fsck_ffs&sektion=8">fsck_ffs(8)</a>
210: command has been improved to be more robust to various forms of inode and
211: superblock corruption.
212: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=top&sektion=1">top(1)</a>
213: command got some new ways of filtering the display.
1.36 kurt 214: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pthreads&sektion=3">pthreads(3)</a>
215: file descriptor handling has been improved to eliminate several race and deadlock conditions and improve performance.
1.38 tom 216: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mount_msdos&sektion=8">MS-DOS filesystem</a>
217: has had a potential corruption issue fixed, and is more reliable when given
218: a corrupted filesystem to mount.
1.76 krw 219: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mount_msdos&sektion=8">MS-DOS filesystem</a>
220: and the
221: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fdisk&sektion=8&arch=i386">fdisk(8)</a>
222: command have been enhanced to work on devices with 2048 byte sectors,
223: e.g. newer iPods.
1.47 niallo 224: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rcs&sektion=1">OpenRCS</a> tools
1.54 niallo 225: are smarter at handling files, especially when dealing with binary files.
226: GNU RCS compatibility has also been improved.
1.56 jasper 227: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mg&sektion=1">mg(1)</a>
228: editor now displays column numbers in the status bar. It has also
229: received several improvements which make it more reliable: line
230: numbers, file insertions, and search wrapping all now work as
1.55 jasper 231: expected.
1.64 deanna 232: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systat&sektion=1">systat(1)</a>
1.63 deanna 233: command has a cleaner look, and a display was added for hardware sensors.
1.68 kettenis 234: <li>The <a href="alpha.html">OpenBSD/alpha</a> platform now uses gcc3.
1.77 krw 235: <li>Improved support for usb attached cd drives and ever more odd
236: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umass&sektion=4">umass(4)</a>
1.79 jmc 237: devices.
1.77 krw 238: <li>Don't treat NetBSD or FreeBSD MBR partitions as substitutes for an OpenBSD partition. i.e. don't try to boot from them or use them to store OpenBSD disklabels.
1.47 niallo 239: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 240: <p>
241:
1.88 aanriot 242: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
1.1 deraadt 243: <ul>
1.70 deraadt 244: <li>More reliable detection of disk and cd devices.
245: <li>More reliable installation from MSDOS FAT partitions.
246: <li>New sanity check in case sets for the wrong architecture are selected.
247: <li>No need to specify the filesystem types of source partitions during disk
248: or cd installs.
249: <li>No need to select a source partition during disk or cd installs when
250: there is only one to choose from.
1.1 deraadt 251: </ul>
252: <p>
253:
1.17 henning 254: <li>OpenBGPD 4.1:
255: <ul>
1.79 jmc 256: <li>Fixes for sessions with tcp md5sig and ipsec. Now sessions can be migrated
1.70 deraadt 257: from and to any form of ipsec and tcpmd5 with just a simple
258: <em>bgpctl reload</em>, and the session migrates the next time it gets
259: established.
260: <li>Include file support in the config parser.
261: <li>Can now use the new IP_MINTTL socket option to implement the ttl security
262: mechanism.
1.17 henning 263: </ul>
264: <p>
265:
1.78 claudio 266: <li>OpenOSPFD 4.1:
267: <ul>
268: <li>Reload support added. It is no longer needed to restart ospfd after a
269: configuration change.
270: <li>Multiple networks per interface are now supported.
271: <li>It is now possible to specify the route metric and type for each
272: redistribution rule.
273: </ul>
274: <p>
275:
1.17 henning 276: <li>OpenNTPD 4.1:
277: <ul>
1.70 deraadt 278: <li>Greatly improved support for timedelta sensors.
279: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ntpd&sektion=8">ntpd</a>
280: now uses a strictly monotonically increasing time (uptime, basically)
281: for its internal timers, so setting the system clock doesn't influence
282: query rates, trust levels, etc. any more.
1.17 henning 283: </ul>
284: <p>
285:
1.86 djm 286: <li>OpenSSH 4.6:
287: <ul>
288: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd</a>
289: now allows the enabling and disabling of authentication
290: methods on a per user, group, host and network basis via the
291: <em>Match</em> directive in
292: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd_config&sektion=5">sshd_config(5)</a>.
293: </ul>
294: <p>
295:
1.71 pvalchev 296: <li>Over 4200 ports, 4000 pre-built packages (for i386), minor robustness improvements
1.40 espie 297: in package tools. Some highlights:
298: <ul>
299: <li>gstreamer-0.10 tools.
300: <li>OpenOffice.org package, available through ftp for size reasons.
301: <li>KDE 3.5.6 and koffice 1.6.2.
1.45 espie 302: <li>a large (> 500) number of new/updated perl modules, from CPAN, including
303: most of the catalyst web framework.
1.42 bernd 304: <li>NetBeans 5.5 Java IDE.
1.43 jasper 305: <li>updated Linux emulation support by using Fedora Core libraries.
1.44 jasper 306: <li>Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.2 (with translations).
307: <li>PostgreSQL 8.2.3.
1.40 espie 308: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 309: <p>
310:
311: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
312: <p>
313:
314: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
315: <ul>
316: <li>X.Org 6.9.0 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers
317: (+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)
318: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
319: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
320: and 3.3.5
321: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
322: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
1.15 henning 323: <li>our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
1.1 deraadt 324: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
325: <li>Groff 1.15
1.11 david 326: <li>Sendmail 8.14.0, with libmilter
327: <li>Bind 9.3.4 (+ patches)
1.1 deraadt 328: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
329: <li>Sudo 1.6.8p9
330: <li>Ncurses 5.2
331: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
332: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
333: <li>Arla 0.35.7
334: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
335: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
336: </ul>
337: <p>
338:
339: </ul>
340:
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342: <hr>
343: <p>
344: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
345: <p>
346: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
347: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
348: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
349: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
350: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
351: purchased a CDROM instead.
352: <p>
353:
354: <hr>
355: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
356: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.1 on your machine:
357: <p>
358: <ul>
359: <li>CD1:4.1/i386/INSTALL.i386
360: <p>
361: <li>CD2:4.1/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
362: <li>CD2:4.1/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
363: <p>
364: <li>CD3:4.1/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
365: <li>CD3:4.1/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
366: <p>
367: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
368: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/armish/INSTALL.armish
369: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
370: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
1.3 deraadt 371: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
1.1 deraadt 372: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
373: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
374: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
375: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
376: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
377: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/vax/INSTALL.vax
378: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
379: </ul>
380: <hr>
381:
382: <p>
383: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
384: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
385: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
386: <p>
387:
388: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
389: <ul>
390: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
391: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
392: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
393: <i>CD1:4.1/i386/floppy41.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
394:
395: <p>
396: Use <i>CD1:4.1/i386/floppyB41.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
397: support, or <i>CD1:4.1/i386/floppyC41.fs</i> for better laptop support.
398:
399: <p>
400: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
401: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
402: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
403:
404: <p>
405: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
406: read INSTALL.i386.
407:
408: <p>
409: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
410: at <i>CD1:4.1/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
411: use the
412: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
413: utility. The following is an example usage of
414: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
415: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
416: "rfd0a".
417:
418: <ul><pre>
419: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
420: </pre></ul>
421:
422: <p>
423: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
424: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
425: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
426: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
427: </ul>
428:
429: <p>
430: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
431: <ul>
432: The 4.1 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
433: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
434: your BIOS options first.
435: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
436: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.1/amd64/floppy41.fs</i> to a floppy, then
437: boot from the floppy drive.
438:
439: <p>
440: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
441: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
442: INSTALL.amd64 document.
443:
444: <p>
445: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
446: read INSTALL.amd64.
447: </ul>
448:
449: <p>
450: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
451: <ul>
452: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
453: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
454:
455: <p>
456: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
457: /4.1/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
458: </ul>
459:
460: <p>
461: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
462: <ul>
463: The 4.1 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
464: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
465: ROM.
466:
467: <ul><pre>
468: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.1/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
469: or
470: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.1/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
471: </pre></ul>
472:
473: <p>
474: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
475: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:4.1/sparc/floppy41.fs</i> to a floppy.
476: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
477: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
478: depending on the version of your ROM.
479:
480: <ul><pre>
481: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
482: or
483: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
484: </pre></ul>
485:
486: <p>
487: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
488: will most likely fail.
489:
490: <p>
491: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
492: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
493: INSTALL.sparc file.
494: </ul>
495:
496: <p>
497: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
498: <ul>
499: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
500:
501: <p>
502: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
503: <i>CD3:4.1/sparc64/floppy41.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.1/sparc64/floppyB41.fs</i>
504: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
505: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
506:
507: <p>
508: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
509: will most likely fail.
510:
511: <p>
512: You can also write <i>CD3:4.1/sparc64/miniroot41.fs</i> to the swap partition on
513: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
514:
515: <p>
516: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
517: </ul>
518:
519: <p>
520: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
521: <ul>
522: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.1/alpha/floppy41.fs</i> or
523: <i>FTP:4.1/alpha/floppyB41.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
524: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
525:
526: <p>
527: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
528: will most likely fail.
529:
530: </ul>
531:
532: <p>
533: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
534: <ul>
535: <p>
536: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
537: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
538: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
539: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
540: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
541: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
542: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
543: </ul>
544:
545: <p>
1.3 deraadt 546: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 547: <ul>
548: <p>
1.3 deraadt 549: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
1.1 deraadt 550: </ul>
551:
552: <p>
1.3 deraadt 553: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 554: <ul>
555: <p>
1.3 deraadt 556: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
557: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
1.1 deraadt 558: </ul>
559:
560: <p>
1.3 deraadt 561: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 562: <ul>
1.11 david 563: <p>
1.3 deraadt 564: Write <i>CD3:4.1/landisk/miniroot41.fs</i> to the start of the CF
565: or disk, and boot normally.
1.1 deraadt 566: </ul>
567:
568: <p>
569: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
570: <ul>
571: <p>
572: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
573: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
574: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
575: </ul>
576:
577: <p>
578: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
579: <ul>
580: <p>
581: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
582: <i>FTP:4.1/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
583: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
584: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
585: </ul>
586:
587: <p>
588: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
589: <ul>
590: <p>
591: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
592: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
593: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
594: for more details.
595: </ul>
596:
597: <p>
598: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
599: <ul>
600: <p>
601: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
602: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
603: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
604: for more details.
605: </ul>
606:
607: <p>
608: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
609: <ul>
610: <p>
611: Burn cd41.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
612: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
613:
614: <p>
615: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
616: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
617: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
618: </ul>
619:
620: <p>
621: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
622: <ul>
623: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
624: </ul>
625:
626: <p>
627: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
628: <ul>
629: <p>
630: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
631: openbsd41_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
632: for a few important details.
633: </ul>
634:
635: <p>
636: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
637: <ul>
638: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
639: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
640: in a separate archive. To extract:
641: <p>
642: <ul><pre>
643: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
644: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
645: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
646: </pre></ul>
647: <p>
648: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
649: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
650: To extract:
651: <p>
652: <ul><pre>
653: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
654: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
655: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
656: </pre></ul>
657: <p>
658: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
659: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
660: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
661: Using these files
662: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
663: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
664: <p>
665: </ul>
666:
667: <a name="upgrade"></a>
668: <hr>
669: <p>
670: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
671: <p>
672: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.0 system, and do not want to reinstall,
673: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
674: <a href="faq/upgrade41.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
675:
676: <a name="ports"></a>
677: <hr>
678: <p>
679: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
680: <p>
681: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
682: <p>
683: <ul><pre>
684: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
685: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
686: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
687: </pre></ul>
688: <p>
689: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.92 jasper 690: read the <a href="faq/faq15.html">ports</a> page
1.1 deraadt 691: if you know nothing about ports
692: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
693: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
694: OpenBSD ports system.
695: <p>
696: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
697: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
698: cvs(1)</a> if
699: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
700: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
701: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
702: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
703: like:
704: <p>
705: <ul><pre>
1.11 david 706: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_1</strong>
1.1 deraadt 707: </pre></ul>
708: <p>
709: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
710: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
711: server.]
712: <p>
713: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
714: packages for the 4.1 release will be made available if problems arise.
715: <p>
716: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
717: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
718: place to know.
719: <p>
720:
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