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26: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 4.2 Release:</font></h2>
27: <p>
28: To be released Nov 1, 2007<br>
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30: Copyright 1997-2007, Theo de Raadt.<br>
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40: <a href="#new">What's New</a><br>
41: <a href="#install">How to install</a><br>
42: <a href="#upgrade">How to upgrade</a><br>
43: <a href="#ports">How to use the ports tree</a><br>
44: <a href="orders.html">Ordering a CD set</a><br>
45:
46: <p>
47: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
48: To get the files for this release:
49: <ul>
50: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
51: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
52: a list of mirror machines.
53: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/4.2/</font> directory on
54: one of the mirror sites.
55: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
56: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata.html">The 4.2 Errata page</a> for a list
57: of bugs and workarounds.
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59: <li>See a <a href="plus.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
60: 4.1 and 4.2 releases.
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62: </ul>
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64: <br clear=all>
65:
66: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
67: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
68: XF4.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The distribution
69: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
70: the CDROM because of lack of space.
71: <p>
72:
73: <a name="new"></a>
74: <hr>
75: <p>
76: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
77: <p>
78: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 4.2.
79: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus.html">changelog</a> leading
80: to 4.2.
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174: <li>Over 4500 ports, 4300 pre-built packages (for i386), minor robustness improvements in package tools.
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176: Some highlights:
177: <ul>
1.3 ! jasper 178: <li>Gnome 2.18
! 179: <li>KDE 3.5.7 and koffice 1.6.3
! 180: <li>Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 (with translations)
! 181: <li>PostgreSQL 8.2.4
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183: <p>
184:
185: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
186: <p>
187:
188: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
189: <ul>
190: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.2.0 + patches, freetype 2.2.1, fontconfig
191: 2.4.2, expat 2.0.0, Mesa 6.5.2, xterm 225 and more)
192: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
193: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
194: and 3.3.5
195: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
196: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
197: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
198: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
199: <li>Groff 1.15
200: <li>Sendmail 8.14.1, with libmilter
201: <li>Bind 9.3.4 (+ patches)
202: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
203: <li>Sudo 1.6.9p4
204: <li>Ncurses 5.2
205: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
206: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
207: <li>Arla 0.35.7
208: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
209: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
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211: </ul>
212: <p>
213:
214: </ul>
215:
216: <a name="install"></a>
217: <hr>
218: <p>
219: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
220: <p>
221: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
222: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
223: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
224: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
225: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
226: purchased a CDROM instead.
227: <p>
228:
229: <hr>
230: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
231: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.2 on your machine:
232: <p>
233: <ul>
234: <li>CD1:4.2/i386/INSTALL.i386
235: <p>
236: <li>CD2:4.2/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
237: <li>CD2:4.2/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
238: <p>
239: <li>CD3:4.2/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
240: <p>
241: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
242: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/armish/INSTALL.armish
243: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
244: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
245: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
246: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
247: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
248: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
249: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
250: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
251: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
252: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/vax/INSTALL.vax
253: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
254: </ul>
255: <hr>
256:
257: <p>
258: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
259: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
260: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
261: <p>
262:
263: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
264: <ul>
265: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
266: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
267: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
268: <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
269:
270: <p>
271: Use <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyB42.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
272: support, or <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyC42.fs</i> for better laptop support.
273:
274: <p>
275: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
276: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
277: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
278:
279: <p>
280: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
281: read INSTALL.i386.
282:
283: <p>
284: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
285: at <i>CD1:4.2/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
286: use the
287: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
288: utility. The following is an example usage of
289: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
290: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
291: "rfd0a".
292:
293: <ul><pre>
294: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
295: </pre></ul>
296:
297: <p>
298: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
299: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
300: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
301: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
302: </ul>
303:
304: <p>
305: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
306: <ul>
307: The 4.2 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
308: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
309: your BIOS options first.
310: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
311: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.2/amd64/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy, then
312: boot from the floppy drive.
313:
314: <p>
315: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
316: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
317: INSTALL.amd64 document.
318:
319: <p>
320: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
321: read INSTALL.amd64.
322: </ul>
323:
324: <p>
325: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
326: <ul>
327: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
328: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
329:
330: <p>
331: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
332: /4.2/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
333: </ul>
334:
335: <p>
336: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
337: <ul>
338: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
339:
340: <p>
341: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
342: <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppy42.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppyB42.fs</i>
343: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
344: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
345:
346: <p>
347: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
348: will most likely fail.
349:
350: <p>
351: You can also write <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/miniroot42.fs</i> to the swap partition on
352: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
353:
354: <p>
355: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
356: </ul>
357:
358: <p>
359: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
360: <ul>
361: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppy42.fs</i> or
362: <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppyB42.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
363: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
364:
365: <p>
366: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
367: will most likely fail.
368:
369: </ul>
370:
371: <p>
372: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
373: <ul>
374: <p>
375: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
376: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
377: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
378: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
379: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
380: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
381: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
382: </ul>
383:
384: <p>
385: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
386: <ul>
387: <p>
388: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
389: </ul>
390:
391: <p>
392: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
393: <ul>
394: <p>
395: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
396: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
397: </ul>
398:
399: <p>
400: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
401: <ul>
402: <p>
403: Write <i>CD3:4.2/landisk/miniroot42.fs</i> to the start of the CF
404: or disk, and boot normally.
405: </ul>
406:
407: <p>
408: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
409: <ul>
410: <p>
411: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
412: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
413: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
414: </ul>
415:
416: <p>
417: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
418: <ul>
419: <p>
420: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
421: <i>FTP:4.2/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
422: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
423: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
424: </ul>
425:
426: <p>
427: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
428: <ul>
429: <p>
430: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
431: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
432: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
433: for more details.
434: </ul>
435:
436: <p>
437: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
438: <ul>
439: <p>
440: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
441: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
442: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
443: for more details.
444: </ul>
445:
446: <p>
447: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
448: <ul>
449: The 4.2 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
450: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
451: ROM.
452:
453: <ul><pre>
454: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
455: or
456: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
457: </pre></ul>
458:
459: <p>
460: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
461: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:4.2/sparc/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy.
462: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
463: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
464: depending on the version of your ROM.
465:
466: <ul><pre>
467: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
468: or
469: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
470: </pre></ul>
471:
472: <p>
473: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
474: will most likely fail.
475:
476: <p>
477: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
478: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
479: INSTALL.sparc file.
480: </ul>
481:
482: <p>
483: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
484: <ul>
485: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
486: </ul>
487:
488: <p>
489: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
490: <ul>
491: <p>
492: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
493: openbsd42_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
494: for a few important details.
495: </ul>
496:
497: <p>
498: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
499: <ul>
500: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
501: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
502: in a separate archive. To extract:
503: <p>
504: <ul><pre>
505: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
506: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
507: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
508: </pre></ul>
509: <p>
510: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
511: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
512: To extract:
513: <p>
514: <ul><pre>
515: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
516: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
517: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
518: </pre></ul>
519: <p>
520: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
521: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
522: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
523: Using these files
524: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
525: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
526: <p>
527: </ul>
528:
529: <a name="upgrade"></a>
530: <hr>
531: <p>
532: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
533: <p>
534: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.1 system, and do not want to reinstall,
535: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
536: <a href="faq/upgrade42.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
537:
538: <a name="ports"></a>
539: <hr>
540: <p>
541: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
542: <p>
543: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
544: <p>
545: <ul><pre>
546: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
547: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
548: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
549: </pre></ul>
550: <p>
551: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
552: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
553: if you know nothing about ports
554: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
555: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
556: OpenBSD ports system.
557: <p>
558: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
559: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
560: cvs(1)</a> if
561: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
562: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
563: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
564: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
565: like:
566: <p>
567: <ul><pre>
568: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_2</strong>
569: </pre></ul>
570: <p>
571: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
572: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
573: server.]
574: <p>
575: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
576: packages for the 4.2 release will be made available if problems arise.
577: <p>
578: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
579: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
580: place to know.
581: <p>
582:
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