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24: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 4.2 Release:</font></h2>
25: <p>
26: To be released Nov 1, 2007<br>
27: Copyright 1997-2007, Theo de Raadt.<br>
28: <font color="#e00000">ISBN XXX</font>
29: <br>
30: <a href="lyrics.html#42">4.2 Song: "XXX"</a>
31: <p>
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/4.2/</font> directory on
47: one of the mirror sites.
48: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
1.20 deraadt 49: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata42.html">The 4.2 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 jasper 50: of bugs and workarounds.
1.20 deraadt 51: <li>See a <a href="plus42.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
1.1 jasper 52: 4.1 and 4.2 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 4.2.
1.20 deraadt 70: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus42.html">changelog</a> leading
1.1 jasper 71: to 4.2.
72: <p>
73:
74: <ul>
75:
76: <li>New/extended platforms:
77: <ul>
1.15 kettenis 78: <li><a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a>.<br>
79: The PCIe UltraSPARC IIIi machines like the V215 and V245 are now
80: supported.
1.18 kettenis 81: <li><a href="hppa.html">OpenBSD/hppa</a>.<br>
1.15 kettenis 82: Four-digit B/C/J-class workstations like the B2000, C3750 or J6750
83: are now supported (in 32-bit mode).
1.1 jasper 84: </ul>
85: <p>
86:
87: <li>Removed platforms:
88: <ul>
89: <li>...
90: </ul>
91: <p>
92:
93: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
94: <ul>
1.11 matthieu 95: <li> Native Serial-ATA support:
96: <ul>
1.24 dlg 97: <li> <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ahci&sektion=4">ahci(4)</a>
98: driver for SATA controllers conforming to the Advanced Host Controller
99: Interface specification.
100: <li> <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sili&sektion=4">sili(4)</a>
101: driver for SATA controllers using the Silicon Image 3124/3132/3531 SATALink
102: chipsets.
1.11 matthieu 103: </ul>
1.24 dlg 104: <li> New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tht&sektion=4">tht(4)</a>
105: driver for Tehuti Networks 10Gb Ethernet controllers.
1.8 matthieu 106: <li> New <a
107: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uts&sektion=4">uts(4)</a>
108: driver for USB touch screens, and the <a
109: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xtsscale&sektion=1">xtsscale(1)</a>
110: calibration utility.
1.22 kettenis 111: <li> The <a
112: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=siop&sektion=4">siop(4)</a>
113: driver now has support for NCR 53C720/770 controllers in big endian mode.
114: In particular this means that the onboard Fast-Wide SCSI on many hppa
115: machines is supported now.
1.25 jsg 116: <li> The <a
117: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malo&sektion=4">malo(4)</a>
118: driver now supports Marvell 88W8385 802.11g based Compact Flash devices.
119: <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:
120: <ul>
121: <li>Intel ICH8M PATA
122: <li>JMicron JMB36x PATA
123: <li>VIA CX700/VX700 PATA
124: </ul>
1.27 jasper 125: <li> New <a
126: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=led&arch=sparc64">led(4)</a>
127: driver for the front panel LEDs on the V215/245.
128: <li> New <a
129: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bbc&arch=sparc64">bbc(4)</a>
130: driver providing support for the BootBus Controllers in UltraSparc III systems.
131: <li> New <a
132: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pmc&arch=sparc64">pmc(4)</a>
133: driver for the
134: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=watchdog§ion=4">
135: watchdog(4)</a> timer on the National Semiconductor PC87317 SuperIO chip.
1.31 david 136: <li>New <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=astro&sektion=4&arch=hppa>astro(4)</a> driver for the Astro Memory and I/O controller on hppa.
137: <li>New <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=elroy&sektion=4&arch=hppa>elroy(4)</a> driver for the Elroy PCI hostbridge on hppa.
138: <li>New <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=jmb&sektion=4&arch=i386>jmb(4)</a> driver for the JMicron JMB36x SATA II and PATA Host Controller.
139: <li>New <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lcd&sektion=4&arch=hppa>lcd(4)</a> driver for the front panel LCD display on hppa.
140: <li>New <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=piixpcib&sektion=4&arch=i386>piixpcib(4)</a> driver for Intel PIIX4 ISA bridges on i386.
141: <li>New <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pxammc&sektion=4&arch=zaurus>pxammc(4)</a> driver for the MMC/SD/SDIO controller on zaurus.
142: <li>New <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pyro&sektion=4&arch=sparc64>pyro(4)</a> driver for the SPARC64 Host/PCIe bridge.
143: <li>New <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssio&sektion=4&arch=hppa>ssio(4)</a> driver for the National Semiconductor PC87560 Legacy IO on hppa.
1.1 jasper 144: </ul>
145: <p>
1.8 matthieu 146:
1.1 jasper 147:
148: <li>New tools:
149: <ul>
1.10 matthieu 150: <li> <a
151: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cwm&sektion=1">cwm(1)</a>
152: has replaced wm2 as a simple-looking low-resource window manager.
1.26 jsg 153: <li> <a
154: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zless&sektion=1">zless(1)</a>,
155: view compressed files with
156: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=less&sektion=1">less(1)</a>.
1.31 david 157: <li><a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mount_vnd&sektion=8&arch=i386>mount_vnd(8)</a>, a utility to configure vnode disks from <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fstab&sektion=5&arch=i386>fstab(5)</a>.
1.1 jasper 158: </ul>
159: <p>
1.10 matthieu 160:
1.1 jasper 161:
162: <li>New functionality:
163: <ul>
1.14 otto 164: <li>FFS2, the updated version of the fast file system.
1.23 kili 165: <li><a
166: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>
167: now can send cookies loaded from a netscape-like cookiejar, supports
168: proxies requiring a password, and has a keep-alive option to avoid
169: over-agressive control connection dropping.
1.29 espie 170: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pkg_add&sektion=1">pkg_add(1)</a> has been vastly improved. It is more robust, outputs more
171: consistent error messages, and can deal with a lot more update scenarios
172: gracefully. It also has much better look-up capabilities for multiple entries
173: in <code>PKG_PATH</code>, stopping at the first directory with suitable
174: candidates.
1.30 simon 175: <li><a
176: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp-proxy&sektion=8">ftp-proxy(8)</a>
177: is now able to automatically tag packets passing through the <a
178: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> rule with a supplied name.
1.31 david 179: <li>Kernel work queues,
180: <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=workq_add_task&sektion=9&arch=i386>workq_add_task(9)</a>,
181: <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=workq_create&sektion=9&arch=i386>workq_create(9)</a>,
182: <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=workq_destroy&sektion=9&arch=i386>workq_destroy(9)</a> provides a mechanism to defer tasks to a process context when it is impossible to run such a task in the current context.
1.1 jasper 183: </ul>
184: <p>
185:
186: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
187: <ul>
1.29 espie 188: <li>Large (>1TB) disk and partition support in the disklabel and buffer cache
1.14 otto 189: code and in the userland utilities that manipulate disk blocks. Note
190: that some parts of the system are not 64-bit disk block clean yet, so partition
191: larger than 2TB cannot be used at the moment.
1.16 jasper 192: <li>Thread support for the Objective-C library (libobjc).
1.1 jasper 193: </ul>
194: <p>
195:
196: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
197: <ul>
198: <li>...
199: </ul>
200: <p>
201:
202: <li>OpenBGPD 4.2:
203: <ul>
1.28 claudio 204: <li>Include support for Four-octet AS Number Space.
205: <li>Allow matching on communities using 0 in the AS part.
206: <li>Filtering on IPv6 prefixes is now possible.
207: <li>Various bugs in the encoding of multiprotocol updates were fixed.
208: <li>Allow the use of pkill -HUP bgpd to reload the config.
1.1 jasper 209: </ul>
210: <p>
211:
212: <li>OpenNTPD 4.2:
213: <ul>
214: <li>...
215: </ul>
216: <p>
217:
218: <li>OpenOSPFD 4.2:
219: <ul>
1.28 claudio 220: <li>Added support for RFC 3137: OSPF Stub Router Advertisement
221: <li>It is possible to specify a carp demote group on interfaces and areas.
222: <li>Added support for mapping route labels to AS-external route tags and vice versa.
223: <li>Allow the use of pkill -HUP ospfd to reload the config.
1.1 jasper 224: </ul>
225: <p>
226:
227: <li>OpenSSH 4.7:
228: <ul>
229: <li>...
230: </ul>
231: <p>
232:
233: <li>Over 4500 ports, 4300 pre-built packages (for i386), minor robustness improvements in package tools.
234: <!-- XXX update numbers -->
235: Some highlights:
236: <ul>
1.4 jasper 237: <li>Gnome 2.18.
1.16 jasper 238: <li>GNUstep 1.14.
1.4 jasper 239: <li>KDE 3.5.7 and koffice 1.6.3.
1.7 steven 240: <li>Xfce 4.4.1.
1.17 mbalmer 241: <li>OpenMotif 2.3.0
1.9 steven 242: <li>OpenOffice.org 2.2.1.
243: <li>Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6.
1.4 jasper 244: <li>PostgreSQL 8.2.4.
1.5 jasper 245: <li>GHC 6.6.1 (amd64 and i386 only)
1.1 jasper 246: </ul>
247: <p>
248:
249: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
250: <p>
251:
252: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
253: <ul>
1.19 matthieu 254: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.2 + patches, freetype 2.2.1, fontconfig
1.1 jasper 255: 2.4.2, expat 2.0.0, Mesa 6.5.2, xterm 225 and more)
256: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
257: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
258: and 3.3.5
259: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
260: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
261: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
262: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
263: <li>Groff 1.15
264: <li>Sendmail 8.14.1, with libmilter
265: <li>Bind 9.3.4 (+ patches)
266: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
267: <li>Sudo 1.6.9p4
268: <li>Ncurses 5.2
269: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
270: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
271: <li>Arla 0.35.7
272: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
273: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
274: <!-- XXX double check versions -->
275: </ul>
276: <p>
277:
278: </ul>
279:
280: <a name="install"></a>
281: <hr>
282: <p>
283: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
284: <p>
285: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
286: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
287: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
288: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
289: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
290: purchased a CDROM instead.
291: <p>
292:
293: <hr>
294: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
295: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.2 on your machine:
296: <p>
297: <ul>
298: <li>CD1:4.2/i386/INSTALL.i386
299: <p>
300: <li>CD2:4.2/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
301: <li>CD2:4.2/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
302: <p>
303: <li>CD3:4.2/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
304: <p>
305: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
306: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/armish/INSTALL.armish
307: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
308: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
309: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
310: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
311: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
312: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
313: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
314: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
315: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/vax/INSTALL.vax
316: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
317: </ul>
318: <hr>
319:
320: <p>
321: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
322: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
323: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
324: <p>
325:
326: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
327: <ul>
328: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
329: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
330: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
331: <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
332:
333: <p>
334: Use <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyB42.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
335: support, or <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyC42.fs</i> for better laptop support.
336:
337: <p>
338: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
339: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
340: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
341:
342: <p>
343: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
344: read INSTALL.i386.
345:
346: <p>
347: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
348: at <i>CD1:4.2/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
349: use the
350: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
351: utility. The following is an example usage of
352: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
353: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
354: "rfd0a".
355:
356: <ul><pre>
357: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
358: </pre></ul>
359:
360: <p>
361: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
362: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
363: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
364: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
365: </ul>
366:
367: <p>
368: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
369: <ul>
370: The 4.2 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
371: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
372: your BIOS options first.
373: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
374: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.2/amd64/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy, then
375: boot from the floppy drive.
376:
377: <p>
378: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
379: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
380: INSTALL.amd64 document.
381:
382: <p>
383: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
384: read INSTALL.amd64.
385: </ul>
386:
387: <p>
388: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
389: <ul>
390: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
391: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
392:
393: <p>
394: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
395: /4.2/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
396: </ul>
397:
398: <p>
399: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
400: <ul>
401: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
402:
403: <p>
404: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
405: <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppy42.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppyB42.fs</i>
406: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
407: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
408:
409: <p>
410: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
411: will most likely fail.
412:
413: <p>
414: You can also write <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/miniroot42.fs</i> to the swap partition on
415: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
416:
417: <p>
418: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
419: </ul>
420:
421: <p>
422: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
423: <ul>
424: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppy42.fs</i> or
425: <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppyB42.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
426: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
427:
428: <p>
429: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
430: will most likely fail.
431:
432: </ul>
433:
434: <p>
435: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
436: <ul>
437: <p>
438: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
439: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
440: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
441: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
442: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
443: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
444: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
445: </ul>
446:
447: <p>
448: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
449: <ul>
450: <p>
451: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
452: </ul>
453:
454: <p>
455: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
456: <ul>
457: <p>
458: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
459: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
460: </ul>
461:
462: <p>
463: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
464: <ul>
465: <p>
1.21 deraadt 466: Write <i>miniroot42.fs</i> to the start of the CF
1.1 jasper 467: or disk, and boot normally.
468: </ul>
469:
470: <p>
471: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
472: <ul>
473: <p>
474: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
475: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
476: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
477: </ul>
478:
479: <p>
480: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
481: <ul>
482: <p>
483: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
484: <i>FTP:4.2/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
485: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
486: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
487: </ul>
488:
489: <p>
490: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
491: <ul>
492: <p>
493: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
494: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
495: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
496: for more details.
497: </ul>
498:
499: <p>
500: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
501: <ul>
502: <p>
503: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
504: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
505: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
506: for more details.
507: </ul>
508:
509: <p>
510: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
511: <ul>
1.21 deraadt 512: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
513: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
1.1 jasper 514:
515: <ul><pre>
516: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
517: or
518: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
519: </pre></ul>
520:
521: <p>
522: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
1.21 deraadt 523: To do so you need to write <i>floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy.
1.1 jasper 524: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
525: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
526: depending on the version of your ROM.
527:
528: <ul><pre>
529: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
530: or
531: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
532: </pre></ul>
533:
534: <p>
535: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
536: will most likely fail.
537:
538: <p>
539: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
540: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
541: INSTALL.sparc file.
542: </ul>
543:
544: <p>
545: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
546: <ul>
547: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
548: </ul>
549:
550: <p>
551: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
552: <ul>
553: <p>
554: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
555: openbsd42_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
556: for a few important details.
557: </ul>
558:
559: <p>
560: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
561: <ul>
562: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
563: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
564: in a separate archive. To extract:
565: <p>
566: <ul><pre>
567: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
568: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
569: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
570: </pre></ul>
571: <p>
572: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
573: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
574: To extract:
575: <p>
576: <ul><pre>
577: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
578: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
579: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
580: </pre></ul>
581: <p>
582: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
583: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
584: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
585: Using these files
586: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
587: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
588: <p>
589: </ul>
590:
591: <a name="upgrade"></a>
592: <hr>
593: <p>
594: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
595: <p>
596: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.1 system, and do not want to reinstall,
597: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
598: <a href="faq/upgrade42.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
599:
600: <a name="ports"></a>
601: <hr>
602: <p>
603: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
604: <p>
605: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
606: <p>
607: <ul><pre>
608: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
609: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
610: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
611: </pre></ul>
612: <p>
613: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
614: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
615: if you know nothing about ports
616: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
617: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
618: OpenBSD ports system.
619: <p>
620: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
621: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
622: cvs(1)</a> if
623: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
624: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
625: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
626: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
627: like:
628: <p>
629: <ul><pre>
630: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_2</strong>
631: </pre></ul>
632: <p>
633: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
634: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
635: server.]
636: <p>
637: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
638: packages for the 4.2 release will be made available if problems arise.
639: <p>
640: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
641: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
642: place to know.
643: <p>
644:
645: <hr>
646: <a href="index.html"><img height="24" width="24" src="back.gif" border="0"
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