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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>
1.36 deraadt 28: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9784475-0-2</font>
1.1 jasper 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:
1.34 deraadt 87: <li>Platforms skipped this release:
1.1 jasper 88: <ul>
1.34 deraadt 89: <li><a href="sgi.html">OpenBSD/sgi</a>.<br>
1.35 jasper 90: Due to various issues, this architecture will not be released
1.34 deraadt 91: this time.
1.1 jasper 92: </ul>
93: <p>
94:
95: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
96: <ul>
1.11 matthieu 97: <li> Native Serial-ATA support:
98: <ul>
1.24 dlg 99: <li> <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ahci&sektion=4">ahci(4)</a>
100: driver for SATA controllers conforming to the Advanced Host Controller
101: Interface specification.
102: <li> <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sili&sektion=4">sili(4)</a>
103: driver for SATA controllers using the Silicon Image 3124/3132/3531 SATALink
104: chipsets.
1.11 matthieu 105: </ul>
1.24 dlg 106: <li> New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tht&sektion=4">tht(4)</a>
107: driver for Tehuti Networks 10Gb Ethernet controllers.
1.8 matthieu 108: <li> New <a
109: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uts&sektion=4">uts(4)</a>
110: driver for USB touch screens, and the <a
111: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xtsscale&sektion=1">xtsscale(1)</a>
112: calibration utility.
1.22 kettenis 113: <li> The <a
114: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=siop&sektion=4">siop(4)</a>
115: driver now has support for NCR 53C720/770 controllers in big endian mode.
116: In particular this means that the onboard Fast-Wide SCSI on many hppa
117: machines is supported now.
1.25 jsg 118: <li> The <a
119: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malo&sektion=4">malo(4)</a>
120: driver now supports Marvell 88W8385 802.11g based Compact Flash devices.
121: <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:
122: <ul>
123: <li>Intel ICH8M PATA
124: <li>JMicron JMB36x PATA
125: <li>VIA CX700/VX700 PATA
126: </ul>
1.27 jasper 127: <li> New <a
128: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=led&arch=sparc64">led(4)</a>
129: driver for the front panel LEDs on the V215/245.
130: <li> New <a
131: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bbc&arch=sparc64">bbc(4)</a>
132: driver providing support for the BootBus Controllers in UltraSparc III systems.
133: <li> New <a
134: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pmc&arch=sparc64">pmc(4)</a>
135: driver for the
136: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=watchdog§ion=4">
137: watchdog(4)</a> timer on the National Semiconductor PC87317 SuperIO chip.
1.31 david 138: <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.
139: <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.
140: <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.
141: <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.
142: <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.
143: <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.
144: <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.
145: <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.
1.33 gwk 146: <li>New <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=&sektion=4&arch=macppc>xlights(4)</a> driver for the front panel lights on the Xserve G4.
147: <li>New <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sysbutton&sektion=4&arch=macppc>sysbutton(4)</a> driver for the system identification button on the Xserve G4.
148: <li>New <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=piixpcib&sektion=4&arch=i386>piixpcib(4)</a> driver for System Management Mode initiated speedstep frequency scaling on certain pairings of the Intel PIIX4 ISA bridges and Intel Pentium 3 processors.
1.35 jasper 149: <li>New support for the on die CPU temperature sensor found on the Intel Core family of processors.
1.33 gwk 150: <li>CPU frequency and voltage can now be scaled on all CPUs when running GENERIC.MP on a multiprocessor i386 or AMD64 machine with enhanced speedstep or powernow.
151: <li>Intel enhanced speedstep is now supported on OpenBSD/amd64.
1.1 jasper 152: </ul>
153: <p>
1.8 matthieu 154:
1.1 jasper 155:
156: <li>New tools:
157: <ul>
1.10 matthieu 158: <li> <a
159: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cwm&sektion=1">cwm(1)</a>
160: has replaced wm2 as a simple-looking low-resource window manager.
1.26 jsg 161: <li> <a
162: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zless&sektion=1">zless(1)</a>,
163: view compressed files with
164: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=less&sektion=1">less(1)</a>.
1.31 david 165: <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 166: </ul>
167: <p>
1.10 matthieu 168:
1.1 jasper 169:
170: <li>New functionality:
171: <ul>
1.14 otto 172: <li>FFS2, the updated version of the fast file system.
1.23 kili 173: <li><a
174: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>
175: now can send cookies loaded from a netscape-like cookiejar, supports
176: proxies requiring a password, and has a keep-alive option to avoid
177: over-agressive control connection dropping.
1.29 espie 178: <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
179: consistent error messages, and can deal with a lot more update scenarios
180: gracefully. It also has much better look-up capabilities for multiple entries
181: in <code>PKG_PATH</code>, stopping at the first directory with suitable
182: candidates.
1.30 simon 183: <li><a
184: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp-proxy&sektion=8">ftp-proxy(8)</a>
185: is now able to automatically tag packets passing through the <a
186: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> rule with a supplied name.
1.31 david 187: <li>Kernel work queues,
188: <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=workq_add_task&sektion=9&arch=i386>workq_add_task(9)</a>,
189: <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=workq_create&sektion=9&arch=i386>workq_create(9)</a>,
190: <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.
1.37 ! henning 191: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a>
! 192: now understands IP address/mask in CIDR notation.
1.1 jasper 193: </ul>
194: <p>
195:
196: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
197: <ul>
1.29 espie 198: <li>Large (>1TB) disk and partition support in the disklabel and buffer cache
1.14 otto 199: code and in the userland utilities that manipulate disk blocks. Note
200: that some parts of the system are not 64-bit disk block clean yet, so partition
201: larger than 2TB cannot be used at the moment.
1.16 jasper 202: <li>Thread support for the Objective-C library (libobjc).
1.37 ! henning 203: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=carp&sektion=4">carp</a>
! 204: route handling has been fixed, solving some problems the routing daemons were exhibiting
! 205: <li>various improvements in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf</a>
! 206: increase performance drastically, stateful passing more than twice as fast than before
! 207: <li>a change in how the kernel random pool is stirred increases performance with network
! 208: interface cards that support interrupt mitigation a lot.
1.1 jasper 209: </ul>
210: <p>
211:
212: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
213: <ul>
214: <li>...
215: </ul>
216: <p>
217:
218: <li>OpenBGPD 4.2:
219: <ul>
1.28 claudio 220: <li>Include support for Four-octet AS Number Space.
221: <li>Allow matching on communities using 0 in the AS part.
222: <li>Filtering on IPv6 prefixes is now possible.
223: <li>Various bugs in the encoding of multiprotocol updates were fixed.
224: <li>Allow the use of pkill -HUP bgpd to reload the config.
1.37 ! henning 225: <li>bgpctl can filter prefix output by community now
1.1 jasper 226: </ul>
227: <p>
228:
229: <li>OpenNTPD 4.2:
230: <ul>
231: <li>...
232: </ul>
233: <p>
234:
235: <li>OpenOSPFD 4.2:
236: <ul>
1.28 claudio 237: <li>Added support for RFC 3137: OSPF Stub Router Advertisement
238: <li>It is possible to specify a carp demote group on interfaces and areas.
239: <li>Added support for mapping route labels to AS-external route tags and vice versa.
240: <li>Allow the use of pkill -HUP ospfd to reload the config.
1.1 jasper 241: </ul>
242: <p>
243:
244: <li>OpenSSH 4.7:
245: <ul>
246: <li>...
247: </ul>
248: <p>
249:
250: <li>Over 4500 ports, 4300 pre-built packages (for i386), minor robustness improvements in package tools.
251: <!-- XXX update numbers -->
252: Some highlights:
253: <ul>
1.4 jasper 254: <li>Gnome 2.18.
1.16 jasper 255: <li>GNUstep 1.14.
1.4 jasper 256: <li>KDE 3.5.7 and koffice 1.6.3.
1.7 steven 257: <li>Xfce 4.4.1.
1.35 jasper 258: <li>OpenMotif 2.3.0.
1.9 steven 259: <li>OpenOffice.org 2.2.1.
260: <li>Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6.
1.4 jasper 261: <li>PostgreSQL 8.2.4.
1.5 jasper 262: <li>GHC 6.6.1 (amd64 and i386 only)
1.1 jasper 263: </ul>
264: <p>
265:
266: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
267: <p>
268:
269: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
270: <ul>
1.19 matthieu 271: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.2 + patches, freetype 2.2.1, fontconfig
1.1 jasper 272: 2.4.2, expat 2.0.0, Mesa 6.5.2, xterm 225 and more)
273: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
274: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
275: and 3.3.5
276: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
277: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
278: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
279: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
280: <li>Groff 1.15
281: <li>Sendmail 8.14.1, with libmilter
282: <li>Bind 9.3.4 (+ patches)
283: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
284: <li>Sudo 1.6.9p4
285: <li>Ncurses 5.2
286: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
287: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
288: <li>Arla 0.35.7
289: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
290: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
291: <!-- XXX double check versions -->
292: </ul>
293: <p>
294:
295: </ul>
296:
297: <a name="install"></a>
298: <hr>
299: <p>
300: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
301: <p>
302: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
303: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
304: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
305: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
306: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
307: purchased a CDROM instead.
308: <p>
309:
310: <hr>
311: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
312: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.2 on your machine:
313: <p>
314: <ul>
315: <li>CD1:4.2/i386/INSTALL.i386
316: <p>
317: <li>CD2:4.2/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
318: <li>CD2:4.2/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
319: <p>
320: <li>CD3:4.2/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
321: <p>
322: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
323: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/armish/INSTALL.armish
324: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
325: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
326: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
327: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
328: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
329: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
330: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
331: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
332: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/vax/INSTALL.vax
333: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
334: </ul>
335: <hr>
336:
337: <p>
338: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
339: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
340: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
341: <p>
342:
343: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
344: <ul>
345: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
346: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
347: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
348: <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
349:
350: <p>
351: Use <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyB42.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
352: support, or <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyC42.fs</i> for better laptop support.
353:
354: <p>
355: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
356: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
357: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
358:
359: <p>
360: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
361: read INSTALL.i386.
362:
363: <p>
364: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
365: at <i>CD1:4.2/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
366: use the
367: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
368: utility. The following is an example usage of
369: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
370: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
371: "rfd0a".
372:
373: <ul><pre>
374: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
375: </pre></ul>
376:
377: <p>
378: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
379: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
380: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
381: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
382: </ul>
383:
384: <p>
385: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
386: <ul>
387: The 4.2 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
388: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
389: your BIOS options first.
390: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
391: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.2/amd64/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy, then
392: boot from the floppy drive.
393:
394: <p>
395: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
396: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
397: INSTALL.amd64 document.
398:
399: <p>
400: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
401: read INSTALL.amd64.
402: </ul>
403:
404: <p>
405: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
406: <ul>
407: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
408: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
409:
410: <p>
411: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
412: /4.2/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
413: </ul>
414:
415: <p>
416: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
417: <ul>
418: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
419:
420: <p>
421: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
422: <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppy42.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppyB42.fs</i>
423: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
424: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
425:
426: <p>
427: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
428: will most likely fail.
429:
430: <p>
431: You can also write <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/miniroot42.fs</i> to the swap partition on
432: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
433:
434: <p>
435: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
436: </ul>
437:
438: <p>
439: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
440: <ul>
441: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppy42.fs</i> or
442: <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppyB42.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
443: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
444:
445: <p>
446: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
447: will most likely fail.
448:
449: </ul>
450:
451: <p>
452: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
453: <ul>
454: <p>
455: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
456: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
457: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
458: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
459: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
460: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
461: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
462: </ul>
463:
464: <p>
465: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
466: <ul>
467: <p>
468: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
469: </ul>
470:
471: <p>
472: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
473: <ul>
474: <p>
475: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
476: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
477: </ul>
478:
479: <p>
480: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
481: <ul>
482: <p>
1.21 deraadt 483: Write <i>miniroot42.fs</i> to the start of the CF
1.1 jasper 484: or disk, and boot normally.
485: </ul>
486:
487: <p>
488: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
489: <ul>
490: <p>
491: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
492: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
493: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
494: </ul>
495:
496: <p>
497: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
498: <ul>
499: <p>
500: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
501: <i>FTP:4.2/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
502: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
503: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
504: </ul>
505:
506: <p>
507: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
508: <ul>
509: <p>
510: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
511: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
512: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
513: for more details.
514: </ul>
515:
516: <p>
517: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
518: <ul>
519: <p>
520: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
521: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
522: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
523: for more details.
524: </ul>
525:
526: <p>
527: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
528: <ul>
1.21 deraadt 529: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
530: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
1.1 jasper 531:
532: <ul><pre>
533: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
534: or
535: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
536: </pre></ul>
537:
538: <p>
539: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
1.21 deraadt 540: To do so you need to write <i>floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy.
1.1 jasper 541: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
542: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
543: depending on the version of your ROM.
544:
545: <ul><pre>
546: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
547: or
548: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
549: </pre></ul>
550:
551: <p>
552: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
553: will most likely fail.
554:
555: <p>
556: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
557: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
558: INSTALL.sparc file.
559: </ul>
560:
561: <p>
562: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
563: <ul>
564: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
565: </ul>
566:
567: <p>
568: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
569: <ul>
570: <p>
571: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
572: openbsd42_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
573: for a few important details.
574: </ul>
575:
576: <p>
577: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
578: <ul>
579: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
580: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
581: in a separate archive. To extract:
582: <p>
583: <ul><pre>
584: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
585: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
586: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
587: </pre></ul>
588: <p>
589: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
590: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
591: To extract:
592: <p>
593: <ul><pre>
594: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
595: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
596: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
597: </pre></ul>
598: <p>
599: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
600: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
601: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
602: Using these files
603: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
604: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
605: <p>
606: </ul>
607:
608: <a name="upgrade"></a>
609: <hr>
610: <p>
611: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
612: <p>
613: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.1 system, and do not want to reinstall,
614: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
615: <a href="faq/upgrade42.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
616:
617: <a name="ports"></a>
618: <hr>
619: <p>
620: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
621: <p>
622: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
623: <p>
624: <ul><pre>
625: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
626: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
627: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
628: </pre></ul>
629: <p>
630: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
631: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
632: if you know nothing about ports
633: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
634: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
635: OpenBSD ports system.
636: <p>
637: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
638: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
639: cvs(1)</a> if
640: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
641: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
642: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
643: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
644: like:
645: <p>
646: <ul><pre>
647: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_2</strong>
648: </pre></ul>
649: <p>
650: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
651: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
652: server.]
653: <p>
654: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
655: packages for the 4.2 release will be made available if problems arise.
656: <p>
657: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
658: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
659: place to know.
660: <p>
661:
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