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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>
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32:
33: <a href="#new">What's New</a><br>
34: <a href="#install">How to install</a><br>
35: <a href="#upgrade">How to upgrade</a><br>
36: <a href="#ports">How to use the ports tree</a><br>
37: <a href="orders.html">Ordering a CD set</a><br>
38:
39: <p>
40: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
41: To get the files for this release:
42: <ul>
43: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
44: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
45: a list of mirror machines.
46: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/4.2/</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>
1.39 matthieu 99: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ahci&sektion=4">ahci(4)</a>
1.24 dlg 100: driver for SATA controllers conforming to the Advanced Host Controller
101: Interface specification.
1.39 matthieu 102: <li><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.
103: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sili&sektion=4">sili(4)</a>
1.24 dlg 104: driver for SATA controllers using the Silicon Image 3124/3132/3531 SATALink
105: chipsets.
1.11 matthieu 106: </ul>
1.39 matthieu 107: <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:
108: <ul>
109: <li>Intel ICH8M PATA
110: <li>JMicron JMB36x PATA
111: <li>VIA CX700/VX700 PATA
112: </ul>
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.
1.39 matthieu 118: <li> New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tht&sektion=4">tht(4)</a>
119: driver for Tehuti Networks 10Gb Ethernet controllers.
1.25 jsg 120: <li> The <a
121: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malo&sektion=4">malo(4)</a>
122: driver now supports Marvell 88W8385 802.11g based Compact Flash devices.
1.39 matthieu 123: <li> New <a
124: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uts&sektion=4">uts(4)</a>
125: driver for USB touch screens, and the <a
126: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xtsscale&sektion=1">xtsscale(1)</a>
127: calibration utility.
1.27 jasper 128: <li> New <a
129: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=led&arch=sparc64">led(4)</a>
130: driver for the front panel LEDs on the V215/245.
131: <li> New <a
132: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bbc&arch=sparc64">bbc(4)</a>
133: driver providing support for the BootBus Controllers in UltraSparc III systems.
134: <li> New <a
135: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pmc&arch=sparc64">pmc(4)</a>
136: driver for the
137: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=watchdog§ion=4">
138: watchdog(4)</a> timer on the National Semiconductor PC87317 SuperIO chip.
1.39 matthieu 139: <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.
1.31 david 140: <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.
141: <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.
142: <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.
1.39 matthieu 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.
1.31 david 144: <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.
1.33 gwk 145: <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.
146: <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.
147: <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.
148: <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.
149: <li>Intel enhanced speedstep is now supported on OpenBSD/amd64.
1.39 matthieu 150: <li>New support for the on die CPU temperature sensor found on the Intel Core family of processors.
1.1 jasper 151: </ul>
152: <p>
1.8 matthieu 153:
1.1 jasper 154:
155: <li>New tools:
156: <ul>
1.10 matthieu 157: <li> <a
158: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cwm&sektion=1">cwm(1)</a>
159: has replaced wm2 as a simple-looking low-resource window manager.
1.26 jsg 160: <li> <a
161: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zless&sektion=1">zless(1)</a>,
162: view compressed files with
163: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=less&sektion=1">less(1)</a>.
1.31 david 164: <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 165: </ul>
166: <p>
1.10 matthieu 167:
1.1 jasper 168:
169: <li>New functionality:
170: <ul>
1.14 otto 171: <li>FFS2, the updated version of the fast file system.
1.23 kili 172: <li><a
173: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>
174: now can send cookies loaded from a netscape-like cookiejar, supports
175: proxies requiring a password, and has a keep-alive option to avoid
176: over-agressive control connection dropping.
1.29 espie 177: <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
178: consistent error messages, and can deal with a lot more update scenarios
179: gracefully. It also has much better look-up capabilities for multiple entries
180: in <code>PKG_PATH</code>, stopping at the first directory with suitable
181: candidates.
1.30 simon 182: <li><a
183: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp-proxy&sektion=8">ftp-proxy(8)</a>
184: is now able to automatically tag packets passing through the <a
185: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> rule with a supplied name.
1.31 david 186: <li>Kernel work queues,
187: <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=workq_add_task&sektion=9&arch=i386>workq_add_task(9)</a>,
188: <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=workq_create&sektion=9&arch=i386>workq_create(9)</a>,
189: <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 190: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a>
191: now understands IP address/mask in CIDR notation.
1.40 ! matthieu 192: <li>Add IP (v4 and v6) load balancing to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=carp&sektion=4&format=html">carp(4)</a>, similar to the ARP balancing.
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.
1.38 krw 202: <li>Large (>2^32-1 sectors) SCSI disk sizes now probed.
1.16 jasper 203: <li>Thread support for the Objective-C library (libobjc).
1.37 henning 204: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=carp&sektion=4">carp</a>
205: route handling has been fixed, solving some problems the routing daemons were exhibiting
206: <li>various improvements in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf</a>
207: increase performance drastically, stateful passing more than twice as fast than before
208: <li>a change in how the kernel random pool is stirred increases performance with network
209: interface cards that support interrupt mitigation a lot.
1.38 krw 210: <li>i386 TLB handling improved to avoid possible corruption on Core2Duo processors.
211: <li>i386 and amd64 use the BIOS disk geometry when creating default disklabels.
212: <li>default disk geometry changed from 64 heads/32 sectors to 255 heads/63 sectors.
213: <li>more usb devices with various quirks coaxed to work.
214: <li>Archive/Wangtek cartridge tape drives (wt*) no longer supported.
1.1 jasper 215: </ul>
216: <p>
217:
218: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
219: <ul>
1.38 krw 220: <li>Allow the specification of an NTP server during installation.
221: <li>Allow no fsck'ing of clean non-root partitions during upgrade.
222: <li>Check for INSTALL.<arch> to confirm sets are for the correct architecture.
223: <li>Create and format the MSDOS partition for macppc installs in a more flexible and reliable way.
1.1 jasper 224: </ul>
225: <p>
226:
227: <li>OpenBGPD 4.2:
228: <ul>
1.28 claudio 229: <li>Include support for Four-octet AS Number Space.
230: <li>Allow matching on communities using 0 in the AS part.
231: <li>Filtering on IPv6 prefixes is now possible.
232: <li>Various bugs in the encoding of multiprotocol updates were fixed.
233: <li>Allow the use of pkill -HUP bgpd to reload the config.
1.37 henning 234: <li>bgpctl can filter prefix output by community now
1.1 jasper 235: </ul>
236: <p>
237:
238: <li>OpenNTPD 4.2:
239: <ul>
240: <li>...
241: </ul>
242: <p>
243:
244: <li>OpenOSPFD 4.2:
245: <ul>
1.28 claudio 246: <li>Added support for RFC 3137: OSPF Stub Router Advertisement
247: <li>It is possible to specify a carp demote group on interfaces and areas.
248: <li>Added support for mapping route labels to AS-external route tags and vice versa.
249: <li>Allow the use of pkill -HUP ospfd to reload the config.
1.1 jasper 250: </ul>
251: <p>
252:
253: <li>OpenSSH 4.7:
254: <ul>
255: <li>...
256: </ul>
257: <p>
258:
259: <li>Over 4500 ports, 4300 pre-built packages (for i386), minor robustness improvements in package tools.
260: <!-- XXX update numbers -->
261: Some highlights:
262: <ul>
1.4 jasper 263: <li>Gnome 2.18.
1.16 jasper 264: <li>GNUstep 1.14.
1.4 jasper 265: <li>KDE 3.5.7 and koffice 1.6.3.
1.7 steven 266: <li>Xfce 4.4.1.
1.35 jasper 267: <li>OpenMotif 2.3.0.
1.9 steven 268: <li>OpenOffice.org 2.2.1.
269: <li>Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6.
1.4 jasper 270: <li>PostgreSQL 8.2.4.
1.5 jasper 271: <li>GHC 6.6.1 (amd64 and i386 only)
1.1 jasper 272: </ul>
273: <p>
274:
275: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
276: <p>
277:
278: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
279: <ul>
1.19 matthieu 280: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.2 + patches, freetype 2.2.1, fontconfig
1.1 jasper 281: 2.4.2, expat 2.0.0, Mesa 6.5.2, xterm 225 and more)
282: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
283: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
284: and 3.3.5
285: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
286: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
287: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
288: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
289: <li>Groff 1.15
290: <li>Sendmail 8.14.1, with libmilter
291: <li>Bind 9.3.4 (+ patches)
292: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
293: <li>Sudo 1.6.9p4
294: <li>Ncurses 5.2
295: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
296: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
297: <li>Arla 0.35.7
298: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
299: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
300: <!-- XXX double check versions -->
301: </ul>
302: <p>
303:
304: </ul>
305:
306: <a name="install"></a>
307: <hr>
308: <p>
309: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
310: <p>
311: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
312: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
313: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
314: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
315: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
316: purchased a CDROM instead.
317: <p>
318:
319: <hr>
320: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
321: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.2 on your machine:
322: <p>
323: <ul>
324: <li>CD1:4.2/i386/INSTALL.i386
325: <p>
326: <li>CD2:4.2/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
327: <li>CD2:4.2/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
328: <p>
329: <li>CD3:4.2/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
330: <p>
331: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
332: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/armish/INSTALL.armish
333: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
334: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
335: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
336: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
337: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
338: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
339: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
340: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
341: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/vax/INSTALL.vax
342: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
343: </ul>
344: <hr>
345:
346: <p>
347: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
348: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
349: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
350: <p>
351:
352: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
353: <ul>
354: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
355: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
356: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
357: <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
358:
359: <p>
360: Use <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyB42.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
361: support, or <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyC42.fs</i> for better laptop support.
362:
363: <p>
364: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
365: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
366: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
367:
368: <p>
369: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
370: read INSTALL.i386.
371:
372: <p>
373: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
374: at <i>CD1:4.2/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
375: use the
376: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
377: utility. The following is an example usage of
378: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
379: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
380: "rfd0a".
381:
382: <ul><pre>
383: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
384: </pre></ul>
385:
386: <p>
387: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
388: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
389: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
390: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
391: </ul>
392:
393: <p>
394: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
395: <ul>
396: The 4.2 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
397: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
398: your BIOS options first.
399: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
400: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.2/amd64/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy, then
401: boot from the floppy drive.
402:
403: <p>
404: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
405: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
406: INSTALL.amd64 document.
407:
408: <p>
409: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
410: read INSTALL.amd64.
411: </ul>
412:
413: <p>
414: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
415: <ul>
416: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
417: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
418:
419: <p>
420: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
421: /4.2/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
422: </ul>
423:
424: <p>
425: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
426: <ul>
427: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
428:
429: <p>
430: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
431: <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppy42.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppyB42.fs</i>
432: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
433: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
434:
435: <p>
436: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
437: will most likely fail.
438:
439: <p>
440: You can also write <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/miniroot42.fs</i> to the swap partition on
441: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
442:
443: <p>
444: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
445: </ul>
446:
447: <p>
448: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
449: <ul>
450: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppy42.fs</i> or
451: <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppyB42.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
452: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
453:
454: <p>
455: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
456: will most likely fail.
457:
458: </ul>
459:
460: <p>
461: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
462: <ul>
463: <p>
464: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
465: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
466: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
467: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
468: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
469: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
470: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
471: </ul>
472:
473: <p>
474: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
475: <ul>
476: <p>
477: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
478: </ul>
479:
480: <p>
481: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
482: <ul>
483: <p>
484: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
485: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
486: </ul>
487:
488: <p>
489: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
490: <ul>
491: <p>
1.21 deraadt 492: Write <i>miniroot42.fs</i> to the start of the CF
1.1 jasper 493: or disk, and boot normally.
494: </ul>
495:
496: <p>
497: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
498: <ul>
499: <p>
500: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
501: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
502: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
503: </ul>
504:
505: <p>
506: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
507: <ul>
508: <p>
509: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
510: <i>FTP:4.2/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
511: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
512: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
513: </ul>
514:
515: <p>
516: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
517: <ul>
518: <p>
519: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
520: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
521: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
522: for more details.
523: </ul>
524:
525: <p>
526: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
527: <ul>
528: <p>
529: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
530: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
531: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
532: for more details.
533: </ul>
534:
535: <p>
536: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
537: <ul>
1.21 deraadt 538: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
539: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
1.1 jasper 540:
541: <ul><pre>
542: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
543: or
544: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
545: </pre></ul>
546:
547: <p>
548: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
1.21 deraadt 549: To do so you need to write <i>floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy.
1.1 jasper 550: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
551: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
552: depending on the version of your ROM.
553:
554: <ul><pre>
555: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
556: or
557: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
558: </pre></ul>
559:
560: <p>
561: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
562: will most likely fail.
563:
564: <p>
565: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
566: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
567: INSTALL.sparc file.
568: </ul>
569:
570: <p>
571: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
572: <ul>
573: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
574: </ul>
575:
576: <p>
577: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
578: <ul>
579: <p>
580: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
581: openbsd42_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
582: for a few important details.
583: </ul>
584:
585: <p>
586: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
587: <ul>
588: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
589: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
590: in a separate archive. To extract:
591: <p>
592: <ul><pre>
593: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
594: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
595: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
596: </pre></ul>
597: <p>
598: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
599: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
600: To extract:
601: <p>
602: <ul><pre>
603: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
604: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
605: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
606: </pre></ul>
607: <p>
608: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
609: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
610: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
611: Using these files
612: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
613: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
614: <p>
615: </ul>
616:
617: <a name="upgrade"></a>
618: <hr>
619: <p>
620: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
621: <p>
622: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.1 system, and do not want to reinstall,
623: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
624: <a href="faq/upgrade42.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
625:
626: <a name="ports"></a>
627: <hr>
628: <p>
629: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
630: <p>
631: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
632: <p>
633: <ul><pre>
634: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
635: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
636: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
637: </pre></ul>
638: <p>
639: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
640: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
641: if you know nothing about ports
642: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
643: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
644: OpenBSD ports system.
645: <p>
646: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
647: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
648: cvs(1)</a> if
649: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
650: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
651: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
652: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
653: like:
654: <p>
655: <ul><pre>
656: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_2</strong>
657: </pre></ul>
658: <p>
659: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
660: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
661: server.]
662: <p>
663: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
664: packages for the 4.2 release will be made available if problems arise.
665: <p>
666: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
667: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
668: place to know.
669: <p>
670:
671: <hr>
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