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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).
1.41 matthieu 84: <li><a href="alpha.html">OpenBSD/alpha</a>.<br>
85: Add support in the alpha platform for a couple of new Alpha
86: models, AlphaServer 1200 and 4100.
1.1 jasper 87: </ul>
88: <p>
89:
1.34 deraadt 90: <li>Platforms skipped this release:
1.1 jasper 91: <ul>
1.34 deraadt 92: <li><a href="sgi.html">OpenBSD/sgi</a>.<br>
1.35 jasper 93: Due to various issues, this architecture will not be released
1.34 deraadt 94: this time.
1.1 jasper 95: </ul>
96: <p>
97:
98: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
99: <ul>
1.11 matthieu 100: <li> Native Serial-ATA support:
101: <ul>
1.39 matthieu 102: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ahci&sektion=4">ahci(4)</a>
1.24 dlg 103: driver for SATA controllers conforming to the Advanced Host Controller
104: Interface specification.
1.39 matthieu 105: <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.
106: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sili&sektion=4">sili(4)</a>
1.24 dlg 107: driver for SATA controllers using the Silicon Image 3124/3132/3531 SATALink
108: chipsets.
1.11 matthieu 109: </ul>
1.39 matthieu 110: <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:
111: <ul>
112: <li>Intel ICH8M PATA
113: <li>JMicron JMB36x PATA
114: <li>VIA CX700/VX700 PATA
115: </ul>
1.22 kettenis 116: <li> The <a
117: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=siop&sektion=4">siop(4)</a>
118: driver now has support for NCR 53C720/770 controllers in big endian mode.
119: In particular this means that the onboard Fast-Wide SCSI on many hppa
120: machines is supported now.
1.39 matthieu 121: <li> New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tht&sektion=4">tht(4)</a>
122: driver for Tehuti Networks 10Gb Ethernet controllers.
1.25 jsg 123: <li> The <a
124: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malo&sektion=4">malo(4)</a>
125: driver now supports Marvell 88W8385 802.11g based Compact Flash devices.
1.39 matthieu 126: <li> New <a
127: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uts&sektion=4">uts(4)</a>
128: driver for USB touch screens, and the <a
129: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xtsscale&sektion=1">xtsscale(1)</a>
130: calibration utility.
1.41 matthieu 131: <li> The <a
132: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=i810&sektion=4">i810(4)<a>
133: X.Org driver and the PCI AGP driver now support Intel i965GM chips.
1.27 jasper 134: <li> New <a
135: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=led&arch=sparc64">led(4)</a>
136: driver for the front panel LEDs on the V215/245.
137: <li> New <a
138: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bbc&arch=sparc64">bbc(4)</a>
139: driver providing support for the BootBus Controllers in UltraSparc III systems.
140: <li> New <a
141: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pmc&arch=sparc64">pmc(4)</a>
142: driver for the
143: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=watchdog§ion=4">
144: watchdog(4)</a> timer on the National Semiconductor PC87317 SuperIO chip.
1.39 matthieu 145: <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 146: <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.
147: <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.
148: <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 149: <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 150: <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 151: <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.
152: <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.
153: <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.
154: <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.
155: <li>Intel enhanced speedstep is now supported on OpenBSD/amd64.
1.39 matthieu 156: <li>New support for the on die CPU temperature sensor found on the Intel Core family of processors.
1.1 jasper 157: </ul>
158: <p>
1.8 matthieu 159:
1.1 jasper 160:
161: <li>New tools:
162: <ul>
1.10 matthieu 163: <li> <a
164: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cwm&sektion=1">cwm(1)</a>
165: has replaced wm2 as a simple-looking low-resource window manager.
1.26 jsg 166: <li> <a
167: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zless&sektion=1">zless(1)</a>,
168: view compressed files with
169: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=less&sektion=1">less(1)</a>.
1.31 david 170: <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 171: </ul>
172: <p>
1.10 matthieu 173:
1.1 jasper 174:
175: <li>New functionality:
176: <ul>
1.14 otto 177: <li>FFS2, the updated version of the fast file system.
1.23 kili 178: <li><a
179: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>
180: now can send cookies loaded from a netscape-like cookiejar, supports
181: proxies requiring a password, and has a keep-alive option to avoid
182: over-agressive control connection dropping.
1.29 espie 183: <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
184: consistent error messages, and can deal with a lot more update scenarios
185: gracefully. It also has much better look-up capabilities for multiple entries
186: in <code>PKG_PATH</code>, stopping at the first directory with suitable
187: candidates.
1.30 simon 188: <li><a
189: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp-proxy&sektion=8">ftp-proxy(8)</a>
190: is now able to automatically tag packets passing through the <a
191: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> rule with a supplied name.
1.31 david 192: <li>Kernel work queues,
193: <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=workq_add_task&sektion=9&arch=i386>workq_add_task(9)</a>,
194: <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=workq_create&sektion=9&arch=i386>workq_create(9)</a>,
195: <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 196: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a>
197: now understands IP address/mask in CIDR notation.
1.40 matthieu 198: <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 199: </ul>
200: <p>
201:
202: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
203: <ul>
1.29 espie 204: <li>Large (>1TB) disk and partition support in the disklabel and buffer cache
1.14 otto 205: code and in the userland utilities that manipulate disk blocks. Note
206: that some parts of the system are not 64-bit disk block clean yet, so partition
207: larger than 2TB cannot be used at the moment.
1.38 krw 208: <li>Large (>2^32-1 sectors) SCSI disk sizes now probed.
1.16 jasper 209: <li>Thread support for the Objective-C library (libobjc).
1.37 henning 210: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=carp&sektion=4">carp</a>
1.42 ! ray 211: route handling has been fixed, solving some problems the routing daemons were exhibiting.
! 212: <li>Various improvements in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf</a>
! 213: increase performance drastically, stateful passing more than twice as fast than before.
! 214: <li>A change in how the kernel random pool is stirred increases performance with network
1.37 henning 215: interface cards that support interrupt mitigation a lot.
1.38 krw 216: <li>i386 TLB handling improved to avoid possible corruption on Core2Duo processors.
217: <li>i386 and amd64 use the BIOS disk geometry when creating default disklabels.
1.42 ! ray 218: <li>Default disk geometry changed from 64 heads/32 sectors to 255 heads/63 sectors.
! 219: <li>More usb devices with various quirks coaxed to work.
1.38 krw 220: <li>Archive/Wangtek cartridge tape drives (wt*) no longer supported.
1.42 ! ray 221: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rcs&sektion=1">rcs</a> has improved GNU compatibility.
1.1 jasper 222: </ul>
223: <p>
224:
225: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
226: <ul>
1.38 krw 227: <li>Allow the specification of an NTP server during installation.
228: <li>Allow no fsck'ing of clean non-root partitions during upgrade.
229: <li>Check for INSTALL.<arch> to confirm sets are for the correct architecture.
230: <li>Create and format the MSDOS partition for macppc installs in a more flexible and reliable way.
1.1 jasper 231: </ul>
232: <p>
233:
234: <li>OpenBGPD 4.2:
235: <ul>
1.28 claudio 236: <li>Include support for Four-octet AS Number Space.
237: <li>Allow matching on communities using 0 in the AS part.
238: <li>Filtering on IPv6 prefixes is now possible.
239: <li>Various bugs in the encoding of multiprotocol updates were fixed.
240: <li>Allow the use of pkill -HUP bgpd to reload the config.
1.37 henning 241: <li>bgpctl can filter prefix output by community now
1.1 jasper 242: </ul>
243: <p>
244:
245: <li>OpenNTPD 4.2:
246: <ul>
247: <li>...
248: </ul>
249: <p>
250:
251: <li>OpenOSPFD 4.2:
252: <ul>
1.28 claudio 253: <li>Added support for RFC 3137: OSPF Stub Router Advertisement
254: <li>It is possible to specify a carp demote group on interfaces and areas.
255: <li>Added support for mapping route labels to AS-external route tags and vice versa.
256: <li>Allow the use of pkill -HUP ospfd to reload the config.
1.1 jasper 257: </ul>
258: <p>
259:
260: <li>OpenSSH 4.7:
261: <ul>
262: <li>...
263: </ul>
264: <p>
265:
266: <li>Over 4500 ports, 4300 pre-built packages (for i386), minor robustness improvements in package tools.
267: <!-- XXX update numbers -->
268: Some highlights:
269: <ul>
1.4 jasper 270: <li>Gnome 2.18.
1.16 jasper 271: <li>GNUstep 1.14.
1.4 jasper 272: <li>KDE 3.5.7 and koffice 1.6.3.
1.7 steven 273: <li>Xfce 4.4.1.
1.35 jasper 274: <li>OpenMotif 2.3.0.
1.9 steven 275: <li>OpenOffice.org 2.2.1.
276: <li>Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6.
1.4 jasper 277: <li>PostgreSQL 8.2.4.
1.5 jasper 278: <li>GHC 6.6.1 (amd64 and i386 only)
1.1 jasper 279: </ul>
280: <p>
281:
282: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
283: <p>
284:
285: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
286: <ul>
1.19 matthieu 287: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.2 + patches, freetype 2.2.1, fontconfig
1.1 jasper 288: 2.4.2, expat 2.0.0, Mesa 6.5.2, xterm 225 and more)
289: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
290: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
291: and 3.3.5
292: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
293: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
294: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
295: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
296: <li>Groff 1.15
297: <li>Sendmail 8.14.1, with libmilter
298: <li>Bind 9.3.4 (+ patches)
299: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
300: <li>Sudo 1.6.9p4
301: <li>Ncurses 5.2
302: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
303: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
304: <li>Arla 0.35.7
305: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
306: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
307: <!-- XXX double check versions -->
308: </ul>
309: <p>
310:
311: </ul>
312:
313: <a name="install"></a>
314: <hr>
315: <p>
316: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
317: <p>
318: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
319: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
320: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
321: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
322: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
323: purchased a CDROM instead.
324: <p>
325:
326: <hr>
327: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
328: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.2 on your machine:
329: <p>
330: <ul>
331: <li>CD1:4.2/i386/INSTALL.i386
332: <p>
333: <li>CD2:4.2/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
334: <li>CD2:4.2/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
335: <p>
336: <li>CD3:4.2/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
337: <p>
338: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
339: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/armish/INSTALL.armish
340: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
341: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
342: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
343: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
344: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
345: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
346: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
347: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
348: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/vax/INSTALL.vax
349: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
350: </ul>
351: <hr>
352:
353: <p>
354: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
355: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
356: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
357: <p>
358:
359: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
360: <ul>
361: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
362: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
363: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
364: <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
365:
366: <p>
367: Use <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyB42.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
368: support, or <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyC42.fs</i> for better laptop support.
369:
370: <p>
371: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
372: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
373: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
374:
375: <p>
376: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
377: read INSTALL.i386.
378:
379: <p>
380: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
381: at <i>CD1:4.2/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
382: use the
383: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
384: utility. The following is an example usage of
385: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
386: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
387: "rfd0a".
388:
389: <ul><pre>
390: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
391: </pre></ul>
392:
393: <p>
394: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
395: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
396: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
397: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
398: </ul>
399:
400: <p>
401: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
402: <ul>
403: The 4.2 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
404: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
405: your BIOS options first.
406: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
407: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.2/amd64/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy, then
408: boot from the floppy drive.
409:
410: <p>
411: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
412: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
413: INSTALL.amd64 document.
414:
415: <p>
416: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
417: read INSTALL.amd64.
418: </ul>
419:
420: <p>
421: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
422: <ul>
423: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
424: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
425:
426: <p>
427: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
428: /4.2/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
429: </ul>
430:
431: <p>
432: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
433: <ul>
434: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
435:
436: <p>
437: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
438: <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppy42.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppyB42.fs</i>
439: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
440: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
441:
442: <p>
443: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
444: will most likely fail.
445:
446: <p>
447: You can also write <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/miniroot42.fs</i> to the swap partition on
448: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
449:
450: <p>
451: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
452: </ul>
453:
454: <p>
455: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
456: <ul>
457: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppy42.fs</i> or
458: <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppyB42.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
459: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
460:
461: <p>
462: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
463: will most likely fail.
464:
465: </ul>
466:
467: <p>
468: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
469: <ul>
470: <p>
471: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
472: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
473: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
474: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
475: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
476: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
477: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
478: </ul>
479:
480: <p>
481: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
482: <ul>
483: <p>
484: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
485: </ul>
486:
487: <p>
488: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
489: <ul>
490: <p>
491: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
492: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
493: </ul>
494:
495: <p>
496: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
497: <ul>
498: <p>
1.21 deraadt 499: Write <i>miniroot42.fs</i> to the start of the CF
1.1 jasper 500: or disk, and boot normally.
501: </ul>
502:
503: <p>
504: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
505: <ul>
506: <p>
507: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
508: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
509: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
510: </ul>
511:
512: <p>
513: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
514: <ul>
515: <p>
516: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
517: <i>FTP:4.2/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
518: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
519: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
520: </ul>
521:
522: <p>
523: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
524: <ul>
525: <p>
526: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
527: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
528: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
529: for more details.
530: </ul>
531:
532: <p>
533: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
534: <ul>
535: <p>
536: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
537: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
538: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
539: for more details.
540: </ul>
541:
542: <p>
543: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
544: <ul>
1.21 deraadt 545: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
546: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
1.1 jasper 547:
548: <ul><pre>
549: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
550: or
551: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
552: </pre></ul>
553:
554: <p>
555: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
1.21 deraadt 556: To do so you need to write <i>floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy.
1.1 jasper 557: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
558: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
559: depending on the version of your ROM.
560:
561: <ul><pre>
562: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
563: or
564: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
565: </pre></ul>
566:
567: <p>
568: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
569: will most likely fail.
570:
571: <p>
572: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
573: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
574: INSTALL.sparc file.
575: </ul>
576:
577: <p>
578: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
579: <ul>
580: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
581: </ul>
582:
583: <p>
584: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
585: <ul>
586: <p>
587: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
588: openbsd42_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
589: for a few important details.
590: </ul>
591:
592: <p>
593: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
594: <ul>
595: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
596: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
597: in a separate archive. To extract:
598: <p>
599: <ul><pre>
600: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
601: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
602: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
603: </pre></ul>
604: <p>
605: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
606: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
607: To extract:
608: <p>
609: <ul><pre>
610: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
611: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
612: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
613: </pre></ul>
614: <p>
615: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
616: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
617: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
618: Using these files
619: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
620: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
621: <p>
622: </ul>
623:
624: <a name="upgrade"></a>
625: <hr>
626: <p>
627: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
628: <p>
629: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.1 system, and do not want to reinstall,
630: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
631: <a href="faq/upgrade42.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
632:
633: <a name="ports"></a>
634: <hr>
635: <p>
636: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
637: <p>
638: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
639: <p>
640: <ul><pre>
641: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
642: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
643: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
644: </pre></ul>
645: <p>
646: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
647: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
648: if you know nothing about ports
649: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
650: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
651: OpenBSD ports system.
652: <p>
653: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
654: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
655: cvs(1)</a> if
656: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
657: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
658: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
659: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
660: like:
661: <p>
662: <ul><pre>
663: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_2</strong>
664: </pre></ul>
665: <p>
666: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
667: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
668: server.]
669: <p>
670: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
671: packages for the 4.2 release will be made available if problems arise.
672: <p>
673: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
674: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
675: place to know.
676: <p>
677:
678: <hr>
679: <a href="index.html"><img height="24" width="24" src="back.gif" border="0"
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