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1.71 deraadt 23: <h2><font color="#0000e0">OpenBSD 4.2</font></h2>
1.1 jasper 24: <p>
1.67 deraadt 25: Released Nov 1, 2007<br>
1.1 jasper 26: Copyright 1997-2007, Theo de Raadt.<br>
1.36 deraadt 27: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9784475-0-2</font>
1.1 jasper 28: <br>
1.62 deraadt 29: <a href="lyrics.html#42">4.2 Song: "100001 1010101"</a>
1.1 jasper 30: <p>
31: <ul>
32: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
33: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
34: a list of mirror machines.
35: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/4.2/</font> directory on
36: one of the mirror sites.
37: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
1.20 deraadt 38: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata42.html">The 4.2 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 jasper 39: of bugs and workarounds.
1.20 deraadt 40: <li>See a <a href="plus42.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
1.1 jasper 41: 4.1 and 4.2 releases.
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1.72 ! deraadt 44: <p>
1.71 deraadt 45: All applicable copyrights and credits can be found in the applicable
46: file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
47: xenocara.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The
48: distribution files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file
49: are not included on the CDROM because of lack of space.
1.1 jasper 50: <p>
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55: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
56: <p>
57: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 4.2.
1.20 deraadt 58: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus42.html">changelog</a> leading
1.1 jasper 59: to 4.2.
60: <p>
61:
62: <ul>
63:
64: <li>New/extended platforms:
65: <ul>
1.15 kettenis 66: <li><a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a>.<br>
67: The PCIe UltraSPARC IIIi machines like the V215 and V245 are now
68: supported.
1.18 kettenis 69: <li><a href="hppa.html">OpenBSD/hppa</a>.<br>
1.15 kettenis 70: Four-digit B/C/J-class workstations like the B2000, C3750 or J6750
71: are now supported (in 32-bit mode).
1.41 matthieu 72: <li><a href="alpha.html">OpenBSD/alpha</a>.<br>
73: Add support in the alpha platform for a couple of new Alpha
74: models, AlphaServer 1200 and 4100.
1.1 jasper 75: </ul>
76: <p>
77:
1.34 deraadt 78: <li>Platforms skipped this release:
1.1 jasper 79: <ul>
1.34 deraadt 80: <li><a href="sgi.html">OpenBSD/sgi</a>.<br>
1.35 jasper 81: Due to various issues, this architecture will not be released
1.34 deraadt 82: this time.
1.1 jasper 83: </ul>
84: <p>
85:
86: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
87: <ul>
1.11 matthieu 88: <li> Native Serial-ATA support:
89: <ul>
1.39 matthieu 90: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ahci&sektion=4">ahci(4)</a>
1.24 dlg 91: driver for SATA controllers conforming to the Advanced Host Controller
92: Interface specification.
1.39 matthieu 93: <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.
94: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sili&sektion=4">sili(4)</a>
1.24 dlg 95: driver for SATA controllers using the Silicon Image 3124/3132/3531 SATALink
96: chipsets.
1.11 matthieu 97: </ul>
1.39 matthieu 98: <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:
99: <ul>
100: <li>Intel ICH8M PATA
101: <li>JMicron JMB36x PATA
102: <li>VIA CX700/VX700 PATA
103: </ul>
1.43 cnst 104: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lm&sektion=4">lm(4)</a>
105: driver now supports Winbond W83627DHG and W83627EHF-A Super I/O Hardware Monitors.
1.22 kettenis 106: <li> The <a
107: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=siop&sektion=4">siop(4)</a>
108: driver now has support for NCR 53C720/770 controllers in big endian mode.
109: In particular this means that the onboard Fast-Wide SCSI on many hppa
110: machines is supported now.
1.39 matthieu 111: <li> New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tht&sektion=4">tht(4)</a>
112: driver for Tehuti Networks 10Gb Ethernet controllers.
1.25 jsg 113: <li> The <a
114: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malo&sektion=4">malo(4)</a>
115: driver now supports Marvell 88W8385 802.11g based Compact Flash devices.
1.39 matthieu 116: <li> New <a
117: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uts&sektion=4">uts(4)</a>
118: driver for USB touch screens, and the <a
119: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xtsscale&sektion=1">xtsscale(1)</a>
120: calibration utility.
1.41 matthieu 121: <li> The <a
1.63 jj 122: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=i810&sektion=4">i810(4)</a>
1.41 matthieu 123: X.Org driver and the PCI AGP driver now support Intel i965GM chips.
1.27 jasper 124: <li> New <a
125: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=led&arch=sparc64">led(4)</a>
126: driver for the front panel LEDs on the V215/245.
127: <li> New <a
128: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bbc&arch=sparc64">bbc(4)</a>
129: driver providing support for the BootBus Controllers in UltraSparc III systems.
130: <li> New <a
131: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pmc&arch=sparc64">pmc(4)</a>
132: driver for the
133: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=watchdog§ion=4">
134: watchdog(4)</a> timer on the National Semiconductor PC87317 SuperIO chip.
1.39 matthieu 135: <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 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=lcd&sektion=4&arch=hppa>lcd(4)</a> driver for the front panel LCD display on hppa.
1.39 matthieu 139: <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 140: <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 141: <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.
142: <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.
143: <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.
144: <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.
145: <li>Intel enhanced speedstep is now supported on OpenBSD/amd64.
1.39 matthieu 146: <li>New support for the on die CPU temperature sensor found on the Intel Core family of processors.
1.53 deraadt 147: <li>The <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nvram&sektion=4&arch=amd64>nvram(4)</a> driver is now available on OpenBSD/amd64.
1.1 jasper 148: </ul>
149: <p>
1.8 matthieu 150:
1.1 jasper 151:
152: <li>New tools:
153: <ul>
1.10 matthieu 154: <li> <a
155: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cwm&sektion=1">cwm(1)</a>
156: has replaced wm2 as a simple-looking low-resource window manager.
1.26 jsg 157: <li> <a
158: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zless&sektion=1">zless(1)</a>,
159: view compressed files with
160: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=less&sektion=1">less(1)</a>.
1.31 david 161: <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 162: </ul>
163: <p>
1.10 matthieu 164:
1.1 jasper 165:
166: <li>New functionality:
167: <ul>
1.14 otto 168: <li>FFS2, the updated version of the fast file system.
1.23 kili 169: <li><a
170: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>
171: now can send cookies loaded from a netscape-like cookiejar, supports
172: proxies requiring a password, and has a keep-alive option to avoid
1.59 ray 173: overly aggressive control connection dropping.
1.29 espie 174: <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
175: consistent error messages, and can deal with a lot more update scenarios
176: gracefully. It also has much better look-up capabilities for multiple entries
177: in <code>PKG_PATH</code>, stopping at the first directory with suitable
178: candidates.
1.30 simon 179: <li><a
180: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp-proxy&sektion=8">ftp-proxy(8)</a>
181: is now able to automatically tag packets passing through the <a
182: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> rule with a supplied name.
1.31 david 183: <li>Kernel work queues,
184: <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=workq_add_task&sektion=9&arch=i386>workq_add_task(9)</a>,
185: <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=workq_create&sektion=9&arch=i386>workq_create(9)</a>,
186: <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 187: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a>
188: now understands IP address/mask in CIDR notation.
1.40 matthieu 189: <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.
1.43 cnst 190: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sensorsd&sektion=8">sensorsd(8)</a>
191: now supports a zero-configuration monitoring and has a more intuitive logging
192: for all sensors that automatically provide sensor state. It also features
193: advancements in user-specified monitoring, including monitoring of sensors
194: that are periodically flagged as invalid.
195: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sensorsd.conf&sektion=5">sensorsd.conf(5)</a>
196: now supports sensor matching by sensor type, allowing easier configuration.
1.46 kettenis 197: <li>The i386 bootloader can now load amd64 kernels.
198: <li>The amd64 bootloader can now load i386 kernels.
1.1 jasper 199: </ul>
200: <p>
201:
202: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
203: <ul>
1.56 cloder 204: <li>Huge performance improvements in the network stack, including:
205: <ul>
1.57 henning 206: <li>In pf, store routing table ID, queue ID etc directly in the packet header mbuf instead of using
207: mbuf tags (which use malloc'd memory). This yields a 100% improvement in pf performance.
1.56 cloder 208: <li>Packet forwarding can skip IPSEC stack if no IPSEC flows are defined. This
209: yields a further 5% improvement in packet forwarding performance.
1.57 henning 210: <li>Skip TCP/UDP/ICMP/ICMP6 checksumming when not necessary.
1.56 cloder 211: This yields a further 10% improvement in pf performance.
212: <li>A change in the way the kernel random pool is stirred greatly increases
213: performance with network interface cards that support interrupt mitigation, especially
214: on architectures where reading the clock is expensive (such as amd64).
215: <li>Enable interrupt holdoff on <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sis&sektion=4">sis(4)</a>
216: chips that support it. Significant performance gain for slower CPU devices with sis(4), such as Soekris.
217: </ul>
1.29 espie 218: <li>Large (>1TB) disk and partition support in the disklabel and buffer cache
1.14 otto 219: code and in the userland utilities that manipulate disk blocks. Note
220: that some parts of the system are not 64-bit disk block clean yet, so partition
221: larger than 2TB cannot be used at the moment.
1.38 krw 222: <li>Large (>2^32-1 sectors) SCSI disk sizes now probed.
1.16 jasper 223: <li>Thread support for the Objective-C library (libobjc).
1.37 henning 224: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=carp&sektion=4">carp</a>
1.42 ray 225: route handling has been fixed, solving some problems the routing daemons were exhibiting.
1.38 krw 226: <li>i386 TLB handling improved to avoid possible corruption on Core2Duo processors.
1.65 chl 227: <li>Rework TLB shootdown code for i386 and amd64, gives fairly large speed
228: improvements.
1.38 krw 229: <li>i386 and amd64 use the BIOS disk geometry when creating default disklabels.
1.42 ray 230: <li>Default disk geometry changed from 64 heads/32 sectors to 255 heads/63 sectors.
231: <li>More usb devices with various quirks coaxed to work.
1.38 krw 232: <li>Archive/Wangtek cartridge tape drives (wt*) no longer supported.
1.42 ray 233: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rcs&sektion=1">rcs</a> has improved GNU compatibility.
1.43 cnst 234: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=make&sektion=1">make(1)</a> has improved stability of -j option.
1.50 moritz 235: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isakmpd&sektion=8">isakmpd(8)</a> now allows key exchange with RSA signature authentication to work with Cisco IOS.
1.51 moritz 236: <li>Fixed <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isakmpd&sektion=8">isakmpd(8)</a> interop-issues with peers, that start rekeying on port 4500 for NAT-T (e.g. Cisco, Openswan)
1.49 deraadt 237: <li>The stability of <a href="alpha.html">OpenBSD/alpha</a> has been greatly improved.
238: <li>The stability of <a href="hppa.html">OpenBSD/hppa</a> has been greatly improved.
1.1 jasper 239: </ul>
240: <p>
241:
242: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
243: <ul>
1.38 krw 244: <li>Allow the specification of an NTP server during installation.
245: <li>Allow no fsck'ing of clean non-root partitions during upgrade.
246: <li>Check for INSTALL.<arch> to confirm sets are for the correct architecture.
247: <li>Create and format the MSDOS partition for macppc installs in a more flexible and reliable way.
1.1 jasper 248: </ul>
249: <p>
250:
251: <li>OpenBGPD 4.2:
252: <ul>
1.28 claudio 253: <li>Include support for Four-octet AS Number Space.
254: <li>Allow matching on communities using 0 in the AS part.
255: <li>Filtering on IPv6 prefixes is now possible.
256: <li>Various bugs in the encoding of multiprotocol updates were fixed.
257: <li>Allow the use of pkill -HUP bgpd to reload the config.
1.37 henning 258: <li>bgpctl can filter prefix output by community now
1.1 jasper 259: </ul>
260: <p>
261:
262: <li>OpenNTPD 4.2:
263: <ul>
1.47 kettenis 264: <li>Improved support for timedelta sensors.
1.1 jasper 265: </ul>
266: <p>
267:
268: <li>OpenOSPFD 4.2:
269: <ul>
1.28 claudio 270: <li>Added support for RFC 3137: OSPF Stub Router Advertisement
271: <li>It is possible to specify a carp demote group on interfaces and areas.
272: <li>Added support for mapping route labels to AS-external route tags and vice versa.
273: <li>Allow the use of pkill -HUP ospfd to reload the config.
1.1 jasper 274: </ul>
275: <p>
276:
1.45 pyr 277: <li>Hoststated 4.2:
278: <ul>
279: <li>Added support for Layer 7 load balancing (or relay).</li>
280: <li>Added support for reloading through hoststatectl or SIGHUP.</li>
281: </ul>
282: <p>
283:
1.1 jasper 284: <li>OpenSSH 4.7:
285: <ul>
1.44 deraadt 286: <li>Prevent
287: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
288: from using a trusted X11 cookie if creation of an
289: untrusted cookie fails; found and fixed by Jan Pechanec.
290: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
291: in new installations defaults to SSH Protocol 2 only.
292: Existing installations are unchanged.
293: <li>The SSH channel window size has been increased, and both
294: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
295: and
296: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
297: now send window updates more aggressively.<br>
298: These improves performance on high-BDP (Bandwidth Delay Product) networks.
299: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
300: and
301: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
302: now preserve MAC contexts between packets, which
303: saves 2 hash calls per packet and results in 12-16% speedup for
304: arcfour256/hmac-md5.
305: <li>A new MAC algorithm has been added, UMAC-64 (RFC4418) which is
306: approximately 20% faster than HMAC-MD5.
307: <li>A -K flag was added to
308: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
309: to set GSSAPIAuthentication=Yes.
310: <li>Failure to establish a
311: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
312: TunnelForward is now treated as a
313: fatal error when the ExitOnForwardFailure option is set.
314: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
315: returns a sensible exit status if the control master goes
316: away without passing the full exit status. (bz #1261)
1.1 jasper 317: </ul>
318: <p>
319:
1.44 deraadt 320: <li>Over 4,500 ports, minor robustness improvements in package tools.
321: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
322: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
323: <tr>
324: <td valign="top" width="33%">
325: <ul>
326: <li>i386: 4360
327: <li>sparc64: 4205
328: <li>alpha: 3779
1.61 deraadt 329: <li>sh: 817
1.44 deraadt 330: </ul></td><td valign=top width="33%"><ul>
331: <li>amd64: 4283
332: <li>powerpc: 4230
1.58 deraadt 333: <li>sparc: 3283
1.60 martin 334: <li>m68k: 1107
1.44 deraadt 335: </ul></td><td valign=top width="33%"><ul>
1.61 deraadt 336: <li>arm: 2131
1.44 deraadt 337: <li>hppa: 3215
1.61 deraadt 338: <li>vax: 108
1.44 deraadt 339: </ul></td></tr></table>
1.1 jasper 340: Some highlights:
341: <ul>
1.44 deraadt 342: <!-- XXX double check versions -->
1.4 jasper 343: <li>Gnome 2.18.
1.16 jasper 344: <li>GNUstep 1.14.
1.4 jasper 345: <li>KDE 3.5.7 and koffice 1.6.3.
1.7 steven 346: <li>Xfce 4.4.1.
1.35 jasper 347: <li>OpenMotif 2.3.0.
1.9 steven 348: <li>OpenOffice.org 2.2.1.
349: <li>Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6.
1.4 jasper 350: <li>PostgreSQL 8.2.4.
1.5 jasper 351: <li>GHC 6.6.1 (amd64 and i386 only)
1.1 jasper 352: </ul>
353: <p>
354:
355: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
356: <p>
357:
358: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
359: <ul>
1.19 matthieu 360: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.2 + patches, freetype 2.2.1, fontconfig
1.1 jasper 361: 2.4.2, expat 2.0.0, Mesa 6.5.2, xterm 225 and more)
362: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
363: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
364: and 3.3.5
365: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
366: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
367: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
368: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
369: <li>Groff 1.15
370: <li>Sendmail 8.14.1, with libmilter
371: <li>Bind 9.3.4 (+ patches)
372: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
373: <li>Sudo 1.6.9p4
374: <li>Ncurses 5.2
375: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
376: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
377: <li>Arla 0.35.7
378: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
379: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
380: <!-- XXX double check versions -->
381: </ul>
382: <p>
383:
384: </ul>
385:
386: <a name="install"></a>
387: <hr>
388: <p>
389: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
390: <p>
391: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
392: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
393: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
394: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
395: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
396: purchased a CDROM instead.
397: <p>
398:
399: <hr>
400: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
401: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.2 on your machine:
402: <p>
403: <ul>
404: <li>CD1:4.2/i386/INSTALL.i386
405: <p>
406: <li>CD2:4.2/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
407: <li>CD2:4.2/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
408: <p>
409: <li>CD3:4.2/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
410: <p>
411: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
412: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/armish/INSTALL.armish
413: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
414: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
415: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
416: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
417: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
418: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
419: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
420: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/vax/INSTALL.vax
421: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
422: </ul>
423: <hr>
424:
425: <p>
426: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
427: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
428: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
429: <p>
430:
431: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
432: <ul>
433: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
434: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
435: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
436: <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
437:
438: <p>
439: Use <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyB42.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
440: support, or <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyC42.fs</i> for better laptop support.
441:
442: <p>
1.66 tom 443: NOTE: some older BIOSes appear to have problems booting CD1.
444: A workaround can be found on the
445: <a href="errata42.html#003_i386_boot">4.2 errata page</a>.
446:
447: <p>
1.1 jasper 448: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
449: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
450: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
451:
452: <p>
453: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
454: read INSTALL.i386.
455:
456: <p>
457: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
458: at <i>CD1:4.2/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
459: use the
460: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
461: utility. The following is an example usage of
462: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
463: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
464: "rfd0a".
465:
466: <ul><pre>
467: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
468: </pre></ul>
469:
470: <p>
471: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
472: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
473: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
474: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
475: </ul>
476:
477: <p>
478: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
479: <ul>
480: The 4.2 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
481: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
482: your BIOS options first.
483: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
484: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.2/amd64/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy, then
485: boot from the floppy drive.
486:
487: <p>
488: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
489: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
490: INSTALL.amd64 document.
491:
492: <p>
493: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
494: read INSTALL.amd64.
495: </ul>
496:
497: <p>
498: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
499: <ul>
500: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
501: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
502:
503: <p>
504: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
505: /4.2/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
506: </ul>
507:
508: <p>
509: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
510: <ul>
511: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
512:
513: <p>
514: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
515: <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppy42.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppyB42.fs</i>
516: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
517: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
518:
519: <p>
520: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
521: will most likely fail.
522:
523: <p>
524: You can also write <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/miniroot42.fs</i> to the swap partition on
525: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
526:
527: <p>
528: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
529: </ul>
530:
531: <p>
532: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
533: <ul>
534: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppy42.fs</i> or
535: <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppyB42.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
536: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
537:
538: <p>
539: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
540: will most likely fail.
541:
542: </ul>
543:
544: <p>
545: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
546: <ul>
547: <p>
548: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
549: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
550: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
551: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
552: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
553: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
554: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
555: </ul>
556:
557: <p>
558: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
559: <ul>
560: <p>
561: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
562: </ul>
563:
564: <p>
565: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
566: <ul>
567: <p>
568: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
569: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
570: </ul>
571:
572: <p>
573: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
574: <ul>
575: <p>
1.21 deraadt 576: Write <i>miniroot42.fs</i> to the start of the CF
1.1 jasper 577: or disk, and boot normally.
578: </ul>
579:
1.68 miod 580: <!--
1.1 jasper 581: <p>
582: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
583: <ul>
584: <p>
585: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
586: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
587: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
588: </ul>
1.68 miod 589: -->
1.1 jasper 590:
591: <p>
592: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
593: <ul>
594: <p>
595: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
596: <i>FTP:4.2/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
597: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
598: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
599: </ul>
600:
601: <p>
602: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
603: <ul>
604: <p>
605: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
606: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
607: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
608: for more details.
609: </ul>
610:
611: <p>
612: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
613: <ul>
614: <p>
615: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
616: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
617: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
618: for more details.
619: </ul>
620:
621: <p>
622: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
623: <ul>
1.21 deraadt 624: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
625: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
1.1 jasper 626:
627: <ul><pre>
628: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
629: or
630: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
631: </pre></ul>
632:
633: <p>
634: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
1.21 deraadt 635: To do so you need to write <i>floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy.
1.1 jasper 636: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
637: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
638: depending on the version of your ROM.
639:
640: <ul><pre>
641: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
642: or
643: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
644: </pre></ul>
645:
646: <p>
647: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
648: will most likely fail.
649:
650: <p>
651: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
652: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
653: INSTALL.sparc file.
654: </ul>
655:
656: <p>
657: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
658: <ul>
659: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
660: </ul>
661:
662: <p>
663: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
664: <ul>
665: <p>
666: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
667: openbsd42_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
668: for a few important details.
669: </ul>
670:
671: <p>
672: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
673: <ul>
674: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
675: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
676: in a separate archive. To extract:
677: <p>
678: <ul><pre>
679: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
680: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
681: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
682: </pre></ul>
683: <p>
684: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
685: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
686: To extract:
687: <p>
688: <ul><pre>
689: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
690: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
691: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
692: </pre></ul>
693: <p>
694: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
695: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
696: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
697: Using these files
698: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
699: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
700: <p>
701: </ul>
702:
703: <a name="upgrade"></a>
704: <hr>
705: <p>
706: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
707: <p>
708: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.1 system, and do not want to reinstall,
709: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
710: <a href="faq/upgrade42.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
711:
712: <a name="ports"></a>
713: <hr>
714: <p>
715: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
716: <p>
717: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
718: <p>
719: <ul><pre>
720: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
721: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
722: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
723: </pre></ul>
724: <p>
725: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.69 jasper 726: read the <a href="faq/faq15.html">ports</a> page
1.1 jasper 727: if you know nothing about ports
728: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
729: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
730: OpenBSD ports system.
731: <p>
732: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
733: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
734: cvs(1)</a> if
735: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
736: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
737: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
738: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
739: like:
740: <p>
741: <ul><pre>
742: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_2</strong>
743: </pre></ul>
744: <p>
745: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
746: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
747: server.]
748: <p>
749: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
750: packages for the 4.2 release will be made available if problems arise.
751: <p>
752: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
753: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
754: place to know.
755: <p>
756:
757: </body>
758: </html>
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