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1.71 deraadt 22: <h2><font color="#0000e0">OpenBSD 4.2</font></h2>
1.1 jasper 23: <p>
1.67 deraadt 24: Released Nov 1, 2007<br>
1.1 jasper 25: Copyright 1997-2007, Theo de Raadt.<br>
1.36 deraadt 26: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9784475-0-2</font>
1.1 jasper 27: <br>
1.62 deraadt 28: <a href="lyrics.html#42">4.2 Song: "100001 1010101"</a>
1.1 jasper 29: <p>
30: <ul>
31: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
32: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
33: a list of mirror machines.
34: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/4.2/</font> directory on
35: one of the mirror sites.
36: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
1.20 deraadt 37: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata42.html">The 4.2 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 jasper 38: of bugs and workarounds.
1.20 deraadt 39: <li>See a <a href="plus42.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
1.1 jasper 40: 4.1 and 4.2 releases.
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1.72 deraadt 43: <p>
1.71 deraadt 44: All applicable copyrights and credits can be found in the applicable
45: file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
46: xenocara.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The
47: distribution files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file
48: are not included on the CDROM because of lack of space.
1.1 jasper 49: <p>
50:
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53: <p>
54: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
55: <p>
56: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 4.2.
1.20 deraadt 57: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus42.html">changelog</a> leading
1.1 jasper 58: to 4.2.
59: <p>
60:
61: <ul>
62:
63: <li>New/extended platforms:
64: <ul>
1.15 kettenis 65: <li><a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a>.<br>
66: The PCIe UltraSPARC IIIi machines like the V215 and V245 are now
67: supported.
1.18 kettenis 68: <li><a href="hppa.html">OpenBSD/hppa</a>.<br>
1.15 kettenis 69: Four-digit B/C/J-class workstations like the B2000, C3750 or J6750
70: are now supported (in 32-bit mode).
1.41 matthieu 71: <li><a href="alpha.html">OpenBSD/alpha</a>.<br>
72: Add support in the alpha platform for a couple of new Alpha
73: models, AlphaServer 1200 and 4100.
1.1 jasper 74: </ul>
75: <p>
76:
1.34 deraadt 77: <li>Platforms skipped this release:
1.1 jasper 78: <ul>
1.34 deraadt 79: <li><a href="sgi.html">OpenBSD/sgi</a>.<br>
1.35 jasper 80: Due to various issues, this architecture will not be released
1.34 deraadt 81: this time.
1.1 jasper 82: </ul>
83: <p>
84:
85: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
86: <ul>
1.11 matthieu 87: <li> Native Serial-ATA support:
88: <ul>
1.39 matthieu 89: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ahci&sektion=4">ahci(4)</a>
1.24 dlg 90: driver for SATA controllers conforming to the Advanced Host Controller
91: Interface specification.
1.39 matthieu 92: <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.
93: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sili&sektion=4">sili(4)</a>
1.24 dlg 94: driver for SATA controllers using the Silicon Image 3124/3132/3531 SATALink
95: chipsets.
1.11 matthieu 96: </ul>
1.39 matthieu 97: <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:
98: <ul>
99: <li>Intel ICH8M PATA
100: <li>JMicron JMB36x PATA
101: <li>VIA CX700/VX700 PATA
102: </ul>
1.43 cnst 103: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lm&sektion=4">lm(4)</a>
104: driver now supports Winbond W83627DHG and W83627EHF-A Super I/O Hardware Monitors.
1.22 kettenis 105: <li> The <a
106: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=siop&sektion=4">siop(4)</a>
107: driver now has support for NCR 53C720/770 controllers in big endian mode.
108: In particular this means that the onboard Fast-Wide SCSI on many hppa
109: machines is supported now.
1.39 matthieu 110: <li> New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tht&sektion=4">tht(4)</a>
111: driver for Tehuti Networks 10Gb Ethernet controllers.
1.25 jsg 112: <li> The <a
113: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malo&sektion=4">malo(4)</a>
114: driver now supports Marvell 88W8385 802.11g based Compact Flash devices.
1.39 matthieu 115: <li> New <a
116: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uts&sektion=4">uts(4)</a>
117: driver for USB touch screens, and the <a
118: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xtsscale&sektion=1">xtsscale(1)</a>
119: calibration utility.
1.41 matthieu 120: <li> The <a
1.63 jj 121: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=i810&sektion=4">i810(4)</a>
1.41 matthieu 122: X.Org driver and the PCI AGP driver now support Intel i965GM chips.
1.27 jasper 123: <li> New <a
124: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=led&arch=sparc64">led(4)</a>
125: driver for the front panel LEDs on the V215/245.
126: <li> New <a
127: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bbc&arch=sparc64">bbc(4)</a>
128: driver providing support for the BootBus Controllers in UltraSparc III systems.
129: <li> New <a
130: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pmc&arch=sparc64">pmc(4)</a>
131: driver for the
132: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=watchdog§ion=4">
133: watchdog(4)</a> timer on the National Semiconductor PC87317 SuperIO chip.
1.39 matthieu 134: <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 135: <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.
136: <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.
137: <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 138: <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 139: <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 140: <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.
141: <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.
142: <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.
143: <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.
144: <li>Intel enhanced speedstep is now supported on OpenBSD/amd64.
1.39 matthieu 145: <li>New support for the on die CPU temperature sensor found on the Intel Core family of processors.
1.53 deraadt 146: <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 147: </ul>
148: <p>
1.8 matthieu 149:
1.1 jasper 150:
151: <li>New tools:
152: <ul>
1.10 matthieu 153: <li> <a
154: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cwm&sektion=1">cwm(1)</a>
155: has replaced wm2 as a simple-looking low-resource window manager.
1.26 jsg 156: <li> <a
157: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zless&sektion=1">zless(1)</a>,
158: view compressed files with
159: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=less&sektion=1">less(1)</a>.
1.31 david 160: <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 161: </ul>
162: <p>
1.10 matthieu 163:
1.1 jasper 164:
165: <li>New functionality:
166: <ul>
1.14 otto 167: <li>FFS2, the updated version of the fast file system.
1.23 kili 168: <li><a
169: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>
170: now can send cookies loaded from a netscape-like cookiejar, supports
171: proxies requiring a password, and has a keep-alive option to avoid
1.59 ray 172: overly aggressive control connection dropping.
1.29 espie 173: <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
174: consistent error messages, and can deal with a lot more update scenarios
175: gracefully. It also has much better look-up capabilities for multiple entries
176: in <code>PKG_PATH</code>, stopping at the first directory with suitable
177: candidates.
1.30 simon 178: <li><a
179: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp-proxy&sektion=8">ftp-proxy(8)</a>
180: is now able to automatically tag packets passing through the <a
181: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> rule with a supplied name.
1.31 david 182: <li>Kernel work queues,
183: <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=workq_add_task&sektion=9&arch=i386>workq_add_task(9)</a>,
184: <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=workq_create&sektion=9&arch=i386>workq_create(9)</a>,
185: <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 186: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a>
187: now understands IP address/mask in CIDR notation.
1.40 matthieu 188: <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 189: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sensorsd&sektion=8">sensorsd(8)</a>
190: now supports a zero-configuration monitoring and has a more intuitive logging
191: for all sensors that automatically provide sensor state. It also features
192: advancements in user-specified monitoring, including monitoring of sensors
193: that are periodically flagged as invalid.
194: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sensorsd.conf&sektion=5">sensorsd.conf(5)</a>
195: now supports sensor matching by sensor type, allowing easier configuration.
1.46 kettenis 196: <li>The i386 bootloader can now load amd64 kernels.
197: <li>The amd64 bootloader can now load i386 kernels.
1.1 jasper 198: </ul>
199: <p>
200:
201: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
202: <ul>
1.56 cloder 203: <li>Huge performance improvements in the network stack, including:
204: <ul>
1.57 henning 205: <li>In pf, store routing table ID, queue ID etc directly in the packet header mbuf instead of using
206: mbuf tags (which use malloc'd memory). This yields a 100% improvement in pf performance.
1.56 cloder 207: <li>Packet forwarding can skip IPSEC stack if no IPSEC flows are defined. This
208: yields a further 5% improvement in packet forwarding performance.
1.57 henning 209: <li>Skip TCP/UDP/ICMP/ICMP6 checksumming when not necessary.
1.56 cloder 210: This yields a further 10% improvement in pf performance.
211: <li>A change in the way the kernel random pool is stirred greatly increases
212: performance with network interface cards that support interrupt mitigation, especially
213: on architectures where reading the clock is expensive (such as amd64).
214: <li>Enable interrupt holdoff on <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sis&sektion=4">sis(4)</a>
215: chips that support it. Significant performance gain for slower CPU devices with sis(4), such as Soekris.
216: </ul>
1.29 espie 217: <li>Large (>1TB) disk and partition support in the disklabel and buffer cache
1.14 otto 218: code and in the userland utilities that manipulate disk blocks. Note
219: that some parts of the system are not 64-bit disk block clean yet, so partition
220: larger than 2TB cannot be used at the moment.
1.38 krw 221: <li>Large (>2^32-1 sectors) SCSI disk sizes now probed.
1.16 jasper 222: <li>Thread support for the Objective-C library (libobjc).
1.37 henning 223: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=carp&sektion=4">carp</a>
1.42 ray 224: route handling has been fixed, solving some problems the routing daemons were exhibiting.
1.38 krw 225: <li>i386 TLB handling improved to avoid possible corruption on Core2Duo processors.
1.65 chl 226: <li>Rework TLB shootdown code for i386 and amd64, gives fairly large speed
227: improvements.
1.38 krw 228: <li>i386 and amd64 use the BIOS disk geometry when creating default disklabels.
1.42 ray 229: <li>Default disk geometry changed from 64 heads/32 sectors to 255 heads/63 sectors.
230: <li>More usb devices with various quirks coaxed to work.
1.38 krw 231: <li>Archive/Wangtek cartridge tape drives (wt*) no longer supported.
1.42 ray 232: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rcs&sektion=1">rcs</a> has improved GNU compatibility.
1.43 cnst 233: <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 234: <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 235: <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 236: <li>The stability of <a href="alpha.html">OpenBSD/alpha</a> has been greatly improved.
237: <li>The stability of <a href="hppa.html">OpenBSD/hppa</a> has been greatly improved.
1.1 jasper 238: </ul>
239: <p>
240:
241: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
242: <ul>
1.38 krw 243: <li>Allow the specification of an NTP server during installation.
244: <li>Allow no fsck'ing of clean non-root partitions during upgrade.
245: <li>Check for INSTALL.<arch> to confirm sets are for the correct architecture.
246: <li>Create and format the MSDOS partition for macppc installs in a more flexible and reliable way.
1.1 jasper 247: </ul>
248: <p>
249:
250: <li>OpenBGPD 4.2:
251: <ul>
1.28 claudio 252: <li>Include support for Four-octet AS Number Space.
253: <li>Allow matching on communities using 0 in the AS part.
254: <li>Filtering on IPv6 prefixes is now possible.
255: <li>Various bugs in the encoding of multiprotocol updates were fixed.
256: <li>Allow the use of pkill -HUP bgpd to reload the config.
1.37 henning 257: <li>bgpctl can filter prefix output by community now
1.1 jasper 258: </ul>
259: <p>
260:
261: <li>OpenNTPD 4.2:
262: <ul>
1.47 kettenis 263: <li>Improved support for timedelta sensors.
1.1 jasper 264: </ul>
265: <p>
266:
267: <li>OpenOSPFD 4.2:
268: <ul>
1.28 claudio 269: <li>Added support for RFC 3137: OSPF Stub Router Advertisement
270: <li>It is possible to specify a carp demote group on interfaces and areas.
271: <li>Added support for mapping route labels to AS-external route tags and vice versa.
272: <li>Allow the use of pkill -HUP ospfd to reload the config.
1.1 jasper 273: </ul>
274: <p>
275:
1.45 pyr 276: <li>Hoststated 4.2:
277: <ul>
278: <li>Added support for Layer 7 load balancing (or relay).</li>
279: <li>Added support for reloading through hoststatectl or SIGHUP.</li>
280: </ul>
281: <p>
282:
1.1 jasper 283: <li>OpenSSH 4.7:
284: <ul>
1.44 deraadt 285: <li>Prevent
286: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
287: from using a trusted X11 cookie if creation of an
288: untrusted cookie fails; found and fixed by Jan Pechanec.
289: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
290: in new installations defaults to SSH Protocol 2 only.
291: Existing installations are unchanged.
292: <li>The SSH channel window size has been increased, and both
293: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
294: and
295: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
296: now send window updates more aggressively.<br>
297: These improves performance on high-BDP (Bandwidth Delay Product) networks.
298: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
299: and
300: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
301: now preserve MAC contexts between packets, which
302: saves 2 hash calls per packet and results in 12-16% speedup for
303: arcfour256/hmac-md5.
304: <li>A new MAC algorithm has been added, UMAC-64 (RFC4418) which is
305: approximately 20% faster than HMAC-MD5.
306: <li>A -K flag was added to
307: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
308: to set GSSAPIAuthentication=Yes.
309: <li>Failure to establish a
310: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
311: TunnelForward is now treated as a
312: fatal error when the ExitOnForwardFailure option is set.
313: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
314: returns a sensible exit status if the control master goes
315: away without passing the full exit status. (bz #1261)
1.1 jasper 316: </ul>
317: <p>
318:
1.44 deraadt 319: <li>Over 4,500 ports, minor robustness improvements in package tools.
320: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
321: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
322: <tr>
323: <td valign="top" width="33%">
324: <ul>
325: <li>i386: 4360
326: <li>sparc64: 4205
327: <li>alpha: 3779
1.61 deraadt 328: <li>sh: 817
1.44 deraadt 329: </ul></td><td valign=top width="33%"><ul>
330: <li>amd64: 4283
331: <li>powerpc: 4230
1.58 deraadt 332: <li>sparc: 3283
1.60 martin 333: <li>m68k: 1107
1.44 deraadt 334: </ul></td><td valign=top width="33%"><ul>
1.61 deraadt 335: <li>arm: 2131
1.44 deraadt 336: <li>hppa: 3215
1.61 deraadt 337: <li>vax: 108
1.44 deraadt 338: </ul></td></tr></table>
1.1 jasper 339: Some highlights:
340: <ul>
1.44 deraadt 341: <!-- XXX double check versions -->
1.4 jasper 342: <li>Gnome 2.18.
1.16 jasper 343: <li>GNUstep 1.14.
1.4 jasper 344: <li>KDE 3.5.7 and koffice 1.6.3.
1.7 steven 345: <li>Xfce 4.4.1.
1.35 jasper 346: <li>OpenMotif 2.3.0.
1.9 steven 347: <li>OpenOffice.org 2.2.1.
348: <li>Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6.
1.4 jasper 349: <li>PostgreSQL 8.2.4.
1.5 jasper 350: <li>GHC 6.6.1 (amd64 and i386 only)
1.1 jasper 351: </ul>
352: <p>
353:
354: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
355: <p>
356:
357: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
358: <ul>
1.19 matthieu 359: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.2 + patches, freetype 2.2.1, fontconfig
1.1 jasper 360: 2.4.2, expat 2.0.0, Mesa 6.5.2, xterm 225 and more)
361: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
362: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
363: and 3.3.5
364: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
365: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
366: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
367: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
368: <li>Groff 1.15
369: <li>Sendmail 8.14.1, with libmilter
370: <li>Bind 9.3.4 (+ patches)
371: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
372: <li>Sudo 1.6.9p4
373: <li>Ncurses 5.2
374: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
375: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
376: <li>Arla 0.35.7
377: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
378: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
379: <!-- XXX double check versions -->
380: </ul>
381: <p>
382:
383: </ul>
384:
385: <a name="install"></a>
386: <hr>
387: <p>
388: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
389: <p>
390: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
391: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
392: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
393: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
394: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
395: purchased a CDROM instead.
396: <p>
397:
398: <hr>
399: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
400: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.2 on your machine:
401: <p>
402: <ul>
403: <li>CD1:4.2/i386/INSTALL.i386
404: <p>
405: <li>CD2:4.2/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
406: <li>CD2:4.2/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
407: <p>
408: <li>CD3:4.2/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
409: <p>
410: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
411: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/armish/INSTALL.armish
412: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
413: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
414: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
415: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
416: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
417: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
418: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
419: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/vax/INSTALL.vax
420: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
421: </ul>
422: <hr>
423:
424: <p>
425: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
426: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
427: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
428: <p>
429:
430: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
431: <ul>
432: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
433: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
434: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
435: <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
436:
437: <p>
438: Use <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyB42.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
439: support, or <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyC42.fs</i> for better laptop support.
440:
441: <p>
1.66 tom 442: NOTE: some older BIOSes appear to have problems booting CD1.
443: A workaround can be found on the
444: <a href="errata42.html#003_i386_boot">4.2 errata page</a>.
445:
446: <p>
1.1 jasper 447: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
448: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
449: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
450:
451: <p>
452: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
453: read INSTALL.i386.
454:
455: <p>
456: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
457: at <i>CD1:4.2/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
458: use the
459: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
460: utility. The following is an example usage of
461: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
462: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
463: "rfd0a".
464:
465: <ul><pre>
466: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
467: </pre></ul>
468:
469: <p>
470: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
471: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
472: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
473: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
474: </ul>
475:
476: <p>
477: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
478: <ul>
479: The 4.2 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
480: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
481: your BIOS options first.
482: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
483: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.2/amd64/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy, then
484: boot from the floppy drive.
485:
486: <p>
487: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
488: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
489: INSTALL.amd64 document.
490:
491: <p>
492: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
493: read INSTALL.amd64.
494: </ul>
495:
496: <p>
497: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
498: <ul>
499: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
500: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
501:
502: <p>
503: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
504: /4.2/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
505: </ul>
506:
507: <p>
508: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
509: <ul>
510: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
511:
512: <p>
513: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
514: <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppy42.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppyB42.fs</i>
515: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
516: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
517:
518: <p>
519: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
520: will most likely fail.
521:
522: <p>
523: You can also write <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/miniroot42.fs</i> to the swap partition on
524: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
525:
526: <p>
527: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
528: </ul>
529:
530: <p>
531: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
532: <ul>
533: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppy42.fs</i> or
534: <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppyB42.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
535: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
536:
537: <p>
538: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
539: will most likely fail.
540:
541: </ul>
542:
543: <p>
544: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
545: <ul>
546: <p>
547: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
548: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
549: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
550: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
551: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
552: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
553: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
554: </ul>
555:
556: <p>
557: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
558: <ul>
559: <p>
560: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
561: </ul>
562:
563: <p>
564: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
565: <ul>
566: <p>
567: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
568: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
569: </ul>
570:
571: <p>
572: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
573: <ul>
574: <p>
1.21 deraadt 575: Write <i>miniroot42.fs</i> to the start of the CF
1.1 jasper 576: or disk, and boot normally.
577: </ul>
578:
1.68 miod 579: <!--
1.1 jasper 580: <p>
581: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
582: <ul>
583: <p>
584: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
585: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
586: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
587: </ul>
1.68 miod 588: -->
1.1 jasper 589:
590: <p>
591: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
592: <ul>
593: <p>
594: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
595: <i>FTP:4.2/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
596: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
597: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
598: </ul>
599:
600: <p>
601: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
602: <ul>
603: <p>
604: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
605: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
606: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
607: for more details.
608: </ul>
609:
610: <p>
611: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
612: <ul>
613: <p>
614: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
615: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
616: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
617: for more details.
618: </ul>
619:
620: <p>
621: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
622: <ul>
1.21 deraadt 623: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
624: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
1.1 jasper 625:
626: <ul><pre>
627: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
628: or
629: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
630: </pre></ul>
631:
632: <p>
633: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
1.21 deraadt 634: To do so you need to write <i>floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy.
1.1 jasper 635: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
636: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
637: depending on the version of your ROM.
638:
639: <ul><pre>
640: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
641: or
642: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
643: </pre></ul>
644:
645: <p>
646: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
647: will most likely fail.
648:
649: <p>
650: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
651: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
652: INSTALL.sparc file.
653: </ul>
654:
655: <p>
656: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
657: <ul>
658: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
659: </ul>
660:
661: <p>
662: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
663: <ul>
664: <p>
665: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
666: openbsd42_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
667: for a few important details.
668: </ul>
669:
670: <p>
671: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
672: <ul>
673: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
674: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
675: in a separate archive. To extract:
676: <p>
677: <ul><pre>
678: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
679: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
680: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
681: </pre></ul>
682: <p>
683: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
684: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
685: To extract:
686: <p>
687: <ul><pre>
688: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
689: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
690: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
691: </pre></ul>
692: <p>
693: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
694: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
695: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
696: Using these files
697: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
698: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
699: <p>
700: </ul>
701:
702: <a name="upgrade"></a>
703: <hr>
704: <p>
705: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
706: <p>
707: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.1 system, and do not want to reinstall,
708: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
709: <a href="faq/upgrade42.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
710:
711: <a name="ports"></a>
712: <hr>
713: <p>
714: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
715: <p>
716: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
717: <p>
718: <ul><pre>
719: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
720: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
721: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
722: </pre></ul>
723: <p>
724: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.69 jasper 725: read the <a href="faq/faq15.html">ports</a> page
1.1 jasper 726: if you know nothing about ports
727: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
728: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
729: OpenBSD ports system.
730: <p>
731: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
732: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
733: cvs(1)</a> if
734: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
735: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
736: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
737: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
738: like:
739: <p>
740: <ul><pre>
741: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_2</strong>
742: </pre></ul>
743: <p>
744: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
745: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
746: server.]
747: <p>
748: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
749: packages for the 4.2 release will be made available if problems arise.
750: <p>
751: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
752: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
753: place to know.
754: <p>
755:
756: </body>
757: </html>
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