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1.81 tj 17: <font color="#0000ff"><i>Open</i></font><font color="#000084">BSD</font></a>
18: <font color="#e00000">4.2</font>
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1.73 deraadt 20: <p>
1.1 jasper 21:
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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>
1.78 deraadt 29: 4.2 Song: <a href="lyrics.html#42">"100001 1010101"</a>
1.1 jasper 30: <p>
31: <ul>
1.75 deraadt 32: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="https://openbsdstore.com">ordering system</a>.
1.1 jasper 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.
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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1.81 tj 42: <p>
43: All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,
44: sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the
45: files fetched via ports.tar.gz.
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52: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
53: <p>
54: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 4.2.
1.20 deraadt 55: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus42.html">changelog</a> leading
1.1 jasper 56: to 4.2.
57: <p>
58:
59: <ul>
60:
61: <li>New/extended platforms:
62: <ul>
1.15 kettenis 63: <li><a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a>.<br>
64: The PCIe UltraSPARC IIIi machines like the V215 and V245 are now
65: supported.
1.18 kettenis 66: <li><a href="hppa.html">OpenBSD/hppa</a>.<br>
1.15 kettenis 67: Four-digit B/C/J-class workstations like the B2000, C3750 or J6750
68: are now supported (in 32-bit mode).
1.41 matthieu 69: <li><a href="alpha.html">OpenBSD/alpha</a>.<br>
70: Add support in the alpha platform for a couple of new Alpha
71: models, AlphaServer 1200 and 4100.
1.1 jasper 72: </ul>
73: <p>
74:
1.34 deraadt 75: <li>Platforms skipped this release:
1.1 jasper 76: <ul>
1.34 deraadt 77: <li><a href="sgi.html">OpenBSD/sgi</a>.<br>
1.35 jasper 78: Due to various issues, this architecture will not be released
1.34 deraadt 79: this time.
1.1 jasper 80: </ul>
81: <p>
82:
83: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
84: <ul>
1.11 matthieu 85: <li> Native Serial-ATA support:
86: <ul>
1.80 sthen 87: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ahci&sektion=4">ahci(4)</a>
1.24 dlg 88: driver for SATA controllers conforming to the Advanced Host Controller
89: Interface specification.
1.80 sthen 90: <li><a href=http://man.openbsd.org/?query=jmb&sektion=4&arch=i386>jmb(4)</a> driver for the JMicron JMB36x SATA II and PATA Host Controller.
91: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=sili&sektion=4">sili(4)</a>
1.24 dlg 92: driver for SATA controllers using the Silicon Image 3124/3132/3531 SATALink
93: chipsets.
1.11 matthieu 94: </ul>
1.80 sthen 95: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide(4)</a> driver has had support added for newer chipsets, including:
1.39 matthieu 96: <ul>
97: <li>Intel ICH8M PATA
98: <li>JMicron JMB36x PATA
99: <li>VIA CX700/VX700 PATA
100: </ul>
1.80 sthen 101: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=lm&sektion=4">lm(4)</a>
1.43 cnst 102: driver now supports Winbond W83627DHG and W83627EHF-A Super I/O Hardware Monitors.
1.22 kettenis 103: <li> The <a
1.80 sthen 104: href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=siop&sektion=4">siop(4)</a>
1.22 kettenis 105: driver now has support for NCR 53C720/770 controllers in big endian mode.
106: In particular this means that the onboard Fast-Wide SCSI on many hppa
107: machines is supported now.
1.80 sthen 108: <li> New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=tht&sektion=4">tht(4)</a>
1.39 matthieu 109: driver for Tehuti Networks 10Gb Ethernet controllers.
1.25 jsg 110: <li> The <a
1.80 sthen 111: href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=malo&sektion=4">malo(4)</a>
1.25 jsg 112: driver now supports Marvell 88W8385 802.11g based Compact Flash devices.
1.39 matthieu 113: <li> New <a
1.80 sthen 114: href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=uts&sektion=4">uts(4)</a>
1.39 matthieu 115: driver for USB touch screens, and the <a
1.80 sthen 116: href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=xtsscale&sektion=1">xtsscale(1)</a>
1.39 matthieu 117: calibration utility.
1.41 matthieu 118: <li> The <a
1.80 sthen 119: href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=i810&sektion=4">i810(4)</a>
1.41 matthieu 120: X.Org driver and the PCI AGP driver now support Intel i965GM chips.
1.27 jasper 121: <li> New <a
1.80 sthen 122: href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=led&arch=sparc64">led(4)</a>
1.27 jasper 123: driver for the front panel LEDs on the V215/245.
124: <li> New <a
1.80 sthen 125: href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=bbc&arch=sparc64">bbc(4)</a>
1.27 jasper 126: driver providing support for the BootBus Controllers in UltraSparc III systems.
127: <li> New <a
1.80 sthen 128: href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pmc&arch=sparc64">pmc(4)</a>
1.27 jasper 129: driver for the
1.80 sthen 130: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=watchdog§ion=4">
1.27 jasper 131: watchdog(4)</a> timer on the National Semiconductor PC87317 SuperIO chip.
1.80 sthen 132: <li>New <a href=http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pyro&sektion=4&arch=sparc64>pyro(4)</a> driver for the SPARC64 Host/PCIe bridge.
133: <li>New <a href=http://man.openbsd.org/?query=astro&sektion=4&arch=hppa>astro(4)</a> driver for the Astro Memory and I/O controller on hppa.
134: <li>New <a href=http://man.openbsd.org/?query=elroy&sektion=4&arch=hppa>elroy(4)</a> driver for the Elroy PCI hostbridge on hppa.
135: <li>New <a href=http://man.openbsd.org/?query=lcd&sektion=4&arch=hppa>lcd(4)</a> driver for the front panel LCD display on hppa.
136: <li>New <a href=http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssio&sektion=4&arch=hppa>ssio(4)</a> driver for the National Semiconductor PC87560 Legacy IO on hppa.
137: <li>New <a href=http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pxammc&sektion=4&arch=zaurus>pxammc(4)</a> driver for the MMC/SD/SDIO controller on zaurus.
138: <li>New <a href=http://man.openbsd.org/?query=&sektion=4&arch=macppc>xlights(4)</a> driver for the front panel lights on the Xserve G4.
139: <li>New <a href=http://man.openbsd.org/?query=sysbutton&sektion=4&arch=macppc>sysbutton(4)</a> driver for the system identification button on the Xserve G4.
140: <li>New <a href=http://man.openbsd.org/?query=piixpcib&sektion=4&arch=i386>piixpcib(4)</a> driver for System Management Mode initiated speedstep frequency scaling on certain pairings of the Intel PIIX4 ISA bridges and Intel Pentium 3 processors.
1.33 gwk 141: <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.
142: <li>Intel enhanced speedstep is now supported on OpenBSD/amd64.
1.39 matthieu 143: <li>New support for the on die CPU temperature sensor found on the Intel Core family of processors.
1.80 sthen 144: <li>The <a href=http://man.openbsd.org/?query=nvram&sektion=4&arch=amd64>nvram(4)</a> driver is now available on OpenBSD/amd64.
1.1 jasper 145: </ul>
146: <p>
1.8 matthieu 147:
1.1 jasper 148:
149: <li>New tools:
150: <ul>
1.10 matthieu 151: <li> <a
1.80 sthen 152: href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=cwm&sektion=1">cwm(1)</a>
1.10 matthieu 153: has replaced wm2 as a simple-looking low-resource window manager.
1.26 jsg 154: <li> <a
1.80 sthen 155: href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=zless&sektion=1">zless(1)</a>,
1.26 jsg 156: view compressed files with
1.80 sthen 157: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=less&sektion=1">less(1)</a>.
158: <li><a href=http://man.openbsd.org/?query=mount_vnd&sektion=8&arch=i386>mount_vnd(8)</a>, a utility to configure vnode disks from <a href=http://man.openbsd.org/?query=fstab&sektion=5&arch=i386>fstab(5)</a>.
1.1 jasper 159: </ul>
160: <p>
1.10 matthieu 161:
1.1 jasper 162:
163: <li>New functionality:
164: <ul>
1.14 otto 165: <li>FFS2, the updated version of the fast file system.
1.23 kili 166: <li><a
1.80 sthen 167: href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>
1.23 kili 168: now can send cookies loaded from a netscape-like cookiejar, supports
169: proxies requiring a password, and has a keep-alive option to avoid
1.59 ray 170: overly aggressive control connection dropping.
1.80 sthen 171: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pkg_add&sektion=1">pkg_add(1)</a> has been vastly improved. It is more robust, outputs more
1.29 espie 172: consistent error messages, and can deal with a lot more update scenarios
173: gracefully. It also has much better look-up capabilities for multiple entries
174: in <code>PKG_PATH</code>, stopping at the first directory with suitable
175: candidates.
1.30 simon 176: <li><a
1.80 sthen 177: href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ftp-proxy&sektion=8">ftp-proxy(8)</a>
1.30 simon 178: is now able to automatically tag packets passing through the <a
1.80 sthen 179: href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> rule with a supplied name.
1.31 david 180: <li>Kernel work queues,
1.80 sthen 181: <a href=http://man.openbsd.org/?query=workq_add_task&sektion=9&arch=i386>workq_add_task(9)</a>,
182: <a href=http://man.openbsd.org/?query=workq_create&sektion=9&arch=i386>workq_create(9)</a>,
183: <a href=http://man.openbsd.org/?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.
184: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a>
1.37 henning 185: now understands IP address/mask in CIDR notation.
1.80 sthen 186: <li>Add IP (v4 and v6) load balancing to <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=carp&sektion=4&format=html">carp(4)</a>, similar to the ARP balancing.
187: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=sensorsd&sektion=8">sensorsd(8)</a>
1.43 cnst 188: now supports a zero-configuration monitoring and has a more intuitive logging
189: for all sensors that automatically provide sensor state. It also features
190: advancements in user-specified monitoring, including monitoring of sensors
191: that are periodically flagged as invalid.
1.80 sthen 192: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=sensorsd.conf&sektion=5">sensorsd.conf(5)</a>
1.43 cnst 193: now supports sensor matching by sensor type, allowing easier configuration.
1.46 kettenis 194: <li>The i386 bootloader can now load amd64 kernels.
195: <li>The amd64 bootloader can now load i386 kernels.
1.1 jasper 196: </ul>
197: <p>
198:
199: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
200: <ul>
1.56 cloder 201: <li>Huge performance improvements in the network stack, including:
202: <ul>
1.57 henning 203: <li>In pf, store routing table ID, queue ID etc directly in the packet header mbuf instead of using
204: mbuf tags (which use malloc'd memory). This yields a 100% improvement in pf performance.
1.56 cloder 205: <li>Packet forwarding can skip IPSEC stack if no IPSEC flows are defined. This
206: yields a further 5% improvement in packet forwarding performance.
1.57 henning 207: <li>Skip TCP/UDP/ICMP/ICMP6 checksumming when not necessary.
1.56 cloder 208: This yields a further 10% improvement in pf performance.
209: <li>A change in the way the kernel random pool is stirred greatly increases
210: performance with network interface cards that support interrupt mitigation, especially
211: on architectures where reading the clock is expensive (such as amd64).
1.80 sthen 212: <li>Enable interrupt holdoff on <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=sis&sektion=4">sis(4)</a>
1.56 cloder 213: chips that support it. Significant performance gain for slower CPU devices with sis(4), such as Soekris.
214: </ul>
1.29 espie 215: <li>Large (>1TB) disk and partition support in the disklabel and buffer cache
1.14 otto 216: code and in the userland utilities that manipulate disk blocks. Note
217: that some parts of the system are not 64-bit disk block clean yet, so partition
218: larger than 2TB cannot be used at the moment.
1.38 krw 219: <li>Large (>2^32-1 sectors) SCSI disk sizes now probed.
1.16 jasper 220: <li>Thread support for the Objective-C library (libobjc).
1.80 sthen 221: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=carp&sektion=4">carp</a>
1.42 ray 222: route handling has been fixed, solving some problems the routing daemons were exhibiting.
1.38 krw 223: <li>i386 TLB handling improved to avoid possible corruption on Core2Duo processors.
1.65 chl 224: <li>Rework TLB shootdown code for i386 and amd64, gives fairly large speed
225: improvements.
1.38 krw 226: <li>i386 and amd64 use the BIOS disk geometry when creating default disklabels.
1.42 ray 227: <li>Default disk geometry changed from 64 heads/32 sectors to 255 heads/63 sectors.
228: <li>More usb devices with various quirks coaxed to work.
1.38 krw 229: <li>Archive/Wangtek cartridge tape drives (wt*) no longer supported.
1.80 sthen 230: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=rcs&sektion=1">rcs</a> has improved GNU compatibility.
231: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=make&sektion=1">make(1)</a> has improved stability of -j option.
232: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=isakmpd&sektion=8">isakmpd(8)</a> now allows key exchange with RSA signature authentication to work with Cisco IOS.
233: <li>Fixed <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?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 234: <li>The stability of <a href="alpha.html">OpenBSD/alpha</a> has been greatly improved.
235: <li>The stability of <a href="hppa.html">OpenBSD/hppa</a> has been greatly improved.
1.1 jasper 236: </ul>
237: <p>
238:
239: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
240: <ul>
1.38 krw 241: <li>Allow the specification of an NTP server during installation.
242: <li>Allow no fsck'ing of clean non-root partitions during upgrade.
243: <li>Check for INSTALL.<arch> to confirm sets are for the correct architecture.
244: <li>Create and format the MSDOS partition for macppc installs in a more flexible and reliable way.
1.1 jasper 245: </ul>
246: <p>
247:
248: <li>OpenBGPD 4.2:
249: <ul>
1.28 claudio 250: <li>Include support for Four-octet AS Number Space.
251: <li>Allow matching on communities using 0 in the AS part.
252: <li>Filtering on IPv6 prefixes is now possible.
253: <li>Various bugs in the encoding of multiprotocol updates were fixed.
254: <li>Allow the use of pkill -HUP bgpd to reload the config.
1.37 henning 255: <li>bgpctl can filter prefix output by community now
1.1 jasper 256: </ul>
257: <p>
258:
259: <li>OpenNTPD 4.2:
260: <ul>
1.47 kettenis 261: <li>Improved support for timedelta sensors.
1.1 jasper 262: </ul>
263: <p>
264:
265: <li>OpenOSPFD 4.2:
266: <ul>
1.28 claudio 267: <li>Added support for RFC 3137: OSPF Stub Router Advertisement
268: <li>It is possible to specify a carp demote group on interfaces and areas.
269: <li>Added support for mapping route labels to AS-external route tags and vice versa.
270: <li>Allow the use of pkill -HUP ospfd to reload the config.
1.1 jasper 271: </ul>
272: <p>
273:
1.45 pyr 274: <li>Hoststated 4.2:
275: <ul>
276: <li>Added support for Layer 7 load balancing (or relay).</li>
277: <li>Added support for reloading through hoststatectl or SIGHUP.</li>
278: </ul>
279: <p>
280:
1.1 jasper 281: <li>OpenSSH 4.7:
282: <ul>
1.44 deraadt 283: <li>Prevent
1.80 sthen 284: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
1.44 deraadt 285: from using a trusted X11 cookie if creation of an
286: untrusted cookie fails; found and fixed by Jan Pechanec.
1.80 sthen 287: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
1.44 deraadt 288: in new installations defaults to SSH Protocol 2 only.
289: Existing installations are unchanged.
290: <li>The SSH channel window size has been increased, and both
1.80 sthen 291: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
1.44 deraadt 292: and
1.80 sthen 293: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
1.44 deraadt 294: now send window updates more aggressively.<br>
295: These improves performance on high-BDP (Bandwidth Delay Product) networks.
1.80 sthen 296: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
1.44 deraadt 297: and
1.80 sthen 298: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
1.44 deraadt 299: now preserve MAC contexts between packets, which
300: saves 2 hash calls per packet and results in 12-16% speedup for
301: arcfour256/hmac-md5.
302: <li>A new MAC algorithm has been added, UMAC-64 (RFC4418) which is
303: approximately 20% faster than HMAC-MD5.
304: <li>A -K flag was added to
1.80 sthen 305: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
1.44 deraadt 306: to set GSSAPIAuthentication=Yes.
307: <li>Failure to establish a
1.80 sthen 308: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
1.44 deraadt 309: TunnelForward is now treated as a
310: fatal error when the ExitOnForwardFailure option is set.
1.80 sthen 311: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
1.44 deraadt 312: returns a sensible exit status if the control master goes
313: away without passing the full exit status. (bz #1261)
1.1 jasper 314: </ul>
315: <p>
316:
1.44 deraadt 317: <li>Over 4,500 ports, minor robustness improvements in package tools.
318: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
319: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
320: <tr>
321: <td valign="top" width="33%">
322: <ul>
323: <li>i386: 4360
324: <li>sparc64: 4205
325: <li>alpha: 3779
1.61 deraadt 326: <li>sh: 817
1.44 deraadt 327: </ul></td><td valign=top width="33%"><ul>
328: <li>amd64: 4283
329: <li>powerpc: 4230
1.58 deraadt 330: <li>sparc: 3283
1.60 martin 331: <li>m68k: 1107
1.44 deraadt 332: </ul></td><td valign=top width="33%"><ul>
1.61 deraadt 333: <li>arm: 2131
1.44 deraadt 334: <li>hppa: 3215
1.61 deraadt 335: <li>vax: 108
1.44 deraadt 336: </ul></td></tr></table>
1.1 jasper 337: Some highlights:
338: <ul>
1.44 deraadt 339: <!-- XXX double check versions -->
1.4 jasper 340: <li>Gnome 2.18.
1.16 jasper 341: <li>GNUstep 1.14.
1.4 jasper 342: <li>KDE 3.5.7 and koffice 1.6.3.
1.7 steven 343: <li>Xfce 4.4.1.
1.35 jasper 344: <li>OpenMotif 2.3.0.
1.9 steven 345: <li>OpenOffice.org 2.2.1.
346: <li>Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6.
1.4 jasper 347: <li>PostgreSQL 8.2.4.
1.5 jasper 348: <li>GHC 6.6.1 (amd64 and i386 only)
1.1 jasper 349: </ul>
350: <p>
351:
352: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
353: <p>
354:
355: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
356: <ul>
1.19 matthieu 357: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.2 + patches, freetype 2.2.1, fontconfig
1.1 jasper 358: 2.4.2, expat 2.0.0, Mesa 6.5.2, xterm 225 and more)
359: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
1.80 sthen 360: (+ <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
1.1 jasper 361: and 3.3.5
1.80 sthen 362: (+ <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
1.1 jasper 363: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
364: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
365: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
366: <li>Groff 1.15
367: <li>Sendmail 8.14.1, with libmilter
368: <li>Bind 9.3.4 (+ patches)
369: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
370: <li>Sudo 1.6.9p4
371: <li>Ncurses 5.2
372: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
373: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
374: <li>Arla 0.35.7
375: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
376: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
377: <!-- XXX double check versions -->
378: </ul>
379: <p>
380:
381: </ul>
382:
383: <a name="install"></a>
384: <hr>
385: <p>
386: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
387: <p>
388: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
389: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
390: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
391: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
392: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
393: purchased a CDROM instead.
394: <p>
395:
396: <hr>
397: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
398: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.2 on your machine:
399: <p>
400: <ul>
401: <li>CD1:4.2/i386/INSTALL.i386
402: <p>
403: <li>CD2:4.2/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
404: <li>CD2:4.2/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
405: <p>
406: <li>CD3:4.2/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
407: <p>
408: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
409: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/armish/INSTALL.armish
410: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
411: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
412: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
413: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
414: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
415: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
416: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
417: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/vax/INSTALL.vax
418: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
419: </ul>
420: <hr>
421:
422: <p>
423: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
424: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
425: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
426: <p>
427:
428: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
429: <ul>
430: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
431: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
432: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
433: <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
434:
435: <p>
436: Use <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyB42.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
437: support, or <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyC42.fs</i> for better laptop support.
438:
439: <p>
1.66 tom 440: NOTE: some older BIOSes appear to have problems booting CD1.
441: A workaround can be found on the
442: <a href="errata42.html#003_i386_boot">4.2 errata page</a>.
443:
444: <p>
1.1 jasper 445: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
446: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
447: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
448:
449: <p>
450: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
451: read INSTALL.i386.
452:
453: <p>
454: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
455: at <i>CD1:4.2/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
456: use the
1.80 sthen 457: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
1.1 jasper 458: utility. The following is an example usage of
1.80 sthen 459: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
1.1 jasper 460: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
461: "rfd0a".
462:
463: <ul><pre>
464: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
465: </pre></ul>
466:
467: <p>
468: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
469: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
470: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
1.82 tj 471: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">this page</a>.
1.1 jasper 472: </ul>
473:
474: <p>
475: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
476: <ul>
477: The 4.2 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
478: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
479: your BIOS options first.
480: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
481: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.2/amd64/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy, then
482: boot from the floppy drive.
483:
484: <p>
485: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
486: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
487: INSTALL.amd64 document.
488:
489: <p>
490: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
491: read INSTALL.amd64.
492: </ul>
493:
494: <p>
495: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
496: <ul>
497: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
498: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
499:
500: <p>
501: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
502: /4.2/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
503: </ul>
504:
505: <p>
506: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
507: <ul>
508: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
509:
510: <p>
511: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
512: <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppy42.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppyB42.fs</i>
513: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
514: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
515:
516: <p>
517: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
518: will most likely fail.
519:
520: <p>
521: You can also write <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/miniroot42.fs</i> to the swap partition on
522: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
523:
524: <p>
525: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
526: </ul>
527:
528: <p>
529: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
530: <ul>
531: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppy42.fs</i> or
532: <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppyB42.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
533: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
534:
535: <p>
536: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
537: will most likely fail.
538:
539: </ul>
540:
541: <p>
542: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
543: <ul>
544: <p>
545: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
546: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
547: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
548: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
549: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
550: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
551: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
552: </ul>
553:
554: <p>
555: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
556: <ul>
557: <p>
558: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
559: </ul>
560:
561: <p>
562: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
563: <ul>
564: <p>
565: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
566: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
567: </ul>
568:
569: <p>
570: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
571: <ul>
572: <p>
1.21 deraadt 573: Write <i>miniroot42.fs</i> to the start of the CF
1.1 jasper 574: or disk, and boot normally.
575: </ul>
576:
1.68 miod 577: <!--
1.1 jasper 578: <p>
579: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
580: <ul>
581: <p>
582: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
583: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
584: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
585: </ul>
1.68 miod 586: -->
1.1 jasper 587:
588: <p>
589: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
590: <ul>
591: <p>
592: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
593: <i>FTP:4.2/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
594: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
595: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
596: </ul>
597:
598: <p>
599: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
600: <ul>
601: <p>
602: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
603: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
604: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
605: for more details.
606: </ul>
607:
608: <p>
609: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
610: <ul>
611: <p>
612: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
613: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
614: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
615: for more details.
616: </ul>
617:
618: <p>
619: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
620: <ul>
1.21 deraadt 621: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
622: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
1.1 jasper 623:
624: <ul><pre>
625: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
626: or
627: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
628: </pre></ul>
629:
630: <p>
631: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
1.21 deraadt 632: To do so you need to write <i>floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy.
1.82 tj 633: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">this page</a>.
1.1 jasper 634: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
635: depending on the version of your ROM.
636:
637: <ul><pre>
638: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
639: or
640: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
641: </pre></ul>
642:
643: <p>
644: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
645: will most likely fail.
646:
647: <p>
648: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
649: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
650: INSTALL.sparc file.
651: </ul>
652:
653: <p>
654: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
655: <ul>
656: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
657: </ul>
658:
659: <p>
660: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
661: <ul>
662: <p>
663: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
664: openbsd42_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
665: for a few important details.
666: </ul>
667:
668: <p>
669: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
670: <ul>
671: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
672: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
673: in a separate archive. To extract:
674: <p>
675: <ul><pre>
676: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
677: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
678: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
679: </pre></ul>
680: <p>
681: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
682: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
683: To extract:
684: <p>
685: <ul><pre>
686: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
687: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
688: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
689: </pre></ul>
690: <p>
691: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
692: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
693: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
694: Using these files
695: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
696: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
697: <p>
698: </ul>
699:
700: <a name="upgrade"></a>
701: <hr>
702: <p>
703: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
704: <p>
705: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.1 system, and do not want to reinstall,
706: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
707: <a href="faq/upgrade42.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
708:
709: <a name="ports"></a>
710: <hr>
711: <p>
712: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
713: <p>
714: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
715: <p>
716: <ul><pre>
717: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
718: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
719: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
720: </pre></ul>
721: <p>
722: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.69 jasper 723: read the <a href="faq/faq15.html">ports</a> page
1.1 jasper 724: if you know nothing about ports
725: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
726: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
727: OpenBSD ports system.
728: <p>
729: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
1.80 sthen 730: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
1.1 jasper 731: cvs(1)</a> if
732: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
733: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
734: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
735: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
736: like:
737: <p>
738: <ul><pre>
739: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_2</strong>
740: </pre></ul>
741: <p>
742: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
743: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
744: server.]
745: <p>
746: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
747: packages for the 4.2 release will be made available if problems arise.
748: <p>
749: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
750: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
751: place to know.
752: <p>
753:
754: </body>
755: </html>
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