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1.1 jasper 25: <a href="index.html">
1.87 bentley 26: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
27: 4.2
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1.1 jasper 29:
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31: <tr>
32: <td>
1.55 deraadt 33: <a href="images/Marathon.jpg">
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35: src="images/Marathon.jpg" alt="Marathon"></a>
36: <td>
1.67 deraadt 37: Released Nov 1, 2007<br>
1.1 jasper 38: Copyright 1997-2007, Theo de Raadt.<br>
1.87 bentley 39: <cite class=isbn>ISBN 978-0-9784475-0-2</cite>
1.1 jasper 40: <br>
1.78 deraadt 41: 4.2 Song: <a href="lyrics.html#42">"100001 1010101"</a>
1.86 deraadt 42: <br>
43: <br>
1.1 jasper 44: <ul>
45: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
46: a list of mirror machines.
1.87 bentley 47: <li>Go to the <code class=reldir>pub/OpenBSD/4.2/</code> directory on
1.1 jasper 48: one of the mirror sites.
1.20 deraadt 49: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata42.html">The 4.2 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 jasper 50: of bugs and workarounds.
1.20 deraadt 51: <li>See a <a href="plus42.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
1.1 jasper 52: 4.1 and 4.2 releases.
53: </ul>
1.81 tj 54: <p>
55: All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,
56: sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the
57: files fetched via ports.tar.gz.
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1.81 tj 59:
60: <hr>
1.1 jasper 61:
1.87 bentley 62: <section id=new>
63: <h3>What's New</h3>
64:
1.1 jasper 65: <p>
66: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 4.2.
1.20 deraadt 67: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus42.html">changelog</a> leading
1.1 jasper 68: to 4.2.
69: <p>
70:
71: <ul>
72:
73: <li>New/extended platforms:
74: <ul>
1.15 kettenis 75: <li><a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a>.<br>
76: The PCIe UltraSPARC IIIi machines like the V215 and V245 are now
77: supported.
1.18 kettenis 78: <li><a href="hppa.html">OpenBSD/hppa</a>.<br>
1.15 kettenis 79: Four-digit B/C/J-class workstations like the B2000, C3750 or J6750
80: are now supported (in 32-bit mode).
1.41 matthieu 81: <li><a href="alpha.html">OpenBSD/alpha</a>.<br>
82: Add support in the alpha platform for a couple of new Alpha
83: models, AlphaServer 1200 and 4100.
1.1 jasper 84: </ul>
85: <p>
86:
1.34 deraadt 87: <li>Platforms skipped this release:
1.1 jasper 88: <ul>
1.34 deraadt 89: <li><a href="sgi.html">OpenBSD/sgi</a>.<br>
1.35 jasper 90: Due to various issues, this architecture will not be released
1.34 deraadt 91: this time.
1.1 jasper 92: </ul>
93: <p>
94:
95: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
96: <ul>
1.11 matthieu 97: <li> Native Serial-ATA support:
98: <ul>
1.87 bentley 99: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ahci.4">ahci(4)</a>
1.24 dlg 100: driver for SATA controllers conforming to the Advanced Host Controller
101: Interface specification.
1.87 bentley 102: <li><a href=https://man.openbsd.org/jmb.4>jmb(4)</a> driver for the JMicron JMB36x SATA II and PATA Host Controller.
103: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sili.4">sili(4)</a>
1.24 dlg 104: driver for SATA controllers using the Silicon Image 3124/3132/3531 SATALink
105: chipsets.
1.11 matthieu 106: </ul>
1.87 bentley 107: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pciide.4">pciide(4)</a> driver has had support added for newer chipsets, including:
1.39 matthieu 108: <ul>
109: <li>Intel ICH8M PATA
110: <li>JMicron JMB36x PATA
111: <li>VIA CX700/VX700 PATA
112: </ul>
1.87 bentley 113: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/lm.4">lm(4)</a>
1.43 cnst 114: driver now supports Winbond W83627DHG and W83627EHF-A Super I/O Hardware Monitors.
1.22 kettenis 115: <li> The <a
1.87 bentley 116: href="https://man.openbsd.org/siop.4">siop(4)</a>
1.22 kettenis 117: driver now has support for NCR 53C720/770 controllers in big endian mode.
118: In particular this means that the onboard Fast-Wide SCSI on many hppa
119: machines is supported now.
1.87 bentley 120: <li> New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/tht.4">tht(4)</a>
1.39 matthieu 121: driver for Tehuti Networks 10Gb Ethernet controllers.
1.25 jsg 122: <li> The <a
1.87 bentley 123: href="https://man.openbsd.org/malo.4">malo(4)</a>
1.25 jsg 124: driver now supports Marvell 88W8385 802.11g based Compact Flash devices.
1.39 matthieu 125: <li> New <a
1.87 bentley 126: href="https://man.openbsd.org/uts.4">uts(4)</a>
1.39 matthieu 127: driver for USB touch screens, and the <a
1.87 bentley 128: href="https://man.openbsd.org/xtsscale.=1">xtsscale(1)</a>
1.39 matthieu 129: calibration utility.
1.41 matthieu 130: <li> The <a
1.87 bentley 131: href="https://man.openbsd.org/i810.4">i810(4)</a>
1.41 matthieu 132: X.Org driver and the PCI AGP driver now support Intel i965GM chips.
1.27 jasper 133: <li> New <a
1.87 bentley 134: href="https://man.openbsd.org/sparc64/led.4">led(4)</a>
1.27 jasper 135: driver for the front panel LEDs on the V215/245.
136: <li> New <a
1.87 bentley 137: href="https://man.openbsd.org/sparc64/bbc.4">bbc(4)</a>
1.27 jasper 138: driver providing support for the BootBus Controllers in UltraSparc III systems.
139: <li> New <a
1.87 bentley 140: href="https://man.openbsd.org/sparc64/pmc.4">pmc(4)</a>
1.27 jasper 141: driver for the
1.87 bentley 142: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/watchdog.4">
1.27 jasper 143: watchdog(4)</a> timer on the National Semiconductor PC87317 SuperIO chip.
1.87 bentley 144: <li>New <a href=https://man.openbsd.org/sparc64/pyro.4>pyro(4)</a> driver for the SPARC64 Host/PCIe bridge.
145: <li>New <a href=https://man.openbsd.org/hppa/astro.4>astro(4)</a> driver for the Astro Memory and I/O controller on hppa.
146: <li>New <a href=https://man.openbsd.org/hppa/elroy.4>elroy(4)</a> driver for the Elroy PCI hostbridge on hppa.
147: <li>New <a href=https://man.openbsd.org/hppa/lcd.4>lcd(4)</a> driver for the front panel LCD display on hppa.
148: <li>New <a href=https://man.openbsd.org/hppa/ssio.4>ssio(4)</a> driver for the National Semiconductor PC87560 Legacy IO on hppa.
149: <li>New <a href=https://man.openbsd.org/zaurus/pxammc.4>pxammc(4)</a> driver for the MMC/SD/SDIO controller on zaurus.
150: <li>New <a href=https://man.openbsd.org/macppc/xlights.4>xlights(4)</a> driver for the front panel lights on the Xserve G4.
151: <li>New <a href=https://man.openbsd.org/macppc/sysbutton.4>sysbutton(4)</a> driver for the system identification button on the Xserve G4.
152: <li>New <a href=https://man.openbsd.org/i386/piixpcib.4>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 153: <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.
154: <li>Intel enhanced speedstep is now supported on OpenBSD/amd64.
1.39 matthieu 155: <li>New support for the on die CPU temperature sensor found on the Intel Core family of processors.
1.87 bentley 156: <li>The <a href=https://man.openbsd.org/amd64/nvram.4>nvram(4)</a> driver is now available on OpenBSD/amd64.
1.1 jasper 157: </ul>
158: <p>
1.8 matthieu 159:
1.1 jasper 160:
161: <li>New tools:
162: <ul>
1.10 matthieu 163: <li> <a
1.87 bentley 164: href="https://man.openbsd.org/cwm.1">cwm(1)</a>
1.10 matthieu 165: has replaced wm2 as a simple-looking low-resource window manager.
1.26 jsg 166: <li> <a
1.87 bentley 167: href="https://man.openbsd.org/zless.1">zless(1)</a>,
1.26 jsg 168: view compressed files with
1.87 bentley 169: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/less.1">less(1)</a>.
170: <li><a href=https://man.openbsd.org/mount_vnd.8>mount_vnd(8)</a>, a utility to configure vnode disks from <a href=https://man.openbsd.org/fstab.5>fstab(5)</a>.
1.1 jasper 171: </ul>
172: <p>
1.10 matthieu 173:
1.1 jasper 174:
175: <li>New functionality:
176: <ul>
1.14 otto 177: <li>FFS2, the updated version of the fast file system.
1.23 kili 178: <li><a
1.87 bentley 179: href="https://man.openbsd.org/ftp.1">ftp(1)</a>
1.23 kili 180: now can send cookies loaded from a netscape-like cookiejar, supports
181: proxies requiring a password, and has a keep-alive option to avoid
1.59 ray 182: overly aggressive control connection dropping.
1.87 bentley 183: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pkg_add.1">pkg_add(1)</a> has been vastly improved. It is more robust, outputs more
1.29 espie 184: consistent error messages, and can deal with a lot more update scenarios
185: gracefully. It also has much better look-up capabilities for multiple entries
186: in <code>PKG_PATH</code>, stopping at the first directory with suitable
187: candidates.
1.30 simon 188: <li><a
1.87 bentley 189: href="https://man.openbsd.org/ftp-proxy.8">ftp-proxy(8)</a>
1.30 simon 190: is now able to automatically tag packets passing through the <a
1.87 bentley 191: href="https://man.openbsd.org/pf.4">pf(4)</a> rule with a supplied name.
1.31 david 192: <li>Kernel work queues,
1.87 bentley 193: <a href=https://man.openbsd.org/workq_add_task.9>workq_add_task(9)</a>,
194: <a href=https://man.openbsd.org/workq_create.9>workq_create(9)</a>,
195: <a href=https://man.openbsd.org/workq_destroy.9>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.
196: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ifconfig.8">ifconfig(8)</a>
1.37 henning 197: now understands IP address/mask in CIDR notation.
1.87 bentley 198: <li>Add IP (v4 and v6) load balancing to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/carp.4">carp(4)</a>, similar to the ARP balancing.
199: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sensorsd.8">sensorsd(8)</a>
1.43 cnst 200: now supports a zero-configuration monitoring and has a more intuitive logging
201: for all sensors that automatically provide sensor state. It also features
202: advancements in user-specified monitoring, including monitoring of sensors
203: that are periodically flagged as invalid.
1.87 bentley 204: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sensorsd.conf.5">sensorsd.conf(5)</a>
1.43 cnst 205: now supports sensor matching by sensor type, allowing easier configuration.
1.46 kettenis 206: <li>The i386 bootloader can now load amd64 kernels.
207: <li>The amd64 bootloader can now load i386 kernels.
1.1 jasper 208: </ul>
209: <p>
210:
211: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
212: <ul>
1.56 cloder 213: <li>Huge performance improvements in the network stack, including:
214: <ul>
1.57 henning 215: <li>In pf, store routing table ID, queue ID etc directly in the packet header mbuf instead of using
216: mbuf tags (which use malloc'd memory). This yields a 100% improvement in pf performance.
1.56 cloder 217: <li>Packet forwarding can skip IPSEC stack if no IPSEC flows are defined. This
218: yields a further 5% improvement in packet forwarding performance.
1.57 henning 219: <li>Skip TCP/UDP/ICMP/ICMP6 checksumming when not necessary.
1.56 cloder 220: This yields a further 10% improvement in pf performance.
221: <li>A change in the way the kernel random pool is stirred greatly increases
222: performance with network interface cards that support interrupt mitigation, especially
223: on architectures where reading the clock is expensive (such as amd64).
1.87 bentley 224: <li>Enable interrupt holdoff on <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sis.4">sis(4)</a>
1.56 cloder 225: chips that support it. Significant performance gain for slower CPU devices with sis(4), such as Soekris.
226: </ul>
1.29 espie 227: <li>Large (>1TB) disk and partition support in the disklabel and buffer cache
1.14 otto 228: code and in the userland utilities that manipulate disk blocks. Note
229: that some parts of the system are not 64-bit disk block clean yet, so partition
230: larger than 2TB cannot be used at the moment.
1.38 krw 231: <li>Large (>2^32-1 sectors) SCSI disk sizes now probed.
1.16 jasper 232: <li>Thread support for the Objective-C library (libobjc).
1.87 bentley 233: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/carp.4">carp</a>
1.42 ray 234: route handling has been fixed, solving some problems the routing daemons were exhibiting.
1.38 krw 235: <li>i386 TLB handling improved to avoid possible corruption on Core2Duo processors.
1.65 chl 236: <li>Rework TLB shootdown code for i386 and amd64, gives fairly large speed
237: improvements.
1.38 krw 238: <li>i386 and amd64 use the BIOS disk geometry when creating default disklabels.
1.42 ray 239: <li>Default disk geometry changed from 64 heads/32 sectors to 255 heads/63 sectors.
240: <li>More usb devices with various quirks coaxed to work.
1.38 krw 241: <li>Archive/Wangtek cartridge tape drives (wt*) no longer supported.
1.87 bentley 242: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/rcs.1">rcs</a> has improved GNU compatibility.
243: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/make.1">make(1)</a> has improved stability of -j option.
244: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/isakmpd.8">isakmpd(8)</a> now allows key exchange with RSA signature authentication to work with Cisco IOS.
245: <li>Fixed <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/isakmpd.8">isakmpd(8)</a> interop-issues with peers, that start rekeying on port 4500 for NAT-T (e.g. Cisco, Openswan)
1.49 deraadt 246: <li>The stability of <a href="alpha.html">OpenBSD/alpha</a> has been greatly improved.
247: <li>The stability of <a href="hppa.html">OpenBSD/hppa</a> has been greatly improved.
1.1 jasper 248: </ul>
249: <p>
250:
251: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
252: <ul>
1.38 krw 253: <li>Allow the specification of an NTP server during installation.
254: <li>Allow no fsck'ing of clean non-root partitions during upgrade.
255: <li>Check for INSTALL.<arch> to confirm sets are for the correct architecture.
256: <li>Create and format the MSDOS partition for macppc installs in a more flexible and reliable way.
1.1 jasper 257: </ul>
258: <p>
259:
260: <li>OpenBGPD 4.2:
261: <ul>
1.28 claudio 262: <li>Include support for Four-octet AS Number Space.
263: <li>Allow matching on communities using 0 in the AS part.
264: <li>Filtering on IPv6 prefixes is now possible.
265: <li>Various bugs in the encoding of multiprotocol updates were fixed.
266: <li>Allow the use of pkill -HUP bgpd to reload the config.
1.37 henning 267: <li>bgpctl can filter prefix output by community now
1.1 jasper 268: </ul>
269: <p>
270:
271: <li>OpenNTPD 4.2:
272: <ul>
1.47 kettenis 273: <li>Improved support for timedelta sensors.
1.1 jasper 274: </ul>
275: <p>
276:
277: <li>OpenOSPFD 4.2:
278: <ul>
1.28 claudio 279: <li>Added support for RFC 3137: OSPF Stub Router Advertisement
280: <li>It is possible to specify a carp demote group on interfaces and areas.
281: <li>Added support for mapping route labels to AS-external route tags and vice versa.
282: <li>Allow the use of pkill -HUP ospfd to reload the config.
1.1 jasper 283: </ul>
284: <p>
285:
1.45 pyr 286: <li>Hoststated 4.2:
287: <ul>
1.88 ! deraadt 288: <li>Added support for Layer 7 load balancing (or relay).
! 289: <li>Added support for reloading through hoststatectl or SIGHUP.
1.45 pyr 290: </ul>
291: <p>
292:
1.1 jasper 293: <li>OpenSSH 4.7:
294: <ul>
1.44 deraadt 295: <li>Prevent
1.87 bentley 296: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ssh.1">ssh(1)</a>
1.44 deraadt 297: from using a trusted X11 cookie if creation of an
298: untrusted cookie fails; found and fixed by Jan Pechanec.
1.87 bentley 299: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sshd.8">sshd(8)</a>
1.44 deraadt 300: in new installations defaults to SSH Protocol 2 only.
301: Existing installations are unchanged.
302: <li>The SSH channel window size has been increased, and both
1.87 bentley 303: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ssh.1">ssh(1)</a>
1.44 deraadt 304: and
1.87 bentley 305: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sshd.8">sshd(8)</a>
1.44 deraadt 306: now send window updates more aggressively.<br>
307: These improves performance on high-BDP (Bandwidth Delay Product) networks.
1.87 bentley 308: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ssh.1">ssh(1)</a>
1.44 deraadt 309: and
1.87 bentley 310: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sshd.8">sshd(8)</a>
1.44 deraadt 311: now preserve MAC contexts between packets, which
312: saves 2 hash calls per packet and results in 12-16% speedup for
313: arcfour256/hmac-md5.
314: <li>A new MAC algorithm has been added, UMAC-64 (RFC4418) which is
315: approximately 20% faster than HMAC-MD5.
316: <li>A -K flag was added to
1.87 bentley 317: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ssh.1">ssh(1)</a>
1.44 deraadt 318: to set GSSAPIAuthentication=Yes.
319: <li>Failure to establish a
1.87 bentley 320: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ssh.1">ssh(1)</a>
1.44 deraadt 321: TunnelForward is now treated as a
322: fatal error when the ExitOnForwardFailure option is set.
1.87 bentley 323: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ssh.1">ssh(1)</a>
1.44 deraadt 324: returns a sensible exit status if the control master goes
325: away without passing the full exit status. (bz #1261)
1.1 jasper 326: </ul>
327: <p>
328:
1.44 deraadt 329: <li>Over 4,500 ports, minor robustness improvements in package tools.
330: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
1.87 bentley 331: <ul style="column-count: 3">
1.44 deraadt 332: <li>i386: 4360
333: <li>sparc64: 4205
334: <li>alpha: 3779
1.61 deraadt 335: <li>sh: 817
1.44 deraadt 336: <li>amd64: 4283
337: <li>powerpc: 4230
1.58 deraadt 338: <li>sparc: 3283
1.60 martin 339: <li>m68k: 1107
1.61 deraadt 340: <li>arm: 2131
1.44 deraadt 341: <li>hppa: 3215
1.61 deraadt 342: <li>vax: 108
1.87 bentley 343: </ul>
1.1 jasper 344: Some highlights:
345: <ul>
1.44 deraadt 346: <!-- XXX double check versions -->
1.4 jasper 347: <li>Gnome 2.18.
1.16 jasper 348: <li>GNUstep 1.14.
1.4 jasper 349: <li>KDE 3.5.7 and koffice 1.6.3.
1.7 steven 350: <li>Xfce 4.4.1.
1.35 jasper 351: <li>OpenMotif 2.3.0.
1.9 steven 352: <li>OpenOffice.org 2.2.1.
353: <li>Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6.
1.4 jasper 354: <li>PostgreSQL 8.2.4.
1.5 jasper 355: <li>GHC 6.6.1 (amd64 and i386 only)
1.1 jasper 356: </ul>
357: <p>
358:
359: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
360: <p>
361:
362: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
363: <ul>
1.19 matthieu 364: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.2 + patches, freetype 2.2.1, fontconfig
1.1 jasper 365: 2.4.2, expat 2.0.0, Mesa 6.5.2, xterm 225 and more)
366: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
1.87 bentley 367: (+ <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gcc-local.1">patches</a>)
1.1 jasper 368: and 3.3.5
1.87 bentley 369: (+ <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gcc-local.1">patches</a>)
1.1 jasper 370: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
371: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
372: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
373: <li>Groff 1.15
374: <li>Sendmail 8.14.1, with libmilter
375: <li>Bind 9.3.4 (+ patches)
376: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
377: <li>Sudo 1.6.9p4
378: <li>Ncurses 5.2
379: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
380: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
381: <li>Arla 0.35.7
382: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
383: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
384: <!-- XXX double check versions -->
385: </ul>
386:
387: </ul>
1.87 bentley 388: </section>
1.1 jasper 389:
390: <hr>
1.87 bentley 391:
392: <section id=install>
393: <h3>How to install</h3>
394:
1.1 jasper 395: <p>
396: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
397: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
398: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
399: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
400: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
401: purchased a CDROM instead.
402: <p>
403:
404: <hr>
405: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
406: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.2 on your machine:
407: <p>
408: <ul>
409: <li>CD1:4.2/i386/INSTALL.i386
410: <p>
411: <li>CD2:4.2/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
412: <li>CD2:4.2/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
413: <p>
414: <li>CD3:4.2/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
415: <p>
416: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
417: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/armish/INSTALL.armish
418: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
419: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
420: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
421: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
422: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
423: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
424: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
425: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/vax/INSTALL.vax
426: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
427: </ul>
428: <hr>
429:
1.87 bentley 430: <section id=quickinstall>
431:
1.1 jasper 432: <p>
433: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
434: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
435: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
1.87 bentley 436:
437: <h3>OpenBSD/i386:</h3>
438:
1.1 jasper 439: <p>
440: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
441: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
442: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
443: <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
444:
445: <p>
446: Use <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyB42.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
447: support, or <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyC42.fs</i> for better laptop support.
448:
449: <p>
1.66 tom 450: NOTE: some older BIOSes appear to have problems booting CD1.
451: A workaround can be found on the
452: <a href="errata42.html#003_i386_boot">4.2 errata page</a>.
453:
454: <p>
1.1 jasper 455: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
456: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
457: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
458:
459: <p>
460: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
461: read INSTALL.i386.
462:
463: <p>
464: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
465: at <i>CD1:4.2/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
466: use the
1.87 bentley 467: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dd.1">dd(1)</a>
1.1 jasper 468: utility. The following is an example usage of
1.87 bentley 469: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dd.1">dd(1)</a>,
1.1 jasper 470: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
471: "rfd0a".
472:
1.87 bentley 473: <blockquote><pre>
1.1 jasper 474: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
1.87 bentley 475: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 jasper 476:
477: <p>
478: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
479: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
480: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
1.82 tj 481: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">this page</a>.
1.87 bentley 482:
483:
484: <h3>OpenBSD/amd64:</h3>
1.1 jasper 485:
486: <p>
487: The 4.2 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
488: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
489: your BIOS options first.
490: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
491: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.2/amd64/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy, then
492: boot from the floppy drive.
493:
494: <p>
495: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
496: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
497: INSTALL.amd64 document.
498:
499: <p>
500: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
501: read INSTALL.amd64.
1.87 bentley 502:
503: <h3>OpenBSD/macppc:</h3>
1.1 jasper 504:
505: <p>
506: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
507: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
508:
509: <p>
510: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
511: /4.2/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
1.87 bentley 512:
513: <h3>OpenBSD/sparc64:</h3>
1.1 jasper 514:
515: <p>
516: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
517:
518: <p>
519: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
520: <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppy42.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppyB42.fs</i>
521: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
522: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
523:
524: <p>
525: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
526: will most likely fail.
527:
528: <p>
529: You can also write <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/miniroot42.fs</i> to the swap partition on
530: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
531:
532: <p>
533: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
1.87 bentley 534:
535: <h3>OpenBSD/alpha:</h3>
1.1 jasper 536:
537: <p>
1.87 bentley 538: Write <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppy42.fs</i> or
1.1 jasper 539: <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppyB42.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
540: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
541:
542: <p>
543: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
544: will most likely fail.
545:
1.87 bentley 546: <h3>OpenBSD/armish:</h3>
1.1 jasper 547:
548: <p>
549: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
550: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
551: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
552: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
553: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
554: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
555: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
556:
1.87 bentley 557: <h3>OpenBSD/hp300:</h3>
558:
1.1 jasper 559: <p>
560: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
1.87 bentley 561:
562: <h3>OpenBSD/hppa:</h3>
1.1 jasper 563:
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:
1.87 bentley 568: <h3>OpenBSD/landisk:</h3>
569:
1.1 jasper 570: <p>
1.21 deraadt 571: Write <i>miniroot42.fs</i> to the start of the CF
1.1 jasper 572: or disk, and boot normally.
573:
1.68 miod 574: <!--
1.87 bentley 575: <h3>OpenBSD/luna88k:</h3>
576:
1.1 jasper 577: <p>
578: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
579: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
580: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
1.68 miod 581: -->
1.1 jasper 582:
1.87 bentley 583: <h3>OpenBSD/mac68k:</h3>
584:
1.1 jasper 585: <p>
586: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
587: <i>FTP:4.2/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
588: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
589: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
1.87 bentley 590:
591: <h3>OpenBSD/mvme68k:</h3>
1.1 jasper 592:
593: <p>
594: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
595: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
596: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
597: for more details.
598:
1.87 bentley 599: <h3>OpenBSD/mvme88k:</h3>
600:
1.1 jasper 601: <p>
602: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
603: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
604: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
605: for more details.
1.87 bentley 606:
607: <h3>OpenBSD/sparc:</h3>
1.1 jasper 608:
609: <p>
1.21 deraadt 610: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
611: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
1.1 jasper 612:
1.87 bentley 613: <blockquote><pre>
614: ok <kbd>boot cdrom 4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</kbd>
1.1 jasper 615: or
1.87 bentley 616: > <kbd>b sd(0,6,0)4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</kbd>
617: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 jasper 618:
619: <p>
620: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
1.21 deraadt 621: To do so you need to write <i>floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy.
1.82 tj 622: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">this page</a>.
1.1 jasper 623: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
624: depending on the version of your ROM.
625:
1.87 bentley 626: <blockquote><pre>
627: ok <kbd>boot floppy</kbd>
1.1 jasper 628: or
1.87 bentley 629: > <kbd>b fd()</kbd>
630: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 jasper 631:
632: <p>
633: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
634: will most likely fail.
635:
636: <p>
637: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
638: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
639: INSTALL.sparc file.
1.87 bentley 640:
641: <h3>OpenBSD/vax:</h3>
1.1 jasper 642:
643: <p>
644: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
1.87 bentley 645:
646: <h3>OpenBSD/zaurus:</h3>
1.1 jasper 647:
648: <p>
649: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
650: openbsd42_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
651: for a few important details.
1.87 bentley 652:
653: </section>
654:
655: <section id=sourcecode>
656: <h3>Notes about the source code:</h3>
1.1 jasper 657:
658: <p>
659: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
660: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
661: in a separate archive. To extract:
1.87 bentley 662:
663: <blockquote><pre>
664: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src</kbd>
665: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
666: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</kbd>
667: </pre></blockquote>
668:
1.1 jasper 669: <p>
670: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
671: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
672: To extract:
1.87 bentley 673:
674: <blockquote><pre>
675: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</kbd>
676: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
1.1 jasper 677: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
1.87 bentley 678: </pre></blockquote>
679:
1.1 jasper 680: <p>
681: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
682: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
683: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
684: Using these files
685: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
686: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
687:
1.87 bentley 688: </section>
689: </section>
690:
1.1 jasper 691: <hr>
1.87 bentley 692:
693: <section id=upgrade>
694: <h3>How to upgrade</h3>
1.1 jasper 695: <p>
696: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.1 system, and do not want to reinstall,
697: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
698: <a href="faq/upgrade42.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
1.87 bentley 699: </section>
1.1 jasper 700:
701: <hr>
1.87 bentley 702:
703: <section id=ports>
704: <h3>Ports Tree</h3>
1.1 jasper 705: <p>
706: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
707: <p>
1.87 bentley 708: <blockquote><pre>
709: # <kbd>cd /usr</kbd>
710: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</kbd>
711: # <kbd>cd ports</kbd>
712: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 jasper 713: <p>
714: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.69 jasper 715: read the <a href="faq/faq15.html">ports</a> page
1.1 jasper 716: if you know nothing about ports
717: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
718: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
719: OpenBSD ports system.
720: <p>
721: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
1.87 bentley 722: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/cvs.1">
1.1 jasper 723: cvs(1)</a> if
724: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
725: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
726: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
727: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
728: like:
729: <p>
1.87 bentley 730: <blockquote><pre>
1.1 jasper 731: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_2</strong>
1.87 bentley 732: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 jasper 733: <p>
734: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
735: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
736: server.]
737: <p>
738: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
739: packages for the 4.2 release will be made available if problems arise.
740: <p>
741: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
742: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
743: place to know.
1.87 bentley 744: </section>
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