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Released May 1, 2008<br>
Copyright 1997-2008, Theo de Raadt.<br>
<cite class=isbn>ISBN 978-0-9784475-1-9</cite>
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4.3 Song: <a href="lyrics.html#43">"Home to Hypocrisy"</a>
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<ul>
<li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">the FTP page</a> for
a list of mirror machines.
<li>Go to the <code class=reldir>pub/OpenBSD/4.3/</code> directory on
one of the mirror sites.
<li>Have a look at <a href="errata43.html">The 4.3 Errata page</a> for a list
of bugs and workarounds.
<li>See a <a href="plus43.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
4.2 and 4.3 releases.
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All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,
sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the
files fetched via <code>ports.tar.gz</code>.
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<h3>What's New</h3>
<p>
This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 4.3.
For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus43.html">changelog</a> leading
to 4.3.
<p>
<ul>
<li>New/extended platforms:
<ul>
<li><a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a><br>
SMP support. This should work on all supported systems,
with the exception of the Sun Enterprise 10000.
<li><a href="hppa.html">OpenBSD/hppa</a><br>
K-class servers like the K200 and K410 are supported now.
<li><a href="mvme88k.html">OpenBSD/mvme88k</a><br>
SMP support on MVME188 and MVME188A systems.<br>
88110 processor, and thus MVME197LE/SP/DP boards, are supported now.
<li><a href="sgi.html">OpenBSD/sgi</a><br>
Contains many new drivers, however the kernel requires an
important errata fix.
</ul>
<p>
<li>Improved hardware support, including:
<ul>
<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bge.4">bge(4)</a> driver now supports BCM5906/BCM5906M 10/100 and BCM5755 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet devices.
<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/cas.4">cas(4)</a> driver now supports Cassini+ 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet devices.
<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/em.4">em(4)</a> driver now supports ICH9 10/100 and 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet devices.
<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gem.4">gem(4)</a> driver now supports the onboard 1000base-SX interface on the Sun Fire V880 server.
<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ixgb.4">ixgb(4)</a> driver now supports the Sun 10Gb PCI-X Ethernet devices.
<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/msk.4">msk(4)</a> driver now supports Yukon FE+ 10/100 and Yukon Supreme 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet devices.
<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/nfe.4">nfe(4)</a> driver now supports MCP73, MCP77 and MCP79 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet devices.
<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ral.4">ral(4)</a> driver now supports RT2800 based wireless network devices.
<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/cmpci.4">cmpci(4)</a> driver now supports CMI8768 based audio adapters.
<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/it.4">it(4)</a> driver now supports ITE IT8705F/8712F/8716F/8718F/8726F and SiS SiS950 ICs. Watchdog timer functionality added.
<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mfi.4">mfi(4)</a> driver now supports Dell CERC6/PERC6 and LSI SAS1078 RAID controllers.
<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/viapm.4">viapm(4)</a> driver now supports the VIA VT8237S south bridges SMBus controller.
<li>Support for hotplugging ExpressCard devices has been added.
<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/amd64/amdpcib.4">amdpcib(4)</a> driver for the AMD-8111 series LPC bridge and timecounter on amd64.
<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/amd64/pctr.4">pctr(4)</a> driver for the CPU performance counters on amd64.
<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bwi.4">bwi(4)</a> driver for the Broadcom AirForce IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device.
<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/envy.4">envy(4)</a> driver for the VIA Envy24 audio device.
<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/et.4">et(4)</a> driver for the Agere/LSI ET1310 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet device.
<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/etphy.4">etphy(4)</a> driver for the Agere/LSI ET1011 TruePHY Gigabit Ethernet PHY.
<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/i386/amdpcib.4">amdpcib(4)</a> driver for the AMD-8111 series LPC bridge and timecounter on i386.
<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/i386/glxpcib.4">glxpcib(4)</a> driver for the AMD CS5536 PCI-ISA bridge with timecounter, watchdog timer, and GPIO on i386.
<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/iwn.4">iwn(4)</a> driver for the Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN IEEE 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N wireless network device.
<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/msts.4">msts(4)</a> line discipline to interface the Meinberg Standard Time String devices to provide a timedelta sensor.
<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/gbe.4">gbe(4)</a> driver for the SGI Graphics Back End (GBE) Frame Buffer on sgi.
<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/mkbc.4">mkbc(4)</a> driver for the Moosehead PS/2 Controller on sgi.
<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/power.4">power(4)</a> driver for the power button on sgi.
<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sparc64/ecadc.4">ecadc(4)</a> driver for the Environmental Monitoring Subsystem temperature sensor on sparc64.
<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sparc64/tda.4">tda(4)</a> driver for the fan controller on the Sun Blade 1000/2000, making these machines much less noisy.
<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/spdmem.4">spdmem(4)</a> driver retrieves information about memory modules.
<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/thmc.4">thmc(4)</a> driver for the TI THMC50, Analog ADM1022/1028 temperature sensor.
<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/uchcom.4">uchcom(4)</a> driver for the WinChipHead CH341/340 based USB serial adapter.
<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/umbg.4">umbg(4)</a> driver for the Meinberg Funkuhren USB5131 radio clock to provide
a timedelta sensor.
<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/upgt.4">upgt(4)</a> driver for the Conexant/Intersil PrismGT SoftMAC USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device.
<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/wbng.4">wbng(4)</a> driver for the Winbond W83793G temperature, voltage, and fan sensor.
<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/wbsio.4">wbsio(4)</a> driver for the Winbond LPC Super I/O ICs.
<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/adl.4">adl(4)</a> driver for the Andigilog aSC7621 temperature, voltage, and fan sensor.
<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/siop.4">siop(4)</a> driver now supports the (non-PCI) NCR 53c720/770 in big-endian mode.
<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/lmn.4">lmn(4)</a> driver for the National Semiconductor LM93 sensor.
</ul>
<p>
<li>New tools:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/snmpd.8">snmpd(8)</a>, implementing the Simple Network Management Protocol.
<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/snmpctl.8">snmpctl(8)</a> program controls the SNMP daemon.
<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pcidump.8">pcidump(8)</a> utility displays the device address, vendor, and product name of PCI devices.
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ldattach.8">ldattach(8)</a> is used to attach a line discipline to a serial line to allow for in-kernel processing of the received and/or sent data.
</ul>
<p>
<li>New functionality:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sparc/eeprom.8">eeprom(8)</a> is now able to display the OpenPROM device tree on systems that have it.
<li>Support for X11 on sgi has been added.
<li>The periodic <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/security.8">security(8)</a> reports now include package changes.
<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/cmpci.4">cmpci(4)</a> driver now supports multichannel audio playback if the hardware supports it.
<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/auvia.4">auvia(4)</a> driver now supports multichannel audio playback if the hardware supports it.
<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/auich.4">auich(4)</a> driver now supports recording from the microphone as well as full-duplex mode.
<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/eso.4">eso(4)</a> driver now supports recording as well as full-duplex mode.
<li>The ffs layer is now 64-bit disk block address clean.
This means that disks, partitions and filesystems larger than 2TB are
now supported, with the exception of statfs(2) and quotas.
<li>DMA is now enabled for 1-sector devices such as flash drives, providing
significant speed improvement.
<li>Sparc and Sparc64 disklabels now provide automatic recognition of ext2fs
partitions.
<li>Filesystems on USB devices are automatically dismounted if the device is
disconnected.
<li>The configuration of <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/carp.4">carp(4)</a> load balancing has
been vastly simplified.
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/fstab.5">
fstab(5)</a> entries referring to non-existent mount points are now
ignored, allowing subsequent entries to be processed.
<li>Additional configuration files can now be included in
<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pf.conf.5">pf.conf(5)</a>.
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sppp.4">sppp(4)</a> now has IPv6 support.
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ipsec.conf.5">ipsec.conf(5)</a> now supports defining 192 and 256 bit keysizes for AES.
</ul>
<p>
<li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
<ul>
<li>Improved support for an <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/lkm.4">lkm(4)</a> subsystem on amd64.
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ossaudio.3">ossaudio(3)</a> received several bug fixes and enhancements including but not limited to improved recording and full-duplex support.
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/audio.4">audio(4)</a> received several bug fixes and enhancements including but not limited to improved recording and full-duplex support.
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/make.1">make(1)</a> was heavily modified, mostly to improve support for parallel build.
Parallel builds now run commands in the same way the sequential builds do,
and the output from commands is more readable.
A large part of the source tree, xenocara, and quite a few ports now build
correctly with <code>make -j</code>.
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/rcs.1">rcs</a> tools improvements and bug fixes.
<li>RTM_VERSION was increased so that all routing messages could be modified
to include additional fields for upcoming networking features.
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sendbug.1">sendbug(1)</a>
has stricter comment parsing, to avoid mangling diffs.
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/umass.4">
umass(4)</a> devices no longer detect bogus LUNs.
<li>USB<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/st.4">
st(4)</a> devices can now successfully disconnect.
<li>More deviant umass devices accommodated.
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/svnd.4">
svnd(4)</a> devices now work on block devices.
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/disklabel.8">
disklabel(8)</a> is now aware of NTFS partitions.
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/raidctl.8">
raidctl(8)</a> now correctly handles trailing whitespace in configuration files.
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mt.1">
mt(1)</a> no longer triggers panics when processing the 'rewoffl' command.
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/raid.4">
raid(4)</a> devices no longer hang when searching for components during boot.
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sd.4">
sd(4)</a> devices no longer receive spurious SYNCHRONIZE CACHE commands that
confuse some hardware.
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sd.4">
sd(4)</a> no longer claim that SYNCHRONIZE CACHE commands are 16 bytes long when they
are actually 10 bytes. Some devices took this too literally.
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dhcpd.8">
dhcpd(8)</a> now always issues packets equal or larger than the minimum IP MTU.
<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/disklabel.8">disklabel(8)</a>
-E mode does not allow manual editing of the 'c' partition, which
is always set to cover the entire disk.
<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/disklabel.8">disklabel(8)</a>
-E mode does not allow changing the cpg value of a partition.
<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/disklabel.8">disklabel(8)</a>
-E mode command 'r' now displays the list of free chunks on the disk.
<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/disklabel.8">disklabel(8)</a>
-E mode no longer permits assigning arbitrary sizes to FS_BOOT and FS_UNUSED
partitions.
<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bge.4">bge(4)</a> driver problems receiving jumbo frames have been resolved.
<li>Many dangerous unsigned comparisons with -1 when checking the
results of read and write calls have been eliminated.
<li>The new M_ZERO flag for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/malloc.9">malloc(9)</a>
replaces many malloc+bzero/memset combinations, fixing a number of bugs
in memory initialization and shrinking the kernel.
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dhcpd.8">
dhcpd(8)</a> now correctly constructs response packets that use the overflow buffers to store options.
<li>SCSI drivers are more reliable in MP machines due to better locking
around command completion.
<li>TCP responses to highly fragmented packets are now constructed without
risking corruption of kernel memory.
<li>Sockets now allow 4095 multicast group memberships.
</ul>
<p>
<li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
<ul>
<li>All platforms now have serial console support when installing.
<li>Serial console speed is detected and appropriate /etc/ttys entries
automatically created.
<li><a href="vax.html">OpenBSD/vax</a> now also has both kinds of install ISO CD images.
<li>DNS server addresses are remembered if an install is restarted.
<li><a href="sgi.html">OpenBSD/sgi</a> can now be installed using the glass console.
</ul>
<p>
<li>OpenBGPD 4.3:
<ul>
<li>Correctly handle prefixes which would cause a routing loop.
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bgpctl.8">bgpctl</a>'s
detailed RIB output shows additional attributes like extended
communities or the cluster id list.
</ul>
<p>
<li>OpenNTPD 4.3:
<ul>
<li>Handle IP changes of clients more gracefully.
<li>Log peer and sensor status to syslog if the majority of either is
bad, or if a SIGINFO signal is received.
<li>Allow offsetting of time sensors that have a systematic error.
</ul>
<p>
<li>OpenOSPFD 4.3:
<ul>
<li>Equal cost multipath support – don't forget to set the right sysctls.
<li>Parser and commandline options are now in sync with bgpd.
</ul>
<p>
<li>relayd 4.3:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-4.2/hoststated.8">hoststated(8)</a>/<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-4.2/hoststatectl.8">hoststatectl(8)</a>
were renamed to
<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/relayd.8">relayd(8)</a>/<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/relayctl.8">relayctl(8)</a>.
<li>Improved configuration grammar for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/relayd.conf.5">relayd.conf(5)</a>.
<li>Allow to send SNMP traps via <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/snmpd.8">snmpd(8)</a> when host states change.
<li>Improved support for URL filtering and protocol actions.
<li>Added support for UDP-based DNS relaying with request ID randomisation.
<li>Various bug fixes, optimisations, and cleanups.
<li>Improved reload support.
</ul>
<p>
<li>OpenSSH 4.8:
<ul>
<li>New features:
<ul>
<li>Added
<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/chroot.2">chroot(2)</a>
support for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sshd.8">sshd(8)</a>,
controlled by a new option
<em>"ChrootDirectory"</em>. Please refer to
<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sshd_config.5">sshd_config(5)</a>
for details, and
please use this feature carefully.
<li>Linked
<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sftp-server.8">sftp-server(8)</a>
into
<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sshd.8">sshd(8)</a>. The internal sftp server is
used when the command <em>"internal-sftp"</em> is specified in a Subsystem
or ForceCommand declaration. When used with <em>ChrootDirectory</em>, the
internal sftp server requires no special configuration of files
inside the chroot environment. Please refer to
<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sshd_config.5">sshd_config(5)</a>
for more information.
<li>Added a protocol extension method "posix-rename@openssh.com" for
<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sftp-server.8">sftp-server(8)</a>
to perform POSIX atomic rename() operations.
<li>Removed the fixed limit of 100 file handles in
<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sftp-server.8">sftp-server(8)</a>.
The server will now dynamically allocate handles up to the number of
available file descriptors.
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ssh.1">ssh(1)</a>
will now skip generation of SSH protocol 1 ephemeral server
keys when in inetd mode and protocol 2 connections are negotiated.
This speeds up protocol 2 connections to inetd-mode servers that
also allow Protocol 1.
<li>Accept the <em>PermitRootLogin</em> directive in a
<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sshd_config.5">sshd_config(5)</a>
<em>Match</em>
block. Allows for, e.g. permitting root only from the local
network.
<li>Reworked
<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sftp.1">sftp(1)</a>
argument splitting and escaping to be more
internally consistent (i.e. between sftp commands) and more
consistent with
<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sh.1">sh(1)</a>.
Please note that this will change the
interpretation of some quoted strings, especially those with
embedded backslash escape sequences.
<li>Support <em>"Banner=none"</em> in
<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sshd_config.5">sshd_config(5)</a>
to disable sending of a
pre-login banner (e.g. in a <em>Match</em> block).
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ssh.1">ssh(1)</a>
<em>ProxyCommand</em>s are now executed with $SHELL rather than
/bin/sh.
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ssh.1">ssh(1)'s</a>
<em>ConnectTimeout</em> option is now applied to both the TCP
connection and the SSH banner exchange (previously it just covered
the TCP connection). This allows callers of
<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ssh.1">ssh(1)</a>
to better detect
and deal with stuck servers that accept a TCP connection but don't
progress the protocol, and also makes <em>ConnectTimeout</em> useful for
connections via a <em>ProxyCommand</em>.
<li>Many new regression tests, including interop tests against PuTTY's
plink.
</ul>
<li>The following significant bugs have been fixed in this release:
<ul>
<li>SSH2_MSG_UNIMPLEMENTED packets did not correctly reset the client
keepalive logic, causing disconnections on servers that did not
explicitly implement "keepalive@openssh.com".
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ssh.1">ssh(1)</a>
used the obsolete SIG DNS RRtype for host keys in DNS,
instead of the current standard RRSIG.
<li>Correctly drain ACKs when a
<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sftp.1">sftp(1)</a>
upload write fails midway,
avoids a fatal() exit from what should be a recoverable condition.
<li>Fixed packet size advertisements. Previously TCP and agent
forwarding incorrectly advertised the channel window size as the
packet size, causing fatal errors under some conditions.
<li><em>Many more bugfixes. Please refer to the
<a href="https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.8">Release Notes</a>.</em>
</ul>
</ul>
<p>
<li>Over 4,900 ports, minor robustness improvements in package tools.
<li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
<ul style="column-count: 3">
<li>i386: 4782
<li>sparc64: 4613
<li>alpha: 4233
<li>sh: 2046
<li>amd64: 4708
<li>powerpc: 4634
<li>sparc: 3159
<li>m68k: 830
<li>arm: 3377
<li>hppa: 3971
<li>vax: 296
<li>mips64: 1897
<li>m88k: 27
</ul>
Some highlights:
<ul>
<li>Gnome 2.20.3.
<li>GNUstep 1.14.2.
<li>KDE 3.5.8.
<li>Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12.
<li>Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.12.
<li>MySQL 5.0.51a.
<li>OpenMotif 2.3.0.
<li>OpenOffice.org 2.3.1.
<li>PostgreSQL 8.2.6.
<li>Xfce 4.4.2.
</ul>
<p>
<li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
<p>
<li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
<ul>
<li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.3 + patches, freetype 2.3.5, fontconfig
2.4.2, Mesa 7.0.2, xterm 232 and more)
<li>Gcc 2.95.3
(+ <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gcc-local.1">patches</a>)
and 3.3.5
(+ <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gcc-local.1">patches</a>)
<li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
<li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
<li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
<li>Groff 1.15
<li>Sendmail 8.14.1, with libmilter
<li>Bind 9.4.2 (+ patches)
<li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
<li>Sudo 1.6.9p12
<li>Ncurses 5.2
<li>Latest KAME IPv6
<li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
<li>Arla 0.35.7
<li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
<li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
</ul>
</ul>
</section>
<hr>
<section id=install>
<h3>How to install</h3>
<p>
Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
purchased a CDROM instead.
<p>
<hr>
Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.3 on your machine:
<p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.3/i386/INSTALL.i386">
.../OpenBSD/4.3/i386/INSTALL.i386 (on CD1)</a>
<p>
<li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.3/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
.../OpenBSD/4.3/amd64/INSTALL.amd64 (on CD2)</a>
<li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.3/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
.../OpenBSD/4.3/macppc/INSTALL.macppc (on CD2)</a>
<p>
<li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.3/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64">
.../OpenBSD/4.3/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64 (on CD3)</a>
<p>
<li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.3/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
.../OpenBSD/4.3/alpha/INSTALL.alpha</a>
<li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.3/armish/INSTALL.armish">
.../OpenBSD/4.3/armish/INSTALL.armish</a>
<li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.3/hp300/INSTALL.hp300">
.../OpenBSD/4.3/hp300/INSTALL.hp300</a>
<li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.3/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
.../OpenBSD/4.3/hppa/INSTALL.hppa</a>
<li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.3/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
.../OpenBSD/4.3/landisk/INSTALL.landisk</a>
<li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.3/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k">
.../OpenBSD/4.3/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k</a>
<li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.3/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k">
.../OpenBSD/4.3/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k</a>
<li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.3/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k">
.../OpenBSD/4.3/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k</a>
<li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.3/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
.../OpenBSD/4.3/sgi/INSTALL.sgi</a>
<li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.3/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
.../OpenBSD/4.3/sparc/INSTALL.sparc</a>
<li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.3/vax/INSTALL.vax">
.../OpenBSD/4.3/vax/INSTALL.vax</a>
<li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.3/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus">
.../OpenBSD/4.3/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus</a>
</ul>
</section>
<hr>
<section id=quickinstall>
<p>
Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
<h3>OpenBSD/i386:</h3>
<p>
Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
<i>CD1:4.3/i386/floppy43.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
<p>
Use <i>CD1:4.3/i386/floppyB43.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
support, or <i>CD1:4.3/i386/floppyC43.fs</i> for better laptop support.
<p>
If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
you can install across the network using PXE as described in
the included INSTALL.i386 document.
<p>
If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
read INSTALL.i386.
<p>
To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
at <i>CD1:4.3/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
use the
<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dd.1">dd(1)</a>
utility. The following is an example usage of
<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dd.1">dd(1)</a>,
where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
"rfd0a".
<blockquote><pre>
# <kbd>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</kbd>
</pre></blockquote>
<p>
Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
<a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">this page</a>.
<h3>OpenBSD/amd64:</h3>
<p>
The 4.3 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
your BIOS options first.
If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
To do this, write <i>CD2:4.3/amd64/floppy43.fs</i> to a floppy, then
boot from the floppy drive.
<p>
If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
INSTALL.amd64 document.
<p>
If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
read INSTALL.amd64.
<h3>OpenBSD/macppc:</h3>
<p>
Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
<i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
<p>
Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
/4.3/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
<h3>OpenBSD/sparc64:</h3>
<p>
Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
<p>
If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
<i>CD3:4.3/sparc64/floppy43.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.3/sparc64/floppyB43.fs</i>
(depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
<p>
Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
will most likely fail.
<p>
You can also write <i>CD3:4.3/sparc64/miniroot43.fs</i> to the swap partition on
the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
<p>
If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
<h3>OpenBSD/alpha:</h3>
<p>
Write <i>4.3/alpha/floppy43.fs</i> or
<i>4.3/alpha/floppyB43.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
<p>
Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
will most likely fail.
<h3>OpenBSD/armish:</h3>
<p>
After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
<h3>OpenBSD/hp300:</h3>
<p>
Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
<h3>OpenBSD/hppa:</h3>
<p>
Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
<a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
<h3>OpenBSD/landisk:</h3>
<p>
Write <i>miniroot43.fs</i> to the start of the CF
or disk, and boot normally.
<h3>OpenBSD/mac68k:</h3>
<p>
Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
<i>4.3/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
<h3>OpenBSD/mvme68k:</h3>
<p>
You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
for more details.
<h3>OpenBSD/mvme88k:</h3>
<p>
You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
for more details.
<h3>OpenBSD/sparc:</h3>
<p>
Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
<blockquote><pre>
ok <kbd>boot cdrom 4.3/sparc/bsd.rd</kbd>
or
> <kbd>b sd(0,6,0)4.3/sparc/bsd.rd</kbd>
</pre></blockquote>
<p>
If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
To do so you need to write <i>floppy43.fs</i> to a floppy.
For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">this page</a>.
To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
depending on the version of your ROM.
<blockquote><pre>
ok <kbd>boot floppy</kbd>
or
> <kbd>b fd()</kbd>
</pre></blockquote>
<p>
Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
will most likely fail.
<p>
If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
INSTALL.sparc file.
<h3>OpenBSD/sgi:</h3>
<p>
Burn cd43.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
<p>
If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
<h3>OpenBSD/vax:</h3>
<p>
Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
<h3>OpenBSD/zaurus:</h3>
<p>
Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
openbsd43_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
for a few important details.
</section>
<hr>
<section id=sourcecode>
<h3>Notes about the source code</h3>
<p>
<code>src.tar.gz</code> contains a source archive starting at <code>/usr/src</code>.
This file contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
in a separate archive. To extract:
<blockquote><pre>
# <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src</kbd>
# <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
# <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</kbd>
</pre></blockquote>
<p>
<code>sys.tar.gz</code> contains a source archive starting at <code>/usr/src/sys</code>.
This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
To extract:
<blockquote><pre>
# <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</kbd>
# <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
# <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</kbd>
</pre></blockquote>
<p>
Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
Using these files
results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
</section>
<hr>
<section id=upgrade>
<h3>How to upgrade</h3>
<p>
If you already have an OpenBSD 4.2 system, and do not want to reinstall,
upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
<a href="faq/upgrade43.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
</section>
<hr>
<section id=ports>
<h3>Ports Tree</h3>
<p>
A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
<blockquote><pre>
# <kbd>cd /usr</kbd>
# <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</kbd>
</pre></blockquote>
<p>
The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
read the <a href="faq/faq15.html">ports</a> page
if you know nothing about ports
at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
OpenBSD ports system.
<p>
The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/cvs.1">cvs(1)</a> if
you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
like:
<blockquote><pre>
# <kbd>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_3</kbd>
</pre></blockquote>
<p>
[Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
server.]
<p>
Note that most ports are available as packages on our mirrors. Updated
packages for the 4.3 release will be made available if problems arise.
<p>
If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
would like to know more, the mailing list
<a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
</section>
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