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1.1 deraadt 24: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 4.5 Release:</font></h2>
25: <p>
1.8 deraadt 26: To be released on May 1, 2009<br>
1.1 deraadt 27: Copyright 1997-2009, Theo de Raadt.<br>
28: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9784475-3-3</font>
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1.8 deraadt 30: <a href="lyrics.html#45">4.5 Song: Not yet titled</a>
1.1 deraadt 31: <p>
32:
33: <a href="#new">What's New</a><br>
34: <a href="#install">How to install</a><br>
35: <a href="#upgrade">How to upgrade</a><br>
36: <a href="#ports">How to use the ports tree</a><br>
37: <a href="orders.html">Ordering a CD set</a><br>
38:
39: <p>
40: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
41: To get the files for this release:
42: <ul>
43: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
44: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
45: a list of mirror machines.
46: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/4.5/</font> directory on
47: one of the mirror sites.
48: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
49: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata45.html">The 4.5 Errata page</a> for a list
50: of bugs and workarounds.
51: <li>See a <a href="plus45.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
52: 4.4 and 4.5 releases.
53: </ul>
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56:
57: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
58: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
59: xenocara.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The distribution
60: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
61: the CDROM because of lack of space.
62: <p>
63:
64: <a name="new"></a>
65: <hr>
66: <p>
67: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
68: <p>
69: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 4.5.
70: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus45.html">changelog</a> leading
71: to 4.5.
72: <p>
73:
74: <ul>
75:
76: <li>New/extended platforms:
77: <ul>
1.13 sthen 78: <li>Initial ports to the xscale based gumstix platform and the ARM based OpenMoko
1.24 ! kettenis 79: <li><a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a><br>
! 80: New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vdsk&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">vdsk(4)</a>
! 81: and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vnet&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">vnet(4)</a>
! 82: drivers provide support for virtual I/O between logical domains on
! 83: Sun's CoolThreads servers, including UltraSPARC T2+ machines.
! 84: Workstations and laptops with UltraSPARC IIe CPUs can now scale
! 85: down the CPU frequency to save power.
1.1 deraadt 86: </ul>
87: <p>
88:
89: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
90: <ul>
1.12 form 91: <li>Several new/improved drivers for sensors, including:
92: <ul>
93: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=it&sektion=4">it(4)</a>
94: driver now supports IT8720F chips.
95: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=it&sektion=4">it(4)</a>
96: driver now supports FAN4 and FAN5 sensors for IT8716F/IT8718F/IT8720F/IT8726F chips.
1.18 grange 97: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=owtemp&sektion=4">owtemp(4)</a>
98: driver now supports Maxim/Dallas DS18B20 and DS1822 temperature sensors.
1.12 form 99: </ul>
1.13 sthen 100: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4">em(4)</a>
101: driver now supports ICH9 IGP M and IGP M AMT chips.
102: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sdmmc&sektion=4">sdmmc(4)</a>
103: driver now supports SDHC cards.
1.17 jsg 104: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=msk&sektion=4">msk(4)</a>
105: driver now supports Yukon-2 FE+ (88E8040, 88E8042) based devices.
1.22 damien 106: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwn&sektion=4">iwn(4)</a>
107: driver now supports Intel WiFi Link 5100/5300 devices.
1.13 sthen 108: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=age&sektion=4">age(4)</a>,
1.16 jsg 109: a driver for Attansic L1 gigabit Ethernet devices was added.
1.13 sthen 110: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ale&sektion=4">ale(4)</a>,
1.16 jsg 111: a driver for Atheros AR81xx (aka Attansic L1E) Ethernet devices was added.
112: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mos&sektion=4">mos(4)</a>,
113: a driver for Moschip MCS7730/7830 10/100 USB Ethernet devices was added.
114: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=jme&sektion=4">jme(4)</a>,
115: a driver for JMicron JMC250/JMC260 10/100 and Gigabit Ethernet devices was added.
116: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=run&sektion=4">run(4)</a>,
117: a driver for Ralink USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N devices was added.
1.24 ! kettenis 118: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auacer&sektion=4">auacer(4)</a>,
! 119: a driver for Acer Labs M5455 audio evices was added.
! 120: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifb&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">ifb(4)</a>,
! 121: a driver for Sun Expert3D, Expert3D-Lite, XVR-500, XVR-600 and
! 122: XVR-1200 framebuffers (accelerated).
! 123: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wildcatfb&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">wildcatfb(4)</a>,
! 124: an X driver for Sun Expert3D, Expert3D-Lite, XVR-500, XVR-600 and
! 125: XVR-1200 framebuffers (unaccelerated).
! 126: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sunffb&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">sunffb(4)</a>,
! 127: an accelerated X driver for Sun Creator, Creator 3D and Elite 3D
! 128: framebuffers.
! 129: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vdsk&sektion=4&format=html">vdsk(4)</a>,
! 130: a driver for virtual network adapters of sun4v logical domains.
! 131: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vnet&sektion=4&format=html">vnet(4)</a>,
! 132: a driver for virtual network adapters of sun4v logical domains.
! 133: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vrng&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">vrng(4)</a>,
! 134: a driver for the random number generator on Sun UltraSPARC T2/T2+ CPUs.
! 135: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vcons&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">vcons(4)</a>
! 136: driver is now interrupt driven.
1.14 grange 137: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ips&sektion=4">ips(4)</a>,
138: a driver for IBM SATA/SCSI ServeRAID controllers was added.
1.13 sthen 139: <li>Many improvements were made to the
140: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=acpi&sektion=4">acpi(4)</a>
141: subsystem.
142: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umsm&sektion=4&format=html">umsm(4)</a>
143: driver supports several new EVDO/UMTS devices.
1.17 jsg 144: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mfi&sektion=4&format=html">mfi(4)</a>
145: driver now supports the next generation of MegaRAID SAS controllers.
1.21 ratchov 146: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vsbic&sektion=4&format=html">vsbic(4)</a>
147: driver for the MVMW327A SCSI and floppy controller on mvme88k machines.
148: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=re&sektion=4&format=html">re(4)</a>
149: driver, now supports 8168D/8111D-based devices.
150: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ehci&sektion=4&format=html">ehci(4)</a>
151: driver now supports isochronous transfers.
1.17 jsg 152: <li>S/PDIF output support has been added to the
153: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ac97&sektion=4&format=html">ac97(4)</a>,
154: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4&format=html">auich(4)</a>,
155: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auvia&sektion=4&format=html">auvia(4)</a> and
156: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=azalia&sektion=4&format=html">azalia(4)</a> drivers.
1.19 ratchov 157: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=azalia&sektion=4&format=html">azalia(4)</a>
158: mixer has been clarified and simplified, support for 20-bit and 24-bit encodings has been added.
1.1 deraadt 159: </ul>
160: <p>
161:
162: <li>New tools:
163: <ul>
1.9 deraadt 164: <li>Sorry, this list is still being worked on.
1.1 deraadt 165: </ul>
166: <p>
167:
168: <li>New functionality:
169: <ul>
1.10 djm 170: <li>The libc
1.11 deraadt 171: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=resolver&sektion=3">resolver(3)</a>
172: may now be forced to perform lookups by TCP only using a new
173: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=resolv.conf&sektion=5">resolv.conf(5)</a>
174: option. The nameserver declaration in
175: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=resolv.conf&sektion=5">resolv.conf(5)</a>
176: has also been extended to allow specification of non-default nameserver ports.
1.15 jmc 177: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=apropos&sektion=1">apropos(1)</a>
178: has two new options (-S and -s) to allow searching by machine architecture
179: and manual section.
1.19 ratchov 180: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aucat&sektion=1">aucat(1)</a>
181: now has audio server capability.
182: Audio devices can be shared between multiple applications.
183: Applications can run natively on fixed sample rate devices
184: or on devices with unusual encodings.
185: Multi-channel audio devices can be split into smaller independent
186: subdevices.
187: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aucat&sektion=1">aucat(1)</a>
1.20 ratchov 188: now has a deviceless mode, in which it can be used as a
1.19 ratchov 189: general purpose audio file format conversion utility (to mix,
190: demultiplex, resample or reencode files).
1.23 damien 191: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a>
192: can now list channels supported by an IEEE 802.11 device.
1.11 deraadt 193: <li>Sorry, this list is still being worked on.
1.1 deraadt 194: </ul>
195: <p>
196:
197: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
198: <ul>
1.11 deraadt 199: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malloc&sektion=3">malloc(3)</a>
200: has gained new attack mitigation measures; critical bookkeeping
201: structures are protected at runtime using
1.24 ! kettenis 202: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mprotect&sektion=2">mprotect(2)</a>
1.11 deraadt 203: and allocated at random addresses where possible.
1.24 ! kettenis 204: <li>A new version of the gdtoa code has been integrated, bringing
! 205: better C99 support to
! 206: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=printf&sektion=3">printf(3)</a>
! 207: and friends.
! 208: <li>Vastly improved C99 support in libm, including complex math support.
1.11 deraadt 209: <li>Sorry, this list is still being worked on.
1.1 deraadt 210: </ul>
211: <p>
212:
213: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
214: <ul>
1.9 deraadt 215: <li>Sorry, this list is still being worked on.
1.1 deraadt 216: </ul>
217: <p>
218:
1.5 matthieu 219: <li>OpenSSH 5.2:
1.1 deraadt 220: <ul>
1.9 deraadt 221: <li>Sorry, this list is still being worked on.
1.1 deraadt 222: </ul>
223: <p>
224:
1.4 jasper 225: <li>Over 5500 ports, minor robustness improvements in package tools.
1.1 deraadt 226: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
227: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
228: <tr>
229: <td valign="top" width="25%">
230: <ul>
231: <li>i386: XXXX
232: <li>sparc64: XXXX
233: <li>alpha: XXXX
234: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
235: <li>sh: XXXX
236: <li>amd64: XXXX
237: <li>powerpc: XXXX
238: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
239: <li>sparc: XXXX
240: <li>arm: XXXX
241: <li>hppa: XXXX
242: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
243: <li>vax: XXXX
244: <li>mips64: XXXX
245: </ul></td></tr></table>
246: Some highlights:
247: <ul>
1.3 jasper 248: <li>Gnome 2.24.3.
249: <li>GNUstep 1.18.0.
250: <li>KDE 3.5.10.
251: <li>Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6.
252: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.19.
1.4 jasper 253: <li>MySQL 5.0.77.
1.3 jasper 254: <li>OpenOffice.org 2.4.2 and 3.0.1.
255: <li>PostgreSQL 8.3.6.
256: <li>Xfce 4.4.3.
1.1 deraadt 257: </ul>
258: <p>
259:
260: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
261: <p>
262:
263: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
264: <ul>
265: <li>XXXX UPDATE THIS LIST XXXX
1.5 matthieu 266: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.4 + patches, freetype 2.3.7, fontconfig 2.4.2, Mesa 7.2, xterm 239 and more)
1.1 deraadt 267: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
268: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
269: and 3.3.5
270: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
1.2 jasper 271: <li>Perl 5.10.0 (+ patches)
1.1 deraadt 272: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
1.2 jasper 273: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.8j (+ patches)
1.1 deraadt 274: <li>Groff 1.15
275: <li>Sendmail 8.14.3, with libmilter
276: <li>Bind 9.4.2-P2 (+ patches)
277: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
1.5 matthieu 278: <li>Sudo 1.7
1.1 deraadt 279: <li>Ncurses 5.2
280: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
281: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
282: <li>Arla 0.35.7
283: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
284: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
285: </ul>
286: <p>
287:
288: </ul>
289:
290: <a name="install"></a>
291: <hr>
292: <p>
293: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
294: <p>
295: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
296: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
297: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
298: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
299: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
300: purchased a CDROM instead.
301: <p>
302:
303: <hr>
304: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
305: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.5 on your machine:
306: <p>
307: <ul>
308: <li>CD1:4.5/i386/INSTALL.i386
309: <p>
310: <li>CD2:4.5/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
311: <li>CD2:4.5/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
312: <p>
313: <li>CD3:4.5/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
314: <p>
315: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
316: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/armish/INSTALL.armish
317: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
318: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
319: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
320: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
321: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
322: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
323: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
1.6 jasper 324: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/socppc/INSTALL.socppc
1.1 deraadt 325: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
326: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/vax/INSTALL.vax
327: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
328: </ul>
329: <hr>
330:
331: <p>
332: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
333: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
334: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
335: <p>
336:
337: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
338: <ul>
339: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
340: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
341: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
342: <i>CD1:4.5/i386/floppy45.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
343:
344: <p>
345: Use <i>CD1:4.5/i386/floppyB45.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
346: support, or <i>CD1:4.5/i386/floppyC45.fs</i> for better laptop support.
347:
348: <p>
349: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
350: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
351: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
352:
353: <p>
354: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
355: read INSTALL.i386.
356:
357: <p>
358: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
359: at <i>CD1:4.5/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
360: use the
361: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
362: utility. The following is an example usage of
363: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
364: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
365: "rfd0a".
366:
367: <ul><pre>
368: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
369: </pre></ul>
370:
371: <p>
372: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
373: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
374: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
375: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
376: </ul>
377:
378: <p>
379: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
380: <ul>
381: The 4.5 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
382: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
383: your BIOS options first.
384: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
385: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.5/amd64/floppy45.fs</i> to a floppy, then
386: boot from the floppy drive.
387:
388: <p>
389: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
390: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
391: INSTALL.amd64 document.
392:
393: <p>
394: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
395: read INSTALL.amd64.
396: </ul>
397:
398: <p>
399: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
400: <ul>
401: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
402: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
403:
404: <p>
405: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
406: /4.5/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
407: </ul>
408:
409: <p>
410: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
411: <ul>
412: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
413:
414: <p>
415: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
416: <i>CD3:4.5/sparc64/floppy45.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.5/sparc64/floppyB45.fs</i>
417: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
418: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
419:
420: <p>
421: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
422: will most likely fail.
423:
424: <p>
425: You can also write <i>CD3:4.5/sparc64/miniroot45.fs</i> to the swap partition on
426: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
427:
428: <p>
429: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
430: </ul>
431:
432: <p>
433: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
434: <ul>
435: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.5/alpha/floppy45.fs</i> or
436: <i>FTP:4.5/alpha/floppyB45.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
437: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
438:
439: <p>
440: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
441: will most likely fail.
442:
443: </ul>
444:
445: <p>
446: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
447: <ul>
448: <p>
449: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
450: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
451: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
452: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
453: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
454: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
455: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
456: </ul>
457:
458: <p>
459: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
460: <ul>
461: <p>
462: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
463: </ul>
464:
465: <p>
466: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
467: <ul>
468: <p>
469: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
470: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
471: </ul>
472:
473: <p>
474: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
475: <ul>
476: <p>
477: Write <i>miniroot45.fs</i> to the start of the CF
478: or disk, and boot normally.
479: </ul>
480:
481: <p>
482: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
483: <ul>
484: <p>
485: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
486: <i>FTP:4.5/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
487: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
488: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
489: </ul>
490:
491: <p>
492: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
493: <ul>
494: <p>
495: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
496: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
497: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
498: for more details.
499: </ul>
500:
501: <p>
502: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
503: <ul>
504: <p>
505: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
506: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
507: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
508: for more details.
509: </ul>
510:
511: <p>
512: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
513: <ul>
514: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
515: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
516:
517: <ul><pre>
518: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
519: or
520: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
521: </pre></ul>
522:
523: <p>
524: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
525: To do so you need to write <i>floppy45.fs</i> to a floppy.
526: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
527: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
528: depending on the version of your ROM.
529:
530: <ul><pre>
531: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
532: or
533: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
534: </pre></ul>
535:
536: <p>
537: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
538: will most likely fail.
539:
540: <p>
541: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
542: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
543: INSTALL.sparc file.
544: </ul>
545:
546: <p>
547: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
548: <ul>
549: <p>
550: Burn cd45.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
551: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
552:
553: <p>
554: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
555: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
556: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
557: </ul>
558:
559: <p>
1.6 jasper 560: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
561: <ul>
562: <p>
563: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
564: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
565: </ul>
566:
567: <p>
1.1 deraadt 568: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
569: <ul>
570: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
571: </ul>
572:
573: <p>
574: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
575: <ul>
576: <p>
577: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
578: openbsd45_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
579: for a few important details.
580: </ul>
581:
582: <p>
583: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
584: <ul>
585: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
586: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
587: in a separate archive. To extract:
588: <p>
589: <ul><pre>
590: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
591: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
592: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
593: </pre></ul>
594: <p>
595: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
596: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
597: To extract:
598: <p>
599: <ul><pre>
600: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
601: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
602: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
603: </pre></ul>
604: <p>
605: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
606: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
607: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
608: Using these files
609: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
610: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
611: <p>
612: </ul>
613:
614: <a name="upgrade"></a>
615: <hr>
616: <p>
617: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
618: <p>
619: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.4 system, and do not want to reinstall,
620: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
621: <a href="faq/upgrade45.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
622:
623: <a name="ports"></a>
624: <hr>
625: <p>
626: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
627: <p>
628: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
629: <p>
630: <ul><pre>
631: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
632: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
633: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
634: </pre></ul>
635: <p>
636: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
637: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
638: if you know nothing about ports
639: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
640: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
641: OpenBSD ports system.
642: <p>
643: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
644: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
645: cvs(1)</a> if
646: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
647: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
648: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
649: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
650: like:
651: <p>
652: <ul><pre>
1.7 jasper 653: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_5</strong>
1.1 deraadt 654: </pre></ul>
655: <p>
656: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
657: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
658: server.]
659: <p>
660: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
661: packages for the 4.5 release will be made available if problems arise.
662: <p>
663: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
664: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
665: place to know.
666: <p>
667:
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