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! 24: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 4.6 Release:</font></h2>
! 25: <p>
! 26: To be released Oct 1, 2009<br>
! 27: Copyright 1997-2009, Theo de Raadt.<br>
! 28: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9784475-3-3</font>
! 29: <br>
! 30: <a href="lyrics.html#46">4.6 Song: "..."</a>
! 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/4.6/</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="errata46.html">The 4.6 Errata page</a> for a list
! 50: of bugs and workarounds.
! 51: <li>See a <a href="plus46.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
! 52: 4.5 and 4.6 releases.
! 53: </ul>
! 54: </font></h3>
! 55: <br clear=all>
! 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 4.6.
! 70: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus46.html">changelog</a> leading
! 71: to 4.6.
! 72: <p>
! 73:
! 74: <ul>
! 75:
! 76: <li>New/extended platforms:
! 77: <ul>
! 78: <li>...
! 79: </ul>
! 80: <p>
! 81:
! 82: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
! 83: <ul>
! 84: <li>...
! 85: </ul>
! 86: <p>
! 87:
! 88: <li>New tools:
! 89: <ul>
! 90: <li>...
! 91: </ul>
! 92: <p>
! 93:
! 94: <li>New functionality:
! 95: <ul>
! 96: <li>...
! 97: </ul>
! 98: <p>
! 99:
! 100: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
! 101: <ul>
! 102: <li>...
! 103: </ul>
! 104: <p>
! 105:
! 106: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
! 107: <ul>
! 108: <li>...
! 109: </ul>
! 110: <p>
! 111:
! 112: <li>OpenSSH 5.3:
! 113: <ul>
! 114: <li>...
! 115: </ul>
! 116: <p>
! 117:
! 118: <li>Over XXXX ports, minor robustness improvements in package tools.
! 119: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
! 120: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
! 121: <tr>
! 122: <td valign="top" width="25%">
! 123: <ul>
! 124: <li>i386: XXXX
! 125: <li>sparc64: XXXX
! 126: <li>alpha: XXXX
! 127: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
! 128: <li>sh: XXXX
! 129: <li>amd64: XXXX
! 130: <li>powerpc: XXXX
! 131: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
! 132: <li>sparc: XXXX
! 133: <li>arm: XXXX
! 134: <li>hppa: XXXX
! 135: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
! 136: <li>vax: XXXX
! 137: <li>mips64: XXXX
! 138: </ul></td></tr></table>
! 139: Some highlights:
! 140: <ul>
! 141: <li>...
! 142: </ul>
! 143: <p>
! 144:
! 145: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
! 146: <p>
! 147:
! 148: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
! 149: <ul>
! 150: <li>...
! 151: </ul>
! 152: <p>
! 153:
! 154: </ul>
! 155:
! 156: <a name="install"></a>
! 157: <hr>
! 158: <p>
! 159: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
! 160: <p>
! 161: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
! 162: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
! 163: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
! 164: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
! 165: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
! 166: purchased a CDROM instead.
! 167: <p>
! 168:
! 169: <hr>
! 170: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
! 171: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.6 on your machine:
! 172: <p>
! 173: <ul>
! 174: <li>CD1:4.6/i386/INSTALL.i386
! 175: <p>
! 176: <li>CD2:4.6/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
! 177: <li>CD2:4.6/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
! 178: <p>
! 179: <li>CD3:4.6/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
! 180: <p>
! 181: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
! 182: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/armish/INSTALL.armish
! 183: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
! 184: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
! 185: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
! 186: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
! 187: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
! 188: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
! 189: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
! 190: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/socppc/INSTALL.socppc
! 191: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
! 192: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/vax/INSTALL.vax
! 193: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
! 194: </ul>
! 195: <hr>
! 196:
! 197: <p>
! 198: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
! 199: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
! 200: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
! 201: <p>
! 202:
! 203: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
! 204: <ul>
! 205: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
! 206: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
! 207: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
! 208: <i>CD1:4.6/i386/floppy46.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
! 209:
! 210: <p>
! 211: Use <i>CD1:4.6/i386/floppyB46.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
! 212: support, or <i>CD1:4.6/i386/floppyC46.fs</i> for better laptop support.
! 213:
! 214: <p>
! 215: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
! 216: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
! 217: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
! 218:
! 219: <p>
! 220: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
! 221: read INSTALL.i386.
! 222:
! 223: <p>
! 224: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
! 225: at <i>CD1:4.6/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
! 226: use the
! 227: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
! 228: utility. The following is an example usage of
! 229: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
! 230: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
! 231: "rfd0a".
! 232:
! 233: <ul><pre>
! 234: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
! 235: </pre></ul>
! 236:
! 237: <p>
! 238: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
! 239: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
! 240: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
! 241: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
! 242: </ul>
! 243:
! 244: <p>
! 245: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
! 246: <ul>
! 247: The 4.6 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
! 248: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
! 249: your BIOS options first.
! 250: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
! 251: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.6/amd64/floppy46.fs</i> to a floppy, then
! 252: boot from the floppy drive.
! 253:
! 254: <p>
! 255: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
! 256: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
! 257: INSTALL.amd64 document.
! 258:
! 259: <p>
! 260: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
! 261: read INSTALL.amd64.
! 262: </ul>
! 263:
! 264: <p>
! 265: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
! 266: <ul>
! 267: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
! 268: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
! 269:
! 270: <p>
! 271: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
! 272: /4.6/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
! 273: </ul>
! 274:
! 275: <p>
! 276: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
! 277: <ul>
! 278: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
! 279:
! 280: <p>
! 281: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
! 282: <i>CD3:4.6/sparc64/floppy46.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.6/sparc64/floppyB46.fs</i>
! 283: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
! 284: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
! 285:
! 286: <p>
! 287: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
! 288: will most likely fail.
! 289:
! 290: <p>
! 291: You can also write <i>CD3:4.6/sparc64/miniroot46.fs</i> to the swap partition on
! 292: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
! 293:
! 294: <p>
! 295: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
! 296: </ul>
! 297:
! 298: <p>
! 299: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
! 300: <ul>
! 301: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.6/alpha/floppy46.fs</i> or
! 302: <i>FTP:4.6/alpha/floppyB46.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
! 303: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
! 304:
! 305: <p>
! 306: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
! 307: will most likely fail.
! 308:
! 309: </ul>
! 310:
! 311: <p>
! 312: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
! 313: <ul>
! 314: <p>
! 315: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
! 316: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
! 317: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
! 318: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
! 319: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
! 320: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
! 321: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
! 322: </ul>
! 323:
! 324: <p>
! 325: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
! 326: <ul>
! 327: <p>
! 328: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
! 329: </ul>
! 330:
! 331: <p>
! 332: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
! 333: <ul>
! 334: <p>
! 335: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
! 336: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
! 337: </ul>
! 338:
! 339: <p>
! 340: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
! 341: <ul>
! 342: <p>
! 343: Write <i>miniroot46.fs</i> to the start of the CF
! 344: or disk, and boot normally.
! 345: </ul>
! 346:
! 347: <p>
! 348: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
! 349: <ul>
! 350: <p>
! 351: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
! 352: <i>FTP:4.6/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
! 353: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
! 354: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
! 355: </ul>
! 356:
! 357: <p>
! 358: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
! 359: <ul>
! 360: <p>
! 361: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
! 362: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
! 363: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
! 364: for more details.
! 365: </ul>
! 366:
! 367: <p>
! 368: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
! 369: <ul>
! 370: <p>
! 371: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
! 372: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
! 373: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
! 374: for more details.
! 375: </ul>
! 376:
! 377: <p>
! 378: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
! 379: <ul>
! 380: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
! 381: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
! 382:
! 383: <ul><pre>
! 384: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.6/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
! 385: or
! 386: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.6/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
! 387: </pre></ul>
! 388:
! 389: <p>
! 390: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
! 391: To do so you need to write <i>floppy46.fs</i> to a floppy.
! 392: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
! 393: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
! 394: depending on the version of your ROM.
! 395:
! 396: <ul><pre>
! 397: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
! 398: or
! 399: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
! 400: </pre></ul>
! 401:
! 402: <p>
! 403: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
! 404: will most likely fail.
! 405:
! 406: <p>
! 407: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
! 408: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
! 409: INSTALL.sparc file.
! 410: </ul>
! 411:
! 412: <p>
! 413: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
! 414: <ul>
! 415: <p>
! 416: Burn cd46.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
! 417: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
! 418:
! 419: <p>
! 420: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
! 421: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
! 422: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
! 423: </ul>
! 424:
! 425: <p>
! 426: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
! 427: <ul>
! 428: <p>
! 429: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
! 430: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
! 431: </ul>
! 432:
! 433: <p>
! 434: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
! 435: <ul>
! 436: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
! 437: </ul>
! 438:
! 439: <p>
! 440: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
! 441: <ul>
! 442: <p>
! 443: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
! 444: openbsd46_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
! 445: for a few important details.
! 446: </ul>
! 447:
! 448: <p>
! 449: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
! 450: <ul>
! 451: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
! 452: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
! 453: in a separate archive. To extract:
! 454: <p>
! 455: <ul><pre>
! 456: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
! 457: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
! 458: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
! 459: </pre></ul>
! 460: <p>
! 461: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
! 462: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
! 463: To extract:
! 464: <p>
! 465: <ul><pre>
! 466: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
! 467: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
! 468: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
! 469: </pre></ul>
! 470: <p>
! 471: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
! 472: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
! 473: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
! 474: Using these files
! 475: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
! 476: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
! 477: <p>
! 478: </ul>
! 479:
! 480: <a name="upgrade"></a>
! 481: <hr>
! 482: <p>
! 483: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
! 484: <p>
! 485: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.5 system, and do not want to reinstall,
! 486: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
! 487: <a href="faq/upgrade46.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
! 488:
! 489: <a name="ports"></a>
! 490: <hr>
! 491: <p>
! 492: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
! 493: <p>
! 494: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
! 495: <p>
! 496: <ul><pre>
! 497: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
! 498: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
! 499: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
! 500: </pre></ul>
! 501: <p>
! 502: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
! 503: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
! 504: if you know nothing about ports
! 505: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
! 506: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
! 507: OpenBSD ports system.
! 508: <p>
! 509: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
! 510: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386">
! 511: cvs(1)</a> if
! 512: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
! 513: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
! 514: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
! 515: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
! 516: like:
! 517: <p>
! 518: <ul><pre>
! 519: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_5</strong>
! 520: </pre></ul>
! 521: <p>
! 522: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
! 523: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
! 524: server.]
! 525: <p>
! 526: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
! 527: packages for the 4.6 release will be made available if problems arise.
! 528: <p>
! 529: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
! 530: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
! 531: place to know.
! 532: <p>
! 533:
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