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1.1 deraadt 23: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 4.6 Release:</font></h2>
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1.17 deraadt 25: Released Oct 18, 2009<br>
1.1 deraadt 26: Copyright 1997-2009, Theo de Raadt.<br>
1.10 austin 27: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9784475-4-0</font>
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1.5 deraadt 29: <a href="lyrics.html#46">4.6 Song: "Planet of the Users"</a>
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32: <a href="#new">What's New</a><br>
33: <a href="#install">How to install</a><br>
34: <a href="#upgrade">How to upgrade</a><br>
35: <a href="#ports">How to use the ports tree</a><br>
36: <a href="orders.html">Ordering a CD set</a><br>
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39: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
40: To get the files for this release:
41: <ul>
42: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
43: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
44: a list of mirror machines.
45: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/4.6/</font> directory on
46: one of the mirror sites.
47: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
48: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata46.html">The 4.6 Errata page</a> for a list
49: of bugs and workarounds.
50: <li>See a <a href="plus46.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
51: 4.5 and 4.6 releases.
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55:
56: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
57: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
58: xenocara.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The distribution
59: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
60: the CDROM because of lack of space.
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62:
63: <a name="new"></a>
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65: <p>
66: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
67: <p>
68: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 4.6.
69: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus46.html">changelog</a> leading
70: to 4.6.
71: <p>
72:
73: <ul>
74:
75: <li>New/extended platforms:
76: <ul>
1.15 miod 77: <li> mvme68k
1.2 deraadt 78: <ul>
79: <li>Added support for the MVME141 and MVME165 boards.
80: </ul>
1.3 deraadt 81: <li>sparc
82: <ul>
83: <li>The bootblock load address was moved so that larger kernels
84: can be loaded.
85: </ul>
1.2 deraadt 86: <li>sparc64
87: <ul>
88: <li>Added acceleration support for many of the PCI frame buffer
89: drivers, such as Sun PGX, PGX64 and XVR-100, and Tech Source
90: Raptor GFX graphics cards.
91: </ul>
92: <li>sgi
93: <ul>
94: <li> Added support for the SGI Octane, SGI Origin 200 and SGI Fuel
95: families of systems.
96: <li> Several bugs in interrupt handling have been fixed, resulting
97: in much snappier system response.
98: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 99: </ul>
100: <p>
101:
102: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
1.2 deraadt 103: <ul>
104: <li>Several new/improved drivers for sensors, including:
105: <ul>
106: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ips&sektion=4">ips(4)</a> driver now has sensor support, complementing the bio support.
107: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=acpithinkpad&sektion=4">acpithinkpad(4)</a> driver now has temperature and fan sensor support.
108: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=endrun&sektion=4">endrun(4)</a> driver for the EndRun Technologies timedelta sensor.
109: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fins&sektion=4">fins(4)</a> driver now has support for F71806, F71862 and F71882.
110: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=acpitz&sektion=4">acpitz(4)</a> driver now shows correct decimals for temperature.
111: </ul>
112: <li>Added <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=radeonfb&sektion=4">radeonfb(4)</a> to sparc64, an accelerated framebuffer for
113: Sun XVR-100 boards.
114: <li>Added support in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=re&sektion=4">re(4)</a> for RTL8103E and RTL8168DP devices.
1.7 deraadt 115: <li>Added support for BCM5709/BCM5716 devices in the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bnx&sektion=4">bnx(4)</a> driver.
1.2 deraadt 116: <li>Added support for ICH10 variants of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4">em(4)</a>.
117: <li>Added support for VIA VX855 chipset in the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=viapm&sektion=4">viapm(4)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide(4)</a> drivers.
118: <li>Added support for Intel SCH IDE to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide(4)</a>.
119: <li>Added support for the Broadcom HT-1100 chipset in the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=piixpm&sektion=4">piixpm(4)</a> driver.
120: <li>Added support for 82574L based devices in the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4">em(4)</a> driver.
1.11 stsp 121: <li>A number of network drivers including <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ix&sektion=4">ix(4)</a>, <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sis&sektion=4">sis(4)</a>, <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=msk&sektion=4">msk(4)</a>, <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bnx&sektion=4">bnx(4)</a>, and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vr&sektion=4">vr(4)</a> now
1.2 deraadt 122: use MCLGETI(9) to reduce memory usage and increase performance under load
123: and attack.
124: <li>Added support for VIA CX800 south bridge to the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=viapm&sektion=4">viapm(4)</a> driver.
125: <li>Added support in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4">em(4)</a> for the newer 82575 (and maybe 82576) chips.
126: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zyd&sektion=4">zyd(4)</a> now supports devices with Airoha AL2230S radios.
127: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zyd&sektion=4">zyd(4)</a> now works on big-endian machines
128: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=urtw&sektion=4">urtw(4)</a> now supports RTL8187B based devices.
129: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=otus&sektion=4">otus(4)</a> driver for Atheros AR9001U USB 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N
130: wireless devices.
131: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=berkwdt&sektion=4">berkwdt(4)</a> driver for Berkshire Products PCI watchdog timers.
132: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=udl&sektion=4">udl(4)</a> driver for USB video devices.
133: <li>Support for a variety of newer models in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a>.
134: <li>Initial version of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vsw&sektion=4">vsw(4)</a>, a driver for the virtual network switch on
135: sun4v sparc64s.
136: <li>Implemented <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=machfb&sektion=4">machfb(4)</a>, an accelerated driver for the sparc64 PGX/PGX64
137: framebuffers.
138: <li>Added a <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vcc&sektion=4">vcc(4)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vcctty&sektion=4">vcctty(4)</a> driver for the "Virtual Console Concentrator"
139: found on the control domain of sun4v systems.
140: <li>Implemented 64-bit FIFO modes for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ciss&sektion=4">ciss(4)</a> devices.
141: <li>Enable hardware VLAN tagging/stripping on <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ix&sektion=4">ix(4)</a>.
142: <li>Added basic support for Envy24HT chips in the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=envy&sektion=4">envy(4)</a> driver.
143: <li>Many improvements and updates to the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isp&sektion=4">isp(4)</a> driver.
144: <li>Added support for 88E8057-based Yukon 2 Ultra 2-devices in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=msk&sektion=4">msk(4)</a>.
145: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ips&sektion=4">ips(4)</a> driver now works reliably.
146: <li>Added <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=raptor&sektion=4">raptor(4)</a>, an accelerated framebuffer driver for the Tech Source
147: Raptor GFX cards on the sparc64 platform.
148: <li>Enabled <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=schsio&sektion=4">schsio(4)</a> on i386 and amd64 and added watchdog timer support.
149: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=acpivideo&sektion=4">acpivideo(4)</a> driver for ACPI display switching and brightness control.
150: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 151: <p>
152:
153: <li>New tools:
1.2 deraadt 154: <ul>
155: <li>Added <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=smtpd&sektion=8">smtpd(8)</a>, a new privilege-separated SMTP daemon.
156: <li>Imported the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tmux&sektion=1">tmux(1)</a> terminal multiplexer, replacing window(1).
157: </ul>
158: <p>
159:
160: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> improvements:
161: <ul>
162: <li>Enabled <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> by default in the rc.conf(8).
163: <li>Removed <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> scrub rules, and only do one kind of packet reassembly.
164: Rulesets with scrub rules need to be modified because of this.
165: <li>Regular rules can now have per-rule scrub options.
166: <li>Added new "match" keyword which only applies rule options but does
167: not change the current pass/block state.
168: <li>Make all <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> operations transactional to improve atomicity of reloads.
169: <li>Stricter <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> checking for ICMP and ICMPv6 packets.
170: <li>Various improvements to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfsync&sektion=4">pfsync(4)</a> to lower sync traffic bandwidth and
171: optionally allow active-active firewall setups.
172: <li>Fix <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> scrub max-mss for IPv6 traffic.
173: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 174: <p>
175:
1.2 deraadt 176: <li>OpenBGPD, OpenOSPFD and other routing daemon improvements:
177: <ul>
178: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpd&sektion=8">bgpd(8)</a>, rework most of the RDE to allow multiple RIBs.
179: It is possible to filter per-RIB and attach neighbors to a specific RIB.
180: <li>Added an option to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpd&sektion=8">bgpd(8)</a> to change the "connect-retry" timer.
181: <li>Allow <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpd.conf&sektion=5">bgpd.conf(5)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpctl&sektion=8">bgpctl(8)</a> to contain 32-bit ASN numbers written in
182: ASPLAIN format.
183: <li>Fix <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpd&sektion=8">bgpd(8)</a> to correctly encode MP unreachable NLRI so IPv6 prefixes get
184: removed correctly.
185: <li>Changed the behaviour of "redistribute default" for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ospfd&sektion=8">ospfd(8)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ripd&sektion=8">ripd(8)</a>.
186: A default route has to be present in the FIB to be correctly advertised.
187: <li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ospfd&sektion=8">ospfd(8)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ripd&sektion=8">ripd(8)</a> track reject and blackhole routes and allow
188: them to be redistributed even if pointing to 127.0.0.1.
189: <li>Allow to specify an alternate control socket for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ospfd&sektion=8">ospfd(8)</a>.
190: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ospfd&sektion=8">ospfd(8)</a> can now be bound into an alternate routing domain.
191: <li>Fix <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ospfd&sektion=8">ospfd(8)</a> route metric for "redistribute default".
192: <li>Initial version of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ldpctl&sektion=8">ldpctl(8)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ldpd&sektion=8">ldpd(8)</a>, a label distribution protocol
193: daemon for mpls.
194: <li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dvmrp&sektion=8">dvmrp(8)</a> RDE aware of multicast group members per interface.
195: <li>Support for pruning in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dvmrp&sektion=8">dvmrp(8)</a>.
196: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 197: <p>
198:
1.2 deraadt 199: <li>Generic Network-Stack improvements:
200: <ul>
201: <li>Support for virtual routing and firewalling with the addition of routing
202: domains.
203: <li>Add code in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a> to bind an interface to a routing domain.
204: <li>Add support to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ping&sektion=8">ping(8)</a>, <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=traceroute&sektion=8">traceroute(8)</a>, <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=arp&sektion=8">arp(8)</a>, <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nc&sektion=1">nc(1)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=telnet&sektion=1">telnet(1)</a> to
205: specify which routing domain to use.
206: <li>Allow <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a> to turn off IPv6 completely for an interface and
207: make rtsold(8) turn on inet6 on the interface.
208: <li>Routes track the interface link state.
209: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=route&sektion=8">route(8)</a> flush accepts "-iface" or "-priority" to only flush routes
210: matching these conditions.
211: <li>Multiple dhclients can now coexist without causing mayhem.
212: <li>Make wireless interfaces have an interface priority of 4 by default.
213: Makes them less preferred then wired interfaces.
214: <li>Do not accept IPv4 ICMP redirects by default.
215: <li>Added the MAC address to the log entries in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a>.
1.8 deraadt 216: <li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systat&sektion=1">systat(1)</a> show interface description names in the interface view, and add new NFS server and client views.
1.2 deraadt 217: <li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tun&sektion=4">tun(4)</a> emulate link state depending on the open and close of the
218: device fd.
219: <li>Use pf state-table information to speed up decision on whether a packet
220: is to be delivered locally or forwarded.
221: <li>More routing socket checks added to make userland applications more
222: resilient to kernel changes.
223: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 224: <p>
225:
226: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
1.2 deraadt 227: <ul>
228: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a> automatic partition allocator with a variety of
229: smart heuristics.
230: <li>The installer has been nearly rewritten mostly with a focus on
231: simplifying installation.
232: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 233: <p>
234:
235: <li>OpenSSH 5.3:
1.16 sobrado 236: <ul>
237: <li>Do not limit home directory paths to 256 characters. (bz #1615)
238: <li>Several minor documentation and correctness fixes.
239: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 240: <p>
241:
1.9 deraadt 242: <li>Over 5,800 ports, minor robustness improvements in package tools.
1.1 deraadt 243: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
244: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
245: <tr>
246: <td valign="top" width="25%">
247: <ul>
1.2 deraadt 248: <li>i386: 5606
249: <li>sparc64: 5413
250: <li>alpha: 5346
1.1 deraadt 251: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.17 deraadt 252: <li>sh: 1261
1.2 deraadt 253: <li>amd64: 5544
254: <li>powerpc: 5427
1.1 deraadt 255: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.2 deraadt 256: <li>sparc: 3711
1.17 deraadt 257: <li>arm: 5291
1.2 deraadt 258: <li>hppa: 4790
1.1 deraadt 259: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.2 deraadt 260: <li>vax: 1785
261: <li>mips64: 3443
1.1 deraadt 262: </ul></td></tr></table>
263: Some highlights:
1.2 deraadt 264: <ul>
1.12 landry 265: <li>Gnome 2.24.3.
266: <li>KDE 3.5.10.
267: <li>Xfce 4.6.1.
268: <li>MySQL 5.0.83.
269: <li>PostgreSQL 8.3.7.
270: <li>Postfix 2.6.2.
271: <li>OpenLDAP 2.3.43.
272: <li>Mozilla Firefox 3.0.11 and 3.5.
1.13 landry 273: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.22.
1.12 landry 274: <li>OpenOffice.org 3.1.0.
275: <li>Emacs 21.4 and 22.3
276: <li>Vim 7.2.190.
277: <li>PHP 5.2.10.
278: <li>Python 2.4.6, 2.5.4 and 2.6.2.
279: <li>Ruby 1.8.6.369.
1.2 deraadt 280: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 281: <p>
282:
283: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
284: <p>
285:
286: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
1.2 deraadt 287: <ul>
1.9 deraadt 288: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.4 + patches, freetype 2.3.9,
289: fontconfig 2.6.0, Mesa 7.4.2, xterm 243 and more)
1.2 deraadt 290: <li>Gcc 2.95.3 (+ patches) and 3.3.5 (+ patches)
291: <li>Perl 5.10.0 (+ patches)
292: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS
293: and DSO support
294: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.8k (+ patches)
295: <li>Groff 1.15
296: <li>Sendmail 8.14.3, with libmilter
297: <li>Bind 9.4.2-P2 (+ patches)
298: <li>Lynx 2.8.6rel.5 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
299: <li>Sudo 1.7.2
300: <li>Ncurses 5.2
301: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
302: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
303: <li>Arla 0.35.7
304: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
305: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
306: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 307: <p>
308:
309: </ul>
310:
311: <a name="install"></a>
312: <hr>
313: <p>
314: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
315: <p>
316: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
317: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
318: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
319: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
320: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
321: purchased a CDROM instead.
322: <p>
323:
324: <hr>
325: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
326: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.6 on your machine:
327: <p>
328: <ul>
329: <li>CD1:4.6/i386/INSTALL.i386
330: <p>
331: <li>CD2:4.6/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
332: <li>CD2:4.6/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
333: <p>
334: <li>CD3:4.6/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
335: <p>
336: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
337: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/armish/INSTALL.armish
338: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
339: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
340: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
341: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
342: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
343: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
344: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
345: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/socppc/INSTALL.socppc
346: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
347: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/vax/INSTALL.vax
348: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
349: </ul>
350: <hr>
351:
352: <p>
353: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
354: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
355: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
356: <p>
357:
358: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
359: <ul>
360: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
361: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
362: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
363: <i>CD1:4.6/i386/floppy46.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
364:
365: <p>
366: Use <i>CD1:4.6/i386/floppyB46.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
367: support, or <i>CD1:4.6/i386/floppyC46.fs</i> for better laptop support.
368:
369: <p>
370: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
371: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
372: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
373:
374: <p>
375: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
376: read INSTALL.i386.
377:
378: <p>
379: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
380: at <i>CD1:4.6/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
381: use the
382: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
383: utility. The following is an example usage of
384: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
385: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
386: "rfd0a".
387:
388: <ul><pre>
389: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
390: </pre></ul>
391:
392: <p>
393: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
394: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
395: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
1.18 lum 396: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.2</a>.
1.1 deraadt 397: </ul>
398:
399: <p>
400: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
401: <ul>
402: The 4.6 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
403: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
404: your BIOS options first.
405: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
406: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.6/amd64/floppy46.fs</i> to a floppy, then
407: boot from the floppy drive.
408:
409: <p>
410: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
411: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
412: INSTALL.amd64 document.
413:
414: <p>
415: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
416: read INSTALL.amd64.
417: </ul>
418:
419: <p>
420: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
421: <ul>
422: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
423: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
424:
425: <p>
426: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
427: /4.6/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
428: </ul>
429:
430: <p>
431: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
432: <ul>
433: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
434:
435: <p>
436: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
437: <i>CD3:4.6/sparc64/floppy46.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.6/sparc64/floppyB46.fs</i>
438: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
439: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
440:
441: <p>
442: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
443: will most likely fail.
444:
445: <p>
446: You can also write <i>CD3:4.6/sparc64/miniroot46.fs</i> to the swap partition on
447: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
448:
449: <p>
450: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
451: </ul>
452:
453: <p>
454: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
455: <ul>
456: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.6/alpha/floppy46.fs</i> or
457: <i>FTP:4.6/alpha/floppyB46.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
458: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
459:
460: <p>
461: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
462: will most likely fail.
463:
464: </ul>
465:
466: <p>
467: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
468: <ul>
469: <p>
470: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
471: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
472: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
473: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
474: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
475: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
476: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
477: </ul>
478:
479: <p>
480: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
481: <ul>
482: <p>
483: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
484: </ul>
485:
486: <p>
487: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
488: <ul>
489: <p>
490: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
491: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
492: </ul>
493:
494: <p>
495: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
496: <ul>
497: <p>
498: Write <i>miniroot46.fs</i> to the start of the CF
499: or disk, and boot normally.
500: </ul>
501:
502: <p>
503: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
504: <ul>
505: <p>
506: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
507: <i>FTP:4.6/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
508: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
509: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
510: </ul>
511:
512: <p>
513: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
514: <ul>
515: <p>
516: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
517: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
518: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
519: for more details.
520: </ul>
521:
522: <p>
523: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
524: <ul>
525: <p>
526: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
527: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
528: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
529: for more details.
530: </ul>
531:
532: <p>
533: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
534: <ul>
535: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
536: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
537:
538: <ul><pre>
539: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.6/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
540: or
541: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.6/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
542: </pre></ul>
543:
544: <p>
545: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
546: To do so you need to write <i>floppy46.fs</i> to a floppy.
1.20 lum 547: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.2</a>.
1.1 deraadt 548: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
549: depending on the version of your ROM.
550:
551: <ul><pre>
552: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
553: or
554: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
555: </pre></ul>
556:
557: <p>
558: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
559: will most likely fail.
560:
561: <p>
562: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
563: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
564: INSTALL.sparc file.
565: </ul>
566:
567: <p>
568: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
569: <ul>
570: <p>
571: Burn cd46.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
572: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
573:
574: <p>
575: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
576: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
577: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
578: </ul>
579:
580: <p>
581: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
582: <ul>
583: <p>
584: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
585: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
586: </ul>
587:
588: <p>
589: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
590: <ul>
591: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
592: </ul>
593:
594: <p>
595: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
596: <ul>
597: <p>
598: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
599: openbsd46_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
600: for a few important details.
601: </ul>
602:
603: <p>
604: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
605: <ul>
606: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
607: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
608: in a separate archive. To extract:
609: <p>
610: <ul><pre>
611: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
612: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
613: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
614: </pre></ul>
615: <p>
616: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
617: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
618: To extract:
619: <p>
620: <ul><pre>
621: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
622: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
623: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
624: </pre></ul>
625: <p>
626: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
627: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
628: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
629: Using these files
630: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
631: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
632: <p>
633: </ul>
634:
635: <a name="upgrade"></a>
636: <hr>
637: <p>
638: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
639: <p>
640: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.5 system, and do not want to reinstall,
641: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
642: <a href="faq/upgrade46.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
643:
644: <a name="ports"></a>
645: <hr>
646: <p>
647: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
648: <p>
649: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
650: <p>
651: <ul><pre>
652: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
653: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
654: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
655: </pre></ul>
656: <p>
657: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.19 jasper 658: read the <a href="faq/faq15.html">ports</a> page
1.1 deraadt 659: if you know nothing about ports
660: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
661: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
662: OpenBSD ports system.
663: <p>
664: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
665: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386">
666: cvs(1)</a> if
667: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
668: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
669: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
670: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
671: like:
672: <p>
673: <ul><pre>
1.6 miod 674: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_6</strong>
1.1 deraadt 675: </pre></ul>
676: <p>
677: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
678: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
679: server.]
680: <p>
681: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
682: packages for the 4.6 release will be made available if problems arise.
683: <p>
684: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
685: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
686: place to know.
687: <p>
688:
689: </body>
690: </html>
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