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19: <h2><font color="#0000e0">OpenBSD 4.6</font></h2>
1.1 deraadt 20: <p>
1.17 deraadt 21: Released Oct 18, 2009<br>
1.1 deraadt 22: Copyright 1997-2009, Theo de Raadt.<br>
1.10 austin 23: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9784475-4-0</font>
1.1 deraadt 24: <br>
1.29 deraadt 25: 4.6 Song: <a href="lyrics.html#46">"Planet of the Users"</a>
1.1 deraadt 26: <p>
27: <ul>
1.26 deraadt 28: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="https://openbsdstore.com">ordering system</a>.
1.1 deraadt 29: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
30: a list of mirror machines.
31: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/4.6/</font> directory on
32: one of the mirror sites.
33: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata46.html">The 4.6 Errata page</a> for a list
34: of bugs and workarounds.
35: <li>See a <a href="plus46.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
36: 4.5 and 4.6 releases.
37: </ul>
38: <br clear=all>
1.23 deraadt 39: <p>
1.22 deraadt 40: All applicable copyrights and credits can be found in the applicable
41: file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
42: xenocara.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The
43: distribution files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file
44: are not included on the CDROM because of lack of space.
1.1 deraadt 45: <p>
46:
47: <a name="new"></a>
48: <hr>
49: <p>
50: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
51: <p>
52: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 4.6.
53: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus46.html">changelog</a> leading
54: to 4.6.
55: <p>
56:
57: <ul>
58:
59: <li>New/extended platforms:
60: <ul>
1.15 miod 61: <li> mvme68k
1.2 deraadt 62: <ul>
63: <li>Added support for the MVME141 and MVME165 boards.
64: </ul>
1.3 deraadt 65: <li>sparc
66: <ul>
67: <li>The bootblock load address was moved so that larger kernels
68: can be loaded.
69: </ul>
1.2 deraadt 70: <li>sparc64
71: <ul>
72: <li>Added acceleration support for many of the PCI frame buffer
73: drivers, such as Sun PGX, PGX64 and XVR-100, and Tech Source
74: Raptor GFX graphics cards.
75: </ul>
76: <li>sgi
77: <ul>
78: <li> Added support for the SGI Octane, SGI Origin 200 and SGI Fuel
79: families of systems.
80: <li> Several bugs in interrupt handling have been fixed, resulting
81: in much snappier system response.
82: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 83: </ul>
84: <p>
85:
86: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
1.2 deraadt 87: <ul>
88: <li>Several new/improved drivers for sensors, including:
89: <ul>
1.31 ! sthen 90: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ips&sektion=4">ips(4)</a> driver now has sensor support, complementing the bio support.
! 91: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=acpithinkpad&sektion=4">acpithinkpad(4)</a> driver now has temperature and fan sensor support.
! 92: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=endrun&sektion=4">endrun(4)</a> driver for the EndRun Technologies timedelta sensor.
! 93: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=fins&sektion=4">fins(4)</a> driver now has support for F71806, F71862 and F71882.
! 94: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=acpitz&sektion=4">acpitz(4)</a> driver now shows correct decimals for temperature.
1.2 deraadt 95: </ul>
1.31 ! sthen 96: <li>Added <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=radeonfb&sektion=4">radeonfb(4)</a> to sparc64, an accelerated framebuffer for
1.2 deraadt 97: Sun XVR-100 boards.
1.31 ! sthen 98: <li>Added support in <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=re&sektion=4">re(4)</a> for RTL8103E and RTL8168DP devices.
! 99: <li>Added support for BCM5709/BCM5716 devices in the <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=bnx&sektion=4">bnx(4)</a> driver.
! 100: <li>Added support for ICH10 variants of <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=em&sektion=4">em(4)</a>.
! 101: <li>Added support for VIA VX855 chipset in the <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=viapm&sektion=4">viapm(4)</a> and <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide(4)</a> drivers.
! 102: <li>Added support for Intel SCH IDE to <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide(4)</a>.
! 103: <li>Added support for the Broadcom HT-1100 chipset in the <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=piixpm&sektion=4">piixpm(4)</a> driver.
! 104: <li>Added support for 82574L based devices in the <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=em&sektion=4">em(4)</a> driver.
! 105: <li>A number of network drivers including <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ix&sektion=4">ix(4)</a>, <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=sis&sektion=4">sis(4)</a>, <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=msk&sektion=4">msk(4)</a>, <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=bnx&sektion=4">bnx(4)</a>, and <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=vr&sektion=4">vr(4)</a> now
1.2 deraadt 106: use MCLGETI(9) to reduce memory usage and increase performance under load
107: and attack.
1.31 ! sthen 108: <li>Added support for VIA CX800 south bridge to the <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=viapm&sektion=4">viapm(4)</a> driver.
! 109: <li>Added support in <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=em&sektion=4">em(4)</a> for the newer 82575 (and maybe 82576) chips.
! 110: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=zyd&sektion=4">zyd(4)</a> now supports devices with Airoha AL2230S radios.
! 111: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=zyd&sektion=4">zyd(4)</a> now works on big-endian machines
! 112: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=urtw&sektion=4">urtw(4)</a> now supports RTL8187B based devices.
! 113: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=otus&sektion=4">otus(4)</a> driver for Atheros AR9001U USB 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N
1.2 deraadt 114: wireless devices.
1.31 ! sthen 115: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=berkwdt&sektion=4">berkwdt(4)</a> driver for Berkshire Products PCI watchdog timers.
! 116: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=udl&sektion=4">udl(4)</a> driver for USB video devices.
! 117: <li>Support for a variety of newer models in <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a>.
! 118: <li>Initial version of <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=vsw&sektion=4">vsw(4)</a>, a driver for the virtual network switch on
1.2 deraadt 119: sun4v sparc64s.
1.31 ! sthen 120: <li>Implemented <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=machfb&sektion=4">machfb(4)</a>, an accelerated driver for the sparc64 PGX/PGX64
1.2 deraadt 121: framebuffers.
1.31 ! sthen 122: <li>Added a <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=vcc&sektion=4">vcc(4)</a> and <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=vcctty&sektion=4">vcctty(4)</a> driver for the "Virtual Console Concentrator"
1.2 deraadt 123: found on the control domain of sun4v systems.
1.31 ! sthen 124: <li>Implemented 64-bit FIFO modes for <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ciss&sektion=4">ciss(4)</a> devices.
! 125: <li>Enable hardware VLAN tagging/stripping on <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ix&sektion=4">ix(4)</a>.
! 126: <li>Added basic support for Envy24HT chips in the <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=envy&sektion=4">envy(4)</a> driver.
! 127: <li>Many improvements and updates to the <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=isp&sektion=4">isp(4)</a> driver.
! 128: <li>Added support for 88E8057-based Yukon 2 Ultra 2-devices in <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=msk&sektion=4">msk(4)</a>.
! 129: <li>The <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ips&sektion=4">ips(4)</a> driver now works reliably.
! 130: <li>Added <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=raptor&sektion=4">raptor(4)</a>, an accelerated framebuffer driver for the Tech Source
1.2 deraadt 131: Raptor GFX cards on the sparc64 platform.
1.31 ! sthen 132: <li>Enabled <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=schsio&sektion=4">schsio(4)</a> on i386 and amd64 and added watchdog timer support.
! 133: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=acpivideo&sektion=4">acpivideo(4)</a> driver for ACPI display switching and brightness control.
1.2 deraadt 134: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 135: <p>
136:
137: <li>New tools:
1.2 deraadt 138: <ul>
1.31 ! sthen 139: <li>Added <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=smtpd&sektion=8">smtpd(8)</a>, a new privilege-separated SMTP daemon.
! 140: <li>Imported the <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=tmux&sektion=1">tmux(1)</a> terminal multiplexer, replacing window(1).
1.2 deraadt 141: </ul>
142: <p>
143:
1.31 ! sthen 144: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> improvements:
1.2 deraadt 145: <ul>
1.31 ! sthen 146: <li>Enabled <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> by default in the rc.conf(8).
! 147: <li>Removed <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> scrub rules, and only do one kind of packet reassembly.
1.2 deraadt 148: Rulesets with scrub rules need to be modified because of this.
149: <li>Regular rules can now have per-rule scrub options.
150: <li>Added new "match" keyword which only applies rule options but does
151: not change the current pass/block state.
1.31 ! sthen 152: <li>Make all <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> operations transactional to improve atomicity of reloads.
! 153: <li>Stricter <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> checking for ICMP and ICMPv6 packets.
! 154: <li>Various improvements to <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pfsync&sektion=4">pfsync(4)</a> to lower sync traffic bandwidth and
1.2 deraadt 155: optionally allow active-active firewall setups.
1.31 ! sthen 156: <li>Fix <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> scrub max-mss for IPv6 traffic.
1.2 deraadt 157: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 158: <p>
159:
1.2 deraadt 160: <li>OpenBGPD, OpenOSPFD and other routing daemon improvements:
161: <ul>
1.31 ! sthen 162: <li>In <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=bgpd&sektion=8">bgpd(8)</a>, rework most of the RDE to allow multiple RIBs.
1.2 deraadt 163: It is possible to filter per-RIB and attach neighbors to a specific RIB.
1.31 ! sthen 164: <li>Added an option to <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=bgpd&sektion=8">bgpd(8)</a> to change the "connect-retry" timer.
! 165: <li>Allow <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=bgpd.conf&sektion=5">bgpd.conf(5)</a> and <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=bgpctl&sektion=8">bgpctl(8)</a> to contain 32-bit ASN numbers written in
1.2 deraadt 166: ASPLAIN format.
1.31 ! sthen 167: <li>Fix <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=bgpd&sektion=8">bgpd(8)</a> to correctly encode MP unreachable NLRI so IPv6 prefixes get
1.2 deraadt 168: removed correctly.
1.31 ! sthen 169: <li>Changed the behaviour of "redistribute default" for <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ospfd&sektion=8">ospfd(8)</a> and <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ripd&sektion=8">ripd(8)</a>.
1.2 deraadt 170: A default route has to be present in the FIB to be correctly advertised.
1.31 ! sthen 171: <li>Make <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ospfd&sektion=8">ospfd(8)</a> and <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ripd&sektion=8">ripd(8)</a> track reject and blackhole routes and allow
1.2 deraadt 172: them to be redistributed even if pointing to 127.0.0.1.
1.31 ! sthen 173: <li>Allow to specify an alternate control socket for <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ospfd&sektion=8">ospfd(8)</a>.
! 174: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ospfd&sektion=8">ospfd(8)</a> can now be bound into an alternate routing domain.
! 175: <li>Fix <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ospfd&sektion=8">ospfd(8)</a> route metric for "redistribute default".
! 176: <li>Initial version of <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ldpctl&sektion=8">ldpctl(8)</a> and <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ldpd&sektion=8">ldpd(8)</a>, a label distribution protocol
1.2 deraadt 177: daemon for mpls.
1.31 ! sthen 178: <li>Make <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=dvmrp&sektion=8">dvmrp(8)</a> RDE aware of multicast group members per interface.
! 179: <li>Support for pruning in <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=dvmrp&sektion=8">dvmrp(8)</a>.
1.2 deraadt 180: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 181: <p>
182:
1.2 deraadt 183: <li>Generic Network-Stack improvements:
184: <ul>
185: <li>Support for virtual routing and firewalling with the addition of routing
186: domains.
1.31 ! sthen 187: <li>Add code in <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a> to bind an interface to a routing domain.
! 188: <li>Add support to <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ping&sektion=8">ping(8)</a>, <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=traceroute&sektion=8">traceroute(8)</a>, <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=arp&sektion=8">arp(8)</a>, <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=nc&sektion=1">nc(1)</a> and <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=telnet&sektion=1">telnet(1)</a> to
1.2 deraadt 189: specify which routing domain to use.
1.31 ! sthen 190: <li>Allow <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a> to turn off IPv6 completely for an interface and
1.2 deraadt 191: make rtsold(8) turn on inet6 on the interface.
192: <li>Routes track the interface link state.
1.31 ! sthen 193: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=route&sektion=8">route(8)</a> flush accepts "-iface" or "-priority" to only flush routes
1.2 deraadt 194: matching these conditions.
195: <li>Multiple dhclients can now coexist without causing mayhem.
196: <li>Make wireless interfaces have an interface priority of 4 by default.
197: Makes them less preferred then wired interfaces.
198: <li>Do not accept IPv4 ICMP redirects by default.
1.31 ! sthen 199: <li>Added the MAC address to the log entries in <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a>.
! 200: <li>Make <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=systat&sektion=1">systat(1)</a> show interface description names in the interface view, and add new NFS server and client views.
! 201: <li>Make <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=tun&sektion=4">tun(4)</a> emulate link state depending on the open and close of the
1.2 deraadt 202: device fd.
203: <li>Use pf state-table information to speed up decision on whether a packet
204: is to be delivered locally or forwarded.
205: <li>More routing socket checks added to make userland applications more
206: resilient to kernel changes.
207: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 208: <p>
209:
210: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
1.2 deraadt 211: <ul>
1.31 ! sthen 212: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a> automatic partition allocator with a variety of
1.2 deraadt 213: smart heuristics.
214: <li>The installer has been nearly rewritten mostly with a focus on
215: simplifying installation.
216: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 217: <p>
218:
219: <li>OpenSSH 5.3:
1.16 sobrado 220: <ul>
221: <li>Do not limit home directory paths to 256 characters. (bz #1615)
222: <li>Several minor documentation and correctness fixes.
223: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 224: <p>
225:
1.9 deraadt 226: <li>Over 5,800 ports, minor robustness improvements in package tools.
1.1 deraadt 227: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
228: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
229: <tr>
230: <td valign="top" width="25%">
231: <ul>
1.2 deraadt 232: <li>i386: 5606
233: <li>sparc64: 5413
234: <li>alpha: 5346
1.1 deraadt 235: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.17 deraadt 236: <li>sh: 1261
1.2 deraadt 237: <li>amd64: 5544
238: <li>powerpc: 5427
1.1 deraadt 239: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.2 deraadt 240: <li>sparc: 3711
1.17 deraadt 241: <li>arm: 5291
1.2 deraadt 242: <li>hppa: 4790
1.1 deraadt 243: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.2 deraadt 244: <li>vax: 1785
245: <li>mips64: 3443
1.1 deraadt 246: </ul></td></tr></table>
247: Some highlights:
1.2 deraadt 248: <ul>
1.12 landry 249: <li>Gnome 2.24.3.
250: <li>KDE 3.5.10.
251: <li>Xfce 4.6.1.
252: <li>MySQL 5.0.83.
253: <li>PostgreSQL 8.3.7.
254: <li>Postfix 2.6.2.
255: <li>OpenLDAP 2.3.43.
256: <li>Mozilla Firefox 3.0.11 and 3.5.
1.13 landry 257: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.22.
1.12 landry 258: <li>OpenOffice.org 3.1.0.
259: <li>Emacs 21.4 and 22.3
260: <li>Vim 7.2.190.
261: <li>PHP 5.2.10.
262: <li>Python 2.4.6, 2.5.4 and 2.6.2.
263: <li>Ruby 1.8.6.369.
1.2 deraadt 264: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 265: <p>
266:
267: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
268: <p>
269:
270: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
1.2 deraadt 271: <ul>
1.9 deraadt 272: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.4 + patches, freetype 2.3.9,
273: fontconfig 2.6.0, Mesa 7.4.2, xterm 243 and more)
1.2 deraadt 274: <li>Gcc 2.95.3 (+ patches) and 3.3.5 (+ patches)
275: <li>Perl 5.10.0 (+ patches)
276: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS
277: and DSO support
278: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.8k (+ patches)
279: <li>Groff 1.15
280: <li>Sendmail 8.14.3, with libmilter
281: <li>Bind 9.4.2-P2 (+ patches)
282: <li>Lynx 2.8.6rel.5 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
283: <li>Sudo 1.7.2
284: <li>Ncurses 5.2
285: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
286: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
287: <li>Arla 0.35.7
288: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
289: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
290: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 291: <p>
292:
293: </ul>
294:
295: <a name="install"></a>
296: <hr>
297: <p>
298: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
299: <p>
300: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
301: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
302: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
303: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
304: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
305: purchased a CDROM instead.
306: <p>
307:
308: <hr>
309: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
310: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.6 on your machine:
311: <p>
312: <ul>
313: <li>CD1:4.6/i386/INSTALL.i386
314: <p>
315: <li>CD2:4.6/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
316: <li>CD2:4.6/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
317: <p>
318: <li>CD3:4.6/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
319: <p>
320: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
321: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/armish/INSTALL.armish
322: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
323: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
324: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
325: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
326: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
327: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
328: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
329: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/socppc/INSTALL.socppc
330: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
331: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/vax/INSTALL.vax
332: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
333: </ul>
334: <hr>
335:
336: <p>
337: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
338: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
339: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
340: <p>
341:
342: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
343: <ul>
344: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
345: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
346: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
347: <i>CD1:4.6/i386/floppy46.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
348:
349: <p>
350: Use <i>CD1:4.6/i386/floppyB46.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
351: support, or <i>CD1:4.6/i386/floppyC46.fs</i> for better laptop support.
352:
353: <p>
354: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
355: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
356: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
357:
358: <p>
359: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
360: read INSTALL.i386.
361:
362: <p>
363: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
364: at <i>CD1:4.6/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
365: use the
1.31 ! sthen 366: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
1.1 deraadt 367: utility. The following is an example usage of
1.31 ! sthen 368: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
1.1 deraadt 369: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
370: "rfd0a".
371:
372: <ul><pre>
373: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
374: </pre></ul>
375:
376: <p>
377: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
378: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
379: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
1.18 lum 380: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.2</a>.
1.1 deraadt 381: </ul>
382:
383: <p>
384: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
385: <ul>
386: The 4.6 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
387: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
388: your BIOS options first.
389: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
390: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.6/amd64/floppy46.fs</i> to a floppy, then
391: boot from the floppy drive.
392:
393: <p>
394: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
395: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
396: INSTALL.amd64 document.
397:
398: <p>
399: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
400: read INSTALL.amd64.
401: </ul>
402:
403: <p>
404: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
405: <ul>
406: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
407: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
408:
409: <p>
410: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
411: /4.6/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
412: </ul>
413:
414: <p>
415: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
416: <ul>
417: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
418:
419: <p>
420: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
421: <i>CD3:4.6/sparc64/floppy46.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.6/sparc64/floppyB46.fs</i>
422: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
423: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
424:
425: <p>
426: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
427: will most likely fail.
428:
429: <p>
430: You can also write <i>CD3:4.6/sparc64/miniroot46.fs</i> to the swap partition on
431: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
432:
433: <p>
434: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
435: </ul>
436:
437: <p>
438: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
439: <ul>
440: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.6/alpha/floppy46.fs</i> or
441: <i>FTP:4.6/alpha/floppyB46.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
442: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
443:
444: <p>
445: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
446: will most likely fail.
447:
448: </ul>
449:
450: <p>
451: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
452: <ul>
453: <p>
454: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
455: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
456: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
457: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
458: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
459: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
460: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
461: </ul>
462:
463: <p>
464: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
465: <ul>
466: <p>
467: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
468: </ul>
469:
470: <p>
471: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
472: <ul>
473: <p>
474: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
475: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
476: </ul>
477:
478: <p>
479: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
480: <ul>
481: <p>
482: Write <i>miniroot46.fs</i> to the start of the CF
483: or disk, and boot normally.
484: </ul>
485:
486: <p>
487: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
488: <ul>
489: <p>
490: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
491: <i>FTP:4.6/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
492: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
493: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
494: </ul>
495:
496: <p>
497: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
498: <ul>
499: <p>
500: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
501: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
502: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
503: for more details.
504: </ul>
505:
506: <p>
507: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
508: <ul>
509: <p>
510: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
511: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
512: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
513: for more details.
514: </ul>
515:
516: <p>
517: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
518: <ul>
519: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
520: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
521:
522: <ul><pre>
523: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.6/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
524: or
525: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.6/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
526: </pre></ul>
527:
528: <p>
529: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
530: To do so you need to write <i>floppy46.fs</i> to a floppy.
1.20 lum 531: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.2</a>.
1.1 deraadt 532: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
533: depending on the version of your ROM.
534:
535: <ul><pre>
536: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
537: or
538: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
539: </pre></ul>
540:
541: <p>
542: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
543: will most likely fail.
544:
545: <p>
546: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
547: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
548: INSTALL.sparc file.
549: </ul>
550:
551: <p>
552: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
553: <ul>
554: <p>
555: Burn cd46.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
556: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
557:
558: <p>
559: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
560: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
561: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
562: </ul>
563:
564: <p>
565: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
566: <ul>
567: <p>
568: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
569: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
570: </ul>
571:
572: <p>
573: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
574: <ul>
575: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
576: </ul>
577:
578: <p>
579: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
580: <ul>
581: <p>
582: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
583: openbsd46_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
584: for a few important details.
585: </ul>
586:
587: <p>
588: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
589: <ul>
590: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
591: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
592: in a separate archive. To extract:
593: <p>
594: <ul><pre>
595: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
596: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
597: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
598: </pre></ul>
599: <p>
600: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
601: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
602: To extract:
603: <p>
604: <ul><pre>
605: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
606: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
607: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
608: </pre></ul>
609: <p>
610: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
611: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
612: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
613: Using these files
614: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
615: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
616: <p>
617: </ul>
618:
619: <a name="upgrade"></a>
620: <hr>
621: <p>
622: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
623: <p>
624: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.5 system, and do not want to reinstall,
625: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
626: <a href="faq/upgrade46.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
627:
628: <a name="ports"></a>
629: <hr>
630: <p>
631: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
632: <p>
633: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
634: <p>
635: <ul><pre>
636: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
637: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
638: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
639: </pre></ul>
640: <p>
641: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.19 jasper 642: read the <a href="faq/faq15.html">ports</a> page
1.1 deraadt 643: if you know nothing about ports
644: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
645: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
646: OpenBSD ports system.
647: <p>
648: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
1.31 ! sthen 649: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386">
1.1 deraadt 650: cvs(1)</a> if
651: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
652: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
653: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
654: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
655: like:
656: <p>
657: <ul><pre>
1.6 miod 658: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_6</strong>
1.1 deraadt 659: </pre></ul>
660: <p>
661: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
662: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
663: server.]
664: <p>
665: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
666: packages for the 4.6 release will be made available if problems arise.
667: <p>
668: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
669: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
670: place to know.
671: <p>
672:
673: </body>
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