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1.32 tj 17: <font color="#0000ff"><i>Open</i></font><font color="#000084">BSD</font></a>
18: <font color="#e00000">4.6</font>
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1.17 deraadt 24: Released Oct 18, 2009<br>
1.1 deraadt 25: Copyright 1997-2009, Theo de Raadt.<br>
1.10 austin 26: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9784475-4-0</font>
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1.29 deraadt 28: 4.6 Song: <a href="lyrics.html#46">"Planet of the Users"</a>
1.1 deraadt 29: <p>
30: <ul>
1.26 deraadt 31: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="https://openbsdstore.com">ordering system</a>.
1.1 deraadt 32: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
33: a list of mirror machines.
34: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/4.6/</font> directory on
35: one of the mirror sites.
36: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata46.html">The 4.6 Errata page</a> for a list
37: of bugs and workarounds.
38: <li>See a <a href="plus46.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
39: 4.5 and 4.6 releases.
40: </ul>
1.32 tj 41: <p>
42: All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,
43: sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the
44: files fetched via ports.tar.gz.
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47: <hr>
1.1 deraadt 48:
49: <a name="new"></a>
50: <p>
51: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
52: <p>
53: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 4.6.
54: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus46.html">changelog</a> leading
55: to 4.6.
56: <p>
57:
58: <ul>
59:
60: <li>New/extended platforms:
61: <ul>
1.15 miod 62: <li> mvme68k
1.2 deraadt 63: <ul>
64: <li>Added support for the MVME141 and MVME165 boards.
65: </ul>
1.3 deraadt 66: <li>sparc
67: <ul>
68: <li>The bootblock load address was moved so that larger kernels
69: can be loaded.
70: </ul>
1.2 deraadt 71: <li>sparc64
72: <ul>
73: <li>Added acceleration support for many of the PCI frame buffer
74: drivers, such as Sun PGX, PGX64 and XVR-100, and Tech Source
75: Raptor GFX graphics cards.
76: </ul>
77: <li>sgi
78: <ul>
79: <li> Added support for the SGI Octane, SGI Origin 200 and SGI Fuel
80: families of systems.
81: <li> Several bugs in interrupt handling have been fixed, resulting
82: in much snappier system response.
83: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 84: </ul>
85: <p>
86:
87: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
1.2 deraadt 88: <ul>
89: <li>Several new/improved drivers for sensors, including:
90: <ul>
1.35 ! tb 91: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ips&sektion=4">ips(4)</a> driver now has sensor support, complementing the bio support.
! 92: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=acpithinkpad&sektion=4">acpithinkpad(4)</a> driver now has temperature and fan sensor support.
! 93: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=endrun&sektion=4">endrun(4)</a> driver for the EndRun Technologies timedelta sensor.
! 94: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=fins&sektion=4">fins(4)</a> driver now has support for F71806, F71862 and F71882.
! 95: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=acpitz&sektion=4">acpitz(4)</a> driver now shows correct decimals for temperature.
1.2 deraadt 96: </ul>
1.35 ! tb 97: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=radeonfb&sektion=4">radeonfb(4)</a> to sparc64, an accelerated framebuffer for
1.2 deraadt 98: Sun XVR-100 boards.
1.35 ! tb 99: <li>Added support in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=re&sektion=4">re(4)</a> for RTL8103E and RTL8168DP devices.
! 100: <li>Added support for BCM5709/BCM5716 devices in the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bnx&sektion=4">bnx(4)</a> driver.
! 101: <li>Added support for ICH10 variants of <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=em&sektion=4">em(4)</a>.
! 102: <li>Added support for VIA VX855 chipset in the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=viapm&sektion=4">viapm(4)</a> and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide(4)</a> drivers.
! 103: <li>Added support for Intel SCH IDE to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide(4)</a>.
! 104: <li>Added support for the Broadcom HT-1100 chipset in the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=piixpm&sektion=4">piixpm(4)</a> driver.
! 105: <li>Added support for 82574L based devices in the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=em&sektion=4">em(4)</a> driver.
! 106: <li>A number of network drivers including <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ix&sektion=4">ix(4)</a>, <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sis&sektion=4">sis(4)</a>, <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=msk&sektion=4">msk(4)</a>, <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bnx&sektion=4">bnx(4)</a>, and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=vr&sektion=4">vr(4)</a> now
1.2 deraadt 107: use MCLGETI(9) to reduce memory usage and increase performance under load
108: and attack.
1.35 ! tb 109: <li>Added support for VIA CX800 south bridge to the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=viapm&sektion=4">viapm(4)</a> driver.
! 110: <li>Added support in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=em&sektion=4">em(4)</a> for the newer 82575 (and maybe 82576) chips.
! 111: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=zyd&sektion=4">zyd(4)</a> now supports devices with Airoha AL2230S radios.
! 112: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=zyd&sektion=4">zyd(4)</a> now works on big-endian machines
! 113: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=urtw&sektion=4">urtw(4)</a> now supports RTL8187B based devices.
! 114: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=otus&sektion=4">otus(4)</a> driver for Atheros AR9001U USB 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N
1.2 deraadt 115: wireless devices.
1.35 ! tb 116: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=berkwdt&sektion=4">berkwdt(4)</a> driver for Berkshire Products PCI watchdog timers.
! 117: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=udl&sektion=4">udl(4)</a> driver for USB video devices.
! 118: <li>Support for a variety of newer models in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a>.
! 119: <li>Initial version of <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=vsw&sektion=4">vsw(4)</a>, a driver for the virtual network switch on
1.2 deraadt 120: sun4v sparc64s.
1.35 ! tb 121: <li>Implemented <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=machfb&sektion=4">machfb(4)</a>, an accelerated driver for the sparc64 PGX/PGX64
1.2 deraadt 122: framebuffers.
1.35 ! tb 123: <li>Added a <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=vcc&sektion=4">vcc(4)</a> and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=vcctty&sektion=4">vcctty(4)</a> driver for the "Virtual Console Concentrator"
1.2 deraadt 124: found on the control domain of sun4v systems.
1.35 ! tb 125: <li>Implemented 64-bit FIFO modes for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ciss&sektion=4">ciss(4)</a> devices.
! 126: <li>Enable hardware VLAN tagging/stripping on <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ix&sektion=4">ix(4)</a>.
! 127: <li>Added basic support for Envy24HT chips in the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=envy&sektion=4">envy(4)</a> driver.
! 128: <li>Many improvements and updates to the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=isp&sektion=4">isp(4)</a> driver.
! 129: <li>Added support for 88E8057-based Yukon 2 Ultra 2-devices in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=msk&sektion=4">msk(4)</a>.
! 130: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ips&sektion=4">ips(4)</a> driver now works reliably.
! 131: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=raptor&sektion=4">raptor(4)</a>, an accelerated framebuffer driver for the Tech Source
1.2 deraadt 132: Raptor GFX cards on the sparc64 platform.
1.35 ! tb 133: <li>Enabled <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=schsio&sektion=4">schsio(4)</a> on i386 and amd64 and added watchdog timer support.
! 134: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=acpivideo&sektion=4">acpivideo(4)</a> driver for ACPI display switching and brightness control.
1.2 deraadt 135: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 136: <p>
137:
138: <li>New tools:
1.2 deraadt 139: <ul>
1.35 ! tb 140: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=smtpd&sektion=8">smtpd(8)</a>, a new privilege-separated SMTP daemon.
! 141: <li>Imported the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tmux&sektion=1">tmux(1)</a> terminal multiplexer, replacing window(1).
1.2 deraadt 142: </ul>
143: <p>
144:
1.35 ! tb 145: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> improvements:
1.2 deraadt 146: <ul>
1.35 ! tb 147: <li>Enabled <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> by default in the rc.conf(8).
! 148: <li>Removed <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> scrub rules, and only do one kind of packet reassembly.
1.2 deraadt 149: Rulesets with scrub rules need to be modified because of this.
150: <li>Regular rules can now have per-rule scrub options.
151: <li>Added new "match" keyword which only applies rule options but does
152: not change the current pass/block state.
1.35 ! tb 153: <li>Make all <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> operations transactional to improve atomicity of reloads.
! 154: <li>Stricter <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> checking for ICMP and ICMPv6 packets.
! 155: <li>Various improvements to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pfsync&sektion=4">pfsync(4)</a> to lower sync traffic bandwidth and
1.2 deraadt 156: optionally allow active-active firewall setups.
1.35 ! tb 157: <li>Fix <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> scrub max-mss for IPv6 traffic.
1.2 deraadt 158: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 159: <p>
160:
1.2 deraadt 161: <li>OpenBGPD, OpenOSPFD and other routing daemon improvements:
162: <ul>
1.35 ! tb 163: <li>In <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bgpd&sektion=8">bgpd(8)</a>, rework most of the RDE to allow multiple RIBs.
1.2 deraadt 164: It is possible to filter per-RIB and attach neighbors to a specific RIB.
1.35 ! tb 165: <li>Added an option to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bgpd&sektion=8">bgpd(8)</a> to change the "connect-retry" timer.
! 166: <li>Allow <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bgpd.conf&sektion=5">bgpd.conf(5)</a> and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bgpctl&sektion=8">bgpctl(8)</a> to contain 32-bit ASN numbers written in
1.2 deraadt 167: ASPLAIN format.
1.35 ! tb 168: <li>Fix <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bgpd&sektion=8">bgpd(8)</a> to correctly encode MP unreachable NLRI so IPv6 prefixes get
1.2 deraadt 169: removed correctly.
1.35 ! tb 170: <li>Changed the behaviour of "redistribute default" for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ospfd&sektion=8">ospfd(8)</a> and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ripd&sektion=8">ripd(8)</a>.
1.2 deraadt 171: A default route has to be present in the FIB to be correctly advertised.
1.35 ! tb 172: <li>Make <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ospfd&sektion=8">ospfd(8)</a> and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ripd&sektion=8">ripd(8)</a> track reject and blackhole routes and allow
1.2 deraadt 173: them to be redistributed even if pointing to 127.0.0.1.
1.35 ! tb 174: <li>Allow to specify an alternate control socket for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ospfd&sektion=8">ospfd(8)</a>.
! 175: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ospfd&sektion=8">ospfd(8)</a> can now be bound into an alternate routing domain.
! 176: <li>Fix <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ospfd&sektion=8">ospfd(8)</a> route metric for "redistribute default".
! 177: <li>Initial version of <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ldpctl&sektion=8">ldpctl(8)</a> and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ldpd&sektion=8">ldpd(8)</a>, a label distribution protocol
1.2 deraadt 178: daemon for mpls.
1.35 ! tb 179: <li>Make <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dvmrp&sektion=8">dvmrp(8)</a> RDE aware of multicast group members per interface.
! 180: <li>Support for pruning in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dvmrp&sektion=8">dvmrp(8)</a>.
1.2 deraadt 181: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 182: <p>
183:
1.2 deraadt 184: <li>Generic Network-Stack improvements:
185: <ul>
186: <li>Support for virtual routing and firewalling with the addition of routing
187: domains.
1.35 ! tb 188: <li>Add code in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a> to bind an interface to a routing domain.
! 189: <li>Add support to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ping&sektion=8">ping(8)</a>, <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=traceroute&sektion=8">traceroute(8)</a>, <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=arp&sektion=8">arp(8)</a>, <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=nc&sektion=1">nc(1)</a> and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=telnet&sektion=1">telnet(1)</a> to
1.2 deraadt 190: specify which routing domain to use.
1.35 ! tb 191: <li>Allow <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a> to turn off IPv6 completely for an interface and
1.2 deraadt 192: make rtsold(8) turn on inet6 on the interface.
193: <li>Routes track the interface link state.
1.35 ! tb 194: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=route&sektion=8">route(8)</a> flush accepts "-iface" or "-priority" to only flush routes
1.2 deraadt 195: matching these conditions.
196: <li>Multiple dhclients can now coexist without causing mayhem.
197: <li>Make wireless interfaces have an interface priority of 4 by default.
198: Makes them less preferred then wired interfaces.
199: <li>Do not accept IPv4 ICMP redirects by default.
1.35 ! tb 200: <li>Added the MAC address to the log entries in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a>.
! 201: <li>Make <a href="https://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.
! 202: <li>Make <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tun&sektion=4">tun(4)</a> emulate link state depending on the open and close of the
1.2 deraadt 203: device fd.
204: <li>Use pf state-table information to speed up decision on whether a packet
205: is to be delivered locally or forwarded.
206: <li>More routing socket checks added to make userland applications more
207: resilient to kernel changes.
208: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 209: <p>
210:
211: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
1.2 deraadt 212: <ul>
1.35 ! tb 213: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a> automatic partition allocator with a variety of
1.2 deraadt 214: smart heuristics.
215: <li>The installer has been nearly rewritten mostly with a focus on
216: simplifying installation.
217: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 218: <p>
219:
220: <li>OpenSSH 5.3:
1.16 sobrado 221: <ul>
222: <li>Do not limit home directory paths to 256 characters. (bz #1615)
223: <li>Several minor documentation and correctness fixes.
224: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 225: <p>
226:
1.9 deraadt 227: <li>Over 5,800 ports, minor robustness improvements in package tools.
1.1 deraadt 228: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
229: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
230: <tr>
231: <td valign="top" width="25%">
232: <ul>
1.2 deraadt 233: <li>i386: 5606
234: <li>sparc64: 5413
235: <li>alpha: 5346
1.1 deraadt 236: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.17 deraadt 237: <li>sh: 1261
1.2 deraadt 238: <li>amd64: 5544
239: <li>powerpc: 5427
1.1 deraadt 240: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.2 deraadt 241: <li>sparc: 3711
1.17 deraadt 242: <li>arm: 5291
1.2 deraadt 243: <li>hppa: 4790
1.1 deraadt 244: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.2 deraadt 245: <li>vax: 1785
246: <li>mips64: 3443
1.1 deraadt 247: </ul></td></tr></table>
248: Some highlights:
1.2 deraadt 249: <ul>
1.12 landry 250: <li>Gnome 2.24.3.
251: <li>KDE 3.5.10.
252: <li>Xfce 4.6.1.
253: <li>MySQL 5.0.83.
254: <li>PostgreSQL 8.3.7.
255: <li>Postfix 2.6.2.
256: <li>OpenLDAP 2.3.43.
257: <li>Mozilla Firefox 3.0.11 and 3.5.
1.13 landry 258: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.22.
1.12 landry 259: <li>OpenOffice.org 3.1.0.
260: <li>Emacs 21.4 and 22.3
261: <li>Vim 7.2.190.
262: <li>PHP 5.2.10.
263: <li>Python 2.4.6, 2.5.4 and 2.6.2.
264: <li>Ruby 1.8.6.369.
1.2 deraadt 265: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 266: <p>
267:
268: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
269: <p>
270:
271: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
1.2 deraadt 272: <ul>
1.9 deraadt 273: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.4 + patches, freetype 2.3.9,
274: fontconfig 2.6.0, Mesa 7.4.2, xterm 243 and more)
1.2 deraadt 275: <li>Gcc 2.95.3 (+ patches) and 3.3.5 (+ patches)
276: <li>Perl 5.10.0 (+ patches)
277: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS
278: and DSO support
279: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.8k (+ patches)
280: <li>Groff 1.15
281: <li>Sendmail 8.14.3, with libmilter
282: <li>Bind 9.4.2-P2 (+ patches)
283: <li>Lynx 2.8.6rel.5 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
284: <li>Sudo 1.7.2
285: <li>Ncurses 5.2
286: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
287: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
288: <li>Arla 0.35.7
289: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
290: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
291: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 292: <p>
293:
294: </ul>
295:
296: <a name="install"></a>
297: <hr>
298: <p>
299: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
300: <p>
301: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
302: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
303: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
304: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
305: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
306: purchased a CDROM instead.
307: <p>
308:
309: <hr>
310: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
311: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.6 on your machine:
312: <p>
313: <ul>
314: <li>CD1:4.6/i386/INSTALL.i386
315: <p>
316: <li>CD2:4.6/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
317: <li>CD2:4.6/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
318: <p>
319: <li>CD3:4.6/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
320: <p>
321: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
322: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/armish/INSTALL.armish
323: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
324: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
325: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
326: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
327: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
328: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
329: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
330: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/socppc/INSTALL.socppc
331: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
332: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/vax/INSTALL.vax
333: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
334: </ul>
335: <hr>
336:
337: <p>
338: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
339: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
340: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
341: <p>
342:
343: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
344: <ul>
345: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
346: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
347: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
348: <i>CD1:4.6/i386/floppy46.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
349:
350: <p>
351: Use <i>CD1:4.6/i386/floppyB46.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
352: support, or <i>CD1:4.6/i386/floppyC46.fs</i> for better laptop support.
353:
354: <p>
355: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
356: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
357: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
358:
359: <p>
360: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
361: read INSTALL.i386.
362:
363: <p>
364: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
365: at <i>CD1:4.6/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
366: use the
1.35 ! tb 367: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
1.1 deraadt 368: utility. The following is an example usage of
1.35 ! tb 369: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
1.1 deraadt 370: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
371: "rfd0a".
372:
373: <ul><pre>
374: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
375: </pre></ul>
376:
377: <p>
378: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
379: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
380: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
1.33 tj 381: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">this page</a>.
1.1 deraadt 382: </ul>
383:
384: <p>
385: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
386: <ul>
387: The 4.6 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
388: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
389: your BIOS options first.
390: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
391: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.6/amd64/floppy46.fs</i> to a floppy, then
392: boot from the floppy drive.
393:
394: <p>
395: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
396: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
397: INSTALL.amd64 document.
398:
399: <p>
400: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
401: read INSTALL.amd64.
402: </ul>
403:
404: <p>
405: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
406: <ul>
407: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
408: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
409:
410: <p>
411: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
412: /4.6/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
413: </ul>
414:
415: <p>
416: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
417: <ul>
418: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
419:
420: <p>
421: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
422: <i>CD3:4.6/sparc64/floppy46.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.6/sparc64/floppyB46.fs</i>
423: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
424: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
425:
426: <p>
427: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
428: will most likely fail.
429:
430: <p>
431: You can also write <i>CD3:4.6/sparc64/miniroot46.fs</i> to the swap partition on
432: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
433:
434: <p>
435: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
436: </ul>
437:
438: <p>
439: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
440: <ul>
441: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.6/alpha/floppy46.fs</i> or
442: <i>FTP:4.6/alpha/floppyB46.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
443: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
444:
445: <p>
446: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
447: will most likely fail.
448:
449: </ul>
450:
451: <p>
452: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
453: <ul>
454: <p>
455: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
456: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
457: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
458: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
459: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
460: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
461: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
462: </ul>
463:
464: <p>
465: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
466: <ul>
467: <p>
468: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
469: </ul>
470:
471: <p>
472: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
473: <ul>
474: <p>
475: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
476: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
477: </ul>
478:
479: <p>
480: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
481: <ul>
482: <p>
483: Write <i>miniroot46.fs</i> to the start of the CF
484: or disk, and boot normally.
485: </ul>
486:
487: <p>
488: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
489: <ul>
490: <p>
491: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
492: <i>FTP:4.6/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
493: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
494: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
495: </ul>
496:
497: <p>
498: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
499: <ul>
500: <p>
501: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
502: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
503: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
504: for more details.
505: </ul>
506:
507: <p>
508: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
509: <ul>
510: <p>
511: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
512: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
513: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
514: for more details.
515: </ul>
516:
517: <p>
518: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
519: <ul>
520: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
521: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
522:
523: <ul><pre>
524: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.6/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
525: or
526: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.6/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
527: </pre></ul>
528:
529: <p>
530: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
531: To do so you need to write <i>floppy46.fs</i> to a floppy.
1.33 tj 532: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">this page</a>.
1.1 deraadt 533: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
534: depending on the version of your ROM.
535:
536: <ul><pre>
537: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
538: or
539: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
540: </pre></ul>
541:
542: <p>
543: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
544: will most likely fail.
545:
546: <p>
547: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
548: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
549: INSTALL.sparc file.
550: </ul>
551:
552: <p>
553: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
554: <ul>
555: <p>
556: Burn cd46.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
557: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
558:
559: <p>
560: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
561: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
562: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
563: </ul>
564:
565: <p>
566: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
567: <ul>
568: <p>
569: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
570: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
571: </ul>
572:
573: <p>
574: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
575: <ul>
576: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
577: </ul>
578:
579: <p>
580: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
581: <ul>
582: <p>
583: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
584: openbsd46_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
585: for a few important details.
586: </ul>
587:
588: <p>
589: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
590: <ul>
591: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
592: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
593: in a separate archive. To extract:
594: <p>
595: <ul><pre>
596: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
597: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
598: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
599: </pre></ul>
600: <p>
601: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
602: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
603: To extract:
604: <p>
605: <ul><pre>
606: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
607: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
608: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
609: </pre></ul>
610: <p>
611: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
612: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
613: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
614: Using these files
615: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
616: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
617: <p>
618: </ul>
619:
620: <a name="upgrade"></a>
621: <hr>
622: <p>
623: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
624: <p>
625: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.5 system, and do not want to reinstall,
626: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
627: <a href="faq/upgrade46.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
628:
629: <a name="ports"></a>
630: <hr>
631: <p>
632: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
633: <p>
634: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
635: <p>
636: <ul><pre>
637: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
638: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
639: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
640: </pre></ul>
641: <p>
642: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.19 jasper 643: read the <a href="faq/faq15.html">ports</a> page
1.1 deraadt 644: if you know nothing about ports
645: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
646: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
647: OpenBSD ports system.
648: <p>
649: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
1.35 ! tb 650: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386">
1.1 deraadt 651: cvs(1)</a> if
652: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
653: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
654: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
655: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
656: like:
657: <p>
658: <ul><pre>
1.6 miod 659: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_6</strong>
1.1 deraadt 660: </pre></ul>
661: <p>
662: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
663: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
664: server.]
665: <p>
666: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
667: packages for the 4.6 release will be made available if problems arise.
668: <p>
669: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
670: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
671: place to know.
672: <p>
673:
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