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1.1 deraadt 24: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 4.6 Release:</font></h2>
25: <p>
26: To be released Oct 1, 2009<br>
27: Copyright 1997-2009, Theo de Raadt.<br>
28: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9784475-3-3</font>
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1.5 ! deraadt 30: <a href="lyrics.html#46">4.6 Song: "Planet of the Users"</a>
1.1 deraadt 31: <p>
32:
33: <a href="#new">What's New</a><br>
34: <a href="#install">How to install</a><br>
35: <a href="#upgrade">How to upgrade</a><br>
36: <a href="#ports">How to use the ports tree</a><br>
37: <a href="orders.html">Ordering a CD set</a><br>
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39: <p>
40: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
41: To get the files for this release:
42: <ul>
43: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
44: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
45: a list of mirror machines.
46: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/4.6/</font> directory on
47: one of the mirror sites.
48: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
49: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata46.html">The 4.6 Errata page</a> for a list
50: of bugs and workarounds.
51: <li>See a <a href="plus46.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
52: 4.5 and 4.6 releases.
53: </ul>
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56:
57: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
58: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
59: xenocara.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The distribution
60: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
61: the CDROM because of lack of space.
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63:
64: <a name="new"></a>
65: <hr>
66: <p>
67: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
68: <p>
69: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 4.6.
70: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus46.html">changelog</a> leading
71: to 4.6.
72: <p>
73:
74: <ul>
75:
76: <li>New/extended platforms:
77: <ul>
1.2 deraadt 78: <li> mvme88k
79: <ul>
80: <li>Added support for the MVME141 and MVME165 boards.
81: </ul>
1.3 deraadt 82: <li>sparc
83: <ul>
84: <li>The bootblock load address was moved so that larger kernels
85: can be loaded.
86: </ul>
1.2 deraadt 87: <li>sparc64
88: <ul>
89: <li>Added acceleration support for many of the PCI frame buffer
90: drivers, such as Sun PGX, PGX64 and XVR-100, and Tech Source
91: Raptor GFX graphics cards.
92: </ul>
93: <li>sgi
94: <ul>
95: <li> Added support for the SGI Octane, SGI Origin 200 and SGI Fuel
96: families of systems.
97: <li> Several bugs in interrupt handling have been fixed, resulting
98: in much snappier system response.
99: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 100: </ul>
101: <p>
102:
103: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
1.2 deraadt 104: <ul>
105: <li>Several new/improved drivers for sensors, including:
106: <ul>
107: <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.
108: <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.
109: <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.
110: <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.
111: <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.
112: </ul>
113: <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
114: Sun XVR-100 boards.
115: <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.
116: <li>Added support for BCM5709 devices in the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bnx&sektion=4">bnx(4)</a> driver.
117: <li>Added support for ICH10 variants of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4">em(4)</a>.
118: <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.
119: <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>.
120: <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.
121: <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.
122: <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>, and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bnx&sektion=4">bnx(4)</a> now
123: use MCLGETI(9) to reduce memory usage and increase performance under load
124: and attack.
125: <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.
126: <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.
127: <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.
128: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zyd&sektion=4">zyd(4)</a> now works on big-endian machines
129: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=urtw&sektion=4">urtw(4)</a> now supports RTL8187B based devices.
130: <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
131: wireless devices.
132: <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.
133: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=udl&sektion=4">udl(4)</a> driver for USB video devices.
134: <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>.
135: <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
136: sun4v sparc64s.
137: <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
138: framebuffers.
139: <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"
140: found on the control domain of sun4v systems.
141: <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.
142: <li>Enable hardware VLAN tagging/stripping on <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ix&sektion=4">ix(4)</a>.
143: <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.
144: <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.
145: <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>.
146: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ips&sektion=4">ips(4)</a> driver now works reliably.
147: <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
148: Raptor GFX cards on the sparc64 platform.
149: <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.
150: <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.
151: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 152: <p>
153:
154: <li>New tools:
1.2 deraadt 155: <ul>
156: <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.
157: <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).
158: </ul>
159: <p>
160:
161: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> improvements:
162: <ul>
163: <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).
164: <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.
165: Rulesets with scrub rules need to be modified because of this.
166: <li>Regular rules can now have per-rule scrub options.
167: <li>Added new "match" keyword which only applies rule options but does
168: not change the current pass/block state.
169: <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.
170: <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.
171: <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
172: optionally allow active-active firewall setups.
173: <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.
174: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 175: <p>
176:
1.2 deraadt 177: <li>OpenBGPD, OpenOSPFD and other routing daemon improvements:
178: <ul>
179: <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.
180: It is possible to filter per-RIB and attach neighbors to a specific RIB.
181: <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.
182: <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
183: ASPLAIN format.
184: <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
185: removed correctly.
186: <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>.
187: A default route has to be present in the FIB to be correctly advertised.
188: <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
189: them to be redistributed even if pointing to 127.0.0.1.
190: <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>.
191: <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.
192: <li>Fix <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ospfd&sektion=8">ospfd(8)</a> route metric for "redistribute default".
193: <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
194: daemon for mpls.
195: <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.
196: <li>Support for pruning in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dvmrp&sektion=8">dvmrp(8)</a>.
197: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 198: <p>
199:
1.2 deraadt 200: <li>Generic Network-Stack improvements:
201: <ul>
202: <li>Support for virtual routing and firewalling with the addition of routing
203: domains.
204: <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.
205: <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
206: specify which routing domain to use.
207: <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
208: make rtsold(8) turn on inet6 on the interface.
209: <li>Routes track the interface link state.
210: <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
211: matching these conditions.
212: <li>Multiple dhclients can now coexist without causing mayhem.
213: <li>Make wireless interfaces have an interface priority of 4 by default.
214: Makes them less preferred then wired interfaces.
215: <li>Do not accept IPv4 ICMP redirects by default.
216: <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>.
217: <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.
218: <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
219: device fd.
220: <li>Use pf state-table information to speed up decision on whether a packet
221: is to be delivered locally or forwarded.
222: <li>More routing socket checks added to make userland applications more
223: resilient to kernel changes.
224: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 225: <p>
226:
227: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
1.2 deraadt 228: <ul>
229: <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
230: smart heuristics.
231: <li>The installer has been nearly rewritten mostly with a focus on
232: simplifying installation.
233: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 234: <p>
235:
236: <li>OpenSSH 5.3:
237: <p>
238:
239: <li>Over XXXX ports, minor robustness improvements in package tools.
240: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
241: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
242: <tr>
243: <td valign="top" width="25%">
244: <ul>
1.2 deraadt 245: <li>i386: 5606
246: <li>sparc64: 5413
247: <li>alpha: 5346
1.1 deraadt 248: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
249: <li>sh: XXXX
1.2 deraadt 250: <li>amd64: 5544
251: <li>powerpc: 5427
1.1 deraadt 252: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.2 deraadt 253: <li>sparc: 3711
1.1 deraadt 254: <li>arm: XXXX
1.2 deraadt 255: <li>hppa: 4790
1.1 deraadt 256: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.2 deraadt 257: <li>vax: 1785
258: <li>mips64: 3443
1.1 deraadt 259: </ul></td></tr></table>
260: Some highlights:
1.2 deraadt 261: <ul>
262: <li>...
263: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 264: <p>
265:
266: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
267: <p>
268:
269: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
1.2 deraadt 270: <ul>
271: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.4 + patches, freetype 2.3.7,
272: fontconfig 2.4.2, Mesa 7.2, xterm 239 and more)
273: <li>Gcc 2.95.3 (+ patches) and 3.3.5 (+ patches)
274: <li>Perl 5.10.0 (+ patches)
275: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS
276: and DSO support
277: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.8k (+ patches)
278: <li>Groff 1.15
279: <li>Sendmail 8.14.3, with libmilter
280: <li>Bind 9.4.2-P2 (+ patches)
281: <li>Lynx 2.8.6rel.5 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
282: <li>Sudo 1.7.2
283: <li>Ncurses 5.2
284: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
285: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
286: <li>Arla 0.35.7
287: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
288: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
289: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 290: <p>
291:
292: </ul>
293:
294: <a name="install"></a>
295: <hr>
296: <p>
297: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
298: <p>
299: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
300: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
301: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
302: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
303: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
304: purchased a CDROM instead.
305: <p>
306:
307: <hr>
308: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
309: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.6 on your machine:
310: <p>
311: <ul>
312: <li>CD1:4.6/i386/INSTALL.i386
313: <p>
314: <li>CD2:4.6/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
315: <li>CD2:4.6/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
316: <p>
317: <li>CD3:4.6/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
318: <p>
319: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
320: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/armish/INSTALL.armish
321: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
322: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
323: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
324: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
325: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
326: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
327: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
328: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/socppc/INSTALL.socppc
329: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
330: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/vax/INSTALL.vax
331: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.6/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
332: </ul>
333: <hr>
334:
335: <p>
336: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
337: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
338: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
339: <p>
340:
341: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
342: <ul>
343: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
344: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
345: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
346: <i>CD1:4.6/i386/floppy46.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
347:
348: <p>
349: Use <i>CD1:4.6/i386/floppyB46.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
350: support, or <i>CD1:4.6/i386/floppyC46.fs</i> for better laptop support.
351:
352: <p>
353: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
354: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
355: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
356:
357: <p>
358: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
359: read INSTALL.i386.
360:
361: <p>
362: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
363: at <i>CD1:4.6/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
364: use the
365: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
366: utility. The following is an example usage of
367: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
368: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
369: "rfd0a".
370:
371: <ul><pre>
372: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
373: </pre></ul>
374:
375: <p>
376: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
377: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
378: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
379: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
380: </ul>
381:
382: <p>
383: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
384: <ul>
385: The 4.6 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
386: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
387: your BIOS options first.
388: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
389: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.6/amd64/floppy46.fs</i> to a floppy, then
390: boot from the floppy drive.
391:
392: <p>
393: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
394: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
395: INSTALL.amd64 document.
396:
397: <p>
398: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
399: read INSTALL.amd64.
400: </ul>
401:
402: <p>
403: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
404: <ul>
405: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
406: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
407:
408: <p>
409: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
410: /4.6/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
411: </ul>
412:
413: <p>
414: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
415: <ul>
416: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
417:
418: <p>
419: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
420: <i>CD3:4.6/sparc64/floppy46.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.6/sparc64/floppyB46.fs</i>
421: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
422: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
423:
424: <p>
425: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
426: will most likely fail.
427:
428: <p>
429: You can also write <i>CD3:4.6/sparc64/miniroot46.fs</i> to the swap partition on
430: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
431:
432: <p>
433: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
434: </ul>
435:
436: <p>
437: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
438: <ul>
439: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.6/alpha/floppy46.fs</i> or
440: <i>FTP:4.6/alpha/floppyB46.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
441: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
442:
443: <p>
444: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
445: will most likely fail.
446:
447: </ul>
448:
449: <p>
450: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
451: <ul>
452: <p>
453: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
454: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
455: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
456: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
457: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
458: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
459: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
460: </ul>
461:
462: <p>
463: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
464: <ul>
465: <p>
466: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
467: </ul>
468:
469: <p>
470: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
471: <ul>
472: <p>
473: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
474: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
475: </ul>
476:
477: <p>
478: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
479: <ul>
480: <p>
481: Write <i>miniroot46.fs</i> to the start of the CF
482: or disk, and boot normally.
483: </ul>
484:
485: <p>
486: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
487: <ul>
488: <p>
489: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
490: <i>FTP:4.6/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
491: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
492: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
493: </ul>
494:
495: <p>
496: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
497: <ul>
498: <p>
499: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
500: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
501: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
502: for more details.
503: </ul>
504:
505: <p>
506: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
507: <ul>
508: <p>
509: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
510: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
511: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
512: for more details.
513: </ul>
514:
515: <p>
516: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
517: <ul>
518: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
519: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
520:
521: <ul><pre>
522: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.6/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
523: or
524: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.6/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
525: </pre></ul>
526:
527: <p>
528: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
529: To do so you need to write <i>floppy46.fs</i> to a floppy.
530: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
531: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
532: depending on the version of your ROM.
533:
534: <ul><pre>
535: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
536: or
537: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
538: </pre></ul>
539:
540: <p>
541: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
542: will most likely fail.
543:
544: <p>
545: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
546: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
547: INSTALL.sparc file.
548: </ul>
549:
550: <p>
551: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
552: <ul>
553: <p>
554: Burn cd46.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
555: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
556:
557: <p>
558: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
559: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
560: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
561: </ul>
562:
563: <p>
564: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
565: <ul>
566: <p>
567: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
568: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
569: </ul>
570:
571: <p>
572: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
573: <ul>
574: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
575: </ul>
576:
577: <p>
578: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
579: <ul>
580: <p>
581: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
582: openbsd46_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
583: for a few important details.
584: </ul>
585:
586: <p>
587: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
588: <ul>
589: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
590: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
591: in a separate archive. To extract:
592: <p>
593: <ul><pre>
594: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
595: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
596: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
597: </pre></ul>
598: <p>
599: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
600: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
601: To extract:
602: <p>
603: <ul><pre>
604: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
605: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
606: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
607: </pre></ul>
608: <p>
609: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
610: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
611: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
612: Using these files
613: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
614: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
615: <p>
616: </ul>
617:
618: <a name="upgrade"></a>
619: <hr>
620: <p>
621: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
622: <p>
623: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.5 system, and do not want to reinstall,
624: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
625: <a href="faq/upgrade46.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
626:
627: <a name="ports"></a>
628: <hr>
629: <p>
630: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
631: <p>
632: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
633: <p>
634: <ul><pre>
635: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
636: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
637: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
638: </pre></ul>
639: <p>
640: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
641: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
642: if you know nothing about ports
643: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
644: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
645: OpenBSD ports system.
646: <p>
647: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
648: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386">
649: cvs(1)</a> if
650: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
651: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
652: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
653: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
654: like:
655: <p>
656: <ul><pre>
657: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_5</strong>
658: </pre></ul>
659: <p>
660: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
661: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
662: server.]
663: <p>
664: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
665: packages for the 4.6 release will be made available if problems arise.
666: <p>
667: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
668: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
669: place to know.
670: <p>
671:
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