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! 24: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 4.9 Release:</font></h2>
! 25: <p>
! 26: Released May 1, 2011<br>
! 27: Copyright 1997-2011, Theo de Raadt.<br>
! 28: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9784475-7-1</font>
! 29: <br>
! 30: <a href="lyrics.html#49">4.9 Song: "The Answer"</a>
! 31: <p>
! 32:
! 33: <a href="#new">What's New</a><br>
! 34: <a href="#install">How to install</a><br>
! 35: <a href="#upgrade">How to upgrade</a><br>
! 36: <a href="#ports">How to use the ports tree</a><br>
! 37: <a href="orders.html">Ordering a CD set</a><br>
! 38:
! 39: <p>
! 40: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
! 41: To get the files for this release:
! 42: <ul>
! 43: <li>Pre-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/4.9/</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="errata49.html">The 4.9 Errata page</a> for a list
! 50: of bugs and workarounds.
! 51: <li>See a <a href="plus49.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
! 52: 4.8 and 4.9 releases.
! 53: </ul>
! 54: </font></h3>
! 55: <br clear=all>
! 56:
! 57: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
! 58: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
! 59: xenocara.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The distribution
! 60: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
! 61: the CDROM because of lack of space.
! 62: <p>
! 63:
! 64: <a name="new"></a>
! 65: <hr>
! 66: <p>
! 67: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
! 68: <p>
! 69: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 4.9.
! 70: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus49.html">changelog</a> leading
! 71: to 4.9.
! 72: <p>
! 73:
! 74: <ul>
! 75:
! 76: <li>This list is still being worked on; refer to
! 77: the <a href="plus49.html">changelog</a> for now.</b>
! 78: <p>
! 79:
! 80: </ul>
! 81:
! 82: <a name="install"></a>
! 83: <hr>
! 84: <p>
! 85: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
! 86: <p>
! 87: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
! 88: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
! 89: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
! 90: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
! 91: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
! 92: purchased a CDROM instead.
! 93: <p>
! 94:
! 95: <hr>
! 96: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
! 97: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.9 on your machine:
! 98: <p>
! 99: <ul>
! 100: <li>CD1:4.9/i386/INSTALL.i386
! 101: <p>
! 102: <li>CD2:4.9/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
! 103: <li>CD2:4.9/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
! 104: <p>
! 105: <li>CD3:4.9/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
! 106: <p>
! 107: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.9/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
! 108: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.9/armish/INSTALL.armish
! 109: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.9/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
! 110: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.9/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
! 111: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.9/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
! 112: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.9/loongson/INSTALL.loongson
! 113: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.9/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
! 114: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.9/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
! 115: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.9/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
! 116: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.9/socppc/INSTALL.socppc
! 117: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.9/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
! 118: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.9/vax/INSTALL.vax
! 119: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.9/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
! 120: </ul>
! 121: <hr>
! 122:
! 123: <p>
! 124: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
! 125: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
! 126: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
! 127: <p>
! 128:
! 129: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
! 130: <ul>
! 131: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
! 132: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
! 133: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
! 134: <i>CD1:4.9/i386/floppy49.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
! 135:
! 136: <p>
! 137: Use <i>CD1:4.9/i386/floppyB49.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
! 138: support, or <i>CD1:4.9/i386/floppyC49.fs</i> for better laptop support.
! 139:
! 140: <p>
! 141: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
! 142: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
! 143: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
! 144:
! 145: <p>
! 146: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
! 147: read INSTALL.i386.
! 148:
! 149: <p>
! 150: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
! 151: at <i>CD1:4.9/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
! 152: use the
! 153: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
! 154: utility. The following is an example usage of
! 155: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
! 156: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
! 157: "rfd0a".
! 158:
! 159: <ul><pre>
! 160: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
! 161: </pre></ul>
! 162:
! 163: <p>
! 164: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
! 165: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
! 166: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
! 167: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.2</a>.
! 168: </ul>
! 169:
! 170: <p>
! 171: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
! 172: <ul>
! 173: The 4.9 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
! 174: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
! 175: your BIOS options first.
! 176: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
! 177: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.9/amd64/floppy49.fs</i> to a floppy, then
! 178: boot from the floppy drive.
! 179:
! 180: <p>
! 181: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
! 182: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
! 183: INSTALL.amd64 document.
! 184:
! 185: <p>
! 186: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
! 187: read INSTALL.amd64.
! 188: </ul>
! 189:
! 190: <p>
! 191: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
! 192: <ul>
! 193: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
! 194: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
! 195:
! 196: <p>
! 197: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
! 198: /4.9/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
! 199: </ul>
! 200:
! 201: <p>
! 202: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
! 203: <ul>
! 204: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
! 205:
! 206: <p>
! 207: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
! 208: <i>CD3:4.9/sparc64/floppy49.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.9/sparc64/floppyB49.fs</i>
! 209: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
! 210: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
! 211:
! 212: <p>
! 213: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
! 214: will most likely fail.
! 215:
! 216: <p>
! 217: You can also write <i>CD3:4.9/sparc64/miniroot49.fs</i> to the swap partition on
! 218: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
! 219:
! 220: <p>
! 221: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
! 222: </ul>
! 223:
! 224: <p>
! 225: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
! 226: <ul>
! 227: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.9/alpha/floppy49.fs</i> or
! 228: <i>FTP:4.9/alpha/floppyB49.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
! 229: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
! 230:
! 231: <p>
! 232: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
! 233: will most likely fail.
! 234:
! 235: </ul>
! 236:
! 237: <p>
! 238: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
! 239: <ul>
! 240: <p>
! 241: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
! 242: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
! 243: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
! 244: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
! 245: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
! 246: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
! 247: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
! 248: </ul>
! 249:
! 250: <p>
! 251: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
! 252: <ul>
! 253: <p>
! 254: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
! 255: </ul>
! 256:
! 257: <p>
! 258: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
! 259: <ul>
! 260: <p>
! 261: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
! 262: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
! 263: </ul>
! 264:
! 265: <p>
! 266: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
! 267: <ul>
! 268: <p>
! 269: Write <i>miniroot49.fs</i> to the start of the CF
! 270: or disk, and boot normally.
! 271: </ul>
! 272:
! 273: <p>
! 274: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/loongson:</font></h3>
! 275: <ul>
! 276: <p>
! 277: Write <i>miniroot49.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot bsd.rd from it
! 278: or boot bsd.rd via tftp.
! 279: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.loongson for more details.
! 280: </ul>
! 281: <p>
! 282:
! 283: <p>
! 284: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
! 285: <ul>
! 286: <p>
! 287: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
! 288: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
! 289: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
! 290: for more details.
! 291: </ul>
! 292:
! 293: <p>
! 294: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
! 295: <ul>
! 296: <p>
! 297: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
! 298: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
! 299: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
! 300: for more details.
! 301: </ul>
! 302:
! 303: <p>
! 304: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
! 305: <ul>
! 306: <p>
! 307: To install on an O2, burn cd49.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your
! 308: machine and select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance
! 309: menu.
! 310:
! 311: <p>
! 312: On other systems, or if your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
! 313: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd.IP##" using
! 314: the kernel matching your system type.
! 315: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
! 316: </ul>
! 317:
! 318: <p>
! 319: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
! 320: <ul>
! 321: <p>
! 322: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
! 323: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
! 324: </ul>
! 325:
! 326: <p>
! 327: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
! 328: <ul>
! 329: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
! 330: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
! 331:
! 332: <ul><pre>
! 333: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.9/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
! 334: or
! 335: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.9/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
! 336: </pre></ul>
! 337:
! 338: <p>
! 339: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
! 340: To do so you need to write <i>floppy49.fs</i> to a floppy.
! 341: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.2</a>.
! 342: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
! 343: depending on the version of your ROM.
! 344:
! 345: <ul><pre>
! 346: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
! 347: or
! 348: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
! 349: </pre></ul>
! 350:
! 351: <p>
! 352: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
! 353: will most likely fail.
! 354:
! 355: <p>
! 356: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
! 357: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
! 358: INSTALL.sparc file.
! 359: </ul>
! 360:
! 361: <p>
! 362: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
! 363: <ul>
! 364: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
! 365: </ul>
! 366:
! 367: <p>
! 368: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
! 369: <ul>
! 370: <p>
! 371: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
! 372: openbsd49_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
! 373: for a few important details.
! 374: </ul>
! 375:
! 376: <p>
! 377: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
! 378: <ul>
! 379: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
! 380: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
! 381: in a separate archive. To extract:
! 382: <p>
! 383: <ul><pre>
! 384: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
! 385: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
! 386: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
! 387: </pre></ul>
! 388: <p>
! 389: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
! 390: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
! 391: To extract:
! 392: <p>
! 393: <ul><pre>
! 394: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
! 395: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
! 396: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
! 397: </pre></ul>
! 398: <p>
! 399: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
! 400: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
! 401: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
! 402: Using these files
! 403: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
! 404: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
! 405: <p>
! 406: </ul>
! 407:
! 408: <a name="upgrade"></a>
! 409: <hr>
! 410: <p>
! 411: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
! 412: <p>
! 413: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.7 system, and do not want to reinstall,
! 414: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
! 415: <a href="faq/upgrade49.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
! 416:
! 417: <a name="ports"></a>
! 418: <hr>
! 419: <p>
! 420: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
! 421: <p>
! 422: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
! 423: <p>
! 424: <ul><pre>
! 425: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
! 426: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
! 427: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
! 428: </pre></ul>
! 429: <p>
! 430: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
! 431: read the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports</a> page
! 432: if you know nothing about ports
! 433: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
! 434: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
! 435: OpenBSD ports system.
! 436: <p>
! 437: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
! 438: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386">
! 439: cvs(1)</a> if
! 440: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
! 441: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
! 442: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
! 443: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
! 444: like:
! 445: <p>
! 446: <ul><pre>
! 447: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_9</strong>
! 448: </pre></ul>
! 449: <p>
! 450: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
! 451: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
! 452: server.]
! 453: <p>
! 454: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
! 455: packages for the 4.9 release will be made available if problems arise.
! 456: <p>
! 457: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
! 458: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
! 459: place to know.
! 460: <p>
! 461:
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