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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>
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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.
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>
1.2 ! deraadt 413: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.8 system, and do not want to reinstall,
1.1 deraadt 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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