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1.13 pefo 18: This is the current OpenBSD 2.1 CD errata list:
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1.14 pefo 20: <ul>
1.13 pefo 21: <li><strong>All architectures</strong>
22: <ul>
23: <li>One of the install scripts has a flaw that makes the CD-ROM mount fail
24: when using the CD-ROM as the install source media.
25: To workaround this use the following sequence of commands before
26: starting the install script. This must be done each time the install
27: kernel is booted if the install script is to be run and the CD-ROM
28: is the media to install from. Do the following at the shell prompt:
1.16 pefo 29: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.sub
30: /{_filesystem/s//{_fstype/
31: wq
1.13 pefo 32: <b>#</b>
33: </pre>
34: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 35: <br>
1.6 grr 36: <li><strong>Alpha</strong>
37: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 38: <li>CD2 does not boot on the alpha, as had been planned. Instead, you
1.3 deraadt 39: must use the floppy install method. This is not significantly
40: harder..
1.6 grr 41: </ul>
1.11 millert 42: <br>
1.7 deraadt 43: <li><strong>i386</strong>
44: <ul>
45: <li>Some rarer PC BIOS's do not like the hardrive bootblocks when used
46: as a MBR. The symptom is that the BIOS says "READ ERROR" when booting,
47: but everything suggests it should work fine. In those cases, it is
48: sufficient to install OS-BS or some other primary bootloader as the main
49: MBR, then install OpenBSD in a partition all by itself starting at a
50: non-zero offset. For instance, start OpenBSD at track 64 or so.
1.8 deraadt 51: <li>The i386/X11/SUMS.md5 file contains 4 incorrect MD5 checksums.
52: These have been corrected on the ftp mirrors. The correct lines are:
53: MD5 (X33doc.tgz) = 6aa0be7987f9a3cf32a63b5ea9a83b39<br>
54: MD5 (X33html.tgz) = 6ba39d41aef7c75c35a0533275c6f8c0<br>
55: MD5 (X33ps.tgz) = ea49fc1b12c17fc16ece7d0e4ad4ee06<br>
56: MD5 (RELNOTES) = 689fda20596a4eb82f86ded51efb01f4<br>
1.7 deraadt 57: </ul>
1.11 millert 58: <br>
1.6 grr 59: <li><strong>Amiga</strong>
60: <ul>
1.4 niklas 61: <li>The amiga install has a flaw wrt Tseng based graphic cards: when entering
62: multiuser mode the console won't get a login prompt. This is due to
63: a problem in the shipped /dev/MAKEDEV script. To fix, enter single
64: user mode and do:
1.5 todd 65: <pre><b>#</b> cd /dev
1.4 niklas 66: <b>#</b> sh MAKEDEV ttye6
67: </pre>
1.6 grr 68: </ul>
69: <li><strong>Sparc</strong>
70: <ul>
1.5 todd 71: <li>The sparc X11R6.3 xdm-config files reference /usr/X11R6.3/... This is
72: due to X11R6.3's default config file contents. To fix, su and
73: type:
74: <pre><b>#</b> cd /usr
75: <b>#</b> ln -s X11R6 X11R6.3
76: </pre>
1.6 grr 77: <li>The sparc "single floppy install disk" has a problem when you specify
78: "dumb" in response to the terminal type query. As a work-around
79: first specify an invalid terminal such as "bogus" and when prompted
80: again for a terminal type, enter "dumb" and it will work correctly.
81: <li>When netbooting an older sparc system such as a Sun4 or Sun4c, the boot
82: may hang up at the end of the tftp transfer of the bootstrap due
83: to the tftp transfer working in 512-byte blocks. If this occurs
84: create a "padded" version of the bootstrap (boot or zboot) as follows:
85: <pre><b>#</b> cd /tftpboot
86: <b>#</b> dd if=boot of=newboot obs=512 conv=osync
87: <b>#</b> mv newboot boot
88: </pre>
1.19 graichen 89: <li>The sparc install script has two flaws that make the kernel copy
90: and the bootblock install fail. The kernel copy only fails
91: then installing from CD-ROM. To workaround this use the
92: following sequence of commands before starting the install
93: script. This must be done each time the install kernel is
94: booted if the install script is to be run and the CD-ROM is
95: the media to install from. Do the following at the shell
96: prompt:
97: if you install from CD-ROM do the following:
98: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.md
99: /\/bsd/s//\/mnt2\/2.1\/sparc\/bsd/
100: wq
101: <b>#</b>
102: </pre>
103: ... or if you plan to use the bsd.scsi3 kernel you should use instead:
104: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.md
105: /\/bsd/s//\/mnt2\/2.1\/sparc\/bsd.scsi3/
106: wq
107: <b>#</b>
108: </pre>
109: The following one you'll have to do always (not only then
110: installing from from CD-ROM)
111: <pre><b>#</b> ed /usr/mdec/binstall
112: /getopt/,/getopt/+4d
113: wq
114: <b>#</b>
115: </pre>
1.6 grr 116: </ul>
1.9 graichen 117: <li><strong>Pmax</strong>
118: <ul>
1.10 millert 119: <li> When using the X11R6 binaries from the 2.1 release you will get
1.9 graichen 120: errors like:
121: <pre><b>#</b> mkfontdir
122: mkfontdir: undefined symbol: 'astpending' 12
123: Segmentation fault (core dumped)
124: </pre>
125: this is due to a little problem affecting the compatibility between
126: the OpenBSD/arc port (on which the X11R6 clients were build) and
127: OpenBSD/pmax. You can work around this problem by using the arc
128: version of the shared libc instead of the pmax one. You may get a copy
129: of the OpenBSD/arc 2.1 libc.so.16.1 from <a
130: href=ftp://miranda.rz-berlin.mpg.de/pub/OpenBSD/pmax/fixes/libc.so.16.1>
131: here </a>. Simply download it and do the following:
132: <pre><b>#</b> cd /usr/lib
133: <b>#</b> mv libc.so.16.1 original_libc.so.16.1
134: <b>#</b> cp /where_you_have_downloaded_it_to/libc.so.16.1 .
135: <b>#</b> chown root.bin libc.so.16.1
136: <b>#</b> chmod 444 libc.so.16.1
137: </pre>
138: Please be careful while doing this - because the libc is a very
139: sensitive part of the system. You can remove the original_libc.so.16.1
140: after the next reboot if everything is working fine.
141: </ul>
1.18 deraadt 142: <p>
1.17 deraadt 143: <li><strong>Mac68k</strong>
144: <ul>
1.20 ! gene 145: <li>The installer generates incorrect /etc/fstab files causing messages such as "file system read-only" on bootup.
! 146: To correct, boot to single-user mode (by clicking that checkbox in the Booter's Booting:Options dialog) and do the following:
1.17 deraadt 147: <pre>
1.18 deraadt 148: <b>#</b> mount /dev/sd0a /
149: <b>#</b> ed /etc/fstab
150: 1,$s/ ufs / ffs /
1.20 ! gene 151: 1,$s/ ro / rw /
1.18 deraadt 152: w
153: q
1.17 deraadt 154: </pre>
1.20 ! gene 155: Alternately, simply invoke vi or another editor and change the root filesystem
! 156: to be of type ffs rather than ufs and be rw (read-write) rather than ro
! 157: (read-only). In either case, you'll need to reboot the system afterwards.
! 158: Make this correction as soon as possible after installing the system.
1.17 deraadt 159: The installer should not have specified the filesystem as the old
160: "ufs" type; the "ffs" type is more correct.
1.20 ! gene 161:
1.17 deraadt 162: <li>The installer forgets to install the kernel onto the filesystem.
1.20 ! gene 163: This is because the installer expects all packages including the kernel to
! 164: be tar'ed and gzip'ed. The kernel was not shipped that way. Therefore, you
! 165: must make this correction <em>before attempting to boot the system</em>.
1.17 deraadt 166: To correct, use the Installer mini-shell and do the following:
167: <pre>
1.20 ! gene 168: > cpin :[internal-macos-path]:bsd-generic bsd
! 169: </pre>
! 170: This should place the kernel as /bsd on the filesystem. You should
! 171: replace the above string with the colon-delimited path from your deskpto to
! 172: wherever you have placed the kernel. If possible, it is easiest to drag the
! 173: kernel onto the desktop, so you can simply issue a command like:
! 174: <pre>
! 175: > cpin :bsd-generic bsd
1.17 deraadt 176: </pre>
1.20 ! gene 177: Good luck.
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