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! 19: <h2>This is the OpenBSD 2.2 CD errata list:</h2>
! 20: <ul>
! 21: <li><strong>All architectures</strong>
! 22: <ul>
! 23: <li>The CD liner notes have a typo in the section that describes how to
! 24: compile a special kernel. It states:
! 25: <pre>config -s /usr/src/sys -b . GENERIC</pre>
! 26: Instead, the line should read:
! 27: <pre>config -s /usr/src/sys -b . SOMEFILE</pre>
! 28: </ul>
! 29: <li><strong>Alpha</strong>
! 30: <ul>
! 31: <li>No problems so far.
! 32: </ul>
! 33: <li><strong>i386</strong>
! 34: <ul>
! 35: <li>No problems so far.
! 36: </ul>
! 37: <li><strong>sparc</strong>
! 38: <ul>
! 39: <li>The documentation improperly suggests using kc22.fs and inst22.fs for
! 40: installing from floppy. You should use floppy22.fs file instead, and
! 41: use kc22.fs only as a last resort.
! 42: </ul>
! 43: <li><strong>mac68k</strong>
! 44: <ul>
! 45: <li>The mac68k build on the CDROM is defective; in particular it is
! 46: missing several files. You should install from an ftp server instead.
! 47: (Gene will add more information here very soon).
! 48: </ul>
! 49: <li><strong>pmax</strong>
! 50: <ul>
! 51: <li>No problems so far.
! 52: </ul>
! 53: <li><strong>arc</strong>
! 54: <ul>
! 55: <li>No problems so far.
! 56: </ul>
! 57: <li><strong>mvme68k</strong>
! 58: <ul>
! 59: <li>No problems so far.
! 60: </ul>
! 61: </ul>
! 62: <br>
! 63: <hr>
! 64: <h2>This is the OpenBSD 2.1 CD errata list:</h2>
1.13 pefo 65: <br>
1.14 pefo 66: <ul>
1.13 pefo 67: <li><strong>All architectures</strong>
68: <ul>
69: <li>One of the install scripts has a flaw that makes the CD-ROM mount fail
70: when using the CD-ROM as the install source media.
71: To workaround this use the following sequence of commands before
72: starting the install script. This must be done each time the install
73: kernel is booted if the install script is to be run and the CD-ROM
74: is the media to install from. Do the following at the shell prompt:
1.16 pefo 75: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.sub
76: /{_filesystem/s//{_fstype/
77: wq
1.13 pefo 78: <b>#</b>
79: </pre>
1.22 niklas 80: For architectures where the install scripts start automatically
81: (like amiga), you need to abort it at the (I)nstall or (U)pdate
82: promt by pressing Ctrl-C before doing the above command. After
83: that you can restart the install by:
84: <pre><b>#</b> install
85: </pre>
1.13 pefo 86: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 87: <br>
1.6 grr 88: <li><strong>Alpha</strong>
89: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 90: <li>CD2 does not boot on the alpha, as had been planned. Instead, you
1.3 deraadt 91: must use the floppy install method. This is not significantly
92: harder..
1.6 grr 93: </ul>
1.11 millert 94: <br>
1.7 deraadt 95: <li><strong>i386</strong>
96: <ul>
97: <li>Some rarer PC BIOS's do not like the hardrive bootblocks when used
98: as a MBR. The symptom is that the BIOS says "READ ERROR" when booting,
99: but everything suggests it should work fine. In those cases, it is
100: sufficient to install OS-BS or some other primary bootloader as the main
101: MBR, then install OpenBSD in a partition all by itself starting at a
1.24 mickey 102: non-zero offset. For instance, start OpenBSD at next track boundary or so.
1.8 deraadt 103: <li>The i386/X11/SUMS.md5 file contains 4 incorrect MD5 checksums.
1.24 mickey 104: These have been corrected on the ftp mirrors. The correct lines are:<br>
1.8 deraadt 105: MD5 (X33doc.tgz) = 6aa0be7987f9a3cf32a63b5ea9a83b39<br>
106: MD5 (X33html.tgz) = 6ba39d41aef7c75c35a0533275c6f8c0<br>
107: MD5 (X33ps.tgz) = ea49fc1b12c17fc16ece7d0e4ad4ee06<br>
108: MD5 (RELNOTES) = 689fda20596a4eb82f86ded51efb01f4<br>
1.21 deraadt 109: <li>A lot of people with IDE disk drives fail to read the
110: INSTALL.i386 document, and hence end up with geometry translation
111: problems. Read the document, please.
1.7 deraadt 112: </ul>
1.11 millert 113: <br>
1.6 grr 114: <li><strong>Amiga</strong>
115: <ul>
1.4 niklas 116: <li>The amiga install has a flaw wrt Tseng based graphic cards: when entering
117: multiuser mode the console won't get a login prompt. This is due to
118: a problem in the shipped /dev/MAKEDEV script. To fix, enter single
119: user mode and do:
1.5 todd 120: <pre><b>#</b> cd /dev
1.4 niklas 121: <b>#</b> sh MAKEDEV ttye6
122: </pre>
1.6 grr 123: </ul>
124: <li><strong>Sparc</strong>
125: <ul>
1.5 todd 126: <li>The sparc X11R6.3 xdm-config files reference /usr/X11R6.3/... This is
127: due to X11R6.3's default config file contents. To fix, su and
128: type:
129: <pre><b>#</b> cd /usr
130: <b>#</b> ln -s X11R6 X11R6.3
131: </pre>
1.6 grr 132: <li>The sparc "single floppy install disk" has a problem when you specify
133: "dumb" in response to the terminal type query. As a work-around
134: first specify an invalid terminal such as "bogus" and when prompted
135: again for a terminal type, enter "dumb" and it will work correctly.
136: <li>When netbooting an older sparc system such as a Sun4 or Sun4c, the boot
137: may hang up at the end of the tftp transfer of the bootstrap due
138: to the tftp transfer working in 512-byte blocks. If this occurs
139: create a "padded" version of the bootstrap (boot or zboot) as follows:
140: <pre><b>#</b> cd /tftpboot
141: <b>#</b> dd if=boot of=newboot obs=512 conv=osync
142: <b>#</b> mv newboot boot
143: </pre>
1.19 graichen 144: <li>The sparc install script has two flaws that make the kernel copy
145: and the bootblock install fail. The kernel copy only fails
146: then installing from CD-ROM. To workaround this use the
147: following sequence of commands before starting the install
148: script. This must be done each time the install kernel is
149: booted if the install script is to be run and the CD-ROM is
150: the media to install from. Do the following at the shell
151: prompt:
152: if you install from CD-ROM do the following:
153: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.md
154: /\/bsd/s//\/mnt2\/2.1\/sparc\/bsd/
155: wq
156: <b>#</b>
157: </pre>
158: ... or if you plan to use the bsd.scsi3 kernel you should use instead:
159: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.md
160: /\/bsd/s//\/mnt2\/2.1\/sparc\/bsd.scsi3/
161: wq
162: <b>#</b>
163: </pre>
164: The following one you'll have to do always (not only then
165: installing from from CD-ROM)
166: <pre><b>#</b> ed /usr/mdec/binstall
167: /getopt/,/getopt/+4d
168: wq
169: <b>#</b>
170: </pre>
1.6 grr 171: </ul>
1.9 graichen 172: <li><strong>Pmax</strong>
173: <ul>
1.10 millert 174: <li> When using the X11R6 binaries from the 2.1 release you will get
1.9 graichen 175: errors like:
176: <pre><b>#</b> mkfontdir
177: mkfontdir: undefined symbol: 'astpending' 12
178: Segmentation fault (core dumped)
179: </pre>
180: this is due to a little problem affecting the compatibility between
181: the OpenBSD/arc port (on which the X11R6 clients were build) and
182: OpenBSD/pmax. You can work around this problem by using the arc
183: version of the shared libc instead of the pmax one. You may get a copy
184: of the OpenBSD/arc 2.1 libc.so.16.1 from <a
185: href=ftp://miranda.rz-berlin.mpg.de/pub/OpenBSD/pmax/fixes/libc.so.16.1>
186: here </a>. Simply download it and do the following:
187: <pre><b>#</b> cd /usr/lib
188: <b>#</b> mv libc.so.16.1 original_libc.so.16.1
189: <b>#</b> cp /where_you_have_downloaded_it_to/libc.so.16.1 .
190: <b>#</b> chown root.bin libc.so.16.1
191: <b>#</b> chmod 444 libc.so.16.1
192: </pre>
193: Please be careful while doing this - because the libc is a very
194: sensitive part of the system. You can remove the original_libc.so.16.1
195: after the next reboot if everything is working fine.
196: </ul>
1.18 deraadt 197: <p>
1.17 deraadt 198: <li><strong>Mac68k</strong>
199: <ul>
1.20 gene 200: <li>The installer generates incorrect /etc/fstab files causing messages such as "file system read-only" on bootup.
201: 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 202: <pre>
1.18 deraadt 203: <b>#</b> mount /dev/sd0a /
204: <b>#</b> ed /etc/fstab
205: 1,$s/ ufs / ffs /
1.20 gene 206: 1,$s/ ro / rw /
1.18 deraadt 207: w
208: q
1.17 deraadt 209: </pre>
1.20 gene 210: Alternately, simply invoke vi or another editor and change the root filesystem
211: to be of type ffs rather than ufs and be rw (read-write) rather than ro
212: (read-only). In either case, you'll need to reboot the system afterwards.
213: Make this correction as soon as possible after installing the system.
1.17 deraadt 214: The installer should not have specified the filesystem as the old
215: "ufs" type; the "ffs" type is more correct.
1.20 gene 216:
1.17 deraadt 217: <li>The installer forgets to install the kernel onto the filesystem.
1.20 gene 218: This is because the installer expects all packages including the kernel to
219: be tar'ed and gzip'ed. The kernel was not shipped that way. Therefore, you
220: must make this correction <em>before attempting to boot the system</em>.
1.17 deraadt 221: To correct, use the Installer mini-shell and do the following:
222: <pre>
1.20 gene 223: > cpin :[internal-macos-path]:bsd-generic bsd
224: </pre>
225: This should place the kernel as /bsd on the filesystem. You should
1.23 gene 226: replace the above string with the colon-delimited path from your desktop to
1.20 gene 227: wherever you have placed the kernel. If possible, it is easiest to drag the
1.23 gene 228: kernel into the same folder as the Installer, so you can simply issue a
229: command without leading colon(s) like:
1.20 gene 230: <pre>
1.23 gene 231: > cpin bsd-generic bsd
1.17 deraadt 232: </pre>
1.20 gene 233: Good luck.
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