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