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1.25 deraadt 18: <hr>
19: <h2>This is the OpenBSD 2.2 CD errata list:</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><strong>All architectures</strong>
22: <ul>
1.28 niklas 23: <li>Building an object tree from a readonly source tree may fail under certain
24: circumstances (e.g. when creating a symlink on sparc whose target name is
25: exactly 33 characters). As a workaround you have to either provide the
1.34 ! deraadt 26: source tree read/write, or install a /usr/bin/readlink based on
! 27: <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/readlink/readlink.c?rev=1.13>
! 28: revision 1.13 of usr.bin/readlink/readlink.c</a>.
1.25 deraadt 29: </ul>
1.27 deraadt 30: <li><strong>alpha</strong>
31: <ul>
32: <li>No problems so far.
33: </ul>
34: <li><strong>amiga</strong>
35: <ul>
36: <li>No problems so far.
37: </ul>
38: <li><strong>hp300</strong>
1.25 deraadt 39: <ul>
40: <li>No problems so far.
41: </ul>
42: <li><strong>i386</strong>
43: <ul>
1.30 deraadt 44: <li>The i386 F00F bug was discovered after the CDR's had already been sent to
45: the manufacturer.
46: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/i386/patch.f00f>
47: A patch is available</a>.
1.33 deraadt 48: <li>Some Linux binaries will execute in SVR4 emulation mode, which is
49: definately a problem for people who need Linux emulation to work correctly.
50: To solve this,
1.32 deraadt 51: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/i386/compat_linux.patch>
1.33 deraadt 52: a patch file is provided.</a> (This patch works on OpenBSD current. It has
53: not been tested on 2.2 yet, please test this and mail deraadt@openbsd.org
54: so that I can remove this message).
1.25 deraadt 55: </ul>
56: <li><strong>sparc</strong>
57: <ul>
1.26 deraadt 58: <li>No problems so far.
1.25 deraadt 59: </ul>
60: <li><strong>mac68k</strong>
61: <ul>
1.26 deraadt 62: <li>No problems so far.
1.25 deraadt 63: </ul>
64: <li><strong>pmax</strong>
65: <ul>
66: <li>No problems so far.
67: </ul>
68: <li><strong>arc</strong>
69: <ul>
70: <li>No problems so far.
71: </ul>
72: <li><strong>mvme68k</strong>
73: <ul>
74: <li>No problems so far.
75: </ul>
76: </ul>
77: <br>
78: <hr>
79: <h2>This is the OpenBSD 2.1 CD errata list:</h2>
1.13 pefo 80: <br>
1.14 pefo 81: <ul>
1.13 pefo 82: <li><strong>All architectures</strong>
83: <ul>
84: <li>One of the install scripts has a flaw that makes the CD-ROM mount fail
85: when using the CD-ROM as the install source media.
86: To workaround this use the following sequence of commands before
87: starting the install script. This must be done each time the install
88: kernel is booted if the install script is to be run and the CD-ROM
89: is the media to install from. Do the following at the shell prompt:
1.16 pefo 90: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.sub
91: /{_filesystem/s//{_fstype/
92: wq
1.13 pefo 93: <b>#</b>
94: </pre>
1.22 niklas 95: For architectures where the install scripts start automatically
96: (like amiga), you need to abort it at the (I)nstall or (U)pdate
1.29 todd 97: prompt by pressing Ctrl-C before doing the above command. After
1.22 niklas 98: that you can restart the install by:
99: <pre><b>#</b> install
100: </pre>
1.13 pefo 101: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 102: <br>
1.6 grr 103: <li><strong>Alpha</strong>
104: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 105: <li>CD2 does not boot on the alpha, as had been planned. Instead, you
1.3 deraadt 106: must use the floppy install method. This is not significantly
107: harder..
1.6 grr 108: </ul>
1.11 millert 109: <br>
1.7 deraadt 110: <li><strong>i386</strong>
111: <ul>
112: <li>Some rarer PC BIOS's do not like the hardrive bootblocks when used
113: as a MBR. The symptom is that the BIOS says "READ ERROR" when booting,
114: but everything suggests it should work fine. In those cases, it is
115: sufficient to install OS-BS or some other primary bootloader as the main
116: MBR, then install OpenBSD in a partition all by itself starting at a
1.24 mickey 117: non-zero offset. For instance, start OpenBSD at next track boundary or so.
1.8 deraadt 118: <li>The i386/X11/SUMS.md5 file contains 4 incorrect MD5 checksums.
1.24 mickey 119: These have been corrected on the ftp mirrors. The correct lines are:<br>
1.8 deraadt 120: MD5 (X33doc.tgz) = 6aa0be7987f9a3cf32a63b5ea9a83b39<br>
121: MD5 (X33html.tgz) = 6ba39d41aef7c75c35a0533275c6f8c0<br>
122: MD5 (X33ps.tgz) = ea49fc1b12c17fc16ece7d0e4ad4ee06<br>
123: MD5 (RELNOTES) = 689fda20596a4eb82f86ded51efb01f4<br>
1.21 deraadt 124: <li>A lot of people with IDE disk drives fail to read the
125: INSTALL.i386 document, and hence end up with geometry translation
126: problems. Read the document, please.
1.7 deraadt 127: </ul>
1.11 millert 128: <br>
1.6 grr 129: <li><strong>Amiga</strong>
130: <ul>
1.4 niklas 131: <li>The amiga install has a flaw wrt Tseng based graphic cards: when entering
132: multiuser mode the console won't get a login prompt. This is due to
133: a problem in the shipped /dev/MAKEDEV script. To fix, enter single
134: user mode and do:
1.5 todd 135: <pre><b>#</b> cd /dev
1.4 niklas 136: <b>#</b> sh MAKEDEV ttye6
137: </pre>
1.6 grr 138: </ul>
139: <li><strong>Sparc</strong>
140: <ul>
1.5 todd 141: <li>The sparc X11R6.3 xdm-config files reference /usr/X11R6.3/... This is
142: due to X11R6.3's default config file contents. To fix, su and
143: type:
144: <pre><b>#</b> cd /usr
145: <b>#</b> ln -s X11R6 X11R6.3
146: </pre>
1.6 grr 147: <li>The sparc "single floppy install disk" has a problem when you specify
148: "dumb" in response to the terminal type query. As a work-around
149: first specify an invalid terminal such as "bogus" and when prompted
150: again for a terminal type, enter "dumb" and it will work correctly.
151: <li>When netbooting an older sparc system such as a Sun4 or Sun4c, the boot
152: may hang up at the end of the tftp transfer of the bootstrap due
153: to the tftp transfer working in 512-byte blocks. If this occurs
154: create a "padded" version of the bootstrap (boot or zboot) as follows:
155: <pre><b>#</b> cd /tftpboot
156: <b>#</b> dd if=boot of=newboot obs=512 conv=osync
157: <b>#</b> mv newboot boot
158: </pre>
1.19 graichen 159: <li>The sparc install script has two flaws that make the kernel copy
160: and the bootblock install fail. The kernel copy only fails
161: then installing from CD-ROM. To workaround this use the
162: following sequence of commands before starting the install
163: script. This must be done each time the install kernel is
164: booted if the install script is to be run and the CD-ROM is
165: the media to install from. Do the following at the shell
166: prompt:
167: if you install from CD-ROM do the following:
168: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.md
169: /\/bsd/s//\/mnt2\/2.1\/sparc\/bsd/
170: wq
171: <b>#</b>
172: </pre>
173: ... or if you plan to use the bsd.scsi3 kernel you should use instead:
174: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.md
175: /\/bsd/s//\/mnt2\/2.1\/sparc\/bsd.scsi3/
176: wq
177: <b>#</b>
178: </pre>
179: The following one you'll have to do always (not only then
180: installing from from CD-ROM)
181: <pre><b>#</b> ed /usr/mdec/binstall
182: /getopt/,/getopt/+4d
183: wq
184: <b>#</b>
185: </pre>
1.6 grr 186: </ul>
1.9 graichen 187: <li><strong>Pmax</strong>
188: <ul>
1.10 millert 189: <li> When using the X11R6 binaries from the 2.1 release you will get
1.9 graichen 190: errors like:
191: <pre><b>#</b> mkfontdir
192: mkfontdir: undefined symbol: 'astpending' 12
193: Segmentation fault (core dumped)
194: </pre>
195: this is due to a little problem affecting the compatibility between
196: the OpenBSD/arc port (on which the X11R6 clients were build) and
197: OpenBSD/pmax. You can work around this problem by using the arc
198: version of the shared libc instead of the pmax one. You may get a copy
199: of the OpenBSD/arc 2.1 libc.so.16.1 from <a
200: href=ftp://miranda.rz-berlin.mpg.de/pub/OpenBSD/pmax/fixes/libc.so.16.1>
201: here </a>. Simply download it and do the following:
202: <pre><b>#</b> cd /usr/lib
203: <b>#</b> mv libc.so.16.1 original_libc.so.16.1
204: <b>#</b> cp /where_you_have_downloaded_it_to/libc.so.16.1 .
205: <b>#</b> chown root.bin libc.so.16.1
206: <b>#</b> chmod 444 libc.so.16.1
207: </pre>
208: Please be careful while doing this - because the libc is a very
209: sensitive part of the system. You can remove the original_libc.so.16.1
210: after the next reboot if everything is working fine.
211: </ul>
1.18 deraadt 212: <p>
1.17 deraadt 213: <li><strong>Mac68k</strong>
214: <ul>
1.20 gene 215: <li>The installer generates incorrect /etc/fstab files causing messages such as "file system read-only" on bootup.
216: 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 217: <pre>
1.18 deraadt 218: <b>#</b> mount /dev/sd0a /
219: <b>#</b> ed /etc/fstab
220: 1,$s/ ufs / ffs /
1.20 gene 221: 1,$s/ ro / rw /
1.18 deraadt 222: w
223: q
1.17 deraadt 224: </pre>
1.20 gene 225: Alternately, simply invoke vi or another editor and change the root filesystem
226: to be of type ffs rather than ufs and be rw (read-write) rather than ro
227: (read-only). In either case, you'll need to reboot the system afterwards.
228: Make this correction as soon as possible after installing the system.
1.17 deraadt 229: The installer should not have specified the filesystem as the old
230: "ufs" type; the "ffs" type is more correct.
1.20 gene 231:
1.17 deraadt 232: <li>The installer forgets to install the kernel onto the filesystem.
1.20 gene 233: This is because the installer expects all packages including the kernel to
234: be tar'ed and gzip'ed. The kernel was not shipped that way. Therefore, you
235: must make this correction <em>before attempting to boot the system</em>.
1.17 deraadt 236: To correct, use the Installer mini-shell and do the following:
237: <pre>
1.20 gene 238: > cpin :[internal-macos-path]:bsd-generic bsd
239: </pre>
240: This should place the kernel as /bsd on the filesystem. You should
1.23 gene 241: replace the above string with the colon-delimited path from your desktop to
1.20 gene 242: wherever you have placed the kernel. If possible, it is easiest to drag the
1.23 gene 243: kernel into the same folder as the Installer, so you can simply issue a
244: command without leading colon(s) like:
1.20 gene 245: <pre>
1.23 gene 246: > cpin bsd-generic bsd
1.17 deraadt 247: </pre>
1.20 gene 248: Good luck.
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