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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>
1.35 ! deraadt 62: <li>mac68k X11 did not manage to make it onto the CDROM -- it will be
! 63: forthcoming. Send mail to bother <a mailto=gene@openbsd.org>the maintainer</a>
! 64: so that it shows up soon!
1.25 deraadt 65: </ul>
66: <li><strong>pmax</strong>
67: <ul>
68: <li>No problems so far.
69: </ul>
70: <li><strong>arc</strong>
71: <ul>
72: <li>No problems so far.
73: </ul>
74: <li><strong>mvme68k</strong>
75: <ul>
76: <li>No problems so far.
77: </ul>
78: </ul>
79: <br>
80: <hr>
81: <h2>This is the OpenBSD 2.1 CD errata list:</h2>
1.13 pefo 82: <br>
1.14 pefo 83: <ul>
1.13 pefo 84: <li><strong>All architectures</strong>
85: <ul>
86: <li>One of the install scripts has a flaw that makes the CD-ROM mount fail
87: when using the CD-ROM as the install source media.
88: To workaround this use the following sequence of commands before
89: starting the install script. This must be done each time the install
90: kernel is booted if the install script is to be run and the CD-ROM
91: is the media to install from. Do the following at the shell prompt:
1.16 pefo 92: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.sub
93: /{_filesystem/s//{_fstype/
94: wq
1.13 pefo 95: <b>#</b>
96: </pre>
1.22 niklas 97: For architectures where the install scripts start automatically
98: (like amiga), you need to abort it at the (I)nstall or (U)pdate
1.29 todd 99: prompt by pressing Ctrl-C before doing the above command. After
1.22 niklas 100: that you can restart the install by:
101: <pre><b>#</b> install
102: </pre>
1.13 pefo 103: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 104: <br>
1.6 grr 105: <li><strong>Alpha</strong>
106: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 107: <li>CD2 does not boot on the alpha, as had been planned. Instead, you
1.3 deraadt 108: must use the floppy install method. This is not significantly
109: harder..
1.6 grr 110: </ul>
1.11 millert 111: <br>
1.7 deraadt 112: <li><strong>i386</strong>
113: <ul>
114: <li>Some rarer PC BIOS's do not like the hardrive bootblocks when used
115: as a MBR. The symptom is that the BIOS says "READ ERROR" when booting,
116: but everything suggests it should work fine. In those cases, it is
117: sufficient to install OS-BS or some other primary bootloader as the main
118: MBR, then install OpenBSD in a partition all by itself starting at a
1.24 mickey 119: non-zero offset. For instance, start OpenBSD at next track boundary or so.
1.8 deraadt 120: <li>The i386/X11/SUMS.md5 file contains 4 incorrect MD5 checksums.
1.24 mickey 121: These have been corrected on the ftp mirrors. The correct lines are:<br>
1.8 deraadt 122: MD5 (X33doc.tgz) = 6aa0be7987f9a3cf32a63b5ea9a83b39<br>
123: MD5 (X33html.tgz) = 6ba39d41aef7c75c35a0533275c6f8c0<br>
124: MD5 (X33ps.tgz) = ea49fc1b12c17fc16ece7d0e4ad4ee06<br>
125: MD5 (RELNOTES) = 689fda20596a4eb82f86ded51efb01f4<br>
1.21 deraadt 126: <li>A lot of people with IDE disk drives fail to read the
127: INSTALL.i386 document, and hence end up with geometry translation
128: problems. Read the document, please.
1.7 deraadt 129: </ul>
1.11 millert 130: <br>
1.6 grr 131: <li><strong>Amiga</strong>
132: <ul>
1.4 niklas 133: <li>The amiga install has a flaw wrt Tseng based graphic cards: when entering
134: multiuser mode the console won't get a login prompt. This is due to
135: a problem in the shipped /dev/MAKEDEV script. To fix, enter single
136: user mode and do:
1.5 todd 137: <pre><b>#</b> cd /dev
1.4 niklas 138: <b>#</b> sh MAKEDEV ttye6
139: </pre>
1.6 grr 140: </ul>
141: <li><strong>Sparc</strong>
142: <ul>
1.5 todd 143: <li>The sparc X11R6.3 xdm-config files reference /usr/X11R6.3/... This is
144: due to X11R6.3's default config file contents. To fix, su and
145: type:
146: <pre><b>#</b> cd /usr
147: <b>#</b> ln -s X11R6 X11R6.3
148: </pre>
1.6 grr 149: <li>The sparc "single floppy install disk" has a problem when you specify
150: "dumb" in response to the terminal type query. As a work-around
151: first specify an invalid terminal such as "bogus" and when prompted
152: again for a terminal type, enter "dumb" and it will work correctly.
153: <li>When netbooting an older sparc system such as a Sun4 or Sun4c, the boot
154: may hang up at the end of the tftp transfer of the bootstrap due
155: to the tftp transfer working in 512-byte blocks. If this occurs
156: create a "padded" version of the bootstrap (boot or zboot) as follows:
157: <pre><b>#</b> cd /tftpboot
158: <b>#</b> dd if=boot of=newboot obs=512 conv=osync
159: <b>#</b> mv newboot boot
160: </pre>
1.19 graichen 161: <li>The sparc install script has two flaws that make the kernel copy
162: and the bootblock install fail. The kernel copy only fails
163: then installing from CD-ROM. To workaround this use the
164: following sequence of commands before starting the install
165: script. This must be done each time the install kernel is
166: booted if the install script is to be run and the CD-ROM is
167: the media to install from. Do the following at the shell
168: prompt:
169: if you install from CD-ROM do the following:
170: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.md
171: /\/bsd/s//\/mnt2\/2.1\/sparc\/bsd/
172: wq
173: <b>#</b>
174: </pre>
175: ... or if you plan to use the bsd.scsi3 kernel you should use instead:
176: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.md
177: /\/bsd/s//\/mnt2\/2.1\/sparc\/bsd.scsi3/
178: wq
179: <b>#</b>
180: </pre>
181: The following one you'll have to do always (not only then
182: installing from from CD-ROM)
183: <pre><b>#</b> ed /usr/mdec/binstall
184: /getopt/,/getopt/+4d
185: wq
186: <b>#</b>
187: </pre>
1.6 grr 188: </ul>
1.9 graichen 189: <li><strong>Pmax</strong>
190: <ul>
1.10 millert 191: <li> When using the X11R6 binaries from the 2.1 release you will get
1.9 graichen 192: errors like:
193: <pre><b>#</b> mkfontdir
194: mkfontdir: undefined symbol: 'astpending' 12
195: Segmentation fault (core dumped)
196: </pre>
197: this is due to a little problem affecting the compatibility between
198: the OpenBSD/arc port (on which the X11R6 clients were build) and
199: OpenBSD/pmax. You can work around this problem by using the arc
200: version of the shared libc instead of the pmax one. You may get a copy
201: of the OpenBSD/arc 2.1 libc.so.16.1 from <a
202: href=ftp://miranda.rz-berlin.mpg.de/pub/OpenBSD/pmax/fixes/libc.so.16.1>
203: here </a>. Simply download it and do the following:
204: <pre><b>#</b> cd /usr/lib
205: <b>#</b> mv libc.so.16.1 original_libc.so.16.1
206: <b>#</b> cp /where_you_have_downloaded_it_to/libc.so.16.1 .
207: <b>#</b> chown root.bin libc.so.16.1
208: <b>#</b> chmod 444 libc.so.16.1
209: </pre>
210: Please be careful while doing this - because the libc is a very
211: sensitive part of the system. You can remove the original_libc.so.16.1
212: after the next reboot if everything is working fine.
213: </ul>
1.18 deraadt 214: <p>
1.17 deraadt 215: <li><strong>Mac68k</strong>
216: <ul>
1.20 gene 217: <li>The installer generates incorrect /etc/fstab files causing messages such as "file system read-only" on bootup.
218: 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 219: <pre>
1.18 deraadt 220: <b>#</b> mount /dev/sd0a /
221: <b>#</b> ed /etc/fstab
222: 1,$s/ ufs / ffs /
1.20 gene 223: 1,$s/ ro / rw /
1.18 deraadt 224: w
225: q
1.17 deraadt 226: </pre>
1.20 gene 227: Alternately, simply invoke vi or another editor and change the root filesystem
228: to be of type ffs rather than ufs and be rw (read-write) rather than ro
229: (read-only). In either case, you'll need to reboot the system afterwards.
230: Make this correction as soon as possible after installing the system.
1.17 deraadt 231: The installer should not have specified the filesystem as the old
232: "ufs" type; the "ffs" type is more correct.
1.20 gene 233:
1.17 deraadt 234: <li>The installer forgets to install the kernel onto the filesystem.
1.20 gene 235: This is because the installer expects all packages including the kernel to
236: be tar'ed and gzip'ed. The kernel was not shipped that way. Therefore, you
237: must make this correction <em>before attempting to boot the system</em>.
1.17 deraadt 238: To correct, use the Installer mini-shell and do the following:
239: <pre>
1.20 gene 240: > cpin :[internal-macos-path]:bsd-generic bsd
241: </pre>
242: This should place the kernel as /bsd on the filesystem. You should
1.23 gene 243: replace the above string with the colon-delimited path from your desktop to
1.20 gene 244: wherever you have placed the kernel. If possible, it is easiest to drag the
1.23 gene 245: kernel into the same folder as the Installer, so you can simply issue a
246: command without leading colon(s) like:
1.20 gene 247: <pre>
1.23 gene 248: > cpin bsd-generic bsd
1.17 deraadt 249: </pre>
1.20 gene 250: Good luck.
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