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1.25 deraadt 16: <h2>This is the OpenBSD 2.2 CD errata list:</h2>
17: <ul>
18: <li><strong>All architectures</strong>
19: <ul>
1.28 niklas 20: <li>Building an object tree from a readonly source tree may fail under certain
21: circumstances (e.g. when creating a symlink on sparc whose target name is
22: exactly 33 characters). As a workaround you have to either provide the
1.34 deraadt 23: source tree read/write, or install a /usr/bin/readlink based on
24: <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/readlink/readlink.c?rev=1.13>
25: revision 1.13 of usr.bin/readlink/readlink.c</a>.
1.25 deraadt 26: </ul>
1.27 deraadt 27: <li><strong>alpha</strong>
28: <ul>
29: <li>No problems so far.
30: </ul>
31: <li><strong>amiga</strong>
32: <ul>
33: <li>No problems so far.
34: </ul>
35: <li><strong>hp300</strong>
1.25 deraadt 36: <ul>
37: <li>No problems so far.
38: </ul>
39: <li><strong>i386</strong>
40: <ul>
1.30 deraadt 41: <li>The i386 F00F bug was discovered after the CDR's had already been sent to
42: the manufacturer.
43: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/i386/patch.f00f>
44: A patch is available</a>.
1.33 deraadt 45: <li>Some Linux binaries will execute in SVR4 emulation mode, which is
46: definately a problem for people who need Linux emulation to work correctly.
47: To solve this,
1.32 deraadt 48: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/i386/compat_linux.patch>
1.33 deraadt 49: a patch file is provided.</a> (This patch works on OpenBSD current. It has
50: not been tested on 2.2 yet, please test this and mail deraadt@openbsd.org
51: so that I can remove this message).
1.38 ! deraadt 52: <li>If after installation on an IDE machine, your kernel fails to mount the root
! 53: filesystem because it thinks that it should be opening sd0 (0x400), this means
! 54: you have incorrectly setup your disklabel.
! 55: Use the floppy to run "disklabel -E wd0", then using the "edit" command ensure
! 56: the type is set to "ST506".
1.25 deraadt 57: </ul>
58: <li><strong>sparc</strong>
59: <ul>
1.26 deraadt 60: <li>No problems so far.
1.25 deraadt 61: </ul>
62: <li><strong>mac68k</strong>
63: <ul>
1.35 deraadt 64: <li>mac68k X11 did not manage to make it onto the CDROM -- it will be
1.36 deraadt 65: forthcoming. Send mail to bother
66: <a href="mailto:gene@openbsd.org">the maintainer</a>
1.35 deraadt 67: so that it shows up soon!
1.25 deraadt 68: </ul>
69: <li><strong>pmax</strong>
70: <ul>
71: <li>No problems so far.
72: </ul>
73: <li><strong>arc</strong>
74: <ul>
75: <li>No problems so far.
76: </ul>
77: <li><strong>mvme68k</strong>
78: <ul>
79: <li>No problems so far.
80: </ul>
81: </ul>
82: <br>
83: <hr>
84: <h2>This is the OpenBSD 2.1 CD errata list:</h2>
1.13 pefo 85: <br>
1.14 pefo 86: <ul>
1.13 pefo 87: <li><strong>All architectures</strong>
88: <ul>
89: <li>One of the install scripts has a flaw that makes the CD-ROM mount fail
90: when using the CD-ROM as the install source media.
91: To workaround this use the following sequence of commands before
92: starting the install script. This must be done each time the install
93: kernel is booted if the install script is to be run and the CD-ROM
94: is the media to install from. Do the following at the shell prompt:
1.16 pefo 95: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.sub
96: /{_filesystem/s//{_fstype/
97: wq
1.13 pefo 98: <b>#</b>
99: </pre>
1.22 niklas 100: For architectures where the install scripts start automatically
101: (like amiga), you need to abort it at the (I)nstall or (U)pdate
1.29 todd 102: prompt by pressing Ctrl-C before doing the above command. After
1.22 niklas 103: that you can restart the install by:
104: <pre><b>#</b> install
105: </pre>
1.13 pefo 106: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 107: <br>
1.6 grr 108: <li><strong>Alpha</strong>
109: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 110: <li>CD2 does not boot on the alpha, as had been planned. Instead, you
1.3 deraadt 111: must use the floppy install method. This is not significantly
112: harder..
1.6 grr 113: </ul>
1.11 millert 114: <br>
1.7 deraadt 115: <li><strong>i386</strong>
116: <ul>
117: <li>Some rarer PC BIOS's do not like the hardrive bootblocks when used
118: as a MBR. The symptom is that the BIOS says "READ ERROR" when booting,
119: but everything suggests it should work fine. In those cases, it is
120: sufficient to install OS-BS or some other primary bootloader as the main
121: MBR, then install OpenBSD in a partition all by itself starting at a
1.24 mickey 122: non-zero offset. For instance, start OpenBSD at next track boundary or so.
1.8 deraadt 123: <li>The i386/X11/SUMS.md5 file contains 4 incorrect MD5 checksums.
1.24 mickey 124: These have been corrected on the ftp mirrors. The correct lines are:<br>
1.8 deraadt 125: MD5 (X33doc.tgz) = 6aa0be7987f9a3cf32a63b5ea9a83b39<br>
126: MD5 (X33html.tgz) = 6ba39d41aef7c75c35a0533275c6f8c0<br>
127: MD5 (X33ps.tgz) = ea49fc1b12c17fc16ece7d0e4ad4ee06<br>
128: MD5 (RELNOTES) = 689fda20596a4eb82f86ded51efb01f4<br>
1.21 deraadt 129: <li>A lot of people with IDE disk drives fail to read the
130: INSTALL.i386 document, and hence end up with geometry translation
131: problems. Read the document, please.
1.7 deraadt 132: </ul>
1.11 millert 133: <br>
1.6 grr 134: <li><strong>Amiga</strong>
135: <ul>
1.4 niklas 136: <li>The amiga install has a flaw wrt Tseng based graphic cards: when entering
137: multiuser mode the console won't get a login prompt. This is due to
138: a problem in the shipped /dev/MAKEDEV script. To fix, enter single
139: user mode and do:
1.5 todd 140: <pre><b>#</b> cd /dev
1.4 niklas 141: <b>#</b> sh MAKEDEV ttye6
142: </pre>
1.6 grr 143: </ul>
144: <li><strong>Sparc</strong>
145: <ul>
1.5 todd 146: <li>The sparc X11R6.3 xdm-config files reference /usr/X11R6.3/... This is
147: due to X11R6.3's default config file contents. To fix, su and
148: type:
149: <pre><b>#</b> cd /usr
150: <b>#</b> ln -s X11R6 X11R6.3
151: </pre>
1.6 grr 152: <li>The sparc "single floppy install disk" has a problem when you specify
153: "dumb" in response to the terminal type query. As a work-around
154: first specify an invalid terminal such as "bogus" and when prompted
155: again for a terminal type, enter "dumb" and it will work correctly.
156: <li>When netbooting an older sparc system such as a Sun4 or Sun4c, the boot
157: may hang up at the end of the tftp transfer of the bootstrap due
158: to the tftp transfer working in 512-byte blocks. If this occurs
159: create a "padded" version of the bootstrap (boot or zboot) as follows:
160: <pre><b>#</b> cd /tftpboot
161: <b>#</b> dd if=boot of=newboot obs=512 conv=osync
162: <b>#</b> mv newboot boot
163: </pre>
1.19 graichen 164: <li>The sparc install script has two flaws that make the kernel copy
165: and the bootblock install fail. The kernel copy only fails
166: then installing from CD-ROM. To workaround this use the
167: following sequence of commands before starting the install
168: script. This must be done each time the install kernel is
169: booted if the install script is to be run and the CD-ROM is
170: the media to install from. Do the following at the shell
171: prompt:
172: if you install from CD-ROM do the following:
173: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.md
174: /\/bsd/s//\/mnt2\/2.1\/sparc\/bsd/
175: wq
176: <b>#</b>
177: </pre>
178: ... or if you plan to use the bsd.scsi3 kernel you should use instead:
179: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.md
180: /\/bsd/s//\/mnt2\/2.1\/sparc\/bsd.scsi3/
181: wq
182: <b>#</b>
183: </pre>
184: The following one you'll have to do always (not only then
185: installing from from CD-ROM)
186: <pre><b>#</b> ed /usr/mdec/binstall
187: /getopt/,/getopt/+4d
188: wq
189: <b>#</b>
190: </pre>
1.6 grr 191: </ul>
1.9 graichen 192: <li><strong>Pmax</strong>
193: <ul>
1.10 millert 194: <li> When using the X11R6 binaries from the 2.1 release you will get
1.9 graichen 195: errors like:
196: <pre><b>#</b> mkfontdir
197: mkfontdir: undefined symbol: 'astpending' 12
198: Segmentation fault (core dumped)
199: </pre>
200: this is due to a little problem affecting the compatibility between
201: the OpenBSD/arc port (on which the X11R6 clients were build) and
202: OpenBSD/pmax. You can work around this problem by using the arc
203: version of the shared libc instead of the pmax one. You may get a copy
204: of the OpenBSD/arc 2.1 libc.so.16.1 from <a
205: href=ftp://miranda.rz-berlin.mpg.de/pub/OpenBSD/pmax/fixes/libc.so.16.1>
206: here </a>. Simply download it and do the following:
207: <pre><b>#</b> cd /usr/lib
208: <b>#</b> mv libc.so.16.1 original_libc.so.16.1
209: <b>#</b> cp /where_you_have_downloaded_it_to/libc.so.16.1 .
210: <b>#</b> chown root.bin libc.so.16.1
211: <b>#</b> chmod 444 libc.so.16.1
212: </pre>
213: Please be careful while doing this - because the libc is a very
214: sensitive part of the system. You can remove the original_libc.so.16.1
215: after the next reboot if everything is working fine.
216: </ul>
1.18 deraadt 217: <p>
1.17 deraadt 218: <li><strong>Mac68k</strong>
219: <ul>
1.20 gene 220: <li>The installer generates incorrect /etc/fstab files causing messages such as "file system read-only" on bootup.
221: 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 222: <pre>
1.18 deraadt 223: <b>#</b> mount /dev/sd0a /
224: <b>#</b> ed /etc/fstab
225: 1,$s/ ufs / ffs /
1.20 gene 226: 1,$s/ ro / rw /
1.18 deraadt 227: w
228: q
1.17 deraadt 229: </pre>
1.20 gene 230: Alternately, simply invoke vi or another editor and change the root filesystem
231: to be of type ffs rather than ufs and be rw (read-write) rather than ro
232: (read-only). In either case, you'll need to reboot the system afterwards.
233: Make this correction as soon as possible after installing the system.
1.17 deraadt 234: The installer should not have specified the filesystem as the old
235: "ufs" type; the "ffs" type is more correct.
1.20 gene 236:
1.17 deraadt 237: <li>The installer forgets to install the kernel onto the filesystem.
1.20 gene 238: This is because the installer expects all packages including the kernel to
239: be tar'ed and gzip'ed. The kernel was not shipped that way. Therefore, you
240: must make this correction <em>before attempting to boot the system</em>.
1.17 deraadt 241: To correct, use the Installer mini-shell and do the following:
242: <pre>
1.20 gene 243: > cpin :[internal-macos-path]:bsd-generic bsd
244: </pre>
245: This should place the kernel as /bsd on the filesystem. You should
1.23 gene 246: replace the above string with the colon-delimited path from your desktop to
1.20 gene 247: wherever you have placed the kernel. If possible, it is easiest to drag the
1.23 gene 248: kernel into the same folder as the Installer, so you can simply issue a
249: command without leading colon(s) like:
1.20 gene 250: <pre>
1.23 gene 251: > cpin bsd-generic bsd
1.17 deraadt 252: </pre>
1.20 gene 253: Good luck.
1.17 deraadt 254: </ul>
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