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1.25 deraadt 16: <h2>This is the OpenBSD 2.2 CD errata list:</h2>
17: <ul>
1.43 ! deraadt 18: <a name=all></a>
1.25 deraadt 19: <li><strong>All architectures</strong>
20: <ul>
1.39 deraadt 21: <li>Building an object tree from a read-only source tree (such as off a CDROM)
22: may fail under certain circumstances (e.g. when creating a symlink on sparc
23: whose target name is exactly 33 characters). As a workaround you have to
24: either provide the source tree read/write, or install a newer version of
25: /usr/bin/readlink. You wish to use
1.34 deraadt 26: <a href=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/readlink/readlink.c?rev=1.13>
27: revision 1.13 of usr.bin/readlink/readlink.c</a>.
1.39 deraadt 28: <p>
1.25 deraadt 29: </ul>
1.42 deraadt 30: <a name=i386></a>
1.25 deraadt 31: <li><strong>i386</strong>
32: <ul>
1.39 deraadt 33: <li>The Intel P5 F00F bug was discovered after the CDR's had already been
34: sent to the manufacturer. This problem permits any user who has an account
35: to lock your machine up using a 4-line program. The problem only affects
36: Intel P5 processors (the i386, i486, P-Pro, and P-II are not vulnerable,
37: nor are processors by other manufacturers).
1.30 deraadt 38: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/i386/patch.f00f>
1.39 deraadt 39: A kernel source-code patch is available</a>.
40: <p>
1.33 deraadt 41: <li>Some Linux binaries will execute in SVR4 emulation mode, which is
42: definately a problem for people who need Linux emulation to work correctly.
1.39 deraadt 43: To solve this mis-identification problem,
1.32 deraadt 44: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/i386/compat_linux.patch>
1.33 deraadt 45: a patch file is provided.</a> (This patch works on OpenBSD current. It has
46: not been tested on 2.2 yet, please test this and mail deraadt@openbsd.org
1.39 deraadt 47: so that I can remove this bracketed warning).
48: <p>
49: <li>A few people are running into this problem, particularily if they had some
50: other *BSD operating system on their machine before trying OpenBSD: if after
51: installation onto an IDE-based machine, the kernel fails to mount the root
52: partition because it thinks that it should be opening sd0 (0x400), this means
53: you have incorrectly setup your disklabel for the IDE drive -- the disklabel
54: is indicating that the drive is SCSI.
55: To repair this, use the floppy to run "disklabel -E wd0", then using the
56: "edit" command ensure the type field is set to "ST506".
57: <p>
58: </ul>
59: <li><strong>mac68k</strong>
60: <ul>
61: <li>Working X11 binaries for the mac68k did not manage to make it onto the
62: CDROM -- a pointer to these binaries will be provided here as soon as the
63: binaries are available.
64: Send mail to bother
65: <a href="mailto:gene@openbsd.org">the maintainer</a>
66: so that it shows up soon!
67: <p>
1.25 deraadt 68: </ul>
69: <li><strong>sparc</strong>
70: <ul>
1.39 deraadt 71: <li>No problems identified yet.
72: <p>
73: </ul>
74: <li><strong>alpha</strong>
75: <p>
76: <ul>
77: <li>No problems identified yet.
78: <p>
79: </ul>
80: <li><strong>amiga</strong>
81: <p>
82: <ul>
83: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 84: </ul>
1.39 deraadt 85: <li><strong>hp300</strong>
86: <p>
1.25 deraadt 87: <ul>
1.39 deraadt 88: <li>No problems identified yet.
89: <p>
1.25 deraadt 90: </ul>
91: <li><strong>pmax</strong>
92: <ul>
1.39 deraadt 93: <li>No problems identified yet.
94: <p>
1.25 deraadt 95: </ul>
96: <li><strong>arc</strong>
97: <ul>
1.39 deraadt 98: <li>No problems identified yet.
99: <p>
1.25 deraadt 100: </ul>
101: <li><strong>mvme68k</strong>
102: <ul>
1.39 deraadt 103: <li>No problems identified yet.
104: <p>
1.25 deraadt 105: </ul>
106: </ul>
107: <br>
108: <hr>
109: <h2>This is the OpenBSD 2.1 CD errata list:</h2>
1.13 pefo 110: <br>
1.14 pefo 111: <ul>
1.13 pefo 112: <li><strong>All architectures</strong>
113: <ul>
114: <li>One of the install scripts has a flaw that makes the CD-ROM mount fail
115: when using the CD-ROM as the install source media.
116: To workaround this use the following sequence of commands before
117: starting the install script. This must be done each time the install
118: kernel is booted if the install script is to be run and the CD-ROM
119: is the media to install from. Do the following at the shell prompt:
1.16 pefo 120: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.sub
121: /{_filesystem/s//{_fstype/
122: wq
1.13 pefo 123: <b>#</b>
124: </pre>
1.22 niklas 125: For architectures where the install scripts start automatically
126: (like amiga), you need to abort it at the (I)nstall or (U)pdate
1.29 todd 127: prompt by pressing Ctrl-C before doing the above command. After
1.22 niklas 128: that you can restart the install by:
129: <pre><b>#</b> install
130: </pre>
1.13 pefo 131: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 132: <br>
1.6 grr 133: <li><strong>Alpha</strong>
134: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 135: <li>CD2 does not boot on the alpha, as had been planned. Instead, you
1.3 deraadt 136: must use the floppy install method. This is not significantly
137: harder..
1.6 grr 138: </ul>
1.11 millert 139: <br>
1.7 deraadt 140: <li><strong>i386</strong>
141: <ul>
142: <li>Some rarer PC BIOS's do not like the hardrive bootblocks when used
143: as a MBR. The symptom is that the BIOS says "READ ERROR" when booting,
144: but everything suggests it should work fine. In those cases, it is
145: sufficient to install OS-BS or some other primary bootloader as the main
146: MBR, then install OpenBSD in a partition all by itself starting at a
1.24 mickey 147: non-zero offset. For instance, start OpenBSD at next track boundary or so.
1.8 deraadt 148: <li>The i386/X11/SUMS.md5 file contains 4 incorrect MD5 checksums.
1.24 mickey 149: These have been corrected on the ftp mirrors. The correct lines are:<br>
1.8 deraadt 150: MD5 (X33doc.tgz) = 6aa0be7987f9a3cf32a63b5ea9a83b39<br>
151: MD5 (X33html.tgz) = 6ba39d41aef7c75c35a0533275c6f8c0<br>
152: MD5 (X33ps.tgz) = ea49fc1b12c17fc16ece7d0e4ad4ee06<br>
153: MD5 (RELNOTES) = 689fda20596a4eb82f86ded51efb01f4<br>
1.21 deraadt 154: <li>A lot of people with IDE disk drives fail to read the
155: INSTALL.i386 document, and hence end up with geometry translation
156: problems. Read the document, please.
1.7 deraadt 157: </ul>
1.11 millert 158: <br>
1.6 grr 159: <li><strong>Amiga</strong>
160: <ul>
1.4 niklas 161: <li>The amiga install has a flaw wrt Tseng based graphic cards: when entering
162: multiuser mode the console won't get a login prompt. This is due to
163: a problem in the shipped /dev/MAKEDEV script. To fix, enter single
164: user mode and do:
1.5 todd 165: <pre><b>#</b> cd /dev
1.4 niklas 166: <b>#</b> sh MAKEDEV ttye6
167: </pre>
1.6 grr 168: </ul>
169: <li><strong>Sparc</strong>
170: <ul>
1.5 todd 171: <li>The sparc X11R6.3 xdm-config files reference /usr/X11R6.3/... This is
172: due to X11R6.3's default config file contents. To fix, su and
173: type:
174: <pre><b>#</b> cd /usr
175: <b>#</b> ln -s X11R6 X11R6.3
176: </pre>
1.6 grr 177: <li>The sparc "single floppy install disk" has a problem when you specify
178: "dumb" in response to the terminal type query. As a work-around
179: first specify an invalid terminal such as "bogus" and when prompted
180: again for a terminal type, enter "dumb" and it will work correctly.
181: <li>When netbooting an older sparc system such as a Sun4 or Sun4c, the boot
182: may hang up at the end of the tftp transfer of the bootstrap due
183: to the tftp transfer working in 512-byte blocks. If this occurs
184: create a "padded" version of the bootstrap (boot or zboot) as follows:
185: <pre><b>#</b> cd /tftpboot
186: <b>#</b> dd if=boot of=newboot obs=512 conv=osync
187: <b>#</b> mv newboot boot
188: </pre>
1.19 graichen 189: <li>The sparc install script has two flaws that make the kernel copy
190: and the bootblock install fail. The kernel copy only fails
191: then installing from CD-ROM. To workaround this use the
192: following sequence of commands before starting the install
193: script. This must be done each time the install kernel is
194: booted if the install script is to be run and the CD-ROM is
195: the media to install from. Do the following at the shell
196: prompt:
197: if you install from CD-ROM do the following:
198: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.md
199: /\/bsd/s//\/mnt2\/2.1\/sparc\/bsd/
200: wq
201: <b>#</b>
202: </pre>
203: ... or if you plan to use the bsd.scsi3 kernel you should use instead:
204: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.md
205: /\/bsd/s//\/mnt2\/2.1\/sparc\/bsd.scsi3/
206: wq
207: <b>#</b>
208: </pre>
209: The following one you'll have to do always (not only then
210: installing from from CD-ROM)
211: <pre><b>#</b> ed /usr/mdec/binstall
212: /getopt/,/getopt/+4d
213: wq
214: <b>#</b>
215: </pre>
1.6 grr 216: </ul>
1.9 graichen 217: <li><strong>Pmax</strong>
218: <ul>
1.10 millert 219: <li> When using the X11R6 binaries from the 2.1 release you will get
1.9 graichen 220: errors like:
221: <pre><b>#</b> mkfontdir
222: mkfontdir: undefined symbol: 'astpending' 12
223: Segmentation fault (core dumped)
224: </pre>
225: this is due to a little problem affecting the compatibility between
226: the OpenBSD/arc port (on which the X11R6 clients were build) and
227: OpenBSD/pmax. You can work around this problem by using the arc
228: version of the shared libc instead of the pmax one. You may get a copy
229: of the OpenBSD/arc 2.1 libc.so.16.1 from <a
230: href=ftp://miranda.rz-berlin.mpg.de/pub/OpenBSD/pmax/fixes/libc.so.16.1>
231: here </a>. Simply download it and do the following:
232: <pre><b>#</b> cd /usr/lib
233: <b>#</b> mv libc.so.16.1 original_libc.so.16.1
234: <b>#</b> cp /where_you_have_downloaded_it_to/libc.so.16.1 .
235: <b>#</b> chown root.bin libc.so.16.1
236: <b>#</b> chmod 444 libc.so.16.1
237: </pre>
238: Please be careful while doing this - because the libc is a very
239: sensitive part of the system. You can remove the original_libc.so.16.1
240: after the next reboot if everything is working fine.
241: </ul>
1.18 deraadt 242: <p>
1.17 deraadt 243: <li><strong>Mac68k</strong>
244: <ul>
1.20 gene 245: <li>The installer generates incorrect /etc/fstab files causing messages such as "file system read-only" on bootup.
246: 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 247: <pre>
1.18 deraadt 248: <b>#</b> mount /dev/sd0a /
249: <b>#</b> ed /etc/fstab
250: 1,$s/ ufs / ffs /
1.20 gene 251: 1,$s/ ro / rw /
1.18 deraadt 252: w
253: q
1.17 deraadt 254: </pre>
1.20 gene 255: Alternately, simply invoke vi or another editor and change the root filesystem
256: to be of type ffs rather than ufs and be rw (read-write) rather than ro
257: (read-only). In either case, you'll need to reboot the system afterwards.
258: Make this correction as soon as possible after installing the system.
1.17 deraadt 259: The installer should not have specified the filesystem as the old
260: "ufs" type; the "ffs" type is more correct.
1.20 gene 261:
1.17 deraadt 262: <li>The installer forgets to install the kernel onto the filesystem.
1.20 gene 263: This is because the installer expects all packages including the kernel to
264: be tar'ed and gzip'ed. The kernel was not shipped that way. Therefore, you
265: must make this correction <em>before attempting to boot the system</em>.
1.17 deraadt 266: To correct, use the Installer mini-shell and do the following:
267: <pre>
1.20 gene 268: > cpin :[internal-macos-path]:bsd-generic bsd
269: </pre>
270: This should place the kernel as /bsd on the filesystem. You should
1.23 gene 271: replace the above string with the colon-delimited path from your desktop to
1.20 gene 272: wherever you have placed the kernel. If possible, it is easiest to drag the
1.23 gene 273: kernel into the same folder as the Installer, so you can simply issue a
274: command without leading colon(s) like:
1.20 gene 275: <pre>
1.23 gene 276: > cpin bsd-generic bsd
1.17 deraadt 277: </pre>
1.20 gene 278: Good luck.
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