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1.50 deraadt 16: <h3><font color=#0000e0>This is the OpenBSD 2.2 CD errata list:</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 17: <ul>
1.43 deraadt 18: <a name=all></a>
1.50 deraadt 19: <li><font color=#e00000>All architectures</font>
1.25 deraadt 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>
1.50 deraadt 31: <li><font color=#e00000>i386</font>
1.25 deraadt 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).
1.44 deraadt 38: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/i386/f00f.patch>
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>
1.45 deraadt 49: <li>APM can crash on machines without it.
50: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/i386/apm.patch>
51: A kernel source-code patch is available</a>.
52: <p>
1.39 deraadt 53: <li>A few people are running into this problem, particularily if they had some
54: other *BSD operating system on their machine before trying OpenBSD: if after
55: installation onto an IDE-based machine, the kernel fails to mount the root
56: partition because it thinks that it should be opening sd0 (0x400), this means
57: you have incorrectly setup your disklabel for the IDE drive -- the disklabel
58: is indicating that the drive is SCSI.
59: To repair this, use the floppy to run "disklabel -E wd0", then using the
60: "edit" command ensure the type field is set to "ST506".
61: <p>
62: </ul>
1.47 deraadt 63: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.50 deraadt 64: <li><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font>
1.39 deraadt 65: <ul>
1.46 gene 66: <li>Unfortunately, X11 binaries for the mac68k did not manage to make it onto the
67: CDROM. However, X Windows for the mac68k is immediately available from
68: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.2/mac68k/X11/X11R6.tar.gz">
69: ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.2/mac68k/X11/X11R6.tar.gz</a>. Please
70: be sure to read the <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.2/mac68k/X11/README.X11">README file</a> also in that directory for instructions on installing
71: and setting up X.
1.39 deraadt 72: <p>
1.25 deraadt 73: </ul>
1.50 deraadt 74: <li><font color=#e00000>sparc</font>
1.25 deraadt 75: <ul>
1.39 deraadt 76: <li>No problems identified yet.
77: <p>
78: </ul>
1.50 deraadt 79: <li><font color=#e00000>alpha</font>
1.39 deraadt 80: <p>
81: <ul>
82: <li>No problems identified yet.
83: <p>
84: </ul>
1.50 deraadt 85: <li><font color=#e00000>amiga</font>
1.39 deraadt 86: <p>
87: <ul>
1.48 niklas 88: <li>Missing Xamiga manual page. Get
89: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/amiga/Xamiga-manual.tgz>
90: this package</a> and execute, <i>as root</i>:<br>
1.49 deraadt 91: <pre><b># </b>pkg_add Xamiga-manual.tgz</pre>
1.51 deraadt 92: The MD5 checksum of this package is:<br>
1.49 deraadt 93: <b>MD5 (Xamiga-manual.tgz) = 2362a7857264b9d17f65cca258b42031</b><p>
1.48 niklas 94: <li>The Ariadne ethernet support was broken, there will be both binary and
95: source level fixes available shortly. If you are in a hurry mail
1.49 deraadt 96: <a href=mailto:niklas@openbsd.org>Niklas</a> for a test kernel.<p>
1.25 deraadt 97: </ul>
1.50 deraadt 98: <li><font color=#e00000>hp300</font>
1.39 deraadt 99: <p>
1.25 deraadt 100: <ul>
1.39 deraadt 101: <li>No problems identified yet.
102: <p>
1.25 deraadt 103: </ul>
1.50 deraadt 104: <li><font color=#e00000>pmax</font>
1.25 deraadt 105: <ul>
1.52 ! graichen 106: <li>There is a problem in the code setting the time (and the way it is done in
! 107: general on the pmax) which arised since 1998 (you can see it then the date and
! 108: time won't be set correctly after a reboot or boot in this year - but you
! 109: should also fix it if you don't see the problem) - you may get a fix for it
! 110: (<a href=ftp://miranda.rz-berlin.mpg.de/pub/OpenBSD/pmax/fixes/clock.patch>
! 111: kernel source patch</a>) and fixed distribution kernels (bsd*.gz) from
! 112: <a href=ftp://miranda.rz-berlin.mpg.de/pub/OpenBSD/pmax/fixes> here </a>.
! 113: <li>The support for the X server for the 3min and 3maxplus machines was broken
! 114: due to a typo - a kernel source patch for this can be obtained from
! 115: <a href=ftp://miranda.rz-berlin.mpg.de/pub/OpenBSD/pmax/fixes/fb.patch>
! 116: here </a>.
! 117: <li>I'll also provide some new X server binaries soon which i hope will fix
! 118: some of the observed problems especially with sfb framebuffers (distorted
! 119: geometry of the screen). They will then also be available from
! 120: <a href=ftp://miranda.rz-berlin.mpg.de/pub/OpenBSD/pmax/fixes> here </a>.
1.39 deraadt 121: <p>
1.25 deraadt 122: </ul>
1.50 deraadt 123: <li><font color=#e00000>arc</font>
1.25 deraadt 124: <ul>
1.39 deraadt 125: <li>No problems identified yet.
126: <p>
1.25 deraadt 127: </ul>
1.50 deraadt 128: <li><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font>
1.25 deraadt 129: <ul>
1.39 deraadt 130: <li>No problems identified yet.
131: <p>
1.25 deraadt 132: </ul>
133: </ul>
134: <br>
135: <hr>
1.50 deraadt 136: <h3><font color=#0000e0>This is the OpenBSD 2.1 CD errata list:</font></h3>
1.13 pefo 137: <br>
1.14 pefo 138: <ul>
1.50 deraadt 139: <li><font color=#e00000>All architectures</font>
1.13 pefo 140: <ul>
141: <li>One of the install scripts has a flaw that makes the CD-ROM mount fail
142: when using the CD-ROM as the install source media.
143: To workaround this use the following sequence of commands before
144: starting the install script. This must be done each time the install
145: kernel is booted if the install script is to be run and the CD-ROM
146: is the media to install from. Do the following at the shell prompt:
1.16 pefo 147: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.sub
148: /{_filesystem/s//{_fstype/
149: wq
1.13 pefo 150: <b>#</b>
151: </pre>
1.22 niklas 152: For architectures where the install scripts start automatically
153: (like amiga), you need to abort it at the (I)nstall or (U)pdate
1.29 todd 154: prompt by pressing Ctrl-C before doing the above command. After
1.22 niklas 155: that you can restart the install by:
156: <pre><b>#</b> install
157: </pre>
1.13 pefo 158: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 159: <br>
1.50 deraadt 160: <li><font color=#e00000>Alpha</font>
1.6 grr 161: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 162: <li>CD2 does not boot on the alpha, as had been planned. Instead, you
1.3 deraadt 163: must use the floppy install method. This is not significantly
164: harder..
1.6 grr 165: </ul>
1.11 millert 166: <br>
1.50 deraadt 167: <li><font color=#e00000>i386</font>
1.7 deraadt 168: <ul>
169: <li>Some rarer PC BIOS's do not like the hardrive bootblocks when used
170: as a MBR. The symptom is that the BIOS says "READ ERROR" when booting,
171: but everything suggests it should work fine. In those cases, it is
172: sufficient to install OS-BS or some other primary bootloader as the main
173: MBR, then install OpenBSD in a partition all by itself starting at a
1.24 mickey 174: non-zero offset. For instance, start OpenBSD at next track boundary or so.
1.8 deraadt 175: <li>The i386/X11/SUMS.md5 file contains 4 incorrect MD5 checksums.
1.24 mickey 176: These have been corrected on the ftp mirrors. The correct lines are:<br>
1.8 deraadt 177: MD5 (X33doc.tgz) = 6aa0be7987f9a3cf32a63b5ea9a83b39<br>
178: MD5 (X33html.tgz) = 6ba39d41aef7c75c35a0533275c6f8c0<br>
179: MD5 (X33ps.tgz) = ea49fc1b12c17fc16ece7d0e4ad4ee06<br>
180: MD5 (RELNOTES) = 689fda20596a4eb82f86ded51efb01f4<br>
1.21 deraadt 181: <li>A lot of people with IDE disk drives fail to read the
182: INSTALL.i386 document, and hence end up with geometry translation
183: problems. Read the document, please.
1.7 deraadt 184: </ul>
1.11 millert 185: <br>
1.50 deraadt 186: <li><font color=#e00000>Amiga</font>
1.6 grr 187: <ul>
1.4 niklas 188: <li>The amiga install has a flaw wrt Tseng based graphic cards: when entering
189: multiuser mode the console won't get a login prompt. This is due to
190: a problem in the shipped /dev/MAKEDEV script. To fix, enter single
191: user mode and do:
1.5 todd 192: <pre><b>#</b> cd /dev
1.4 niklas 193: <b>#</b> sh MAKEDEV ttye6
194: </pre>
1.6 grr 195: </ul>
1.50 deraadt 196: <li><font color=#e00000>Sparc</font>
1.6 grr 197: <ul>
1.5 todd 198: <li>The sparc X11R6.3 xdm-config files reference /usr/X11R6.3/... This is
199: due to X11R6.3's default config file contents. To fix, su and
200: type:
201: <pre><b>#</b> cd /usr
202: <b>#</b> ln -s X11R6 X11R6.3
203: </pre>
1.6 grr 204: <li>The sparc "single floppy install disk" has a problem when you specify
205: "dumb" in response to the terminal type query. As a work-around
206: first specify an invalid terminal such as "bogus" and when prompted
207: again for a terminal type, enter "dumb" and it will work correctly.
208: <li>When netbooting an older sparc system such as a Sun4 or Sun4c, the boot
209: may hang up at the end of the tftp transfer of the bootstrap due
210: to the tftp transfer working in 512-byte blocks. If this occurs
211: create a "padded" version of the bootstrap (boot or zboot) as follows:
212: <pre><b>#</b> cd /tftpboot
213: <b>#</b> dd if=boot of=newboot obs=512 conv=osync
214: <b>#</b> mv newboot boot
215: </pre>
1.19 graichen 216: <li>The sparc install script has two flaws that make the kernel copy
217: and the bootblock install fail. The kernel copy only fails
218: then installing from CD-ROM. To workaround this use the
219: following sequence of commands before starting the install
220: script. This must be done each time the install kernel is
221: booted if the install script is to be run and the CD-ROM is
222: the media to install from. Do the following at the shell
223: prompt:
224: if you install from CD-ROM do the following:
225: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.md
226: /\/bsd/s//\/mnt2\/2.1\/sparc\/bsd/
227: wq
228: <b>#</b>
229: </pre>
230: ... or if you plan to use the bsd.scsi3 kernel you should use instead:
231: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.md
232: /\/bsd/s//\/mnt2\/2.1\/sparc\/bsd.scsi3/
233: wq
234: <b>#</b>
235: </pre>
236: The following one you'll have to do always (not only then
237: installing from from CD-ROM)
238: <pre><b>#</b> ed /usr/mdec/binstall
239: /getopt/,/getopt/+4d
240: wq
241: <b>#</b>
242: </pre>
1.6 grr 243: </ul>
1.50 deraadt 244: <li><font color=#e00000>Pmax</font>
1.9 graichen 245: <ul>
1.10 millert 246: <li> When using the X11R6 binaries from the 2.1 release you will get
1.9 graichen 247: errors like:
248: <pre><b>#</b> mkfontdir
249: mkfontdir: undefined symbol: 'astpending' 12
250: Segmentation fault (core dumped)
251: </pre>
252: this is due to a little problem affecting the compatibility between
253: the OpenBSD/arc port (on which the X11R6 clients were build) and
254: OpenBSD/pmax. You can work around this problem by using the arc
255: version of the shared libc instead of the pmax one. You may get a copy
256: of the OpenBSD/arc 2.1 libc.so.16.1 from <a
257: href=ftp://miranda.rz-berlin.mpg.de/pub/OpenBSD/pmax/fixes/libc.so.16.1>
258: here </a>. Simply download it and do the following:
259: <pre><b>#</b> cd /usr/lib
260: <b>#</b> mv libc.so.16.1 original_libc.so.16.1
261: <b>#</b> cp /where_you_have_downloaded_it_to/libc.so.16.1 .
262: <b>#</b> chown root.bin libc.so.16.1
263: <b>#</b> chmod 444 libc.so.16.1
264: </pre>
265: Please be careful while doing this - because the libc is a very
266: sensitive part of the system. You can remove the original_libc.so.16.1
267: after the next reboot if everything is working fine.
268: </ul>
1.18 deraadt 269: <p>
1.50 deraadt 270: <li><font color=#e00000>Mac68k</font>
1.17 deraadt 271: <ul>
1.20 gene 272: <li>The installer generates incorrect /etc/fstab files causing messages such as "file system read-only" on bootup.
273: 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 274: <pre>
1.18 deraadt 275: <b>#</b> mount /dev/sd0a /
276: <b>#</b> ed /etc/fstab
277: 1,$s/ ufs / ffs /
1.20 gene 278: 1,$s/ ro / rw /
1.18 deraadt 279: w
280: q
1.17 deraadt 281: </pre>
1.20 gene 282: Alternately, simply invoke vi or another editor and change the root filesystem
283: to be of type ffs rather than ufs and be rw (read-write) rather than ro
284: (read-only). In either case, you'll need to reboot the system afterwards.
285: Make this correction as soon as possible after installing the system.
1.17 deraadt 286: The installer should not have specified the filesystem as the old
287: "ufs" type; the "ffs" type is more correct.
1.20 gene 288:
1.17 deraadt 289: <li>The installer forgets to install the kernel onto the filesystem.
1.20 gene 290: This is because the installer expects all packages including the kernel to
291: be tar'ed and gzip'ed. The kernel was not shipped that way. Therefore, you
292: must make this correction <em>before attempting to boot the system</em>.
1.17 deraadt 293: To correct, use the Installer mini-shell and do the following:
294: <pre>
1.20 gene 295: > cpin :[internal-macos-path]:bsd-generic bsd
296: </pre>
297: This should place the kernel as /bsd on the filesystem. You should
1.23 gene 298: replace the above string with the colon-delimited path from your desktop to
1.20 gene 299: wherever you have placed the kernel. If possible, it is easiest to drag the
1.23 gene 300: kernel into the same folder as the Installer, so you can simply issue a
301: command without leading colon(s) like:
1.20 gene 302: <pre>
1.23 gene 303: > cpin bsd-generic bsd
1.17 deraadt 304: </pre>
1.20 gene 305: Good luck.
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