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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>
1.56 deraadt 45: a patch file is provided.</a>
1.39 deraadt 46: <p>
1.45 deraadt 47: <li>APM can crash on machines without it.
48: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/i386/apm.patch>
49: A kernel source-code patch is available</a>.
50: <p>
1.39 deraadt 51: <li>A few people are running into this problem, particularily if they had some
52: other *BSD operating system on their machine before trying OpenBSD: if after
53: installation onto an IDE-based machine, the kernel fails to mount the root
54: partition because it thinks that it should be opening sd0 (0x400), this means
55: you have incorrectly setup your disklabel for the IDE drive -- the disklabel
56: is indicating that the drive is SCSI.
57: To repair this, use the floppy to run "disklabel -E wd0", then using the
58: "edit" command ensure the type field is set to "ST506".
59: <p>
60: </ul>
1.47 deraadt 61: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.50 deraadt 62: <li><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font>
1.39 deraadt 63: <ul>
1.46 gene 64: <li>Unfortunately, X11 binaries for the mac68k did not manage to make it onto the
65: CDROM. However, X Windows for the mac68k is immediately available from
66: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.2/mac68k/X11/X11R6.tar.gz">
67: ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.2/mac68k/X11/X11R6.tar.gz</a>. Please
68: 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
69: and setting up X.
1.39 deraadt 70: <p>
1.25 deraadt 71: </ul>
1.50 deraadt 72: <li><font color=#e00000>sparc</font>
1.25 deraadt 73: <ul>
1.58 deraadt 74: <li>Older 4/xxx systems (particularily the 4/300's) cannot boot
75: with the 2.2 kernel due to bugs in the scsi device driver.
1.57 jason 76: <a href=ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/sparc/esp.patch>
77: A kernel source patch is available.</a>
1.58 deraadt 78: A replacement kernel and miniroot will show up soon.
1.39 deraadt 79: <p>
80: </ul>
1.50 deraadt 81: <li><font color=#e00000>amiga</font>
1.39 deraadt 82: <p>
83: <ul>
1.48 niklas 84: <li>Missing Xamiga manual page. Get
85: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/amiga/Xamiga-manual.tgz>
86: this package</a> and execute, <i>as root</i>:<br>
1.49 deraadt 87: <pre><b># </b>pkg_add Xamiga-manual.tgz</pre>
1.51 deraadt 88: The MD5 checksum of this package is:<br>
1.49 deraadt 89: <b>MD5 (Xamiga-manual.tgz) = 2362a7857264b9d17f65cca258b42031</b><p>
1.48 niklas 90: <li>The Ariadne ethernet support was broken, there will be both binary and
91: source level fixes available shortly. If you are in a hurry mail
1.49 deraadt 92: <a href=mailto:niklas@openbsd.org>Niklas</a> for a test kernel.<p>
1.25 deraadt 93: </ul>
1.50 deraadt 94: <li><font color=#e00000>pmax</font>
1.25 deraadt 95: <ul>
1.53 deraadt 96: <li>There is a Year-1998 problem in the time-setting code (which causes the
97: date and time to be set incorrectly after a reboot in 1998).
98: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/pmax/clock.patch>
99: A source code patch file is available.</a> plus replacement installation
100: kernels for the 2.2 release at
101: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/pmax/bsd.NFS>bsd.NFS</a>,
102: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/pmax/bsd>bsd</a>,
103: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/pmax/bsd.rz0>bsd.rz0</a>.
104: <li>X11 support for the 3min and 3maxplus machines was broken
105: due to a kernel bug.
106: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/pmax/fb.patch>
107: A source code patch is available</a>.
1.59 ! deraadt 108: <li>A bug in the shared library linker <strong>ld.so</strong> requires that
! 109: you replace it with a new binary.
! 110: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2//pmax/ld.so>
! 111: The replacement binary is here.</a>
1.39 deraadt 112: <p>
1.25 deraadt 113: </ul>
1.59 ! deraadt 114: <li><font color=#e00000>arc</font>
! 115: <ul>
! 116: <li>A bug in the shared library linker <strong>ld.so</strong> requires that
! 117: you replace it with a new binary.
! 118: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2//pmax/ld.so>
! 119: The replacement binary is here.</a>
! 120: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 121: <li><font color=#e00000>alpha</font>
122: <p>
123: <ul>
124: <li>No problems identified yet.
125: <p>
126: </ul>
127: <li><font color=#e00000>hp300</font>
128: <p>
129: <ul>
130: <li>No problems identified yet.
131: <p>
132: </ul>
1.39 deraadt 133: <p>
1.25 deraadt 134: </ul>
1.50 deraadt 135: <li><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font>
1.25 deraadt 136: <ul>
1.39 deraadt 137: <li>No problems identified yet.
138: <p>
1.25 deraadt 139: </ul>
140: </ul>
141: <br>
142: <hr>
1.50 deraadt 143: <h3><font color=#0000e0>This is the OpenBSD 2.1 CD errata list:</font></h3>
1.13 pefo 144: <br>
1.14 pefo 145: <ul>
1.50 deraadt 146: <li><font color=#e00000>All architectures</font>
1.13 pefo 147: <ul>
148: <li>One of the install scripts has a flaw that makes the CD-ROM mount fail
149: when using the CD-ROM as the install source media.
150: To workaround this use the following sequence of commands before
151: starting the install script. This must be done each time the install
152: kernel is booted if the install script is to be run and the CD-ROM
153: is the media to install from. Do the following at the shell prompt:
1.16 pefo 154: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.sub
155: /{_filesystem/s//{_fstype/
156: wq
1.13 pefo 157: <b>#</b>
158: </pre>
1.22 niklas 159: For architectures where the install scripts start automatically
160: (like amiga), you need to abort it at the (I)nstall or (U)pdate
1.29 todd 161: prompt by pressing Ctrl-C before doing the above command. After
1.22 niklas 162: that you can restart the install by:
163: <pre><b>#</b> install
164: </pre>
1.13 pefo 165: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 166: <br>
1.50 deraadt 167: <li><font color=#e00000>Alpha</font>
1.6 grr 168: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 169: <li>CD2 does not boot on the alpha, as had been planned. Instead, you
1.3 deraadt 170: must use the floppy install method. This is not significantly
171: harder..
1.6 grr 172: </ul>
1.11 millert 173: <br>
1.50 deraadt 174: <li><font color=#e00000>i386</font>
1.7 deraadt 175: <ul>
176: <li>Some rarer PC BIOS's do not like the hardrive bootblocks when used
177: as a MBR. The symptom is that the BIOS says "READ ERROR" when booting,
178: but everything suggests it should work fine. In those cases, it is
179: sufficient to install OS-BS or some other primary bootloader as the main
180: MBR, then install OpenBSD in a partition all by itself starting at a
1.24 mickey 181: non-zero offset. For instance, start OpenBSD at next track boundary or so.
1.8 deraadt 182: <li>The i386/X11/SUMS.md5 file contains 4 incorrect MD5 checksums.
1.24 mickey 183: These have been corrected on the ftp mirrors. The correct lines are:<br>
1.8 deraadt 184: MD5 (X33doc.tgz) = 6aa0be7987f9a3cf32a63b5ea9a83b39<br>
185: MD5 (X33html.tgz) = 6ba39d41aef7c75c35a0533275c6f8c0<br>
186: MD5 (X33ps.tgz) = ea49fc1b12c17fc16ece7d0e4ad4ee06<br>
187: MD5 (RELNOTES) = 689fda20596a4eb82f86ded51efb01f4<br>
1.21 deraadt 188: <li>A lot of people with IDE disk drives fail to read the
189: INSTALL.i386 document, and hence end up with geometry translation
190: problems. Read the document, please.
1.7 deraadt 191: </ul>
1.11 millert 192: <br>
1.50 deraadt 193: <li><font color=#e00000>Amiga</font>
1.6 grr 194: <ul>
1.4 niklas 195: <li>The amiga install has a flaw wrt Tseng based graphic cards: when entering
196: multiuser mode the console won't get a login prompt. This is due to
197: a problem in the shipped /dev/MAKEDEV script. To fix, enter single
198: user mode and do:
1.5 todd 199: <pre><b>#</b> cd /dev
1.4 niklas 200: <b>#</b> sh MAKEDEV ttye6
201: </pre>
1.6 grr 202: </ul>
1.50 deraadt 203: <li><font color=#e00000>Sparc</font>
1.6 grr 204: <ul>
1.5 todd 205: <li>The sparc X11R6.3 xdm-config files reference /usr/X11R6.3/... This is
206: due to X11R6.3's default config file contents. To fix, su and
207: type:
208: <pre><b>#</b> cd /usr
209: <b>#</b> ln -s X11R6 X11R6.3
210: </pre>
1.6 grr 211: <li>The sparc "single floppy install disk" has a problem when you specify
212: "dumb" in response to the terminal type query. As a work-around
213: first specify an invalid terminal such as "bogus" and when prompted
214: again for a terminal type, enter "dumb" and it will work correctly.
215: <li>When netbooting an older sparc system such as a Sun4 or Sun4c, the boot
216: may hang up at the end of the tftp transfer of the bootstrap due
217: to the tftp transfer working in 512-byte blocks. If this occurs
218: create a "padded" version of the bootstrap (boot or zboot) as follows:
219: <pre><b>#</b> cd /tftpboot
220: <b>#</b> dd if=boot of=newboot obs=512 conv=osync
221: <b>#</b> mv newboot boot
222: </pre>
1.19 graichen 223: <li>The sparc install script has two flaws that make the kernel copy
224: and the bootblock install fail. The kernel copy only fails
225: then installing from CD-ROM. To workaround this use the
226: following sequence of commands before starting the install
227: script. This must be done each time the install kernel is
228: booted if the install script is to be run and the CD-ROM is
229: the media to install from. Do the following at the shell
230: prompt:
231: if you install from CD-ROM do the following:
232: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.md
233: /\/bsd/s//\/mnt2\/2.1\/sparc\/bsd/
234: wq
235: <b>#</b>
236: </pre>
237: ... or if you plan to use the bsd.scsi3 kernel you should use instead:
238: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.md
239: /\/bsd/s//\/mnt2\/2.1\/sparc\/bsd.scsi3/
240: wq
241: <b>#</b>
242: </pre>
243: The following one you'll have to do always (not only then
244: installing from from CD-ROM)
245: <pre><b>#</b> ed /usr/mdec/binstall
246: /getopt/,/getopt/+4d
247: wq
248: <b>#</b>
249: </pre>
1.6 grr 250: </ul>
1.50 deraadt 251: <li><font color=#e00000>Pmax</font>
1.9 graichen 252: <ul>
1.10 millert 253: <li> When using the X11R6 binaries from the 2.1 release you will get
1.9 graichen 254: errors like:
255: <pre><b>#</b> mkfontdir
256: mkfontdir: undefined symbol: 'astpending' 12
257: Segmentation fault (core dumped)
258: </pre>
259: this is due to a little problem affecting the compatibility between
260: the OpenBSD/arc port (on which the X11R6 clients were build) and
261: OpenBSD/pmax. You can work around this problem by using the arc
262: version of the shared libc instead of the pmax one. You may get a copy
263: of the OpenBSD/arc 2.1 libc.so.16.1 from <a
264: href=ftp://miranda.rz-berlin.mpg.de/pub/OpenBSD/pmax/fixes/libc.so.16.1>
265: here </a>. Simply download it and do the following:
266: <pre><b>#</b> cd /usr/lib
267: <b>#</b> mv libc.so.16.1 original_libc.so.16.1
268: <b>#</b> cp /where_you_have_downloaded_it_to/libc.so.16.1 .
269: <b>#</b> chown root.bin libc.so.16.1
270: <b>#</b> chmod 444 libc.so.16.1
271: </pre>
272: Please be careful while doing this - because the libc is a very
273: sensitive part of the system. You can remove the original_libc.so.16.1
274: after the next reboot if everything is working fine.
275: </ul>
1.18 deraadt 276: <p>
1.50 deraadt 277: <li><font color=#e00000>Mac68k</font>
1.17 deraadt 278: <ul>
1.20 gene 279: <li>The installer generates incorrect /etc/fstab files causing messages such as "file system read-only" on bootup.
280: 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 281: <pre>
1.18 deraadt 282: <b>#</b> mount /dev/sd0a /
283: <b>#</b> ed /etc/fstab
284: 1,$s/ ufs / ffs /
1.20 gene 285: 1,$s/ ro / rw /
1.18 deraadt 286: w
287: q
1.17 deraadt 288: </pre>
1.20 gene 289: Alternately, simply invoke vi or another editor and change the root filesystem
290: to be of type ffs rather than ufs and be rw (read-write) rather than ro
291: (read-only). In either case, you'll need to reboot the system afterwards.
292: Make this correction as soon as possible after installing the system.
1.17 deraadt 293: The installer should not have specified the filesystem as the old
294: "ufs" type; the "ffs" type is more correct.
1.20 gene 295:
1.17 deraadt 296: <li>The installer forgets to install the kernel onto the filesystem.
1.20 gene 297: This is because the installer expects all packages including the kernel to
298: be tar'ed and gzip'ed. The kernel was not shipped that way. Therefore, you
299: must make this correction <em>before attempting to boot the system</em>.
1.17 deraadt 300: To correct, use the Installer mini-shell and do the following:
301: <pre>
1.20 gene 302: > cpin :[internal-macos-path]:bsd-generic bsd
303: </pre>
304: This should place the kernel as /bsd on the filesystem. You should
1.23 gene 305: replace the above string with the colon-delimited path from your desktop to
1.20 gene 306: wherever you have placed the kernel. If possible, it is easiest to drag the
1.23 gene 307: kernel into the same folder as the Installer, so you can simply issue a
308: command without leading colon(s) like:
1.20 gene 309: <pre>
1.23 gene 310: > cpin bsd-generic bsd
1.17 deraadt 311: </pre>
1.20 gene 312: Good luck.
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