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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>
1.61 ! deraadt 29: <li><strong>IMPORTANT</strong>
! 30: A combination localhost+remote host security problem exists if a
! 31: local user running a setuid binary causes a non-existant root .rhosts
! 32: file to be created via a symbolic link with a specific kind of corefile,
! 33: and then subsequently uses rsh/rlogin to enter the machine from remote.
! 34: A similar exploit might also be possible using sshd which lacks any code
! 35: for checking for deviations from the expected format in the .rhosts or
! 36: .shosts files, but we have not confirmed this yet. The following two
! 37: fixes are recommended:
! 38: <p>
! 39: <ul>
! 40: <li>
! 41: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/common/nosuidcoredump.patch>
! 42: (1) Adds a new sysctl option which permits the adminstrator to decide
! 43: whether setuid corefiles should be written or not.</a>
! 44: <p>
! 45: <li><a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/common/rcmd.patch>
! 46: (2) Replaces the ruserok() function in libc with a much more paranoid
! 47: version which can detect these bogus looking .rhosts files better. If the
! 48: previous patch is used to stop setuid coredumps, then this patch is not
! 49: as important.</a>
! 50: </ul>
! 51: <p>
! 52: This problem is fixed much better in OpenBSD-current, where the kernel's
! 53: symbolic link handling has been improved such that coredumping will not
! 54: create a file on the other side of a symbolic link. Such a patch is not
! 55: possible for the 4.4lite1 VFS layer in the OpenBSD 2.2 kernel.
! 56: <p>
1.25 deraadt 57: </ul>
1.42 deraadt 58: <a name=i386></a>
1.50 deraadt 59: <li><font color=#e00000>i386</font>
1.25 deraadt 60: <ul>
1.39 deraadt 61: <li>The Intel P5 F00F bug was discovered after the CDR's had already been
62: sent to the manufacturer. This problem permits any user who has an account
63: to lock your machine up using a 4-line program. The problem only affects
64: Intel P5 processors (the i386, i486, P-Pro, and P-II are not vulnerable,
65: nor are processors by other manufacturers).
1.44 deraadt 66: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/i386/f00f.patch>
1.39 deraadt 67: A kernel source-code patch is available</a>.
68: <p>
1.33 deraadt 69: <li>Some Linux binaries will execute in SVR4 emulation mode, which is
70: definately a problem for people who need Linux emulation to work correctly.
1.39 deraadt 71: To solve this mis-identification problem,
1.32 deraadt 72: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/i386/compat_linux.patch>
1.56 deraadt 73: a patch file is provided.</a>
1.39 deraadt 74: <p>
1.45 deraadt 75: <li>APM can crash on machines without it.
76: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/i386/apm.patch>
77: A kernel source-code patch is available</a>.
78: <p>
1.39 deraadt 79: <li>A few people are running into this problem, particularily if they had some
80: other *BSD operating system on their machine before trying OpenBSD: if after
81: installation onto an IDE-based machine, the kernel fails to mount the root
82: partition because it thinks that it should be opening sd0 (0x400), this means
83: you have incorrectly setup your disklabel for the IDE drive -- the disklabel
84: is indicating that the drive is SCSI.
85: To repair this, use the floppy to run "disklabel -E wd0", then using the
86: "edit" command ensure the type field is set to "ST506".
87: <p>
88: </ul>
1.47 deraadt 89: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.50 deraadt 90: <li><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font>
1.39 deraadt 91: <ul>
1.46 gene 92: <li>Unfortunately, X11 binaries for the mac68k did not manage to make it onto the
93: CDROM. However, X Windows for the mac68k is immediately available from
94: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.2/mac68k/X11/X11R6.tar.gz">
95: ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.2/mac68k/X11/X11R6.tar.gz</a>. Please
96: 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
97: and setting up X.
1.39 deraadt 98: <p>
1.25 deraadt 99: </ul>
1.50 deraadt 100: <li><font color=#e00000>sparc</font>
1.25 deraadt 101: <ul>
1.58 deraadt 102: <li>Older 4/xxx systems (particularily the 4/300's) cannot boot
103: with the 2.2 kernel due to bugs in the scsi device driver.
1.57 jason 104: <a href=ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/sparc/esp.patch>
105: A kernel source patch is available.</a>
1.60 jason 106: Replacement kernels are available for:
107: <a href=ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/sparc/bsd>bsd</a>,
108: <a href=ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/sparc/bsd.scsi3>bsd.scsi3</a>,
109: and a replacement for bsd.rd is coming soon.
1.39 deraadt 110: <p>
111: </ul>
1.50 deraadt 112: <li><font color=#e00000>amiga</font>
1.39 deraadt 113: <p>
114: <ul>
1.48 niklas 115: <li>Missing Xamiga manual page. Get
116: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/amiga/Xamiga-manual.tgz>
117: this package</a> and execute, <i>as root</i>:<br>
1.49 deraadt 118: <pre><b># </b>pkg_add Xamiga-manual.tgz</pre>
1.51 deraadt 119: The MD5 checksum of this package is:<br>
1.49 deraadt 120: <b>MD5 (Xamiga-manual.tgz) = 2362a7857264b9d17f65cca258b42031</b><p>
1.48 niklas 121: <li>The Ariadne ethernet support was broken, there will be both binary and
122: source level fixes available shortly. If you are in a hurry mail
1.49 deraadt 123: <a href=mailto:niklas@openbsd.org>Niklas</a> for a test kernel.<p>
1.25 deraadt 124: </ul>
1.50 deraadt 125: <li><font color=#e00000>pmax</font>
1.25 deraadt 126: <ul>
1.53 deraadt 127: <li>There is a Year-1998 problem in the time-setting code (which causes the
128: date and time to be set incorrectly after a reboot in 1998).
129: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/pmax/clock.patch>
130: A source code patch file is available.</a> plus replacement installation
131: kernels for the 2.2 release at
132: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/pmax/bsd.NFS>bsd.NFS</a>,
133: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/pmax/bsd>bsd</a>,
134: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/pmax/bsd.rz0>bsd.rz0</a>.
135: <li>X11 support for the 3min and 3maxplus machines was broken
136: due to a kernel bug.
137: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/pmax/fb.patch>
138: A source code patch is available</a>.
1.59 deraadt 139: <li>A bug in the shared library linker <strong>ld.so</strong> requires that
140: you replace it with a new binary.
141: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2//pmax/ld.so>
142: The replacement binary is here.</a>
1.39 deraadt 143: <p>
1.25 deraadt 144: </ul>
1.59 deraadt 145: <li><font color=#e00000>arc</font>
146: <ul>
147: <li>A bug in the shared library linker <strong>ld.so</strong> requires that
148: you replace it with a new binary.
149: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2//pmax/ld.so>
150: The replacement binary is here.</a>
151: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 152: <li><font color=#e00000>alpha</font>
153: <p>
154: <ul>
155: <li>No problems identified yet.
156: <p>
157: </ul>
158: <li><font color=#e00000>hp300</font>
159: <p>
160: <ul>
161: <li>No problems identified yet.
162: <p>
163: </ul>
1.39 deraadt 164: <p>
1.25 deraadt 165: </ul>
1.50 deraadt 166: <li><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font>
1.25 deraadt 167: <ul>
1.39 deraadt 168: <li>No problems identified yet.
169: <p>
1.25 deraadt 170: </ul>
171: </ul>
172: <br>
173: <hr>
1.50 deraadt 174: <h3><font color=#0000e0>This is the OpenBSD 2.1 CD errata list:</font></h3>
1.13 pefo 175: <br>
1.14 pefo 176: <ul>
1.50 deraadt 177: <li><font color=#e00000>All architectures</font>
1.13 pefo 178: <ul>
179: <li>One of the install scripts has a flaw that makes the CD-ROM mount fail
180: when using the CD-ROM as the install source media.
181: To workaround this use the following sequence of commands before
182: starting the install script. This must be done each time the install
183: kernel is booted if the install script is to be run and the CD-ROM
184: is the media to install from. Do the following at the shell prompt:
1.16 pefo 185: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.sub
186: /{_filesystem/s//{_fstype/
187: wq
1.13 pefo 188: <b>#</b>
189: </pre>
1.22 niklas 190: For architectures where the install scripts start automatically
191: (like amiga), you need to abort it at the (I)nstall or (U)pdate
1.29 todd 192: prompt by pressing Ctrl-C before doing the above command. After
1.22 niklas 193: that you can restart the install by:
194: <pre><b>#</b> install
195: </pre>
1.13 pefo 196: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 197: <br>
1.50 deraadt 198: <li><font color=#e00000>Alpha</font>
1.6 grr 199: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 200: <li>CD2 does not boot on the alpha, as had been planned. Instead, you
1.3 deraadt 201: must use the floppy install method. This is not significantly
202: harder..
1.6 grr 203: </ul>
1.11 millert 204: <br>
1.50 deraadt 205: <li><font color=#e00000>i386</font>
1.7 deraadt 206: <ul>
207: <li>Some rarer PC BIOS's do not like the hardrive bootblocks when used
208: as a MBR. The symptom is that the BIOS says "READ ERROR" when booting,
209: but everything suggests it should work fine. In those cases, it is
210: sufficient to install OS-BS or some other primary bootloader as the main
211: MBR, then install OpenBSD in a partition all by itself starting at a
1.24 mickey 212: non-zero offset. For instance, start OpenBSD at next track boundary or so.
1.8 deraadt 213: <li>The i386/X11/SUMS.md5 file contains 4 incorrect MD5 checksums.
1.24 mickey 214: These have been corrected on the ftp mirrors. The correct lines are:<br>
1.8 deraadt 215: MD5 (X33doc.tgz) = 6aa0be7987f9a3cf32a63b5ea9a83b39<br>
216: MD5 (X33html.tgz) = 6ba39d41aef7c75c35a0533275c6f8c0<br>
217: MD5 (X33ps.tgz) = ea49fc1b12c17fc16ece7d0e4ad4ee06<br>
218: MD5 (RELNOTES) = 689fda20596a4eb82f86ded51efb01f4<br>
1.21 deraadt 219: <li>A lot of people with IDE disk drives fail to read the
220: INSTALL.i386 document, and hence end up with geometry translation
221: problems. Read the document, please.
1.7 deraadt 222: </ul>
1.11 millert 223: <br>
1.50 deraadt 224: <li><font color=#e00000>Amiga</font>
1.6 grr 225: <ul>
1.4 niklas 226: <li>The amiga install has a flaw wrt Tseng based graphic cards: when entering
227: multiuser mode the console won't get a login prompt. This is due to
228: a problem in the shipped /dev/MAKEDEV script. To fix, enter single
229: user mode and do:
1.5 todd 230: <pre><b>#</b> cd /dev
1.4 niklas 231: <b>#</b> sh MAKEDEV ttye6
232: </pre>
1.6 grr 233: </ul>
1.50 deraadt 234: <li><font color=#e00000>Sparc</font>
1.6 grr 235: <ul>
1.5 todd 236: <li>The sparc X11R6.3 xdm-config files reference /usr/X11R6.3/... This is
237: due to X11R6.3's default config file contents. To fix, su and
238: type:
239: <pre><b>#</b> cd /usr
240: <b>#</b> ln -s X11R6 X11R6.3
241: </pre>
1.6 grr 242: <li>The sparc "single floppy install disk" has a problem when you specify
243: "dumb" in response to the terminal type query. As a work-around
244: first specify an invalid terminal such as "bogus" and when prompted
245: again for a terminal type, enter "dumb" and it will work correctly.
246: <li>When netbooting an older sparc system such as a Sun4 or Sun4c, the boot
247: may hang up at the end of the tftp transfer of the bootstrap due
248: to the tftp transfer working in 512-byte blocks. If this occurs
249: create a "padded" version of the bootstrap (boot or zboot) as follows:
250: <pre><b>#</b> cd /tftpboot
251: <b>#</b> dd if=boot of=newboot obs=512 conv=osync
252: <b>#</b> mv newboot boot
253: </pre>
1.19 graichen 254: <li>The sparc install script has two flaws that make the kernel copy
255: and the bootblock install fail. The kernel copy only fails
256: then installing from CD-ROM. To workaround this use the
257: following sequence of commands before starting the install
258: script. This must be done each time the install kernel is
259: booted if the install script is to be run and the CD-ROM is
260: the media to install from. Do the following at the shell
261: prompt:
262: if you install from CD-ROM do the following:
263: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.md
264: /\/bsd/s//\/mnt2\/2.1\/sparc\/bsd/
265: wq
266: <b>#</b>
267: </pre>
268: ... or if you plan to use the bsd.scsi3 kernel you should use instead:
269: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.md
270: /\/bsd/s//\/mnt2\/2.1\/sparc\/bsd.scsi3/
271: wq
272: <b>#</b>
273: </pre>
274: The following one you'll have to do always (not only then
275: installing from from CD-ROM)
276: <pre><b>#</b> ed /usr/mdec/binstall
277: /getopt/,/getopt/+4d
278: wq
279: <b>#</b>
280: </pre>
1.6 grr 281: </ul>
1.50 deraadt 282: <li><font color=#e00000>Pmax</font>
1.9 graichen 283: <ul>
1.10 millert 284: <li> When using the X11R6 binaries from the 2.1 release you will get
1.9 graichen 285: errors like:
286: <pre><b>#</b> mkfontdir
287: mkfontdir: undefined symbol: 'astpending' 12
288: Segmentation fault (core dumped)
289: </pre>
290: this is due to a little problem affecting the compatibility between
291: the OpenBSD/arc port (on which the X11R6 clients were build) and
292: OpenBSD/pmax. You can work around this problem by using the arc
293: version of the shared libc instead of the pmax one. You may get a copy
294: of the OpenBSD/arc 2.1 libc.so.16.1 from <a
295: href=ftp://miranda.rz-berlin.mpg.de/pub/OpenBSD/pmax/fixes/libc.so.16.1>
296: here </a>. Simply download it and do the following:
297: <pre><b>#</b> cd /usr/lib
298: <b>#</b> mv libc.so.16.1 original_libc.so.16.1
299: <b>#</b> cp /where_you_have_downloaded_it_to/libc.so.16.1 .
300: <b>#</b> chown root.bin libc.so.16.1
301: <b>#</b> chmod 444 libc.so.16.1
302: </pre>
303: Please be careful while doing this - because the libc is a very
304: sensitive part of the system. You can remove the original_libc.so.16.1
305: after the next reboot if everything is working fine.
306: </ul>
1.18 deraadt 307: <p>
1.50 deraadt 308: <li><font color=#e00000>Mac68k</font>
1.17 deraadt 309: <ul>
1.20 gene 310: <li>The installer generates incorrect /etc/fstab files causing messages such as "file system read-only" on bootup.
311: 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 312: <pre>
1.18 deraadt 313: <b>#</b> mount /dev/sd0a /
314: <b>#</b> ed /etc/fstab
315: 1,$s/ ufs / ffs /
1.20 gene 316: 1,$s/ ro / rw /
1.18 deraadt 317: w
318: q
1.17 deraadt 319: </pre>
1.20 gene 320: Alternately, simply invoke vi or another editor and change the root filesystem
321: to be of type ffs rather than ufs and be rw (read-write) rather than ro
322: (read-only). In either case, you'll need to reboot the system afterwards.
323: Make this correction as soon as possible after installing the system.
1.17 deraadt 324: The installer should not have specified the filesystem as the old
325: "ufs" type; the "ffs" type is more correct.
1.20 gene 326:
1.17 deraadt 327: <li>The installer forgets to install the kernel onto the filesystem.
1.20 gene 328: This is because the installer expects all packages including the kernel to
329: be tar'ed and gzip'ed. The kernel was not shipped that way. Therefore, you
330: must make this correction <em>before attempting to boot the system</em>.
1.17 deraadt 331: To correct, use the Installer mini-shell and do the following:
332: <pre>
1.20 gene 333: > cpin :[internal-macos-path]:bsd-generic bsd
334: </pre>
335: This should place the kernel as /bsd on the filesystem. You should
1.23 gene 336: replace the above string with the colon-delimited path from your desktop to
1.20 gene 337: wherever you have placed the kernel. If possible, it is easiest to drag the
1.23 gene 338: kernel into the same folder as the Installer, so you can simply issue a
339: command without leading colon(s) like:
1.20 gene 340: <pre>
1.23 gene 341: > cpin bsd-generic bsd
1.17 deraadt 342: </pre>
1.20 gene 343: Good luck.
1.17 deraadt 344: </ul>
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