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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>
1.62 deraadt 29: <a name=ruserok></a>
1.61 deraadt 30: <li><strong>IMPORTANT</strong>
31: A combination localhost+remote host security problem exists if a
32: local user running a setuid binary causes a non-existant root .rhosts
33: file to be created via a symbolic link with a specific kind of corefile,
34: and then subsequently uses rsh/rlogin to enter the machine from remote.
35: A similar exploit might also be possible using sshd which lacks any code
36: for checking for deviations from the expected format in the .rhosts or
37: .shosts files, but we have not confirmed this yet. The following two
38: fixes are recommended:
39: <p>
40: <ul>
41: <li>
42: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/common/nosuidcoredump.patch>
43: (1) Adds a new sysctl option which permits the adminstrator to decide
44: whether setuid corefiles should be written or not.</a>
45: <p>
46: <li><a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/common/rcmd.patch>
47: (2) Replaces the ruserok() function in libc with a much more paranoid
48: version which can detect these bogus looking .rhosts files better. If the
49: previous patch is used to stop setuid coredumps, then this patch is not
50: as important.</a>
51: </ul>
52: <p>
53: This problem is fixed much better in OpenBSD-current, where the kernel's
54: symbolic link handling has been improved such that coredumping will not
55: create a file on the other side of a symbolic link. Such a patch is not
56: possible for the 4.4lite1 VFS layer in the OpenBSD 2.2 kernel.
57: <p>
1.25 deraadt 58: </ul>
1.42 deraadt 59: <a name=i386></a>
1.50 deraadt 60: <li><font color=#e00000>i386</font>
1.25 deraadt 61: <ul>
1.39 deraadt 62: <li>The Intel P5 F00F bug was discovered after the CDR's had already been
63: sent to the manufacturer. This problem permits any user who has an account
64: to lock your machine up using a 4-line program. The problem only affects
65: Intel P5 processors (the i386, i486, P-Pro, and P-II are not vulnerable,
66: nor are processors by other manufacturers).
1.44 deraadt 67: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/i386/f00f.patch>
1.39 deraadt 68: A kernel source-code patch is available</a>.
69: <p>
1.33 deraadt 70: <li>Some Linux binaries will execute in SVR4 emulation mode, which is
71: definately a problem for people who need Linux emulation to work correctly.
1.39 deraadt 72: To solve this mis-identification problem,
1.32 deraadt 73: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/i386/compat_linux.patch>
1.56 deraadt 74: a patch file is provided.</a>
1.39 deraadt 75: <p>
1.45 deraadt 76: <li>APM can crash on machines without it.
77: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/i386/apm.patch>
78: A kernel source-code patch is available</a>.
79: <p>
1.39 deraadt 80: <li>A few people are running into this problem, particularily if they had some
81: other *BSD operating system on their machine before trying OpenBSD: if after
82: installation onto an IDE-based machine, the kernel fails to mount the root
83: partition because it thinks that it should be opening sd0 (0x400), this means
84: you have incorrectly setup your disklabel for the IDE drive -- the disklabel
85: is indicating that the drive is SCSI.
86: To repair this, use the floppy to run "disklabel -E wd0", then using the
87: "edit" command ensure the type field is set to "ST506".
88: <p>
89: </ul>
1.47 deraadt 90: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.50 deraadt 91: <li><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font>
1.39 deraadt 92: <ul>
1.46 gene 93: <li>Unfortunately, X11 binaries for the mac68k did not manage to make it onto the
94: CDROM. However, X Windows for the mac68k is immediately available from
95: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.2/mac68k/X11/X11R6.tar.gz">
96: ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.2/mac68k/X11/X11R6.tar.gz</a>. Please
97: 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
98: and setting up X.
1.39 deraadt 99: <p>
1.25 deraadt 100: </ul>
1.50 deraadt 101: <li><font color=#e00000>sparc</font>
1.25 deraadt 102: <ul>
1.58 deraadt 103: <li>Older 4/xxx systems (particularily the 4/300's) cannot boot
104: with the 2.2 kernel due to bugs in the scsi device driver.
1.57 jason 105: <a href=ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/sparc/esp.patch>
106: A kernel source patch is available.</a>
1.60 jason 107: Replacement kernels are available for:
108: <a href=ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/sparc/bsd>bsd</a>,
109: <a href=ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/sparc/bsd.scsi3>bsd.scsi3</a>,
110: and a replacement for bsd.rd is coming soon.
1.39 deraadt 111: <p>
1.63 marc 112: <li>SPARCstation 4 and 5 (Microsparc 2) users may see kernel panics when
113: using a custom kernel configured for option sun4m only.
114: <a href=ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/sparc/sun4m.patch>
115: A workaround (kernel source patch) is available.</a> Apply the patch and
116: then re-build your kernel.
117: <p>
1.39 deraadt 118: </ul>
1.50 deraadt 119: <li><font color=#e00000>amiga</font>
1.39 deraadt 120: <p>
121: <ul>
1.48 niklas 122: <li>Missing Xamiga manual page. Get
123: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/amiga/Xamiga-manual.tgz>
124: this package</a> and execute, <i>as root</i>:<br>
1.49 deraadt 125: <pre><b># </b>pkg_add Xamiga-manual.tgz</pre>
1.51 deraadt 126: The MD5 checksum of this package is:<br>
1.49 deraadt 127: <b>MD5 (Xamiga-manual.tgz) = 2362a7857264b9d17f65cca258b42031</b><p>
1.48 niklas 128: <li>The Ariadne ethernet support was broken, there will be both binary and
129: source level fixes available shortly. If you are in a hurry mail
1.49 deraadt 130: <a href=mailto:niklas@openbsd.org>Niklas</a> for a test kernel.<p>
1.25 deraadt 131: </ul>
1.50 deraadt 132: <li><font color=#e00000>pmax</font>
1.25 deraadt 133: <ul>
1.53 deraadt 134: <li>There is a Year-1998 problem in the time-setting code (which causes the
135: date and time to be set incorrectly after a reboot in 1998).
136: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/pmax/clock.patch>
137: A source code patch file is available.</a> plus replacement installation
138: kernels for the 2.2 release at
139: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/pmax/bsd.NFS>bsd.NFS</a>,
140: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/pmax/bsd>bsd</a>,
141: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/pmax/bsd.rz0>bsd.rz0</a>.
142: <li>X11 support for the 3min and 3maxplus machines was broken
143: due to a kernel bug.
144: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2/pmax/fb.patch>
145: A source code patch is available</a>.
1.59 deraadt 146: <li>A bug in the shared library linker <strong>ld.so</strong> requires that
147: you replace it with a new binary.
148: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2//pmax/ld.so>
149: The replacement binary is here.</a>
1.39 deraadt 150: <p>
1.25 deraadt 151: </ul>
1.59 deraadt 152: <li><font color=#e00000>arc</font>
153: <ul>
154: <li>A bug in the shared library linker <strong>ld.so</strong> requires that
155: you replace it with a new binary.
156: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.2//pmax/ld.so>
157: The replacement binary is here.</a>
158: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 159: <li><font color=#e00000>alpha</font>
160: <p>
161: <ul>
162: <li>No problems identified yet.
163: <p>
164: </ul>
165: <li><font color=#e00000>hp300</font>
166: <p>
167: <ul>
168: <li>No problems identified yet.
169: <p>
170: </ul>
1.39 deraadt 171: <p>
1.25 deraadt 172: </ul>
1.50 deraadt 173: <li><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font>
1.25 deraadt 174: <ul>
1.39 deraadt 175: <li>No problems identified yet.
176: <p>
1.25 deraadt 177: </ul>
178: </ul>
179: <br>
180: <hr>
1.50 deraadt 181: <h3><font color=#0000e0>This is the OpenBSD 2.1 CD errata list:</font></h3>
1.13 pefo 182: <br>
1.14 pefo 183: <ul>
1.50 deraadt 184: <li><font color=#e00000>All architectures</font>
1.13 pefo 185: <ul>
186: <li>One of the install scripts has a flaw that makes the CD-ROM mount fail
187: when using the CD-ROM as the install source media.
188: To workaround this use the following sequence of commands before
189: starting the install script. This must be done each time the install
190: kernel is booted if the install script is to be run and the CD-ROM
191: is the media to install from. Do the following at the shell prompt:
1.16 pefo 192: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.sub
193: /{_filesystem/s//{_fstype/
194: wq
1.13 pefo 195: <b>#</b>
196: </pre>
1.22 niklas 197: For architectures where the install scripts start automatically
198: (like amiga), you need to abort it at the (I)nstall or (U)pdate
1.29 todd 199: prompt by pressing Ctrl-C before doing the above command. After
1.22 niklas 200: that you can restart the install by:
201: <pre><b>#</b> install
202: </pre>
1.13 pefo 203: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 204: <br>
1.50 deraadt 205: <li><font color=#e00000>Alpha</font>
1.6 grr 206: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 207: <li>CD2 does not boot on the alpha, as had been planned. Instead, you
1.3 deraadt 208: must use the floppy install method. This is not significantly
209: harder..
1.6 grr 210: </ul>
1.11 millert 211: <br>
1.50 deraadt 212: <li><font color=#e00000>i386</font>
1.7 deraadt 213: <ul>
214: <li>Some rarer PC BIOS's do not like the hardrive bootblocks when used
215: as a MBR. The symptom is that the BIOS says "READ ERROR" when booting,
216: but everything suggests it should work fine. In those cases, it is
217: sufficient to install OS-BS or some other primary bootloader as the main
218: MBR, then install OpenBSD in a partition all by itself starting at a
1.24 mickey 219: non-zero offset. For instance, start OpenBSD at next track boundary or so.
1.8 deraadt 220: <li>The i386/X11/SUMS.md5 file contains 4 incorrect MD5 checksums.
1.24 mickey 221: These have been corrected on the ftp mirrors. The correct lines are:<br>
1.8 deraadt 222: MD5 (X33doc.tgz) = 6aa0be7987f9a3cf32a63b5ea9a83b39<br>
223: MD5 (X33html.tgz) = 6ba39d41aef7c75c35a0533275c6f8c0<br>
224: MD5 (X33ps.tgz) = ea49fc1b12c17fc16ece7d0e4ad4ee06<br>
225: MD5 (RELNOTES) = 689fda20596a4eb82f86ded51efb01f4<br>
1.21 deraadt 226: <li>A lot of people with IDE disk drives fail to read the
227: INSTALL.i386 document, and hence end up with geometry translation
228: problems. Read the document, please.
1.7 deraadt 229: </ul>
1.11 millert 230: <br>
1.50 deraadt 231: <li><font color=#e00000>Amiga</font>
1.6 grr 232: <ul>
1.4 niklas 233: <li>The amiga install has a flaw wrt Tseng based graphic cards: when entering
234: multiuser mode the console won't get a login prompt. This is due to
235: a problem in the shipped /dev/MAKEDEV script. To fix, enter single
236: user mode and do:
1.5 todd 237: <pre><b>#</b> cd /dev
1.4 niklas 238: <b>#</b> sh MAKEDEV ttye6
239: </pre>
1.6 grr 240: </ul>
1.50 deraadt 241: <li><font color=#e00000>Sparc</font>
1.6 grr 242: <ul>
1.5 todd 243: <li>The sparc X11R6.3 xdm-config files reference /usr/X11R6.3/... This is
244: due to X11R6.3's default config file contents. To fix, su and
245: type:
246: <pre><b>#</b> cd /usr
247: <b>#</b> ln -s X11R6 X11R6.3
248: </pre>
1.6 grr 249: <li>The sparc "single floppy install disk" has a problem when you specify
250: "dumb" in response to the terminal type query. As a work-around
251: first specify an invalid terminal such as "bogus" and when prompted
252: again for a terminal type, enter "dumb" and it will work correctly.
253: <li>When netbooting an older sparc system such as a Sun4 or Sun4c, the boot
254: may hang up at the end of the tftp transfer of the bootstrap due
255: to the tftp transfer working in 512-byte blocks. If this occurs
256: create a "padded" version of the bootstrap (boot or zboot) as follows:
257: <pre><b>#</b> cd /tftpboot
258: <b>#</b> dd if=boot of=newboot obs=512 conv=osync
259: <b>#</b> mv newboot boot
260: </pre>
1.19 graichen 261: <li>The sparc install script has two flaws that make the kernel copy
262: and the bootblock install fail. The kernel copy only fails
263: then installing from CD-ROM. To workaround this use the
264: following sequence of commands before starting the install
265: script. This must be done each time the install kernel is
266: booted if the install script is to be run and the CD-ROM is
267: the media to install from. Do the following at the shell
268: prompt:
269: if you install from CD-ROM do the following:
270: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.md
271: /\/bsd/s//\/mnt2\/2.1\/sparc\/bsd/
272: wq
273: <b>#</b>
274: </pre>
275: ... or if you plan to use the bsd.scsi3 kernel you should use instead:
276: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.md
277: /\/bsd/s//\/mnt2\/2.1\/sparc\/bsd.scsi3/
278: wq
279: <b>#</b>
280: </pre>
281: The following one you'll have to do always (not only then
282: installing from from CD-ROM)
283: <pre><b>#</b> ed /usr/mdec/binstall
284: /getopt/,/getopt/+4d
285: wq
286: <b>#</b>
287: </pre>
1.6 grr 288: </ul>
1.50 deraadt 289: <li><font color=#e00000>Pmax</font>
1.9 graichen 290: <ul>
1.10 millert 291: <li> When using the X11R6 binaries from the 2.1 release you will get
1.9 graichen 292: errors like:
293: <pre><b>#</b> mkfontdir
294: mkfontdir: undefined symbol: 'astpending' 12
295: Segmentation fault (core dumped)
296: </pre>
297: this is due to a little problem affecting the compatibility between
298: the OpenBSD/arc port (on which the X11R6 clients were build) and
299: OpenBSD/pmax. You can work around this problem by using the arc
300: version of the shared libc instead of the pmax one. You may get a copy
301: of the OpenBSD/arc 2.1 libc.so.16.1 from <a
302: href=ftp://miranda.rz-berlin.mpg.de/pub/OpenBSD/pmax/fixes/libc.so.16.1>
303: here </a>. Simply download it and do the following:
304: <pre><b>#</b> cd /usr/lib
305: <b>#</b> mv libc.so.16.1 original_libc.so.16.1
306: <b>#</b> cp /where_you_have_downloaded_it_to/libc.so.16.1 .
307: <b>#</b> chown root.bin libc.so.16.1
308: <b>#</b> chmod 444 libc.so.16.1
309: </pre>
310: Please be careful while doing this - because the libc is a very
311: sensitive part of the system. You can remove the original_libc.so.16.1
312: after the next reboot if everything is working fine.
313: </ul>
1.18 deraadt 314: <p>
1.50 deraadt 315: <li><font color=#e00000>Mac68k</font>
1.17 deraadt 316: <ul>
1.20 gene 317: <li>The installer generates incorrect /etc/fstab files causing messages such as "file system read-only" on bootup.
318: 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 319: <pre>
1.18 deraadt 320: <b>#</b> mount /dev/sd0a /
321: <b>#</b> ed /etc/fstab
322: 1,$s/ ufs / ffs /
1.20 gene 323: 1,$s/ ro / rw /
1.18 deraadt 324: w
325: q
1.17 deraadt 326: </pre>
1.20 gene 327: Alternately, simply invoke vi or another editor and change the root filesystem
328: to be of type ffs rather than ufs and be rw (read-write) rather than ro
329: (read-only). In either case, you'll need to reboot the system afterwards.
330: Make this correction as soon as possible after installing the system.
1.17 deraadt 331: The installer should not have specified the filesystem as the old
332: "ufs" type; the "ffs" type is more correct.
1.20 gene 333:
1.17 deraadt 334: <li>The installer forgets to install the kernel onto the filesystem.
1.20 gene 335: This is because the installer expects all packages including the kernel to
336: be tar'ed and gzip'ed. The kernel was not shipped that way. Therefore, you
337: must make this correction <em>before attempting to boot the system</em>.
1.17 deraadt 338: To correct, use the Installer mini-shell and do the following:
339: <pre>
1.20 gene 340: > cpin :[internal-macos-path]:bsd-generic bsd
341: </pre>
342: This should place the kernel as /bsd on the filesystem. You should
1.23 gene 343: replace the above string with the colon-delimited path from your desktop to
1.20 gene 344: wherever you have placed the kernel. If possible, it is easiest to drag the
1.23 gene 345: kernel into the same folder as the Installer, so you can simply issue a
346: command without leading colon(s) like:
1.20 gene 347: <pre>
1.23 gene 348: > cpin bsd-generic bsd
1.17 deraadt 349: </pre>
1.20 gene 350: Good luck.
1.17 deraadt 351: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 352: </ul>
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