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17: This is the OpenBSD 2.1 release errata & patch list:
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1.2 deraadt 19:
20: <hr>
21: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.4 ! deraadt 22: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
! 23: <a href=errata.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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27: <ul>
28: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>All architectures</font></h3>
29: <ul>
30: <li>One of the install scripts has a flaw that makes the CD-ROM mount fail
31: when using the CD-ROM as the install source media.
32: To workaround this use the following sequence of commands before
33: starting the install script. This must be done each time the install
34: kernel is booted if the install script is to be run and the CD-ROM
35: is the media to install from. Do the following at the shell prompt:
36: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.sub
37: /{_filesystem/s//{_fstype/
38: wq
39: <b>#</b>
40: </pre>
41: For architectures where the install scripts start automatically
42: (like amiga), you need to abort it at the (I)nstall or (U)pdate
43: prompt by pressing Ctrl-C before doing the above command. After
44: that you can restart the install by:
45: <pre><b>#</b> install
46: </pre>
47: </ul>
48: <br>
49: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>Alpha</font></h3>
50: <ul>
51: <li>CD2 does not boot on the alpha, as had been planned. Instead, you
52: must use the floppy install method. This is not significantly
53: harder..
54: </ul>
55: <br>
56: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
57: <ul>
58: <li>Some rarer PC BIOS's do not like the hardrive bootblocks when used
59: as a MBR. The symptom is that the BIOS says "READ ERROR" when booting,
60: but everything suggests it should work fine. In those cases, it is
61: sufficient to install OS-BS or some other primary bootloader as the main
62: MBR, then install OpenBSD in a partition all by itself starting at a
63: non-zero offset. For instance, start OpenBSD at next track boundary or so.
64: <li>The i386/X11/SUMS.md5 file contains 4 incorrect MD5 checksums.
65: These have been corrected on the ftp mirrors. The correct lines are:<br>
66: MD5 (X33doc.tgz) = 6aa0be7987f9a3cf32a63b5ea9a83b39<br>
67: MD5 (X33html.tgz) = 6ba39d41aef7c75c35a0533275c6f8c0<br>
68: MD5 (X33ps.tgz) = ea49fc1b12c17fc16ece7d0e4ad4ee06<br>
69: MD5 (RELNOTES) = 689fda20596a4eb82f86ded51efb01f4<br>
70: <li>A lot of people with IDE disk drives fail to read the
71: INSTALL.i386 document, and hence end up with geometry translation
72: problems. Read the document, please.
73: </ul>
74: <br>
75: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>Amiga</font></h3>
76: <ul>
77: <li>The amiga install has a flaw wrt Tseng based graphic cards: when entering
78: multiuser mode the console won't get a login prompt. This is due to
79: a problem in the shipped /dev/MAKEDEV script. To fix, enter single
80: user mode and do:
81: <pre><b>#</b> cd /dev
82: <b>#</b> sh MAKEDEV ttye6
83: </pre>
84: </ul>
85: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>Sparc</font></h3>
86: <ul>
87: <li>The sparc X11R6.3 xdm-config files reference /usr/X11R6.3/... This is
88: due to X11R6.3's default config file contents. To fix, su and
89: type:
90: <pre><b>#</b> cd /usr
91: <b>#</b> ln -s X11R6 X11R6.3
92: </pre>
93: <li>The sparc "single floppy install disk" has a problem when you specify
94: "dumb" in response to the terminal type query. As a work-around
95: first specify an invalid terminal such as "bogus" and when prompted
96: again for a terminal type, enter "dumb" and it will work correctly.
97: <li>When netbooting an older sparc system such as a Sun4 or Sun4c, the boot
98: may hang up at the end of the tftp transfer of the bootstrap due
99: to the tftp transfer working in 512-byte blocks. If this occurs
100: create a "padded" version of the bootstrap (boot or zboot) as follows:
101: <pre><b>#</b> cd /tftpboot
102: <b>#</b> dd if=boot of=newboot obs=512 conv=osync
103: <b>#</b> mv newboot boot
104: </pre>
105: <li>The sparc install script has two flaws that make the kernel copy
106: and the bootblock install fail. The kernel copy only fails
107: then installing from CD-ROM. To workaround this use the
108: following sequence of commands before starting the install
109: script. This must be done each time the install kernel is
110: booted if the install script is to be run and the CD-ROM is
111: the media to install from. Do the following at the shell
112: prompt:
113: if you install from CD-ROM do the following:
114: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.md
115: /\/bsd/s//\/mnt2\/2.1\/sparc\/bsd/
116: wq
117: <b>#</b>
118: </pre>
119: ... or if you plan to use the bsd.scsi3 kernel you should use instead:
120: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.md
121: /\/bsd/s//\/mnt2\/2.1\/sparc\/bsd.scsi3/
122: wq
123: <b>#</b>
124: </pre>
125: The following one you'll have to do always (not only then
126: installing from from CD-ROM)
127: <pre><b>#</b> ed /usr/mdec/binstall
128: /getopt/,/getopt/+4d
129: wq
130: <b>#</b>
131: </pre>
132: </ul>
133: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>Pmax</font></h3>
134: <ul>
135: <li> When using the X11R6 binaries from the 2.1 release you will get
136: errors like:
137: <pre><b>#</b> mkfontdir
138: mkfontdir: undefined symbol: 'astpending' 12
139: Segmentation fault (core dumped)
140: </pre>
141: this is due to a little problem affecting the compatibility between
142: the OpenBSD/arc port (on which the X11R6 clients were build) and
143: OpenBSD/pmax. You can work around this problem by using the arc
144: version of the shared libc instead of the pmax one. You may get a copy
145: of the OpenBSD/arc 2.1 libc.so.16.1 from <a
146: href=ftp://miranda.rz-berlin.mpg.de/pub/OpenBSD/pmax/fixes/libc.so.16.1>
147: here </a>. Simply download it and do the following:
148: <pre><b>#</b> cd /usr/lib
149: <b>#</b> mv libc.so.16.1 original_libc.so.16.1
150: <b>#</b> cp /where_you_have_downloaded_it_to/libc.so.16.1 .
151: <b>#</b> chown root.bin libc.so.16.1
152: <b>#</b> chmod 444 libc.so.16.1
153: </pre>
154: Please be careful while doing this - because the libc is a very
155: sensitive part of the system. You can remove the original_libc.so.16.1
156: after the next reboot if everything is working fine.
157: </ul>
158: <p>
159: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>Mac68k</font></h3>
160: <ul>
161: <li>The installer generates incorrect /etc/fstab files causing messages such as "file system read-only" on bootup.
162: To correct, boot to single-user mode (by clicking that checkbox in the Booter's Booting:Options dialog) and do the following:
163: <pre>
164: <b>#</b> mount /dev/sd0a /
165: <b>#</b> ed /etc/fstab
166: 1,$s/ ufs / ffs /
167: 1,$s/ ro / rw /
168: w
169: q
170: </pre>
171: Alternately, simply invoke vi or another editor and change the root filesystem
172: to be of type ffs rather than ufs and be rw (read-write) rather than ro
173: (read-only). In either case, you'll need to reboot the system afterwards.
174: Make this correction as soon as possible after installing the system.
175: The installer should not have specified the filesystem as the old
176: "ufs" type; the "ffs" type is more correct.
177:
178: <li>The installer forgets to install the kernel onto the filesystem.
179: This is because the installer expects all packages including the kernel to
180: be tar'ed and gzip'ed. The kernel was not shipped that way. Therefore, you
181: must make this correction <em>before attempting to boot the system</em>.
182: To correct, use the Installer mini-shell and do the following:
183: <pre>
184: > cpin :[internal-macos-path]:bsd-generic bsd
185: </pre>
186: This should place the kernel as /bsd on the filesystem. You should
187: replace the above string with the colon-delimited path from your desktop to
188: wherever you have placed the kernel. If possible, it is easiest to drag the
189: kernel into the same folder as the Installer, so you can simply issue a
190: command without leading colon(s) like:
191: <pre>
192: > cpin bsd-generic bsd
193: </pre>
194: Good luck.
195: </ul>
196: </ul>
197:
198: <hr>
1.2 deraadt 199: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.4 ! deraadt 200: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
! 201: <a href=errata.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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