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1.5 espie 18: This is the OpenBSD 2.1 release errata & patch list:
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1.11 jason 22: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.24 deraadt 23: <br>
1.25 deraadt 24: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.24 deraadt 25: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
26: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
27: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
28: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
29: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
30: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
31: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
32: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
33: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
34: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.29 deraadt 35: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.30 david 36: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.34 david 37: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.35 miod 38: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.36 deraadt 39: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.44 deraadt 40: <br>
1.37 deraadt 41: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.38 deraadt 42: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.39 deraadt 43: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.40 deraadt 44: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.42 merdely 45: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.43 deraadt 46: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.44 deraadt 47: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.46 deraadt 48: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.47 deraadt 49: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
1.48 deraadt 50: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
1.49 deraadt 51: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>,
1.50 miod 52: <a href="errata48.html">4.8</a>,
1.51 nick 53: <a href="errata49.html">4.9</a>,
1.52 sthen 54: <a href="errata50.html">5.0</a>,
1.53 ! deraadt 55: <a href="errata51.html">5.1</a>,
! 56: <a href="errata52.html">5.2</a>.
! 57: <a href="errata52.html">5.2</a>.
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1.12 ericj 61: <p>
1.26 deraadt 62: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.12 ericj 63: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
64: </p>
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1.1 deraadt 66: <br>
1.31 henning 67: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 68: <ul>
69: <li>One of the install scripts has a flaw that makes the CD-ROM mount fail
70: when using the CD-ROM as the install source media.
71: To workaround this use the following sequence of commands before
72: starting the install script. This must be done each time the install
73: kernel is booted if the install script is to be run and the CD-ROM
74: is the media to install from. Do the following at the shell prompt:
75: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.sub
76: /{_filesystem/s//{_fstype/
77: wq
78: <b>#</b>
79: </pre>
80: For architectures where the install scripts start automatically
81: (like amiga), you need to abort it at the (I)nstall or (U)pdate
82: prompt by pressing Ctrl-C before doing the above command. After
83: that you can restart the install by:
84: <pre><b>#</b> install
85: </pre>
86: </ul>
87: <br>
1.31 henning 88: <h3><font color="#e00000">Alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 89: <ul>
90: <li>CD2 does not boot on the alpha, as had been planned. Instead, you
91: must use the floppy install method. This is not significantly
92: harder..
93: </ul>
94: <br>
1.31 henning 95: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 96: <ul>
1.17 jsyn 97: <li>Some rarer PC BIOSs do not like the hardrive bootblocks when used
1.1 deraadt 98: as a MBR. The symptom is that the BIOS says "READ ERROR" when booting,
99: but everything suggests it should work fine. In those cases, it is
100: sufficient to install OS-BS or some other primary bootloader as the main
101: MBR, then install OpenBSD in a partition all by itself starting at a
102: non-zero offset. For instance, start OpenBSD at next track boundary or so.
103: <li>The i386/X11/SUMS.md5 file contains 4 incorrect MD5 checksums.
104: These have been corrected on the ftp mirrors. The correct lines are:<br>
105: MD5 (X33doc.tgz) = 6aa0be7987f9a3cf32a63b5ea9a83b39<br>
106: MD5 (X33html.tgz) = 6ba39d41aef7c75c35a0533275c6f8c0<br>
107: MD5 (X33ps.tgz) = ea49fc1b12c17fc16ece7d0e4ad4ee06<br>
108: MD5 (RELNOTES) = 689fda20596a4eb82f86ded51efb01f4<br>
109: <li>A lot of people with IDE disk drives fail to read the
110: INSTALL.i386 document, and hence end up with geometry translation
111: problems. Read the document, please.
112: </ul>
113: <br>
1.31 henning 114: <h3><font color="#e00000">Amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 115: <ul>
116: <li>The amiga install has a flaw wrt Tseng based graphic cards: when entering
117: multiuser mode the console won't get a login prompt. This is due to
118: a problem in the shipped /dev/MAKEDEV script. To fix, enter single
119: user mode and do:
120: <pre><b>#</b> cd /dev
121: <b>#</b> sh MAKEDEV ttye6
122: </pre>
123: </ul>
1.31 henning 124: <h3><font color="#e00000">Sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 125: <ul>
126: <li>The sparc X11R6.3 xdm-config files reference /usr/X11R6.3/... This is
127: due to X11R6.3's default config file contents. To fix, su and
128: type:
129: <pre><b>#</b> cd /usr
130: <b>#</b> ln -s X11R6 X11R6.3
131: </pre>
132: <li>The sparc "single floppy install disk" has a problem when you specify
133: "dumb" in response to the terminal type query. As a work-around
134: first specify an invalid terminal such as "bogus" and when prompted
135: again for a terminal type, enter "dumb" and it will work correctly.
136: <li>When netbooting an older sparc system such as a Sun4 or Sun4c, the boot
137: may hang up at the end of the tftp transfer of the bootstrap due
138: to the tftp transfer working in 512-byte blocks. If this occurs
139: create a "padded" version of the bootstrap (boot or zboot) as follows:
140: <pre><b>#</b> cd /tftpboot
141: <b>#</b> dd if=boot of=newboot obs=512 conv=osync
142: <b>#</b> mv newboot boot
143: </pre>
144: <li>The sparc install script has two flaws that make the kernel copy
145: and the bootblock install fail. The kernel copy only fails
146: then installing from CD-ROM. To workaround this use the
147: following sequence of commands before starting the install
148: script. This must be done each time the install kernel is
149: booted if the install script is to be run and the CD-ROM is
150: the media to install from. Do the following at the shell
151: prompt:
152: if you install from CD-ROM do the following:
153: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.md
154: /\/bsd/s//\/mnt2\/2.1\/sparc\/bsd/
155: wq
156: <b>#</b>
157: </pre>
158: ... or if you plan to use the bsd.scsi3 kernel you should use instead:
159: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.md
160: /\/bsd/s//\/mnt2\/2.1\/sparc\/bsd.scsi3/
161: wq
162: <b>#</b>
163: </pre>
164: The following one you'll have to do always (not only then
1.27 david 165: installing from CD-ROM)
1.1 deraadt 166: <pre><b>#</b> ed /usr/mdec/binstall
167: /getopt/,/getopt/+4d
168: wq
169: <b>#</b>
170: </pre>
171: </ul>
1.31 henning 172: <h3><font color="#e00000">Pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 173: <ul>
174: <li> When using the X11R6 binaries from the 2.1 release you will get
175: errors like:
176: <pre><b>#</b> mkfontdir
177: mkfontdir: undefined symbol: 'astpending' 12
178: Segmentation fault (core dumped)
179: </pre>
180: this is due to a little problem affecting the compatibility between
181: the OpenBSD/arc port (on which the X11R6 clients were build) and
182: OpenBSD/pmax. You can work around this problem by using the arc
1.16 miod 183: version of the shared libc instead of the pmax one. Once you have the
184: OpenBSD/arc 2.1 libc.so.16.1, do the following:
1.1 deraadt 185: <pre><b>#</b> cd /usr/lib
186: <b>#</b> mv libc.so.16.1 original_libc.so.16.1
187: <b>#</b> cp /where_you_have_downloaded_it_to/libc.so.16.1 .
188: <b>#</b> chown root.bin libc.so.16.1
189: <b>#</b> chmod 444 libc.so.16.1
190: </pre>
191: Please be careful while doing this - because the libc is a very
192: sensitive part of the system. You can remove the original_libc.so.16.1
193: after the next reboot if everything is working fine.
194: </ul>
195: <p>
1.31 henning 196: <h3><font color="#e00000">Mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 197: <ul>
198: <li>The installer generates incorrect /etc/fstab files causing messages such as "file system read-only" on bootup.
199: To correct, boot to single-user mode (by clicking that checkbox in the Booter's Booting:Options dialog) and do the following:
200: <pre>
201: <b>#</b> mount /dev/sd0a /
202: <b>#</b> ed /etc/fstab
203: 1,$s/ ufs / ffs /
204: 1,$s/ ro / rw /
205: w
206: q
207: </pre>
208: Alternately, simply invoke vi or another editor and change the root filesystem
209: to be of type ffs rather than ufs and be rw (read-write) rather than ro
210: (read-only). In either case, you'll need to reboot the system afterwards.
211: Make this correction as soon as possible after installing the system.
212: The installer should not have specified the filesystem as the old
213: "ufs" type; the "ffs" type is more correct.
214:
215: <li>The installer forgets to install the kernel onto the filesystem.
216: This is because the installer expects all packages including the kernel to
217: be tar'ed and gzip'ed. The kernel was not shipped that way. Therefore, you
218: must make this correction <em>before attempting to boot the system</em>.
219: To correct, use the Installer mini-shell and do the following:
220: <pre>
221: > cpin :[internal-macos-path]:bsd-generic bsd
222: </pre>
223: This should place the kernel as /bsd on the filesystem. You should
224: replace the above string with the colon-delimited path from your desktop to
225: wherever you have placed the kernel. If possible, it is easiest to drag the
226: kernel into the same folder as the Installer, so you can simply issue a
227: command without leading colon(s) like:
228: <pre>
229: > cpin bsd-generic bsd
230: </pre>
231: Good luck.
232: </ul>
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