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20: 2.1 Errata
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70: <a href="errata65.html">6.5</a>.
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1.75 tj 74: Patches for the OpenBSD base system are distributed as unified diffs.
75: Each patch contains usage instructions.
76: All the following patches are also available in one
77: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.1.tar.gz">tar.gz file</a>
78: for convenience.
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1.1 deraadt 86: <ul>
1.82 ! deraadt 87:
1.61 deraadt 88: <li>
1.82 ! deraadt 89: <strong>001: CD RELEASE WORKAROUND</strong>
1.61 deraadt 90: <i>All architectures</i><br>
91: One of the install scripts has a flaw that makes the CD-ROM mount fail
92: when using the CD-ROM as the install source media.
93: To workaround this use the following sequence of commands before
94: starting the install script. This must be done each time the install
95: kernel is booted if the install script is to be run and the CD-ROM
96: is the media to install from. Do the following at the shell prompt:
1.1 deraadt 97: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.sub
98: /{_filesystem/s//{_fstype/
99: wq
100: <b>#</b>
101: </pre>
102: For architectures where the install scripts start automatically
103: (like amiga), you need to abort it at the (I)nstall or (U)pdate
104: prompt by pressing Ctrl-C before doing the above command. After
105: that you can restart the install by:
106: <pre><b>#</b> install
107: </pre>
1.61 deraadt 108: <p>
1.82 ! deraadt 109:
1.61 deraadt 110: <li>
1.82 ! deraadt 111: <strong>002: CD RELEASE WORKAROUND</strong>
1.61 deraadt 112: <i>alpha only</i><br>
113: CD2 does not boot on the alpha, as had been planned. Instead, you
114: must use the floppy install method. This is not significantly
115: harder..
116: <p>
1.82 ! deraadt 117:
1.61 deraadt 118: <li>
1.82 ! deraadt 119: <strong>003: BOOT BLOCK BUG</strong>
1.61 deraadt 120: <i>i386 only</i><br>
121: Some rarer PC BIOSs do not like the hardrive bootblocks when used
1.1 deraadt 122: as a MBR. The symptom is that the BIOS says "READ ERROR" when booting,
123: but everything suggests it should work fine. In those cases, it is
124: sufficient to install OS-BS or some other primary bootloader as the main
125: MBR, then install OpenBSD in a partition all by itself starting at a
126: non-zero offset. For instance, start OpenBSD at next track boundary or so.
1.61 deraadt 127: <p>
1.82 ! deraadt 128:
1.61 deraadt 129: <li>
1.82 ! deraadt 130: <strong>004: WRONG CHECKSUMS</strong>
1.61 deraadt 131: <i>i386 only</i><br>
132: The i386/X11/SUMS.md5 file contains 4 incorrect MD5 checksums.
1.1 deraadt 133: These have been corrected on the ftp mirrors. The correct lines are:<br>
134: MD5 (X33doc.tgz) = 6aa0be7987f9a3cf32a63b5ea9a83b39<br>
135: MD5 (X33html.tgz) = 6ba39d41aef7c75c35a0533275c6f8c0<br>
136: MD5 (X33ps.tgz) = ea49fc1b12c17fc16ece7d0e4ad4ee06<br>
137: MD5 (RELNOTES) = 689fda20596a4eb82f86ded51efb01f4<br>
1.61 deraadt 138: <p>
139: A lot of people with IDE disk drives fail to read the
1.1 deraadt 140: INSTALL.i386 document, and hence end up with geometry translation
141: problems. Read the document, please.
1.61 deraadt 142: <p>
1.82 ! deraadt 143:
1.61 deraadt 144: <li>
1.82 ! deraadt 145: <strong>005: RELEASE BUG</strong>
1.61 deraadt 146: <i>amiga only</i><br>
147: The amiga install has a flaw wrt Tseng based graphic cards: when entering
148: multiuser mode the console won't get a login prompt. This is due to
149: a problem in the shipped /dev/MAKEDEV script. To fix, enter single
150: user mode and do:
1.1 deraadt 151: <pre><b>#</b> cd /dev
152: <b>#</b> sh MAKEDEV ttye6
153: </pre>
1.61 deraadt 154: <p>
1.82 ! deraadt 155:
1.61 deraadt 156: <li>
1.82 ! deraadt 157: <strong>006: RELEASE BUG</strong>
1.61 deraadt 158: <i>sparc only</i><br>
159: The sparc X11R6.3 xdm-config files reference /usr/X11R6.3/... This is
160: to X11R6.3's default config file contents. To fix, su and
161: type:
1.1 deraadt 162: <pre><b>#</b> cd /usr
163: <b>#</b> ln -s X11R6 X11R6.3
164: </pre>
1.61 deraadt 165: <p>
166: <li>
1.82 ! deraadt 167: <strong>007: RELEASE BUG</strong>
1.61 deraadt 168: <i>sparc only</i><br>
169: The sparc "single floppy install disk" has a problem when you specify
170: "dumb" in response to the terminal type query. As a work-around
171: first specify an invalid terminal such as "bogus" and when prompted
172: again for a terminal type, enter "dumb" and it will work correctly.
173: <p>
1.82 ! deraadt 174:
1.61 deraadt 175: <li>
1.82 ! deraadt 176: <strong>008: RELEASE BUG</strong>
1.61 deraadt 177: <i>sparc only</i><br>
178: When netbooting an older sparc system such as a Sun4 or Sun4c, the boot
179: may hang up at the end of the tftp transfer of the bootstrap due
180: to the tftp transfer working in 512-byte blocks. If this occurs
181: create a "padded" version of the bootstrap (boot or zboot) as follows:
1.1 deraadt 182: <pre><b>#</b> cd /tftpboot
183: <b>#</b> dd if=boot of=newboot obs=512 conv=osync
184: <b>#</b> mv newboot boot
185: </pre>
1.61 deraadt 186: <p>
1.82 ! deraadt 187:
1.61 deraadt 188: <li>
1.81 bentley 189: <strong>RELEASE BUG</strong>
1.61 deraadt 190: <i>sparc only</i><br>
191: The sparc install script has two flaws that make the kernel copy
192: and the bootblock install fail. The kernel copy only fails
193: then installing from CD-ROM. To workaround this use the
194: following sequence of commands before starting the install
195: script. This must be done each time the install kernel is
196: booted if the install script is to be run and the CD-ROM is
197: the media to install from. Do the following at the shell
198: prompt:
199: <p>
200: If you install from CD-ROM do the following:
1.56 deraadt 201: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.md
202: /\/bsd/s//\/mnt2\/2.1\/sparc\/bsd/
203: wq
1.1 deraadt 204: <b>#</b>
205: </pre>
206: ... or if you plan to use the bsd.scsi3 kernel you should use instead:
1.56 deraadt 207: <pre><b>#</b> ed install.md
208: /\/bsd/s//\/mnt2\/2.1\/sparc\/bsd.scsi3/
209: wq
1.1 deraadt 210: <b>#</b>
211: </pre>
1.61 deraadt 212: <p>
213: The following one you'll have to do always (not only then
214: installing from CD-ROM)
1.56 deraadt 215: <pre><b>#</b> ed /usr/mdec/binstall
216: /getopt/,/getopt/+4d
217: wq
1.1 deraadt 218: <b>#</b>
219: </pre>
1.61 deraadt 220: <p>
1.82 ! deraadt 221:
1.61 deraadt 222: <li>
1.82 ! deraadt 223: <strong>009: RELEASE BUG</strong>
1.61 deraadt 224: <i>pmax only</i><br>
225: When using the X11R6 binaries from the 2.1 release you will get
1.1 deraadt 226: errors like:
227: <pre><b>#</b> mkfontdir
228: mkfontdir: undefined symbol: 'astpending' 12
229: Segmentation fault (core dumped)
230: </pre>
231: this is due to a little problem affecting the compatibility between
232: the OpenBSD/arc port (on which the X11R6 clients were build) and
233: OpenBSD/pmax. You can work around this problem by using the arc
1.16 miod 234: version of the shared libc instead of the pmax one. Once you have the
235: OpenBSD/arc 2.1 libc.so.16.1, do the following:
1.1 deraadt 236: <pre><b>#</b> cd /usr/lib
237: <b>#</b> mv libc.so.16.1 original_libc.so.16.1
238: <b>#</b> cp /where_you_have_downloaded_it_to/libc.so.16.1 .
239: <b>#</b> chown root.bin libc.so.16.1
240: <b>#</b> chmod 444 libc.so.16.1
241: </pre>
242: Please be careful while doing this - because the libc is a very
243: sensitive part of the system. You can remove the original_libc.so.16.1
244: after the next reboot if everything is working fine.
245: <p>
1.82 ! deraadt 246:
1.61 deraadt 247: <li>
1.82 ! deraadt 248: <strong>010: RELEASE BUG</strong>
1.61 deraadt 249: <i>mac68k only</i><br>
250: The installer generates incorrect /etc/fstab files causing messages such
251: as "file system read-only" on bootup. To correct, boot to single-user
252: mode (by clicking that checkbox in the Booter's Booting:Options dialog)
253: and do the following:
1.1 deraadt 254: <pre>
255: <b>#</b> mount /dev/sd0a /
256: <b>#</b> ed /etc/fstab
257: 1,$s/ ufs / ffs /
258: 1,$s/ ro / rw /
259: w
260: q
261: </pre>
1.56 deraadt 262: Alternately, simply invoke vi or another editor and change the root filesystem
1.1 deraadt 263: to be of type ffs rather than ufs and be rw (read-write) rather than ro
264: (read-only). In either case, you'll need to reboot the system afterwards.
265: Make this correction as soon as possible after installing the system.
266: The installer should not have specified the filesystem as the old
267: "ufs" type; the "ffs" type is more correct.
1.61 deraadt 268: <p>
1.82 ! deraadt 269:
1.61 deraadt 270: <li>
1.82 ! deraadt 271: <strong>011: RELEASE BUG</strong>
1.61 deraadt 272: <i>mac68k only</i><br>
273: The installer forgets to install the kernel onto the filesystem.
1.56 deraadt 274: This is because the installer expects all packages including the kernel to
1.1 deraadt 275: be tar'ed and gzip'ed. The kernel was not shipped that way. Therefore, you
276: must make this correction <em>before attempting to boot the system</em>.
277: To correct, use the Installer mini-shell and do the following:
278: <pre>
279: > cpin :[internal-macos-path]:bsd-generic bsd
280: </pre>
281: This should place the kernel as /bsd on the filesystem. You should
282: replace the above string with the colon-delimited path from your desktop to
283: wherever you have placed the kernel. If possible, it is easiest to drag the
284: kernel into the same folder as the Installer, so you can simply issue a
285: command without leading colon(s) like:
286: <pre>
287: > cpin bsd-generic bsd
288: </pre>
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