# $NetBSD: LAST_MINUTE,v 1.45 2000/01/07 01:11:15 jeremy Exp $ This file contains important information on the NetBSD 1.4.1 release that did not make it into the main documentation. [all platforms] 1. Additional source patches available The directory .../NetBSD-1.4.1/patches/ contains patches against the 1.4.1 sources for various bugs discovered after the formal release. Some of these patches may be of critical importance! Please read the file .../NetBSD-1.4.1/patches/README to learn about what patches are available. 2. Union filesystem is buggy It has been noted that the union file system, which is included in GENERIC, is highly buggy. If you include it in your kernel, ordinary users can likely panic your machine. If you run a multi-user installation, it is recommended that you take this file system out of your kernel. An upcoming patch release should fix this problem. [all miniroot-shell-installing platforms, e.g., port-amiga, port-sparc] When configuring the network during the installation, you will be asked for media options for your network interface. The default value offered can be the name of the interface, which does not work if chosen either explicitly or by hitting the return key. You can work around this by typing none literally if you don't need any media options, or, of course, by entering the mediaopt parameter you need. [port-i386] At the last minute, we were able to shrink down the i386 boot media so that everything fits in one floppy (named boot.fs) instead of requiring boot1.fs and boot2.fs. Most users can simply boot the boot.fs diskette image instead of booting the two floppies in sequence. boot1.fs and boot2.fs have been renamed boot-unstr1.fs and boot-unstr2.fs -- they are still available because the kernel on boot.fs has its symbol table stripped out to make it fit in one floppy. Some laptop users need an install kernel with a symbol table so that they can set autoconfiguration variables with the debugger in order to get an install over PCMCIA network cards to work. [port-pmax] For machines which can only install via a network boot and have buggy PROMs that don't allow booting normal size kernels, there is an experimental network loader that contains a compressed kernel available in installation/misc/smallnet.ecoff.gz. Use this kernel instead of nfsnetbsd.ecoff.gz. Please report any successes or failures to the port-pmax@netbsd.org mailling list. [port-arm32] 1. INSTALL kernels don't work. The ramdisk-based install kernels in the distribution are missing their ramdisk filesystems and consequently, they don't work! You can use a NetBSD-current snapshot INSTALL kernel from the installation/kernel directory from any of the snapshot directories in ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/arm32/snapshot/ 2. Missing machine/devmap.h (Can't compile X servers) The 1.4.1 distribution did not ship with the header file, which is required for the X server to build. You may retrieve this file from a NetBSD-current release via ftp at Host: ftp.netbsd.org Path: /pub/NetBSD-current/src/sys/arch/arm32/include/devmap.h Place the file in the directory /usr/include/machine.