Patch-ID# 108975-08 Keywords: security rmformat removable media format Jaz Adaptec 2903B Synopsis: SunOS 5.8: /usr/bin/rmformat and /usr/sbin/format patch Date: Apr/18/2003 Install Requirements: Reconfigure after installation Solaris Release: 8 SunOS Release: 5.8 Unbundled Product: Unbundled Release: Xref: This patch available for x86 as patch 108976 Topic: SunOS 5.8: /usr/bin/rmformat and /usr/sbin/format patch NOTE: Refer to Special Install Instructions section for IMPORTANT specific information on this patch. Relevant Architectures: sparc BugId's fixed with this patch: 4035460 4146130 4242879 4292212 4304790 4308431 4311553 4322206 4328893 4362287 4397736 4475614 4484419 4776340 4781880 4808195 Changes incorporated in this version: 4362287 4776340 4808195 Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 114290-02 Patches which conflict with this patch: Patches required with this patch: 108968-01 or greater 108974-01 or greater 108977-02 or greater 109896-13 or greater Obsoleted by: Files included with this patch: /usr/bin/rmformat /usr/sbin/format Problem Description: This patch revision was generated to accumulate and obsolete the feature changes introduced in feature point patch 114290-02 (from 108975-07) 4781880 VTOC error: write a block that is out of range - Fix in format. (from 108975-06) 4035460 Format does not handle disklabels on intelligent disks sanely 4146130 Using 'format' cmd with disk type of 'other' menu option does not work 4475614 Format allows analyze/write to a T3B device with read only permission 4484419 format sometimes dumps core when mpxio is present (from 108975-05) 4397736 Command format displays ":d" instead the number of Blocks (from 108975-04) 4328893 format displays different form of disk name for fabric devices. (from 108975-03) 4304790 sometimes must eject/remount to rmformat zip media on intel (from 108975-02) 4322206 /usr/bin/rmformat has potential buffer overflows (from 108975-01) 4292212 New utility rmformat needed to support removable media 4242879 format: no removable media in normal mode 4308431 rmformat -F long/quick failing for Jaz media on Intel. 4311553 rmformat fails to write vtoc if the number of slices is just one. (from 114290-02) 4808195 re-use existing localization string for psr2 (from 114290-01) 4776340 ON support for new platforms 4362287 rmformat(1m) should allow formatting ls-120 and usb floppies Patch Installation Instructions: -------------------------------- For Solaris 2.0-2.6 releases, refer to the Install.info file and/or the README within the patch for instructions on using the generic 'installpatch' and 'backoutpatch' scripts provided with each patch. For Solaris 7-9 releases, refer to the man pages for instructions on using 'patchadd' and 'patchrm' scripts provided with Solaris. Any other special or non-generic installation instructions should be described below as special instructions. The following example installs a patch to a standalone machine: example# patchadd /var/spool/patch/104945-02 The following example removes a patch from a standalone system: example# patchrm 104945-02 For additional examples please see the appropriate man pages. Special Install Instructions: ----------------------------- NOTE 1: If you're using CDE 1.4, you MUST install the following patches: 109165-01 (or newer) CDE 1.4: dtfile patch 109167-01 (or newer) CDE 1.4: Desktop Help Update Patch 108921-02 (or newer) CDE 1.4: dtwm Patch If you're using OpenWindows 3.8, you MUST install patch 109463-01 (or newer). NOTE 2: To get the complete Removable Media functionality, one needs to install the following patches: 108970-01 (or newer) /usr/lib/fs/pcfs/fsck and /usr/lib/fs/pcfs/mkfs patch 108974-01 (or newer) sd and uata driver patch 108972-01 (or newer) /sbin/fdisk patch 108977-01 (or newer) libsmedia patch 108968-01 (or newer) vol/vold/rmmount patch NOTE 3: To get the complete fix for 4304790 (sometimes must eject/ remount to rmformat zip media on intel), one needs to install the following patches: 108974-03 (or newer) sd driver patch 109642-01 (or newer) /usr/include/sys/dkio.h patch 108972-02 (or newer) /sbin/fdisk patch 108975-03 (or newer) /usr/bin/rmformat patch NOTE 4: For complete platform support for the SUNW,Sun-Blade-1500 and SUNW,Sun-Blade-2500, please install the following patches: 108528-20 (or newer) Kernel Update Patch 108974-28 (or newer) dada,uata,dad,sd,scsi patch 108975-08 (or newer) rmformat and format patch 108977-02 (or newer) libsmedia patch 109793-18 (or newer) su patch 109873-17 (or newer) libprtdiag_psr.so.1 patch 109885-11 (or newer) glm patch 109887-16 (or newer) smartcard patch 109888-21 (or newer) platform drivers patch 109889-04 (or newer) platform links & libc_psr patch 109896-13 (or newer) USB patch 109920-08 (or newer) pcic driver patch 110320-03 (or newer) s1394 patch 110460-28 (or newer) fruid/PICL plug-ins patch 110609-04 (or newer) USB header patch 111804-03 (or newer) update_drv,rem_drv patch 111808-02 (or newer) /usr/lib/adb/devinfo patch 109892-04 (or newer) ecpp patch NOTE 5: If you are planning to use USB floppy, you MUST install the following patches: 108528-20 (or newer) kernel update patch 109896-13 (or newer) USB and Audio Framework patch 108975-08 (or newer) /usr/bin/rmformat and /usr/sbin/format patch 108977-02 (or newer) libsmedia patch README -- Last modified date: Friday, April 18, 2003