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authorJason Wright <jason@cvs.openbsd.org>2001-09-21 04:37:44 +0000
committerJason Wright <jason@cvs.openbsd.org>2001-09-21 04:37:44 +0000
commit51eea1e5d5c8b3d74d5b3b0d20fc853328699cbc (patch)
treea14ba8eba08a1bbe067fb54218966c2046998a05
parent63126d740bf9c26591a086f7b85f6d6bd419d33a (diff)
Ugh, there's SOO much left to do here
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/sparc64/contents32
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/sparc64/prep42
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/sparc64/whatis3
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/sparc64/xfer1
4 files changed, 27 insertions, 51 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc64/contents b/distrib/notes/sparc64/contents
index d764e72cd13..2e148a08b81 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sparc64/contents
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc64/contents
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ OpenBSDrd
installboot The OpenBSD/sparc64 boot loader installation
program
- bootxx The OpenBSD/sparc64 boot block
- boot The OpenBSD/sparc64 secondary boot loader
- boot.net The OpenBSD/sparc64 network boot loader
+ bootblk The OpenBSD/sparc64 boot block
+ ofwboot The OpenBSD/sparc64 secondary boot loader
+ ofwboot.net The OpenBSD/sparc64 network boot loader
Please note that there are multiple bootable images and kernels, intended
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ The "miniroot{:--:}OSrev.fs" is a small bootable root filesystem that can be use
for installation or upgrade where there is some means to copy the miniroot
image into a swap or unused partition on the system, and also for diskless
or net booting. This can be convenient if you have a existing installation
-of OpenBSD, NetBSD, SunOS, or Solaris and wish to test or upgrade the
-existing system to OpenBSD.
+of OpenBSD, NetBSD, or Solaris and wish to test or upgrade the existing
+system to OpenBSD.
These bootable images are also useful as "failsafe" boots for system
maintenance and disaster recovery.
@@ -34,25 +34,17 @@ Sun bootblocks require a separate kernel image and root filesystem.
Bootable installation images:
-DistributionDescription(ten)
+DistributionDescription(six)
-OpenBSDbase(18.4M,56.4M)
+OpenBSDbase(58.0M,149.0M)
-OpenBSDcomp(12.1M,39.7M)
+OpenBSDcomp(13.9M,50.4M)
-OpenBSDetc(165.2K,740.0K)
+OpenBSDetc(1.0M,3.5M)
-OpenBSDgame(2.7M,6.7M)
+OpenBSDgame(6.7M,15.8M)
-OpenBSDman(3.4M,13.1M)
+OpenBSDman(5.3M,20.7M)
-OpenBSDmisc(1.6M,5.4M)
-
-OpenBSDxbase(4.6M,12.9M)
-
-OpenBSDxshare(1.4M,8.3M)
-
-OpenBSDxfont(6.0M,7.3M)
-
-OpenBSDxserv(5.4M,14.6M)
+OpenBSDmisc(1.6M,5.5M)
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc64/prep b/distrib/notes/sparc64/prep
index 1589c5233bc..960d707b80e 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sparc64/prep
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc64/prep
@@ -1,20 +1,4 @@
-Your OpenBOOT ROM may need some setup. If you are running OpenBSD on
-a sun4c, or sun4m system, the ROM must be set to "new" command mode.
-If your sun4c or sun4m machine comes up and gives you a `>' prompt
-instead of `ok', type:
-
- >n
- ok setenv sunmon-compat? false
- ok
-
-This is needed because OpenBSD relies on the behaviour of the "new" command
-mode. OpenBSD will not boot correctly on sun4c or sun4m systems that
-are not running in "new" command mode. The sun4 systems such as the 4/110,
-4/200, and 4/300 system do not have a "new" command mode, and will work
-fine as-is.
-
-
Your OpenBOOT ROM may need some setup. You cannot use the security modes
of the sparc OpenBOOT ROM. Make sure that the ROM security modes are
disabled:
@@ -22,41 +6,41 @@ disabled:
ok setenv security-mode none
-Please note that while OpenBSD and SunOS have a reasonable degree of
+Please note that while OpenBSD and Solaris have a reasonable degree of
compatibility between disk labels and filesystems there are some problems
to watch out for during initial installation or when trying to maintain
-both OpenBSD and SunOS environments on the same system.
+both OpenBSD and Solaris environments on the same system.
- If the OpenBSD fsck(8) utility is used on a SunOS filesystem, it will
+ If the OpenBSD fsck(8) utility is used on a Solaris filesystem, it will
set OpenBSD "clean flags" and BSD4.4 summary fields in the superblock.
SunOS does *not* like this and you will have to do a "fsck -b 32" under
SunOS to access an alternate superblock to repair the filesystem. You
- should always specify SunOS filesystem with a "pass number" of 0 in
+ should always specify Solaris filesystem with a "pass number" of 0 in
their /etc/fstab entry to prevent this, and preferably mount them "RO".
- If SunOS fsck is used on an OpenBSD filesystem in the default OpenBSD
+ If Solaris fsck is used on an OpenBSD filesystem in the default OpenBSD
(4.4BSD) format, it will first complain about the superblock and then
about missing . and .. entries. Do *not* try to "correct" these
problems, as attempting to do so will completely trash the filesystem.
You should avoid using soft updates (option softdep in /etc/fstab)
- on your shared filesystems.
- Although untested, it is likely that SunOS would be confused by a
- filesystem with soft update flags enabled.
+ on your shared filesystems. Although untested, it is likely that
+ Solaris would be confused by a filesystem with soft update flags
+ enabled.
The OpenBSD "Sun Compatible" disklabel have been extended to support 16
-partitions, which may be compatible with Solaris, but the old SunOS
+partitions, which may be compatible with Solaris, but the old Solaris
format(8) utility only sees the first 8 partitions and may "lose"
information about the extended partitions.
-Use SunOS format(8) only with *extreme* caution on drives that contain
+Use Solaris format(8) only with *extreme* caution on drives that contain
OpenBSD partitions.
-OpenBSD and Sun BSD bootblocks are similar in concept, though implemented
+OpenBSD and Sun bootblocks are similar in concept, though implemented
differently. The OpenBSD bootblocks are architecture independent and also
-understand the extended disklabels with 16 partitions. You can use SunOS
+understand the extended disklabels with 16 partitions. You can use Solaris
bootblocks, but remember that OpenBSD bootblocks must be installed with
-OpenBSD installboot and SunOS bootblocks with SunOS installboot.
+OpenBSD installboot and Solaris bootblocks with Solaris installboot.
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc64/whatis b/distrib/notes/sparc64/whatis
index 8956be0a8a4..a8bc9cd4615 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sparc64/whatis
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc64/whatis
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-OpenBSD/sparc64 OSREV is a port to the UltraSPARC processor-based machine,
+OpenBSD/sparc64 OSREV is a port to the UltraSPARC processor-based machines,
such as the workstations manufactured by Sun Microsystems.
This port is in its infancy, so device support is somewhat limited, but
active development is continuing.
+
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc64/xfer b/distrib/notes/sparc64/xfer
index 41a53611a28..f023c0c2ffb 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sparc64/xfer
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc64/xfer
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
Installation is supported from several media types, including:
FFS partitions
- Tape
Remote NFS partition
CD-ROM
FTP