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authorMartin Reindl <martin@cvs.openbsd.org>2005-04-03 15:55:27 +0000
committerMartin Reindl <martin@cvs.openbsd.org>2005-04-03 15:55:27 +0000
commit587064c5ab03932c985fba57939042fee76aeef8 (patch)
treee12535491f1b1c41b0a4c0ce0c3514b816af34c8
parent78e910cbfe90829be1d670540b8e8df9c9ce83c0 (diff)
describe cdbr and cdboot
lots of help and ok tom@
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/amd64/contents14
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/i386/contents22
2 files changed, 30 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/amd64/contents b/distrib/notes/amd64/contents
index a5cbac02f58..6d106680e64 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/amd64/contents
+++ b/distrib/notes/amd64/contents
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dnl $OpenBSD: contents,v 1.15 2004/09/10 19:41:39 miod Exp $
+dnl $OpenBSD: contents,v 1.16 2005/04/03 15:55:26 martin Exp $
TopPart
dnl uncomment as stuff becomes available
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ OpenBSDrd
OpenBSDcd
+ cdbr First-stage CD bootstrap (boot sector), which loads
+ the cdboot second-stage bootstrap. This file is
+ included in the cd{:--:}OSrev.iso image, and is
+ provided as a convenience, but will rarely be needed.
+
+ cdboot Second-stage CD bootstrap loader for non-emulation
+ OpenBSD El Torito CD-ROMs. It processes boot.conf
+ then loads the bsd.rd installation ramdisk kernel.
+ This file is included in the cd{:--:}OSrev.iso image,
+ and is provided as a convenience, but will rarely be
+ needed.
+
dnl Uncomment if this really is worth providing...
dnl
dnl Additionally, you may be interested in
diff --git a/distrib/notes/i386/contents b/distrib/notes/i386/contents
index b36b3d1f01d..1ad751adfc7 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/i386/contents
+++ b/distrib/notes/i386/contents
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dnl $OpenBSD: contents,v 1.54 2004/09/10 19:41:39 miod Exp $
+dnl $OpenBSD: contents,v 1.55 2005/04/03 15:55:26 martin Exp $
TopPart
OpenBSDfloppy
@@ -26,11 +26,23 @@ OpenBSDrd
OpenBSDcd
+ cdbr First-stage CD bootstrap (boot sector), which loads
+ the cdboot second-stage bootstrap. This file is
+ included in the cd{:--:}OSrev.iso image, and is provided as
+ a convenience, but will rarely be needed.
+
+ cdboot Second-stage CD bootstrap loader for non-emulation
+ OpenBSD El Torito CD-ROMs. It processes boot.conf
+ then loads the bsd.rd installation ramdisk kernel.
+ This file is included in the cd{:--:}OSrev.iso image, and is
+ provided as a convenience, but will rarely be needed.
+
cdemu{:--:}OSrev.iso Another bootable CD-ROM image, for older systems
- which BIOS only support the ``large floppy emulation''
- mode for bootable CD-ROM, and as such are unable to
- boot cd{:--:}OSrev.iso; this image is provided for
- convenience purposes, but should never be needed.
+ where the BIOS only supports the ``large floppy
+ emulation'' mode for bootable CD-ROMs, and which
+ are therefore unable to boot cd{:--:}OSrev.iso. This image
+ is provided as a convenience, but should rarely be
+ needed.
Additionally, you may be interested in