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author | Xavier Santolaria <xsa@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2004-04-08 21:26:28 +0000 |
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committer | Xavier Santolaria <xsa@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2004-04-08 21:26:28 +0000 |
commit | 83f752ccd3d67d3bd36ab502a052e7110f42933c (patch) | |
tree | ec6a444426987f3c028e4cf954e606d245104c09 | |
parent | b5604ef9ee8a6a6105445360d0d528266ca101e0 (diff) |
if you want to boot machines based on Apple's IOP technology
(i.e. Quadra 900, 950), make sure that the serial switch option is set
to "off" in the Control Panel. This allows OpenBSD to use the serial
lines.
initial diff from Martin Reindl <mreindl at catai.org>
ok jmc@ nick@.
-rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/mac68k/install | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/mac68k/install b/distrib/notes/mac68k/install index 5a597f42095..6b9ab8c1063 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/mac68k/install +++ b/distrib/notes/mac68k/install @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.26 2004/03/17 09:25:09 jmc Exp $ +dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.27 2004/04/08 21:26:27 xsa Exp $ OpenBSDInstallPrelude The installation can be broken down into four basic steps: @@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ quit. Note that by setting the BSD/Mac68k Booter to boot automatically after starting, and by placing an alias to the booter in the "Startup Items" folder, one can make the Mac68k autoload OpenBSD upon startup. +Before attempting to boot a kernel on machines based on the Apple's IOP +technology (i.e. Quadra 900, 950), make sure that the serial switch option +in the Control Panel is set to "off". This allows OpenBSD to use the +serial lines on these machines. + Note that on a Mac68k, the generation of the DSA and RSA keys can take quite some time -- on a slower system, it may take an hour or more. Be patient. |