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authorMiod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org>2001-10-02 00:37:45 +0000
committerMiod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org>2001-10-02 00:37:45 +0000
commit2096843ffacbfe2b1fd2606db978af16b163a056 (patch)
treeeec49f7087dcbe137b8857a97039e849c738ec5c
parent715d77a3b9ef3bb9e3ea132a91d7bfdf2e804374 (diff)
- prepare more commented out text to describe a future miniroot and a future
floppy (sync with sparc layout) - meanwhile, comment out one reference to floppy boot which escaped.
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/sparc64/contents10
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/sparc64/install15
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc64/contents b/distrib/notes/sparc64/contents
index c0cad41aa98..bd55c1186d9 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sparc64/contents
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc64/contents
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
TopPart
+dnl XXX uncomment when miniroot available
+dnl OpenBSDminiroot
+dnl It can be copied to the swap partition of
+dnl an existing OpenBSD, NetBSD, Linux or Solaris
+dnl installation to allow installing or upgrading
+dnl to OpenBSD OSREV
+dnl
+dnl XXX uncomment when floppy available
+dnl OpenBSDfloppy
+dnl
OpenBSDdistsets
OpenBSDbsd
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc64/install b/distrib/notes/sparc64/install
index ac435ecdaa9..76004e5b7e0 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sparc64/install
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc64/install
@@ -114,9 +114,16 @@ OpenBSDInstallPart2
Boot your machine from the installation media as described above.
- It will take a while to load the kernel especially from a floppy
- or slow network connection, most likely more than a minute. If
- some action doesn't eventually happen, or the spinning cursor has
+dnl XXX restore paragraph when floppy available
+dnl It will take a while to load the kernel especially from a floppy
+dnl or slow network connection, most likely more than a minute. If
+dnl some action doesn't eventually happen, or the spinning cursor has
+dnl stopped and nothing further has happened, either your boot media
+dnl is bad, your diskless setup isn't correct, or you may have
+dnl a hardware or configuration problem.
+ It will take a while to load the kernel especially from a slow
+ network connection, most likely more than a minute. If some
+ action doesn't eventually happen, or the spinning cursor has
stopped and nothing further has happened, either your boot media
is bad, your diskless setup isn't correct, or you may have
a hardware or configuration problem.
@@ -130,7 +137,7 @@ dnl it booted from. Do not be alarmed, this is completely normal.
dnl This warning occurs because while OpenBSD/MACHINE can boot from
dnl the floppy drive, the kernel itself lacks a floppy driver for some
dnl MACHINE models.
-
+dnl
You will next be asked for your terminal type. If you are
installing from a keyboard/monitor console, the default of
"sun" if correct. If you are installing from a serial console