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authorVisa Hankala <visa@cvs.openbsd.org>2016-10-05 16:06:03 +0000
committerVisa Hankala <visa@cvs.openbsd.org>2016-10-05 16:06:03 +0000
commitde39f9aeaf84f30a1a57e7dac904d35e42d69c0f (patch)
treed99af7e24481c387f8004d43ae23ac11faba3d6c
parent64e5576c75e3bae1ee4c55ff0c9454cddde6c197 (diff)
Remove an outdated remark about the 'a' partition. The sgi bootblocks
now locate the partition by using the disklabel. ok jsing@
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/sgi/install11
-rw-r--r--distrib/sgi/ramdisk/install.md8
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sgi/install b/distrib/notes/sgi/install
index a42735784df..90e27c4bee1 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sgi/install
+++ b/distrib/notes/sgi/install
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.28 2015/08/12 06:47:16 mlarkin Exp $
+dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.29 2016/10/05 16:06:02 visa Exp $
OpenBSDInstallPrelude
There are several ways to install OpenBSD onto a disk. The easiest way
@@ -173,14 +173,7 @@ OpenBSDInstallPart4
OpenBSDInstallPart5
No partitions should overlap with the SGI Volume Header, which by
- default will use the first 3134 sectors. Additionally, the 'a'
- partition must be the first partition on the disk, immediately
- following the SGI Volume Header. If the default Volume Header size is
- used, the 'a' partition should be located at offset 3135. If the 'a'
- partition is not located immediately after the Volume Header the boot
- loader will not be able to locate and load the kernel.
-dnl XXX Note that this is a #$%@ boot blocks limitation which should be fixed
-dnl XXX by reading the real label in the boot blocks.
+ default will use the first 3134 sectors.
OpenBSDInstallPart6({:-CD-ROM, NFS -:})
diff --git a/distrib/sgi/ramdisk/install.md b/distrib/sgi/ramdisk/install.md
index a476b6834a0..0a82c2a5bce 100644
--- a/distrib/sgi/ramdisk/install.md
+++ b/distrib/sgi/ramdisk/install.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: install.md,v 1.40 2016/09/04 09:52:03 rpe Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: install.md,v 1.41 2016/10/05 16:06:02 visa Exp $
#
#
# Copyright (c) 1996 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -110,12 +110,6 @@ The 'p' partition must be retained since it contains the SGI Volume Header;
this in turn contains the boot loader. No other partitions should overlap
with the SGI Volume Header, which by default will use the first 3134 sectors.
-Additionally, the 'a' partition must be the first partition on the disk,
-immediately following the SGI Volume Header. If the default SGI Volume Header
-size is used, the 'a' partition should be located at offset 3135. If the
-'a' partition is not located immediately after the SGI Volume Header the
-boot loader will not be able to locate and load the kernel.
-
Do not change any parameters except the partition layout and the label name.
__EOT