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authorTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1997-10-17 08:57:44 +0000
committerTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1997-10-17 08:57:44 +0000
commitf181d6b1d38031e9b40b0b268be832ee3926ee51 (patch)
treeac341db7c2b79e7a2879a2958d0e69c20ba7149b /distrib/i386/floppies/ramdisk
parent2bae0857e65ca3ae3983f2a04fd084a43640a49a (diff)
no need to run fdisk multiple times anymore
Diffstat (limited to 'distrib/i386/floppies/ramdisk')
-rw-r--r--distrib/i386/floppies/ramdisk/install.md47
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/i386/floppies/ramdisk/install.md b/distrib/i386/floppies/ramdisk/install.md
index 606f41a02e7..7d99a0fe6fa 100644
--- a/distrib/i386/floppies/ramdisk/install.md
+++ b/distrib/i386/floppies/ramdisk/install.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: install.md,v 1.19 1997/10/17 04:39:17 deraadt Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: install.md,v 1.20 1997/10/17 08:57:43 deraadt Exp $
#
#
# Copyright rc) 1996 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -120,40 +120,27 @@ md_prep_fdisk()
_disk=$1
_done=0
- while [ $_done = 0 ]; do
- echo
- cat << \__md_prep_fdisk_1
-A single OpenBSD partition with id "A6" should exist in the MBR.
-It should be the only partition marked as active. (Unless you are using
-a multiple-OS booter.) Furthermore, the MBR partitions must NOT overlap
-each others. fdisk will be started in edit mode, and you will be able
-to add this information as needed. If you make a mistake, exit fdisk
-without storing the new information, and you will be allowed to start over.
+ echo
+ cat << \__md_prep_fdisk_1
+A single OpenBSD partition with id "A6" should exist in the MBR. All the
+of your OpenBSD partitions will be contained _within_ this partition,
+including your swap space. In the normal case it should be the only
+partition marked as active. (Unless you are using a multiple-OS booter, but
+you can adjust that later.) Furthermore, the MBR partitions must NOT overlap
+each others.
__md_prep_fdisk_1
- echo "Current partition information is:"
- fdisk ${_disk}
-
- fdisk -e ${_disk}
-
- echo
- echo "The new partition information is:"
- fdisk ${_disk}
+ echo "Current partition information is:"
+ fdisk ${_disk}
- echo
- echo "Is this information correct (if not, you will be permitted to "
- echo -n "edit it again)? [n] "
- getresp "n"
-
- case "$resp" in
- n*|N*) ;;
- *) _done=1 ;;
- esac
- done
+ fdisk -e ${_disk}
+ echo "Here is the partition information you chose:"
+ echo
+ fdisk ${_disk}
echo
- echo "Please take note of the offset and size of the OpenBSD BIOS partition"
- echo "of the disk, as you will need that for the OpenBSD disk label."
+ echo "Please take note of the offset and size of the BIOS OpenBSD partition"
+ echo "of the disk, as you will may need that for the OpenBSD disk label."
echo -n "Press [Enter] to continue "
getresp ""
echo