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authorTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1997-10-17 04:39:18 +0000
committerTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1997-10-17 04:39:18 +0000
commit537a5e2c8a6843c2f5fb96ed7bfabe09797cd8ae (patch)
tree6bec0037846deb052c93dc2ebb2a7a5d9a30dab6 /distrib/i386/floppies
parent091175d5001c4dbaa7108a77d943cc9ce4df0f5f (diff)
few clarifications
Diffstat (limited to 'distrib/i386/floppies')
-rw-r--r--distrib/i386/floppies/ramdisk/install.md22
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/i386/floppies/ramdisk/install.md b/distrib/i386/floppies/ramdisk/install.md
index 7ee7efd30fd..606f41a02e7 100644
--- a/distrib/i386/floppies/ramdisk/install.md
+++ b/distrib/i386/floppies/ramdisk/install.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: install.md,v 1.18 1997/10/11 08:12:21 deraadt Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: install.md,v 1.19 1997/10/17 04:39:17 deraadt Exp $
#
#
# Copyright rc) 1996 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -123,13 +123,13 @@ md_prep_fdisk()
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. Furthermore, the
-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.
+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.
+
__md_prep_fdisk_1
echo "Current partition information is:"
fdisk ${_disk}
@@ -151,10 +151,12 @@ __md_prep_fdisk_1
esac
done
- echo "Please take note of the offset and size of the OpenBSD partition"
- echo "of the disk, as you will need that for the BSD disk label."
+ 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 -n "Press [Enter] to continue "
getresp ""
+ echo
}
md_prep_disklabel()
@@ -167,7 +169,7 @@ md_prep_disklabel()
md_checkfordisklabel $_disk
case $? in
0)
- echo -n "Do you wish to edit the disklabel on $_disk? [y]"
+ echo -n "Do you wish to edit the OpenBSD disklabel on $_disk? [y]"
;;
1)
md_prep_fdisk ${_disk}