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authorMiod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org>2001-10-02 07:40:11 +0000
committerMiod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org>2001-10-02 07:40:11 +0000
commit3e14a08fe99474337ee9f91f119b440bf2f1c88d (patch)
treead800ba1838c73fae0025cc2c545e7ab7e476728 /distrib/notes/amiga/install
parent5646551d2b2af3a1e80e110f11e482729a5cc889 (diff)
- try to bo more explicit about disk naming conventions
- update the description of the ramdisk behaviour - fix a few typos or style issues - remove 1st-person "methinks" blabla from original author - shortens the upgrade description, remove completely obsolete stuff - don't tell the user thrice the differences between the ramdisk and the miniroot niklas@ and jj@ had no objections.
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diff --git a/distrib/notes/amiga/install b/distrib/notes/amiga/install
index 608d7a1c1b5..3e70ab71b45 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/amiga/install
+++ b/distrib/notes/amiga/install
@@ -32,10 +32,12 @@ OpenBSDInstallPart2
OpenBSDBootMsgs
If you are doing the miniroot install you will be prompted for a
- root device. At this time type 'sd0*', where '0' is the device
- which holds the miniroot-containing swap partition you created
- during the hard disk preparation. If the system should hang
- after entering the root device, try again with
+ root device. The name of your root disk is typically "sd0" for
+ SCSI drives or the A4000 IDE drives or "wd0" for ISA-connected IDE
+ drives. Reply with the name of your disk, such as "sd0*", where
+ "0" is the device which holds the miniroot-containing swap
+ partition you created during the hard disk preparation. If the
+ system should hang after entering the root device, try again with
loadbsd -I ff -b bsd
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ OpenBSDBootMsgs
-link0 -link1 Use BNC (coaxial) port [default]
link0 -link1 Use AUI port
- link0 link1 Use UTP (twisted pair) port
+ link0 link1 Use UTP (twisted pair) port
After all network interfaces have been configured the install pro-
gram will ask for a default route and IP address of the primary
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ OpenBSDBootMsgs
will be used by the finished system, following which the new file
systems will be mounted to complete the installation.
- After these preparatory steps has been completed, you will be
+ After these preparatory steps have been completed, you will be
able to extract the distribution sets onto your system. There
are several install methods supported; FTP, HTTP, tape, CD-ROM, NFS
or a local disk partition. To install from a tape, the distrib-