Suggest ABLE 1.94, mention ide.multi-limit nvram setting, and also that you

have to switch some jumpers, little unzels.

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/distrib/notes/cats/prep b/distrib/notes/cats/prep
index 0d33ae0e76d..059ad2a1750 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/cats/prep
+++ b/distrib/notes/cats/prep
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dnl	$OpenBSD: prep,v 1.4 2004/02/15 23:24:07 miod Exp $
+dnl	$OpenBSD: prep,v 1.5 2004/03/08 21:57:55 miod Exp $
 To be able to boot the OpenBSD/MACHINE installation program, you will
 need to acquire some limited knowledge of ABLE Firmware, the low-level
 process that controls the microprocessor after hardware initialization
@@ -9,9 +9,14 @@ A complete documentation on the ABLE firmware is available from Simtec at
 the following URL:
   http://www.simtec.co.uk/products/SWABLE/files/able-doc-allset/
 
+The board should be configured with jumpers LK12, LK13 and LK14 jumpers
+set to the 1-2 position. However, most boards have been factory shipped
+with those jumpers incorrectly set to the 2-3 position. These jumpers are
+located as a block of three jumpers, near the processor and the serial
+ports.
 
 ** Note!
-    You will need ABLE version 1.89 or better in order to be able
+    You will need ABLE version 1.94 or better in order to be able
     to boot OpenBSD/MACHINE. Firmware updates are available from
     Simtec at the following URL:
       http://www.simtec.co.uk/products/EB110ATX/resources.html
@@ -47,5 +52,11 @@ The following environment variables control the system startup:
 	boot.timeout
 		delay until the system boots, in seconds.
 
+	ide.multi-limit
+		restricts the number of sectors read in a single command,
+		if necessary. This value needs to be set only if ABLE can
+		not access and boot from OpenBSD filesystems correctly.
+		A value of "1" ought to work in all cases.
+
 dnl
 dnl XXX bootable partitions