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authorTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1996-10-03 00:21:37 +0000
committerTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1996-10-03 00:21:37 +0000
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@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Installation is supported from several media types, including:
Tape
Remote NFS partition
FTP
+ rsh & restore
No matter which installation medium you choose, you'll need to have
two floppy disks (either 1.2M or 1.44 will work, though both should be
@@ -12,11 +13,6 @@ appropriate for your system. On the second, you'll put the install or
upgrade floppy image, depending on whether you're installing OpenBSD
for the first time, or upgrading a previous installation.
-If you are using an Adaptec SCSI host adapter, you need the kcadp11.fs
-kernel-copy image. If you're using any other SCSI host adapter,
-you'll need the kcoth11.fs image. If you're using a non-SCSI disk
-controller, either kernel-copy disk image will work for you.
-
If you are using a UN*X-like system to write the floppy images to
disks, you should use the "dd" command to copy the file system images
(.fs files) directly to the raw floppy disks. It is suggested that
@@ -90,14 +86,14 @@ following:
(If you can't figure it out, ask your system administrator.)
In the above example, "<dist_directories>" are the
distribution sets' directories, for the distribution sets you
- wish to place on the tape. For instance, to put the "base11"
- and "etc11" distributions on tape (in order to do the absolute
+ wish to place on the tape. For instance, to put the "base20"
+ and "etc20" distributions on tape (in order to do the absolute
minimum installation to a new disk), you would do the
following:
- cd .../OpenBSD-1.1 # the top of the tree
- cd i386/binary
- tar cf <tape_device> base11 etc11
+ cd .../1.2 # the top of the tree
+ cd i386/
+ tar cf <tape_device> base20 etc20
(Note that you still need to fill in "<tape_device>" in the
example.)
@@ -173,7 +169,7 @@ following:
Place the distribution sets you wish to upgrade somewhere in
your current file system tree. At a bare minimum, you must
upgrade the "base" binary distribution, and so must put the
- "base11" set somewhere in your file system. If you wish,
+ "base20" set somewhere in your file system. If you wish,
you can do the other sets, as well, but you should NOT upgrade
the "etc" distribution; the "etc" distribution contains system
configuration files that you should review and update by hand.