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authorJasper Lievisse Adriaanse <jasper@cvs.openbsd.org>2010-02-04 21:32:12 +0000
committerJasper Lievisse Adriaanse <jasper@cvs.openbsd.org>2010-02-04 21:32:12 +0000
commit2132655450ff089b1adba4900cd4a6728b391ce4 (patch)
treee1c78233dd0d1b5c838f5007d42676ef1d9a86ed /distrib/notes/loongson
parent10aaa7c6811606fb319958d4f8436ac9adf7d0a9 (diff)
- fix tyops.
ok otto@
Diffstat (limited to 'distrib/notes/loongson')
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/loongson/install6
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/loongson/prep11
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/loongson/install b/distrib/notes/loongson/install
index cf568b85eda..c5a959d198a 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/loongson/install
+++ b/distrib/notes/loongson/install
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.2 2010/02/04 16:39:05 otto Exp $
+dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.3 2010/02/04 21:32:11 jasper Exp $
OpenBSDInstallPrelude
Booting the installation media:
The easiest way to boot into the OpenBSD installer is to copy the bsd.rd
-installation kernel to the main linux partition, and boot from it.
+installation kernel to the main Linux partition, and boot from it.
Assuming the installation kernel has been copied to /boot/bsd.rd on the
Linux system, at the PMON prompt, enter:
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ OpenBSDInstallWrapup
Note that using the boot menu currently disables root device
discovery and kernel symbol loading. Therefore it may be
- more conventient to switch to the PMON prompt using 'c' and
+ more convenient to switch to the PMON prompt using 'c' and
boot with the command
PMON> boot -k $bsd
diff --git a/distrib/notes/loongson/prep b/distrib/notes/loongson/prep
index 967842323a6..430d7e18600 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/loongson/prep
+++ b/distrib/notes/loongson/prep
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dnl $OpenBSD: prep,v 1.1 2010/02/03 17:10:44 miod Exp $
+dnl $OpenBSD: prep,v 1.2 2010/02/04 21:32:11 jasper Exp $
Most MACHINE systems are shipped with a Linux system installed on the disk
drive or SSD. This system will likely use two partitions, one for the
system and applications, and another for the user data. OpenBSD will in turn
@@ -12,16 +12,15 @@ If you intend to only use OpenBSD on your machine, please note that, at this
point, it is necessary to keep an ext2 or ext3 Linux partition, to be able
to boot the system.
-dnl
Before you install your system, you should familiarize yourself with PMON,
the open source firmware and bootloader of your machine.
Entering PMON:
dnl maybe lemote specific, does gdium use a boot menu too?
- Upon powerup, or after a reset, a splash screen is displayed while PMON
+ Upon power-up, or after a reset, a splash screen is displayed while PMON
initializes, and then a text mode boot menu appears.
- At this menu, you can either select one of the sytems to boot with the
+ At this menu, you can either select one of the systems to boot with the
arrows keys and press enter, or abort the countdown sequence and get to
the PMON commandline by hitting `c'.
@@ -32,10 +31,10 @@ dnl maybe lemote specific, does gdium use a boot menu too?
PMON file path concepts:
- The filenames used by PMON always mention explicitely the location of
+ The filenames used by PMON always mention explicitly the location of
the filesystem they refer to, as well as the filesystem type. They
are constructed as
- /dev/fs/<filesystem type>@<device name>/<path wihtin the filesystem>
+ /dev/fs/<filesystem type>@<device name>/<path within the filesystem>
dnl On the Lemote Yeeloong,
The internal storage (either a disk drive or an SSD) is `wd0'.