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| author | Dale Rahn <drahn@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-11-02 02:46:44 +0000 |
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| committer | Dale Rahn <drahn@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-11-02 02:46:44 +0000 |
| commit | 80f9aa9b18051fca63f172aa260ff76729c3eabf (patch) | |
| tree | 0b126021f1f790c808ff0df8e6441bab7fb742f2 /distrib/notes/powerpc/install | |
| parent | 7955efec1aed61bf8bdd9448f4a23cd289fb3e3c (diff) | |
Some mostly minor corrections to the powerpc install notes.
Diffstat (limited to 'distrib/notes/powerpc/install')
| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/powerpc/install | 19 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/powerpc/install b/distrib/notes/powerpc/install index fe630943937..2eede947dc7 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/powerpc/install +++ b/distrib/notes/powerpc/install @@ -14,16 +14,6 @@ at boot time. If possible, you should use the parameters it prints. another operating system, or because your disk is old enough that the kernel can't figure out its geometry.) -If OpenBSD will be sharing the disk with DOS or another operating -system, you should have already completed the section of these notes -that instructed you on how to prepare your hard disk. You should know -the size of the OpenBSD area of the disk and its offset from the -beginning of the disk. You will need this information when setting up -your OpenBSD partitions. If your BIOS uses translated geometry, you -should use this geometry for the remainder of the install. This is -only necessary if you are sharing the disk with other operating systems -that use the translated geometry. - You should now be ready to install OpenBSD. The following is a walk-through of the steps you will take while @@ -94,11 +84,10 @@ process again from scratch. DOS or Linux partitions defined on the disk, these will usually show up as partition 'h', 'i' and so on. It is recommended that you create separate partitions for /usr and /var, and if you have - room for it, also for /home. - Currently OpenBSD will not share a disk with any other operating - system care should be taken not to overwrite any data on other - disks in the system and that no data is on the disk to be used - for OpenBSD/MACHINE + room for it, also for /home. Currently OpenBSD will not share a + disk with any other operating system care should be taken not to + overwrite any data on other disks in the system and that no data + is on the disk to be used for OpenBSD/MACHINE. Note that all OpenBSD partitions in the disk label must have an offset that makes it start within the OpenBSD part of the disk, |