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| author | Dale S. Rahn <rahnds@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-02-18 03:21:22 +0000 |
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| committer | Dale S. Rahn <rahnds@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-02-18 03:21:22 +0000 |
| commit | 97764e403ef5e29927464b6eba2af425478b7efa (patch) | |
| tree | 9c10a8ec21211ebc5e4bc56ae6e7d7a920bcf517 /distrib/notes/powerpc/xfer | |
| parent | be1d3cc59ea0f3f3307a7248e61478fc1cf871b3 (diff) | |
Update PowerPC installation notes regarding current state of mac support.
iMac snapshot is available, but the installation notes had not been updated.
Diffstat (limited to 'distrib/notes/powerpc/xfer')
| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/powerpc/xfer | 32 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/powerpc/xfer b/distrib/notes/powerpc/xfer index 0dce421eecf..96e4cd508f5 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/powerpc/xfer +++ b/distrib/notes/powerpc/xfer @@ -8,29 +8,15 @@ Installation is supported from several media types, including: HTTP rsh & restore -Unless it is possible to netboot the machine, you'll need to have -a CDROM or a floppy disk (1.44Mb required). - - -If you are using a UN*X-like system to write the floppy image to -disk, you should use the "dd" command to copy the file system image -(floppy{:--:}OSrev.fs) directly to the raw floppy disks. It is suggested that -you read the dd(1) manual page or ask your system administrator to -determine the correct set of arguments to use; it will be slightly -different from system to system, and a comprehensive list of the -possibilities is beyond the scope of this document. - -If you are using DOS to write the floppy image to disk, you should -use the "rawrite" utility, provided in the "OSREV/tools" directory of -the OpenBSD distribution. It will write the file system image -(floppy.fs) to a disk. - -If you are using NT to write the floppy image to disk, you should -use the "ntrw" utility, provided in the "OSREV/tools" directory of -the OpenBSD distribution, instead. - -Note that when installing, the floppy can be write-protected (i.e. -read-only). +Unless the machine already has openbsd installed on it, and +the bootloader can be loaded from local disk the bootloader will +need to be loaded from the network (netboot) but from there +the system can be installed from any of the above. + +While an installation floppy is included in the snapshot it is unlikely +that it will be very useful due to lack of floppy drive on the imac +and the reported inabilty to boot from USB floppies on the supported +version of the hardware. Obviously, the steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets for installation or upgrade depend on which installation medium you |