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authorMiod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org>2002-04-07 23:31:05 +0000
committerMiod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org>2002-04-07 23:31:05 +0000
commitb1094fb7bf50fbd6145cd95f98b6852dd150d5c5 (patch)
treea5bf5aff63f86b02b7c62e0fff2f5996a0de1fe7 /distrib/notes/sparc/install
parent752fff194f19d2b87b971091292141daa060b18f (diff)
- remove a few obsolete texts
- fix a few typo and layout issues - sync hardware lists - for sparc64, document the patch# for E220R eeprom
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diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc/install b/distrib/notes/sparc/install
index 82678529638..b178a6c49f4 100644
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+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc/install
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.49 2002/03/30 22:52:58 miod Exp $
+dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.50 2002/04/07 23:31:02 miod Exp $
OpenBSDInstallPrelude
There are several ways to install OpenBSD onto a disk. The easiest way
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Booting from CD-ROM installation media:
ok boot cdrom OSREV/MACHINE/bsd.rd # for version 2 OpenBOOT ROMs
If the boot is successful, you will get a loader version message,
-executable sizes and then the Kernel copyright and device probe
+executable sizes and then the kernel copyright and device probe
messages. Boot failure modes are typically a lot of CD-ROM drive
activity, but no messages or complaints about magic numbers,
checksums or formats.
@@ -221,13 +221,7 @@ OpenBSDCommonURL
After completing an installation:
-Now try a reboot. (If needed, swap your scsi id's first). Initially
-I'd suggest you "boot sd()bsd -bs", then try multiuser after that.
-if you boot single-user the OpenBSD incantation to make the root
-filesystem writable is
-
- OpenBSD# mount -u /dev/sd0a /
-
+Now try a reboot. (If needed, swap your scsi id's first).
The Sun monitor normally tries to load a file called "vmunix".
On OpenBOOT ROM systems you can change it to load OpenBSD instead using
the following commands: