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authorTodd T. Fries <todd@cvs.openbsd.org>1997-10-24 07:11:31 +0000
committerTodd T. Fries <todd@cvs.openbsd.org>1997-10-24 07:11:31 +0000
commitc5f0b0cfc81bc97986aa175a0546f11b33af9ae8 (patch)
treed83e76d1669c6a9313245ea77cc6117425743df0 /distrib/notes/sparc/xfer
parent7a53134fd57267b99882e2338eb013ab23290684 (diff)
typos.
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diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc/xfer b/distrib/notes/sparc/xfer
index 62025bdcf5d..d608d31f7ef 100644
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+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc/xfer
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ the sets to a local FTP or NFS server, or copy them to a partition on
the target system's disk or onto a SCSI tape.
The variety of options listed may seem confusing, but situations vary
-widely in terms of what peripherals and what sort of network arragements
+widely in terms of what peripherals and what sort of network arrangements
a user has, the intent is to provide some way that will be practical.
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ Creating a bootable floppy disk using SunOS or other Un*x-like system:
files on the mirror site.
Next, use the dd(1) utility to copy the file to the floppy drive.
- Under SunOS, the comand would be:
+ Under SunOS, the command would be:
dd if=floppy22.fs of=/dev/rfdc0 bs=36b
- If you are using someting other than SunOS, you may have to adapt
+ If you are using something other than SunOS, you may have to adapt
this to conform to local naming conventions for the floppy and
options suitable for copying to a "raw" floppy image. The key
issue is that the device name used for the floppy *must* be one
@@ -108,10 +108,10 @@ Creating a bootable hard disk using SunOS or other Un*x-like system:
the disklabel issues described below under "uncompatible systems".
This requires that you be running SunOS, Solaris, OpenBSD or NetBSD
- which have a compatible view of SunOS disk labels and paritions.
+ which have a compatible view of SunOS disk labels and partitions.
Use the dd(1) utility to copy the file to the floppy drive.
- Under SunOS, the comand would be:
+ Under SunOS, the command would be:
dd if=floppy22.fs of=/dev/rsd0b bs=36b
- or -
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Creating a bootable hard disk using SunOS or other Un*x-like system:
The blocksize is arbitrary as long as it's a multiple of 512-bytes
and within the maximum supported by the driver, i.e. bs=126b may
- not work for all cases. Again, device/parition names may vary,
+ not work for all cases. Again, device/partition names may vary,
depending on the OS involved.
If you are preparing the hard drive on an incompatible system or
@@ -128,14 +128,14 @@ Creating a bootable hard disk using SunOS or other Un*x-like system:
you prepare a bootable hard-drive even if don't have a working
operating system on your Sparc, but it important to understand
that the bootable image installed this way includes a "disk label"
- which can wipe out any pre-existing disklabels or paritioning for
+ which can wipe out any pre-existing disklabels or partitioning for
the drive.
The floppy image is used only for booting, and can be placed in
a partition that will be overwritten during the install process,
- since it actaully runs of of a ram-disk image in the kernel. In
+ since it actually runs of of a ram-disk image in the kernel. In
contrast the miniroot is a normal unix root filesystem and you
- must place in a parition that will not be overwritten until you've
+ must place in a partition that will not be overwritten until you've
completed the installation process.
To copy the floppy image to the whole disk, overwriting labels:
@@ -143,20 +143,20 @@ Creating a bootable hard disk using SunOS or other Un*x-like system:
dd if=floppy22.fs of=/dev/rsdXc bs=36b
Two notes - X should be replaced by the unit number of the target
- disk, which is most likely *not* the disk/paritition that's your
+ disk, which is most likely *not* the disk/partition that's your
current root partition. Again names may vary depending on the
- OS involved. Second, after doing this, the disklable will be one
- that would be appropiate for a floppy, i.e. one parition of 2880
+ OS involved. Second, after doing this, the disklabel will be one
+ that would be appropriate for a floppy, i.e. one partition of 2880
block, and you'll probably want to change that later on.
If you're starting with a virgin disk and trying to do this under
- SunOS, use format(8) and newfs(8) to set up the paritions and
- mark the intended parition as an normal partiton type. If you're
+ SunOS, use format(8) and newfs(8) to set up the partitions and
+ mark the intended partition as an normal partition type. If you're
using OpenBSD, perhaps on another architecture, OpenBSD will
create a "fictitious label" that will let you access the whole
disk.
- To copy the flopy image to the hard disk, preserving SunOS,
+ To copy the floppy image to the hard disk, preserving SunOS,
Solaris NetBSD or OpenBSD labels:
dd if=floppy22.fs of=/dev/rsdXc bs=1b skip=1 seek=1
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ Creating a bootable hard disk using SunOS or other Un*x-like system:
dd if=/tmp/label of=/dev/rsdXc bs=1b count=1
In either case, you've created a situation where the disklabel
- and the filesystem information don't agree about the paritition
+ and the filesystem information don't agree about the partition
size and geometry, however the results will be usable.
@@ -177,9 +177,9 @@ Creating a network bootable setup using SunOS or other Un*x-like system:
The details of setting up a network bootable environment vary
considerably, depending on the networks host. Extract the
- OpenBSD diskless(8) man page from the share.tar.gz distibution
+ OpenBSD diskless(8) man page from the share.tar.gz distribution
set or see the copy on the OpenBSD web page. You will also
- need to reference the relevant man pages or adminstrators guide
+ need to reference the relevant man pages or administrators guide
for the host system.
Basically, you will need to set up reverse-arp (rarpd) and boot