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authorMiod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org>2003-10-01 09:58:15 +0000
committerMiod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org>2003-10-01 09:58:15 +0000
commit703d969798ffe70700b3c2818e93aaa4e95a8d11 (patch)
tree7c99c4dc0b745cf041bef6e907ab12d969fec724 /distrib/notes/sparc64
parentdc41c98d91e56c7c40628a453eadca057d31e7c5 (diff)
There were a couple of mistakes in the "installing from solaris" section
reported on sparc@.
Diffstat (limited to 'distrib/notes/sparc64')
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/sparc64/install13
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc64/install b/distrib/notes/sparc64/install
index 48cd96e4866..e2e9d40a9bd 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sparc64/install
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc64/install
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.30 2003/09/07 12:01:56 krw Exp $
+dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.31 2003/10/01 09:58:14 miod Exp $
OpenBSDInstallPrelude
There are several ways to install OpenBSD onto a disk. The easiest way
@@ -194,12 +194,11 @@ also need at least the following pieces:
- the *.tgz files you want to install (as a minimum, base{:--:}OSrev.tgz and
etc{:--:}OSrev.tgz)
- gunzip (GNU gzip) Solaris binary
- - a boot block file from a Solaris machine that matches your machine type,
- for ufs filesystem, such as /usr/platform/`uname -i`/lib/fs/ufs/bootblk
+ - the OpenBSD boot blocks (bootblk and ofwboot)
- an OpenBSD kernel
-All these pieces, except the boot block and the GNU utilities are supplied
-in the OpenBSD/MACHINE distribution.
+All these pieces, except gunzip, are supplied in the OpenBSD/MACHINE
+distribution.
You need to format and partition the disk using Solaris (since
OpenBSD/MACHINE uses Sun compatible disk labels.) Give yourself adequate
@@ -244,11 +243,11 @@ Mount those partitions in a tree formation, under /mnt; ie:
/dev/dsk/c0t1d0s5 193536 0 193536 0% /mnt/var/tmp
/dev/dsk/c0t1d0s6 1564024 0 1564024 0% /mnt/usr
-Place the boot block in /mnt (your new root partition), and use the Solaris
+Place the boot blocks in /mnt (your new root partition), and use the Solaris
command "installboot" to make it work.
The installboot man page says to do something like this:
- solaris# cp /usr/platform/`uname -i`/lib/fs/ufs/bootblk /mnt/bootblk
+ solaris# cp bootblk ofwboot /mnt
solaris# sync; sync
solaris# /usr/sbin/installboot /mnt/bootblk /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s0