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authorJason Wright <jason@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-11-02 03:42:23 +0000
committerJason Wright <jason@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-11-02 03:42:23 +0000
commit68c6380bc891fbfd8ccbbf52bca5f43f32e133c9 (patch)
tree26b979ba8125bdd0eee58093a24ad930a06d3954 /distrib/notes/sparc
parenta6dfbd199b3ad565a9b877bd81ffc05b2bddb036 (diff)
more killing of two floppy install references
Diffstat (limited to 'distrib/notes/sparc')
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/sparc/contents8
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/sparc/install2
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/sparc/upgrade5
3 files changed, 3 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc/contents b/distrib/notes/sparc/contents
index 6f1c8ce9c60..1909dfe08e2 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sparc/contents
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc/contents
@@ -31,12 +31,8 @@ or net booting. This can be convenient if you have a existing installation
of OpenBSD, NetBSD, SunOS, or Solaris and wish to test or upgrade the
existing system to OpenBSD.
-The "floppy{:--:}OSrev.fs" is a new bootable floppy image, with contents similar
-to a miniroot stored in a compressed kernel with pre-loaded ramdisk. As
-of release time, this version has not received adequate testing and may
-not work reliably on many systems, but is provided as a convenience for
-for people installing on Sun4m systems where the other floppy installation
-method doesn't work due to lack of Sun4m floppy driver support.
+The "floppy{:--:}OSrev.fs" is a bootable floppy image, with contents similar
+to a miniroot stored in a compressed kernel with pre-loaded ramdisk.
These bootable images are also useful as "failsafe" boots for system
maintenance and disaster recovery.
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc/install b/distrib/notes/sparc/install
index a8c3daa4d93..34b1d8de427 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sparc/install
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc/install
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ below).
This section of the install document is really broken into several parts:
- booting from the installation media
- - the single floppy or miniroot install script
+ - the floppy or miniroot install script
- after completing an installation
- installing from Sun OS
- net boot or diskless setup information
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc/upgrade b/distrib/notes/sparc/upgrade
index f957e34c6ec..b9682976f4d 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sparc/upgrade
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc/upgrade
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@ If you are upgrading with the miniroot or the new single floppy image,
select the (U)pdate option rather than the (I)nstall option at the prompt
in the install process.
-If you are using the old multi-floppy installation procedure, use the
-"upgr{:--:}OSrev.fs" floppy rather than the "inst{:--:}OSrev.fs" floppy when prompted to
-put in the filesystem diskette. When you arrive at the shell prompt,
-run the "upgrade" script rather than "install" script.
-
The upgrade script will use the existing disk partitions to install the
new system in, and also preserves files in `/etc' which you are likely
to have customized since a previous installation.