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authorMiod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org>2003-03-24 11:33:58 +0000
committerMiod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org>2003-03-24 11:33:58 +0000
commit265532f51cf7ff6f96eb52b34e2adb0d1a44bde6 (patch)
treed500487cc0631a97bb3dd9c93a2465c50cb2f9f3 /distrib/notes/sparc
parent6d65234c8f9abf6bc954783b24537be241ee47c3 (diff)
Tweak a few texts to cope with the fact that we ship official OpenBSD CD-ROM
and bootable CD-ROM mini images on some platforms, too. Mention such a mini image for alpha, consistent spelling of CD-ROM, and a few minor updates not worth mentioning I had lying in my tree.
Diffstat (limited to 'distrib/notes/sparc')
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/sparc/contents8
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/sparc/install9
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/sparc/xfer17
3 files changed, 19 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc/contents b/distrib/notes/sparc/contents
index 81bfd4fdb45..a31dd061344 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sparc/contents
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc/contents
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dnl $OpenBSD: contents,v 1.43 2003/02/15 21:22:08 miod Exp $
+dnl $OpenBSD: contents,v 1.44 2003/03/24 11:33:57 miod Exp $
TopPart
OpenBSDminiroot
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ OpenBSDdistsets
OpenBSDbsd
-OpenBSDrd
-
bsd.scsi3 A kernel with SCSI target 3 re-mapped as 0
and 0 mapped as 3.
+OpenBSDrd
+
+OpenBSDcd
+
installboot The OpenBSD/MACHINE boot loader installation
program
bootxx The OpenBSD/MACHINE boot block
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc/install b/distrib/notes/sparc/install
index 4dcc8a64462..814590bd69b 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sparc/install
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc/install
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.57 2003/02/15 21:22:08 miod Exp $
+dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.58 2003/03/24 11:33:57 miod Exp $
OpenBSDInstallPrelude
There are several ways to install OpenBSD onto a disk. The easiest way
in terms of preliminary setup is to use the OpenBSD miniroot that can
-be booted off your local disk's swap partition. The normal way is to
-use the OpenBSD installation floppy, or an installation tape.
+be booted off your local disk's swap partition. The normal way is to
+use the OpenBSD CD-ROM, or the bootable CD-ROM mini image, or an
+installation floppy, or an installation tape, depending on your hardware.
If your Sparc is hooked up in a network and you can find a server to
arrange for a diskless setup, which is a convenient way to install on a
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ messages. Boot failure modes are typically a lot of CD-ROM drive
activity, but no messages or complaints about magic numbers,
checksums or formats.
-Not all MACHINE systems support bootable CDROMS and the current
+Not all MACHINE systems support bootable CD-ROM and the current
boot image is only known to work on sun4c and sun4m architectures.
If it does not work, you'll have to create a boot floppy or bootable
hard disk using the instructions under preparing boot media.
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc/xfer b/distrib/notes/sparc/xfer
index 7d1d505d2ef..4dec6e7ac2f 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sparc/xfer
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc/xfer
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dnl $OpenBSD: xfer,v 1.35 2003/02/15 21:22:08 miod Exp $
+dnl $OpenBSD: xfer,v 1.36 2003/03/24 11:33:57 miod Exp $
Installation is supported from several media types, including:
CD-ROM
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ Installation is supported from several media types, including:
Not all methods are supported on all Sparc Systems and some of them
work only with the floppy or the miniroot installation.
-If you have the OpenBSD CD-ROM distribution (and a CD-ROM drive), you
-may be able boot from it. Not all sparc systems support booting from
-CD-ROM and the current boot image is only known to work on sun4c and
-some sun4m architecture workstations. If you can boot from the CD-ROM,
-you are home free and can proceed to the installation steps. If not,
-you will need to do some setup work to prepare a bootable image, either
-a floppy, hard drive, tape, or compatible net boot server.
+If you have the OpenBSD CD-ROM distribution (and a CD-ROM drive), you may be
+able boot from it, or from the supplied bootable CD-ROM mini image. However,
+not all sparc systems support booting from CD-ROM, and the current boot
+image is only known to work on sun4c and sun4m architecture workstations.
+If you can boot from the CD-ROM, you are home free and can proceed to the
+installation steps. If not, you will need to do some setup work to prepare
+a bootable image, either a floppy, hard drive, tape, or compatible net boot
+server.
In addition to the bootable image, you also need to consider how to
access the binary distribution sets to actually install the system.