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author | Miod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2003-03-24 11:33:58 +0000 |
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committer | Miod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2003-03-24 11:33:58 +0000 |
commit | 265532f51cf7ff6f96eb52b34e2adb0d1a44bde6 (patch) | |
tree | d500487cc0631a97bb3dd9c93a2465c50cb2f9f3 /distrib/notes/sparc | |
parent | 6d65234c8f9abf6bc954783b24537be241ee47c3 (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/contents | 8 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/sparc/install | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/sparc/xfer | 17 |
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. |