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author | Miod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-10-18 21:54:44 +0000 |
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committer | Miod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-10-18 21:54:44 +0000 |
commit | db311172ee37349e40ee183952296757a1403f7c (patch) | |
tree | 7e31e1f34fe30d363c7212e0a55d2f7e3782ec74 /distrib/notes/sun3/install | |
parent | 2f9713a1ba962936303d9cabbdea1d550e5bc657 (diff) |
Various updates. Grammar/spelling proofread by ericj.
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sun3/install b/distrib/notes/sun3/install index 6f574d6937d..e291d3328e7 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/sun3/install +++ b/distrib/notes/sun3/install @@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ This is difficult to get set up correctly the first time, but easy to use afterwards. (see ``Installing using a diskless setup'' below). It is also possible to install OpenBSD "manually" from a running SunOS -system, using SunOS tools and gnu tar and gunzip (see ``Installing from SunOS'' -below). +system, using SunOS tools and gnu tar and gunzip (see ``Installing from +SunOS'' below). This section of the install document is really broken into several parts: @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ section gets you up to the point where you've booted the kernel from whatever media or setup described in the previous section, to where you have to respond to prompts from the install script. The next section describes the path through the install script, and the remainder are -notes which might be useful, but outside the bounds of simple "how two" +notes which might be useful, but outside the bounds of simple "how to" instructions. @@ -223,8 +223,7 @@ may be a better option. or a local disk partition. To install from a tape, the distrib- ution sets must have been written to tape prior to running the installation program, either as tar images or as gzipped tar - images. Note that installation sets on multiple floppies is not - currently supported. + images. OpenBSDFTPInstall @@ -234,7 +233,7 @@ OpenBSDTAPEInstall OpenBSDNFSInstall -OpenBSDDISKInstall({:-"wdN" or -:},{:-only -:}) +OpenBSDDISKInstall({:-"xdN" or -:},{:-only -:}) OpenBSDCommonFS @@ -290,12 +289,14 @@ OpenBSD/sun3 uses SunOS disk labels.) Give yourself adequate partition sizes. Here is an example layout: partition size offset will be.. - sd0a 28140 0 / - sd0b 16170 28140 swap - sd0c 204540 0 `whole disk' - sd0g 160230 44310 /usr + sd0a 48825 0 / + sd0b 69825 48825 swap + sd0c 639450 0 `whole disk' + sd0d 65625 118650 /var + sd0g 455175 184275 /usr -BTW, These are not recommended sizes. +FYI, this particular disk setup is used on a model 3/60 connected +to a shoebox with a Micropolis 1558 ESDI drive. Use SunOS to newfs the partitions which will have filesystems on them. (OpenBSD's filesystem format is identical to SunOS). @@ -356,7 +357,7 @@ Now proceed to reboot the machine and the customize your installation. Net Boot or Diskless Setup Information: -The set up is similar to SunOS diskless setup, but not identical, because +The setup is similar to SunOS diskless setup, but not identical, because the Sun setup assumes that the bootblocks load a kernel image, which then uses NFS to access the exported root partition, while the OpenBSD bootblocks use internal NFS routines to load the kernel image directly from the @@ -378,7 +379,7 @@ Normally, this file is a symbolic link to an appropriate second-stage boot program, which should be located in a place where the TFTP daemon can find it (remember, many TFTP daemons run in a chroot'ed environment). -You can find the boot program in `/usr/mdec/boot' in the OpenBSD/sun3 +You can find the boot program in `/usr/mdec/netboot' in the OpenBSD/sun3 distribution. Here's an example to illustrate this whole mess: |