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authorMiod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org>2001-10-01 01:47:31 +0000
committerMiod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org>2001-10-01 01:47:31 +0000
commit15753e5298575a4822f83e834747001c3ac0f18f (patch)
treeff4320d25e103c7f2e18af98cdaffb50696f00a4 /distrib/notes
parentb9d5b142a9b78a25214c13c57ecac1f132825927 (diff)
Don't refer to the ``new single floppy'' installation method, just ``floppy''
will do since the two floppy installation is long dead. And don't even mention it on sparc64 (yet).
Diffstat (limited to 'distrib/notes')
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/sparc/xfer12
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/sparc64/xfer23
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc/xfer b/distrib/notes/sparc/xfer
index 41a53611a28..daa3a3f99cd 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sparc/xfer
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc/xfer
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Creating a bootable floppy disk using SunOS or other Un*x-like system:
Creating a bootable hard disk using SunOS or other Un*x-like system:
- If you don't have a floppy drive you can copy the single floppy
+ If you don't have a floppy drive you can copy the floppy
installation image "floppy{:--:}OSrev.fs" or the mini-root "miniroot{:--:}OSrev.fs"
onto the hard disk you intend to boot on. Traditionally, the
way to do this is to use dd(1) to place the bootable filesystem
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ Creating a bootable hard disk using SunOS or other Un*x-like system:
disk.
To copy the floppy image to the hard disk, preserving SunOS,
- Solaris NetBSD or OpenBSD labels:
+ Solaris, NetBSD or OpenBSD labels:
dd if=floppy{:--:}OSrev.fs of=/dev/rsdXc bs=1b skip=1 seek=1
@@ -196,10 +196,10 @@ The steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets for installation
depend on which method of installation you choose. Some methods
require a bit of setup first that is explained below.
-The new single floppy installation allows installing OpenBSD directly
-from FTP mirror sites over the internet, however you must consider the
-speed and reliability of your internet connection for this option. It
-may save much time and frustration to use ftp get/reget to transfer the
+The floppy installation allows installing OpenBSD directly from FTP
+mirror sites over the internet, however you must consider the speed and
+reliability of your internet connection for this option. It may save
+much time and frustration to use ftp get/reget to transfer the
distribution sets to a local server or disk and perform the installation
from there, rather than directly on the internet.
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc64/xfer b/distrib/notes/sparc64/xfer
index f62dd83c2a0..d008a6ae19c 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sparc64/xfer
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc64/xfer
@@ -96,10 +96,12 @@ dnl read/write errors.
dnl
dnl
-dnl XXX uncomment when miniroot available
+dnl XXX uncomment when floppy or miniroot available
+dnl XXX make sure to adapt text, especially examples, if only floppy
+dnl XXX or miniroot is available, but not both.
dnl Creating a bootable hard disk using SunOS or other Un*x-like system:
dnl
-dnl If you don't have a floppy drive you can copy the single floppy
+dnl If you don't have a floppy drive you can copy the floppy
dnl installation image "floppy{:--:}OSrev.fs" or the mini-root "miniroot{:--:}OSrev.fs"
dnl onto the hard disk you intend to boot on. Traditionally, the
dnl way to do this is to use dd(1) to place the bootable filesystem
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ dnl create a "fictitious label" that will let you access the whole
dnl disk.
dnl
dnl To copy the floppy image to the hard disk, preserving SunOS,
-dnl Solaris NetBSD or OpenBSD labels:
+dnl Solaris, NetBSD or OpenBSD labels:
dnl
dnl dd if=floppy{:--:}OSrev.fs of=/dev/rsdXc bs=1b skip=1 seek=1
dnl
@@ -197,13 +199,14 @@ The steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets for installation
depend on which method of installation you choose. Some methods
require a bit of setup first that is explained below.
-The new single floppy installation allows installing OpenBSD directly
-from FTP mirror sites over the internet, however you must consider the
-speed and reliability of your internet connection for this option. It
-may save much time and frustration to use ftp get/reget to transfer the
-distribution sets to a local server or disk and perform the installation
-from there, rather than directly on the internet.
-
+dnl XXX uncomment when floppy available
+dnl The floppy installation allows installing OpenBSD directly from FTP
+dnl mirror sites over the internet, however you must consider the speed and
+dnl reliability of your internet connection for this option. It may save
+dnl much time and frustration to use ftp get/reget to transfer the
+dnl distribution sets to a local server or disk and perform the installation
+dnl from there, rather than directly on the internet.
+dnl
To install OpenBSD using a remote partition, mounted via
NFS, you must do the following: