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authorNiklas Hallqvist <niklas@cvs.openbsd.org>1997-05-14 18:36:32 +0000
committerNiklas Hallqvist <niklas@cvs.openbsd.org>1997-05-14 18:36:32 +0000
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diff --git a/distrib/notes/amiga/prep b/distrib/notes/amiga/prep
index 3ad6a19476f..957c737fa3a 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/amiga/prep
+++ b/distrib/notes/amiga/prep
@@ -81,11 +81,9 @@ Preparing you hard disk with HDToolBox:
Transferring the miniroot filesystem:
- The OpenBSD/amiga installation or upgrade now uses a "miniroot"
+ The OpenBSD/amiga installation or upgrade uses a "miniroot"
fileystem which is installed on the partition used by OpenBSD
- for swapping. This removes the requirement of using a floppy
- disk for the filesystem used by the installation/upgrade
- process. It also allows more utilities to be present on the
+ for swapping. This allows more utilities to be present on the
filesystem than would be available when using an 880K floppy
disk.
diff --git a/distrib/notes/amiga/xfer b/distrib/notes/amiga/xfer
index 0d1eca8c60a..dc5821fbef9 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/amiga/xfer
+++ b/distrib/notes/amiga/xfer
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
Installation is supported from several media types, including:
AmigaDOS HD partitions
Tape
- NFS partitions
+ NFS
FTP
- OpenBSD partitions, if doing an upgrade.
+ Net- or OpenBSD partitions, if such are available
-The install or upgrade miniroot filesystem needs to be transferred
-to the OpenBSD swap partition. This can be done from AmigaDOS in
-the case of a new install or upgrade, or from OpenBSD when doing an
-upgrade. See the "Preparing your System for OpenBSD Installation"
-section for details.
+The miniroot filesystem needs to be transferred to the OpenBSD
+swap partition. This can be done from AmigaDOS in the case of
+a new install or upgrade, or from OpenBSD when doing an
+upgrade. See the "Preparing your System for OpenBSD
+Installation" section for details.
The steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets
for installation depend on which method of installation
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ To prepare for installing via an AmigaDOS partition:
To install OpenBSD from an AmigaDOS partition, you need to
get the OpenBSD distribution sets you wish to install
on your system on to an AmigaDOS partition. All of the
- set_name.xx pieces can be placed in a single directory
+ set_name.tar.gz pieces can be placed in a single directory
instead of separate ones for each distribution set. This
will also simplify the installation work later on.
@@ -51,14 +51,7 @@ To prepare for installing via a tape:
Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next
step in the installation process, preparing your hard disk.
-To prepare for installing via an NFS partition:
-
- NOTE: this method of installation is recommended
- only for those already familiar with using
- the BSD network-manipulation commands and
- interfaces. If you aren't, this documentation
- should help, but is not intended to be
- all-encompassing.
+To prepare for installing via NFS:
Place the OpenBSD software you wish to install into
a directory on an NFS server, and make that directory
@@ -76,13 +69,6 @@ To prepare for installing via an NFS partition:
To prepare for installing via FTP:
- NOTE: this method of installation is recommended
- only for those already familiar with using
- the BSD network-manipulation commands and
- interfaces. If you aren't, this documentation
- should help, but is not intended to be
- all-encompassing.
-
The preparations for this method of installation
are easy: all you have to do is make sure that
there's some FTP site from which you can retrieve