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| author | Ian Darwin <ian@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2011-03-09 17:11:41 +0000 |
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| committer | Ian Darwin <ian@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2011-03-09 17:11:41 +0000 |
| commit | 58e951eebc1b8a673cf3f2aefdeda798f5867a1f (patch) | |
| tree | e5dfdce26677424c8d6fee540ba1694a37c36138 /distrib/notes | |
| parent | 32b7e83c043d1af25274ebb6315836650927e82f (diff) | |
Mention need for 512-byte CDROM drive on older SPARCs, discussed w/ miod@ ok krw@
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| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/sparc/install | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc/install b/distrib/notes/sparc/install index 84e221d0d60..e1dd6182483 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/sparc/install +++ b/distrib/notes/sparc/install @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.72 2010/10/18 04:24:07 deraadt Exp $ +dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.73 2011/03/09 17:11:40 ian Exp $ OpenBSDInstallPrelude({:-SMD disks-:}) There are several ways to install OpenBSD onto a disk. The normal way @@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ 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. +Note that older SPARC machines will not boot from CD-ROM drives +unless the drive is set to use 512-byte blocks instead of the usual +2048-byte blocks. Sun-provided CD-ROM drives from that era are OK; +some third-party drives have a dip-switch or jumper setting. Booting from SCSI disk (miniroot or floppy image): |