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authorJason Wright <jason@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-11-02 05:11:08 +0000
committerJason Wright <jason@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-11-02 05:11:08 +0000
commitb206a7643c07efdc13833cd05338297881b3fc0a (patch)
tree819f8e1a82e8e9a3282ff3ea6e1916e11be9449c /distrib/notes
parent48ac846c268c1828382c626ce8de2a02f8128931 (diff)
more cleanup before bed time
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diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc/install b/distrib/notes/sparc/install
index 34b1d8de427..ca851f0e3c8 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sparc/install
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc/install
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ this document in hand it shouldn't be too much trouble.
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 floppies.
+use the OpenBSD installation floppy.
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
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ of value on the target system has been backed up. While installing OpenBSD
does not necessarily wipe out all the partitions on the hard disk, errors
during the install process can have unforeseen consequences and you will
probably render the system unbootable if you start, but do not complete
-the installation. Have the installation media for the prior installation,
+the installation. Having the installation media for the prior installation,
be it a SunOS or OpenBSD CD-ROM or OpenBSD install diskettes is good insurance
if you want to be able to "go back" for some reason.
@@ -198,8 +198,7 @@ or upgrade procedure. Proceed to the section ``Running the installation
scripts'' below.
-Installing using the Single Floppy, CD-ROM, tape, miniroot or
-netboot procedure:
+Installing using the Floppy, CD-ROM, tape, miniroot or netboot procedure:
The following is a walk-through of the steps you will take while
getting OpenBSD installed on your hard disk. If any question has a
@@ -214,8 +213,8 @@ may be a better option.
It will take a while to load the kernel especially from a floppy
or slow network connection, most likely more than a minute. If
some action doesn't eventually happen, or the spinning cursor has
- stopped and nothing further has happened, either your boot medias
- is probably bad, your diskless setup isn't correct or you may have
+ stopped and nothing further has happened, either your boot media
+ is bad, your diskless setup isn't correct, or you may have
a hardware or configuration problem.
You will then be presented with the OpenBSD kernel boot
@@ -235,12 +234,8 @@ may be a better option.
drive, the kernel itself lacks a floppy driver for some
architectures.
- When the loading process is complete, the boot floppy will be
- ejected and you will be prompted to insert a filesystem floppy,
- just hit return since the filesystem is contained in the kernel
- image just loaded. Next there will be a prompt asking you for
- a shell name, just hit return to start executing the installation
- setup script.
+ Next there will be a prompt asking you for a shell name, just
+ hit return to start executing the installation setup script.
You will next be asked for your terminal type. If you are
installing from a keyboard/monitor console, the default of
@@ -303,14 +298,13 @@ may be a better option.
Next the system will give you a list of network interfaces you can
configure. For each network interface you select to configure, it
will ask for the IP address to use, the symbolic host name to use,
- the netmask to use and any interface-specific flags to set. The
- interface-specific flags are usually used to determine which media
- the network card is to use. This is driver dependent, but for the
- sparc le(4) driver, the flags usually carry meaning:
-
- -link0 -link1 Use existing setting (only setup by netboot)
- link0 -link1 Use UTP (twisted pair) port
- -link0 link1 Use AUI port
+ the netmask to use and any media flags to set. This is driver
+ dependent, but for the sparc le(4) driver, the flags usually carry
+ meaning:
+
+ auto Use existing setting (only setup by netboot)
+ 10baseT Use UTP (twisted pair) port
+ 10base5 Use AUI port
*** IMPORTANT - these are the correct setting for Sparc ethernet cards,
the suggestions shown by the install script are generic
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc/xfer b/distrib/notes/sparc/xfer
index b249413fa86..b5228455ce8 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sparc/xfer
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc/xfer
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ CD-ROM and the current boot images is only known to work on Sun4c
architecture workstations such as the IPC, SS1 or SS2. 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 floppies, a hard drive, or a compatible net boot server.
+image, either a floppy, hard drive, 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. If
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ Creating a bootable hard disk using SunOS or other Un*x-like system:
Creating a network bootable setup using SunOS or other Un*x-like system:
The details of setting up a network bootable environment vary
- considerably, depending on the networks host. Extract the
+ considerably, depending on the network's host. Extract the
OpenBSD diskless(8) man page from the man{:--:}OSrev.tgz distribution
set or see the copy on the OpenBSD web page. You will also
need to reference the relevant man pages or administrators guide