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| author | Miod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2004-02-15 23:24:10 +0000 |
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| committer | Miod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2004-02-15 23:24:10 +0000 |
| commit | 02f0ed0b22f901bbe1d3de59eb5326ee744465d6 (patch) | |
| tree | 32b485dfe3d3564299c02f95fe704d586c8e69f1 /distrib | |
| parent | a010da520e369bdc7125c53ddc443c946fece952 (diff) | |
Better ABLE usage and information, after clarification from the Simtec unzels.
Diffstat (limited to 'distrib')
| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/cats/install | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/cats/prep | 17 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/cats/install b/distrib/notes/cats/install index 688641ad605..e82d003b73f 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/cats/install +++ b/distrib/notes/cats/install @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.4 2004/02/13 11:00:24 miod Exp $ +dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.5 2004/02/15 23:24:07 miod Exp $ OpenBSDInstallPrelude There are several ways to install OpenBSD onto a disk. The easiest way @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ is versatile and will boot from a variety of devices and filesystems. Booting from CD-ROM installation media: At the ABLE firmware prompt, enter : - boot (cd0)bsd.rd + > (cd0)bsd.rd to boot from the first detected cd-rom drive. If the cd-rom drive has not been detected, be sure to put a disk in the tray, and reset the machine. diff --git a/distrib/notes/cats/prep b/distrib/notes/cats/prep index 8175f807150..0d33ae0e76d 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/cats/prep +++ b/distrib/notes/cats/prep @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -dnl $OpenBSD: prep,v 1.3 2004/02/13 11:00:24 miod Exp $ +dnl $OpenBSD: prep,v 1.4 2004/02/15 23:24:07 miod Exp $ To be able to boot the OpenBSD/MACHINE installation program, you will need to acquire some limited knowledge of ABLE Firmware, the low-level process that controls the microprocessor after hardware initialization @@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ the following URL: For convenience, a few ABLE commands are described below: - boot (hd0)bsd - loads and boots the ELF file 'bsd' from the disk partition + (hd0)bsd + boots the ELF file 'bsd' from the disk partition identified by firmware as hd0. nvset variable value @@ -41,20 +41,11 @@ The following environment variables control the system startup: the boot process is interrupted by a keypress. boot.cmd - command used to auto-boot, such as "boot (hd0)bsd" to + command used to auto-boot, such as "(hd0)bsd" to boot the bsd kernel from the first hard disk partition. boot.timeout delay until the system boots, in seconds. -Arguments to the kernel are not passed on the commandline. You can check -and modify these arguments with the following commands: - - showargs - displays the current arguments string. - - setargs value - sets the arguments string. - dnl dnl XXX bootable partitions |