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authorTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1999-04-18 02:49:39 +0000
committerTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1999-04-18 02:49:39 +0000
commit623236090299a5b89a7f3043f1ae86093e9525ba (patch)
treee345aa17f89f8e4ec15ce86153ee1a287a29f70a /distrib
parente8fb8223a7382493101db0aca03e209b9460600e (diff)
notes that ship with 2.5, but not in the tree
Diffstat (limited to 'distrib')
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/alpha/xfer4
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/amiga/contents16
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/amiga/hardware4
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/amiga/whatis3
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/i386/contents4
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/i386/xfer4
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/packages64
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/powerpc/contents4
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/powerpc/xfer4
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/sparc/xfer5
10 files changed, 68 insertions, 44 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/alpha/xfer b/distrib/notes/alpha/xfer
index 7c76cd54c4a..bd0d6537ace 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/alpha/xfer
+++ b/distrib/notes/alpha/xfer
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ If you have a floppy drive on your alpha:
will write the file system image (floppy{:--:}OSrev.fs) to a disk.
You can boot it using "boot dva0".
+ If you are using a NT to write the floppy image to
+ disk, you should use the "ntrw" utility, provided in
+ the "OSREV/tools" directory of the OpenBSD distribution, instead.
+
Note that, when installing, the floppy can be write-protected (i.e.
read-only).
diff --git a/distrib/notes/amiga/contents b/distrib/notes/amiga/contents
index d73bb128770..fbcb78827cd 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/amiga/contents
+++ b/distrib/notes/amiga/contents
@@ -30,21 +30,21 @@ Installation/upgrade miniroot file system:
DistributionDescription
-OpenBSDbase(41.4M,110.1M)
+OpenBSDbase(16.2M,47.6M)
-OpenBSDcomp(9.6M,34.9M)
+OpenBSDcomp(10.6M,33.2M)
-OpenBSDetc(160.5K,720.0K)
+OpenBSDetc(161.0K,753K)
-OpenBSDgame(6.4M,15.2M)
+OpenBSDgame(2.6M,6.4M)
-OpenBSDman(3.4M,13.1M)
+OpenBSDman(3.4M,12.9M)
-OpenBSDmisc(771.5K,1256.4M)
+OpenBSDmisc(1.6M,5.5M)
-OpenBSDxbase(3.6M,9.9M)
+OpenBSDxbase(3.6M,10.1M)
-OpenBSDxshare(1.4M,8.1M)
+OpenBSDxshare(1.5M,7.9M)
OpenBSDxfont(6.0M,7.3M)
diff --git a/distrib/notes/amiga/hardware b/distrib/notes/amiga/hardware
index 04a4e28413b..870dd22ab4e 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/amiga/hardware
+++ b/distrib/notes/amiga/hardware
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ won't be speedy. X really isn't usable on a 4M system.)
Here is a table of recommended HD partition sizes for a full install:
partition: advise, with X, needed, with X
- root (/) 20M 20M 15M 15M
- user (/usr) 95M 130M 75M 110M
+ root (/) 30M 30M 25M 25M
+ user (/usr) 120M 155M 100M 135M
swap ---- 1MB for every MB RAM ----
-- but the sum of swap and ---
- RAM should be at least 16 --
diff --git a/distrib/notes/amiga/whatis b/distrib/notes/amiga/whatis
index e9c7c2e625c..7a16a3809e8 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/amiga/whatis
+++ b/distrib/notes/amiga/whatis
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-This is the third public release of OpenBSD for the Amiga line of
-computers. Several graphics, SCSI and network boards are supported.
+Several graphics, SCSI and network boards are supported.
diff --git a/distrib/notes/i386/contents b/distrib/notes/i386/contents
index 8de9ac8b6a8..7e11a4ac4fe 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/i386/contents
+++ b/distrib/notes/i386/contents
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ As well you may be interested in
.../OSREV/tools/
miscellaneous i386 installation utilities like
- rawrite.exe, gzip.exe, and pfdisk.exe; see
- installation section, below.
+ rawrite.exe, ntrw.exe, gzip.exe, and pfdisk.exe;
+ see installation section, below.
OpenBSDfloppydesc({:-In addition,
diff --git a/distrib/notes/i386/xfer b/distrib/notes/i386/xfer
index 8d9f43ed011..c91ea8ce53a 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/i386/xfer
+++ b/distrib/notes/i386/xfer
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ use the "rawrite" utility, provided in the "OSREV/tools" directory of
the OpenBSD distribution. It will write the file system image
(floppy{:--:}OSrev.fs) to a disk.
+If you are using NT to write the floppy image to disk, you should
+use the "ntrw" utility, provided in the "OSREV/tools" directory of
+the OpenBSD distribution, instead
+
Note that when installing, the floppy can be write-protected (i.e.
read-only).
diff --git a/distrib/notes/packages b/distrib/notes/packages
index 3c8bec119a6..f6183f10c18 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/packages
+++ b/distrib/notes/packages
@@ -91,34 +91,42 @@ Installing applications from the ftp.openbsd.org package collection:
Packages available {:-include-:} (at least):
- ImageMagick-4.0.6.tgz mpeg_lib-1.2.1.tgz
- Xaw3d-1.3.tgz netpipes-4.1.1-export.tgz
- afm-1.0.tgz nmh-0.27.tgz
- bash-2.02.tgz pgp-intl-2.6.3.tgz
- bison-1.25.tgz pgp-usa-2.6.3.tgz
- bzip2-0.9.0b.tgz pine-4.03.tgz
- dejagnu-1.3.tgz png-1.0.2.tgz
- emacs-20.3.tgz psutils-a4-1.17.tgz
- enscript-1.6.1.tgz psutils-letter-1.17.tgz
- expect-5.26.tgz screen-3.7.4.tgz
- fetchmail-4.5.4.tgz sharutils-4.2.tgz
- ghostscript-5.10.tgz ssh-intl-1.2.26.tgz
- gimp-1.0.0.tgz ssh-usa-1.2.26.tgz
- glimpse-4.1.tgz tar-1.12.tgz
- gmake-3.76.1.tgz tcl-8.0.2.tgz
- gnuplot-3.5.tgz tcsh-6.07.02.tgz
- gtk+-1.0.5.tgz teTeX-0.4.tgz
- gv-3.5.8.tgz tiff-3.4.tgz
- id-utils-3.2.tgz tk-8.0.2.tgz
- idled-1.16.tgz transfig-3.2.1.tgz
- iozone-2.01.tgz unzip-5.3.2.tgz
- ircii-2.8.2-epic3.004.tgz xcolors-1.3.tgz
- ispell-3.1.20.tgz xfig-3.2.2.tgz
- jove-4.16.tgz xntp3-5.93-export.tgz
- jpeg-6b.tgz xpaint-2.5.5.tgz
- lesstif-0.86.0.tgz xphoon-91.9.18.tgz
- m4-1.4.tgz xv-3.10a.tgz
- mm-2.7.tgz
+ ImageMagick-4.2.0.tgz m4-1.4.tgz
+ Xaw3d-1.3.tgz mm-2.7.tgz
+ aalib-1.2.tgz mpeg_lib-1.2.1.tgz
+ afm-1.0.tgz mpeg_play-2.4.tgz
+ autoconf-2.13.tgz netpbm-19940301.tgz
+ bash-2.03.tgz netpipes-4.1.1-export.tgz
+ bison-1.25.tgz nmh-1.0.tgz
+ bzip2-0.9.0c.tgz pgp-2.6.3-intl.tgz
+ compface-1.0.tgz pgp-2.6.3-usa.tgz
+ cucipop-1.31.tgz pine-4.10.tgz
+ dejagnu-1.3.tgz png-1.0.3.tgz
+ egcs-1.1.2.tgz psutils-1.17-a4.tgz
+ emacs-20.3.tgz psutils-1.17-letter.tgz
+ enscript-1.6.1.tgz screen-3.7.6.tgz
+ ethereal-0.5.1.tgz sharutils-4.2.tgz
+ expect-5.28.tgz sniffit-0.3.5.tgz
+ fetchmail-4.7.9.tgz ssh-1.2.26-intl.tgz
+ freetype-1.2.tgz ssh-1.2.26-usa.tgz
+ gettext-0.10.35.tgz tar-1.12.tgz
+ ghostscript-5.10.tgz tcl-8.0.5.tgz
+ gimp-1.1.4.tgz tcsh-6.08.00.tgz
+ glib-1.2.1.tgz teTeX-0.4.tgz
+ glimpse-4.1.tgz tiff-3.4.tgz
+ gmake-3.77.tgz tk-8.0.5.tgz
+ gnuplot-3.7.tgz transfig-3.2.1.tgz
+ gtk+-1.2.1.tgz unzip-5.40.tgz
+ gv-3.5.8.tgz viewfax-2.3.tgz
+ id-utils-3.2.tgz wget-1.5.3.tgz
+ idled-1.16.tgz xcolors-1.3.tgz
+ iozone-2.01.tgz xfig-3.2.2.tgz
+ ircii-2.8.2-epic3.004.tgz xntp3-5.93e-export.tgz
+ ispell-3.1.20.tgz xpaint-2.5.5.tgz
+ jove-4.16.tgz xpdf-0.80.tgz
+ jpeg-6b.tgz xphoon-91.9.18.tgz
+ lesstif-0.88.0.tgz xspread-2.1.tgz
+ libslang-1.2.2.tgz xv-3.10a.tgz
Note: these packages may not exist for all architectures; other
packages may be added. Some packages are only available via
diff --git a/distrib/notes/powerpc/contents b/distrib/notes/powerpc/contents
index 5d2dcbd465f..c0be7689281 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/powerpc/contents
+++ b/distrib/notes/powerpc/contents
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ As well you may be interested in
.../OSREV/tools/
miscellaneous i386 installation utilities like
- rawrite.exe, gzip.exe, and pfdisk.exe; see
- installation section, below.
+ rawrite.exe, ntrw.exe, gzip.exe, and pfdisk.exe;
+ see installation section, below.
Instead of the single floppy, currently multiple floppies for different
systems exist. boot.fs is for VI vme board machines, and Motorola Powerstack
diff --git a/distrib/notes/powerpc/xfer b/distrib/notes/powerpc/xfer
index 2152d9d1dfa..0dce421eecf 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/powerpc/xfer
+++ b/distrib/notes/powerpc/xfer
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ use the "rawrite" utility, provided in the "OSREV/tools" directory of
the OpenBSD distribution. It will write the file system image
(floppy.fs) to a disk.
+If you are using NT to write the floppy image to disk, you should
+use the "ntrw" utility, provided in the "OSREV/tools" directory of
+the OpenBSD distribution, instead.
+
Note that when installing, the floppy can be write-protected (i.e.
read-only).
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc/xfer b/distrib/notes/sparc/xfer
index 4556cfd6330..34e9c8e6007 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sparc/xfer
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc/xfer
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ Creating a bootable floppy disk using DOS/Windows:
image copy and boot process is not especially tolerant of read
errors.
+ Note that if you are using NT to write the images to disk, you
+ will need to use ntrw.exe instead. It is also availible in the
+ "tools" directory. Grab it and run in with the correct
+ arguments like this "ntrw <image> <drive>:"
+
Note that, when installing, the boot floppy can be write-protected
(i.e. read-only).