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| author | Visa Hankala <visa@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2016-10-05 16:06:03 +0000 |
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| committer | Visa Hankala <visa@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2016-10-05 16:06:03 +0000 |
| commit | de39f9aeaf84f30a1a57e7dac904d35e42d69c0f (patch) | |
| tree | d99af7e24481c387f8004d43ae23ac11faba3d6c /distrib | |
| parent | 64e5576c75e3bae1ee4c55ff0c9454cddde6c197 (diff) | |
Remove an outdated remark about the 'a' partition. The sgi bootblocks
now locate the partition by using the disklabel.
ok jsing@
Diffstat (limited to 'distrib')
| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/sgi/install | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/sgi/ramdisk/install.md | 8 |
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sgi/install b/distrib/notes/sgi/install index a42735784df..90e27c4bee1 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/sgi/install +++ b/distrib/notes/sgi/install @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.28 2015/08/12 06:47:16 mlarkin Exp $ +dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.29 2016/10/05 16:06:02 visa Exp $ OpenBSDInstallPrelude There are several ways to install OpenBSD onto a disk. The easiest way @@ -173,14 +173,7 @@ OpenBSDInstallPart4 OpenBSDInstallPart5 No partitions should overlap with the SGI Volume Header, which by - default will use the first 3134 sectors. Additionally, the 'a' - partition must be the first partition on the disk, immediately - following the SGI Volume Header. If the default Volume Header size is - used, the 'a' partition should be located at offset 3135. If the 'a' - partition is not located immediately after the Volume Header the boot - loader will not be able to locate and load the kernel. -dnl XXX Note that this is a #$%@ boot blocks limitation which should be fixed -dnl XXX by reading the real label in the boot blocks. + default will use the first 3134 sectors. OpenBSDInstallPart6({:-CD-ROM, NFS -:}) diff --git a/distrib/sgi/ramdisk/install.md b/distrib/sgi/ramdisk/install.md index a476b6834a0..0a82c2a5bce 100644 --- a/distrib/sgi/ramdisk/install.md +++ b/distrib/sgi/ramdisk/install.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $OpenBSD: install.md,v 1.40 2016/09/04 09:52:03 rpe Exp $ +# $OpenBSD: install.md,v 1.41 2016/10/05 16:06:02 visa Exp $ # # # Copyright (c) 1996 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. @@ -110,12 +110,6 @@ The 'p' partition must be retained since it contains the SGI Volume Header; this in turn contains the boot loader. No other partitions should overlap with the SGI Volume Header, which by default will use the first 3134 sectors. -Additionally, the 'a' partition must be the first partition on the disk, -immediately following the SGI Volume Header. If the default SGI Volume Header -size is used, the 'a' partition should be located at offset 3135. If the -'a' partition is not located immediately after the SGI Volume Header the -boot loader will not be able to locate and load the kernel. - Do not change any parameters except the partition layout and the label name. __EOT |