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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/octeon/install b/distrib/notes/octeon/install
index ea2265bacb5..7376c7051d7 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/octeon/install
+++ b/distrib/notes/octeon/install
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.16 2017/11/30 15:25:37 visa Exp $
+dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.17 2018/12/21 14:33:43 visa Exp $
OpenBSDInstallPrelude
OpenBSDInstallPart2
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ restore it later if needed:
${bootcmd} is run by U-Boot when ${autoload} is enabled. Now create a new
${bootcmd} which will load an ELF file called 'bsd' from the first active FAT
-partition on the first CF card or USB device. The FAT partition has been created
-by the installer.
+partition on the first CF card. The FAT partition has been created by the
+installer.
# setenv bootcmd 'fatload ide 0:1 ${loadaddr} bsd;bootoctlinux rootdev=/dev/octcf0'
# setenv bootdelay 5
@@ -71,9 +71,15 @@ by the installer.
Protected 1 sectors
#
-If you have installed onto USB use the following bootcmd instead:
+If you have installed onto SD/MMC, SATA or USB, use the following
+bootcmd instead:
- fatload usb 0 ${loadaddr} bsd; bootoctlinux rootdev=sd0
+ fatload <bootdev> 0 ${loadaddr} bsd; bootoctlinux rootdev=sd0
+
+Replace ``<bootdev>'' with ``mmc'', ``sata'' or ``usb'' as appropriate.
+
+For stable root disk selection, you can use the root disk's
+disklabel(8) UID (DUID) as the value of the rootdev parameter.
On multi-core systems, the numcores parameter enables the secondary CPUs.
Use the total number of cores on your system as the value of the parameter.