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diff --git a/distrib/i386/common/install.md b/distrib/i386/common/install.md index a85bfcdcd00..cdbf5f2c497 100644 --- a/distrib/i386/common/install.md +++ b/distrib/i386/common/install.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $OpenBSD: install.md,v 1.9 2002/08/27 02:18:34 krw Exp $ +# $OpenBSD: install.md,v 1.10 2002/09/17 12:28:54 krw Exp $ # # # Copyright (c) 1996 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. @@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ md_installboot() { echo Installing boot block... cp /usr/mdec/boot /mnt/boot /usr/mdec/installboot -v /mnt/boot /usr/mdec/biosboot ${1} + echo "...done." } md_checkfordisklabel() { @@ -136,28 +137,25 @@ quit __EOT else - - echo cat << __EOT -A single OpenBSD partition with id 'A6' ('OpenBSD') should exist in the MBR. -All of your OpenBSD partitions will be contained _within_ this partition, -including your swap space. In the normal case it should be the only partition -marked as active. (Unless you are using a multiple-OS booter, but you can -adjust that later.) Furthermore, the MBR partitions must NOT overlap each -other. [If this is a new install, you are most likely going to want to type -the following fdisk commands: reinit, update, write, quit. Use the 'manual' -command to read a full description.] The current partition information is: +Your will now create a single MBR partition to contain your OpenBSD data. This +partition must have an id of 'A6'; must *NOT* overlap other partitions; and +must be marked as the only active partition. + +The 'manual' command describes all the fdisk commands in detail. + +$(fdisk ${_disk}) __EOT - fdisk ${_disk} - echo fdisk -e ${_disk} fi - echo Here is the partition information you chose: - echo - fdisk ${_disk} - echo + cat << __EOT +Here is the partition information you chose: + +$(fdisk ${_disk}) + +__EOT } md_prep_disklabel() @@ -172,12 +170,12 @@ md_prep_disklabel() cat << __EOT -Inside the BIOS 'A6' ('OpenBSD') partition you just created, there resides an -OpenBSD partition table which defines how this BIOS partition is to be split -up. This table declares the offsets and sizes of your / partition, your swap -space, and any other partitions you might create. (NOTE: The OpenBSD disk -label offsets are absolute, ie. relative to the start of the disk... NOT -relative to the start of the BIOS 'A6' partition). +You will now create an OpenBSD disklabel inside the MBR 'A6' ('OpenBSD') +partition. The disklabel defines how OpenBSD splits up the MBR partition +into OpenBSD partitions in which filesystems and swap space are created. + +The offsets used in the disklabel are ABSOLUTE, i.e. relative to the +start of the disk, NOT the start of the MBR 'A6' partition. __EOT @@ -192,15 +190,6 @@ __EOT ;; esac - # display example - cat << __EOT -If this disk is shared with other operating systems, those operating systems -should have a BIOS partition entry that spans the space they occupy completely. -For safety, also make sure all OpenBSD file systems are within the offset and -size specified in the 'A6' BIOS partition table. (By default, the disklabel -editor will try to enforce this). - -__EOT disklabel -f /tmp/fstab.${_disk} -E ${_disk} } |