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@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ floppy disk.
Creating a bootable floppy disk using DOS/Windows:
- First you need to get access to the OpenBSD Bootable floppy
- images. If you can access the CD-ROM distribution under DOS
- the bootable disks are in the OSREV/MACHINE directory, otherwise
- you you will have to download them from one of the OpenBSD
- ftp or http mirror sites, using ftp or a web-viewer. In either
- case, take care to do "binary" transfers, since these are
- images files and any DOS cr/lf translations or control/z EOF
- interpretations will result in corrupted transfers.
+ First you need to get access to the OpenBSD bootable floppy
+ images. If you can access the distribution from the CD-ROM under
+ DOS, you will find the bootable disks in the OSREV/MACHINE
+ directory. Otherwise, you will have to download them from one of
+ the OpenBSD ftp or http mirror sites, using an ftp client or a web
+ browser. In either case, take care to do "binary" transfers, since
+ these are images files and any DOS cr/lf translations or control/z
+ EOF interpretations will result in corrupted transfers.
You will also need to go to the "tools" directory and grab a
copy of the rawrite.exe utility and its documentation. This
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ Creating a bootable floppy disk using DOS/Windows:
Creating a bootable floppy disk using SunOS or other Un*x-like system:
First, you will need obtain a local copy of the bootable filesystem
- image as described above. If possible use cksum or md5 to verify
- the checksums of the images vs. the values in the CKSUM or MD5
- files on the mirror site.
+ image as described above. If possible use the cksum(1) or md5(1)
+ commands to verify the checksums of the images vs. the values in
+ the CKSUM or MD5 files on the mirror site.
Next, use the dd(1) utility to copy the file to the floppy drive.
Under SunOS, the command would be:
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Creating a bootable floppy disk using SunOS or other Un*x-like system:
this to conform to local naming conventions for the floppy and
options suitable for copying to a "raw" floppy image. The key
issue is that the device name used for the floppy *must* be one
- that refers to the whole 2880 block image, not a partition or
+ that refers to the correct block device, not a partition or
compatibility mode, and the copy command needs to be compatible
with the requirement that writes to a raw device must be in
multiples of 512-byte blocks. The variations are endless and