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diff --git a/distrib/notes/alpha/xfer b/distrib/notes/alpha/xfer index 305d60a6012..9cded002730 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/alpha/xfer +++ b/distrib/notes/alpha/xfer @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Installation is supported from several media types, including: FFS partitions Tape Remote NFS partition + CD-ROM FTP HTTP @@ -53,8 +54,8 @@ If you don't have a floppy drive on your alpha: start the actual install process. The steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets for installation -depend on which method of installation you choose. The various methods -are explained below. +depend on which method of installation you choose. Some methods +require a bit of setup first that is explained below. To install or upgrade OpenBSD using a tape, you need to do the following: @@ -121,32 +122,6 @@ NFS, you must do the following: disk, below. If you're upgrading an existing installation, go directly to the section on upgrading. -To install or upgrade OpenBSD by using FTP to get the installation -sets, you must do the following: - - NOTE: This method of installation is recommended only for - those already familiar with using BSD network - configuration and management commands. If you aren't, - this documentation should help, but is not intended to - be all-encompassing. - - The preparations for this installation/upgrade method are - easy; all you make sure that there's some FTP site from which - you can retrieve the OpenBSD distribution when you're about to - install or upgrade. You need to know the numeric IP address - of that site, and, if it's not on a network directly connected - to the machine on which you're installing or upgrading OpenBSD, - you need to know the numeric IP address of the router closest - to the OpenBSD machine. Finally, you need to know the numeric - IP address of the OpenBSD machine itself. - - Once you have this information, you can proceed to the next - step in the installation or upgrade process. If you're - installing OpenBSD from scratch, go to the section on - preparing your hard disk, below. If you're upgrading an - existing installation, go directly to the section on - upgrading. - If you are upgrading OpenBSD, you also have the option of installing OpenBSD by putting the new distribution sets somewhere in your existing file system, and using them from there. To do that, you must do the |