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diff --git a/distrib/notes/amiga/prep b/distrib/notes/amiga/prep index 23fbdc81ec4..3ad6a19476f 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/amiga/prep +++ b/distrib/notes/amiga/prep @@ -84,41 +84,39 @@ Transferring the miniroot filesystem: The OpenBSD/amiga installation or upgrade now uses a "miniroot" fileystem which is installed on the partition used by OpenBSD for swapping. This removes the requirement of using a floppy - disk for the filesystem used by the installation or upgrade + disk for the filesystem used by the installation/upgrade process. It also allows more utilities to be present on the filesystem than would be available when using an 880K floppy disk. - Once the hard disk has been prepared for OpenBSD, the appropriate - miniroot filesystem (inst-21.fs for a new install or upgr-21.fs - for an upgrade) is transferred to the swap partition configured - during the hard disk prep (or the existing swap parition in - the case of an upgrade). The xstreamtodev utility provided in - the "amiga/utilities" directory can be used on AmigaDOS to - transfer the filesystem for either a new installation or an - upgrade. The filesystem can also be transferred on an existing - OpenBSD system for an update by using dd. This should only be - done after booting OpenBSD into single-user state. It may also - be possible to shutdown to single-user, providing that the - single-user state processes are not using the swap partition. + Once the hard disk has been prepared for OpenBSD, the miniroot + filesystem (miniroot21.fs) is transferred to the swap partition + configured during the hard disk prep (or the existing swap + partition in the case of an upgrade). The xstreamtodev utility + provided in the "amiga/utilities" directory can be used on + AmigaDOS to transfer the filesystem for either a new installation + or an upgrade. The filesystem can also be transferred on an + existing OpenBSD (or NetBSD) system for an update by using dd. + This should only be done after booting the former OS into single- + user state. It may also be possible to shutdown to single-user, + providing that the single-user state processes are not using the + swap partition. On AmigaDOS, the command: - xstreamtodev --input=inst-21.fs --rdb-name=<swap partition> + xstreamtodev --input=miniroot21.fs --rdb-name=<swap partition> where <swap partition> is the name you gave to the OpenBSD - partition to be used for swapping. Use upgr-21.fs if you - are going to do an upgrade of an existing OpenBSD system. If - xstreamtodev is unable to determine the SCSI driver device - name or the unit number of the specified partition, you may - also need to include the option "--device=<driver.name>" and/or - "--unit=<SCSI unit number>". - - To transfer the miniroot using OpenBSD, you should be booted up - in single user state on the current OpenBSD system, or use the + partition to be used for swapping. If xstreamtodev is unable to + determine the SCSI driver device name or the unit number of the + specified partition, you may also need to include the option + "--device=<driver.name>" and/or "--unit=<SCSI unit number>". + + To transfer the miniroot using an older BSD, you should be booted + up in single user state on the current system, or use the "shutdown now" command to shutdown to single-uyser state. Then copy the miniroot using dd: - dd if=upgr-21.fs of=/dev/rsd0b - where /dev/rsd0b should be the device path of the swap partition + dd if=miniroot21.fs of=/dev/rsdXb + where /dev/rsdXb should be the device path of the swap partition your system is configured to use. Once the file is copied, - reboot back to AmigaDOS to boot the upgrade kernel. NOTE: the - release kernel is a "generic" kernel, and requires that the + reboot back to AmigaDOS to boot the new OpenBSD kernel. NOTE: + the release kernel is a "generic" kernel, and requires that the swap partition be on the same device as the root partition. |