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| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/arc/prep | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/arc/upgrade | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/arc/whatis | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/arc/xfer | 56 |
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diff --git a/distrib/notes/arc/contents b/distrib/notes/arc/contents deleted file mode 100644 index 23a982ab980..00000000000 --- a/distrib/notes/arc/contents +++ /dev/null @@ -1,35 +0,0 @@ -TopPart - -OpenBSDbsd - -OpenBSDrd - - bsd.ecoff ARC GENERIC kernel in ECOFF format. - This kernel may be used to boot a - system from a MSDOS disk. - -OpenBSDdistsets - -The ARC ramdisk image is a bootable kernel+rootimage. This kernel is used -when a system is installed for the first time. The file is in ECOFF format. - -DistributionDescription - -OpenBSDbase(14.0M,47.4M) - -OpenBSDcomp(13.1M,51.9M) - -OpenBSDetc(92K,490K) - -OpenBSDgame(2.8M,7.1M) - -OpenBSDman(2.4M,9.2M) - -OpenBSDmisc(1.7M,5.9M) - -OpenBSDxbase - -OpenBSDxfont - -OpenBSDxserv - diff --git a/distrib/notes/arc/hardware b/distrib/notes/arc/hardware deleted file mode 100644 index 19fa58be935..00000000000 --- a/distrib/notes/arc/hardware +++ /dev/null @@ -1,55 +0,0 @@ -OpenBSD/arc OSREV runs on the following classes of machines: - - Acer PICA61 (RISC-PC) Systems. - - Deskstation rPC44. - - Deskstation Tyne. - -OpenBSD/pmax OSREV does *not* (yet) run on these machines: - - Mips Magnum - - Olivetti systems. - - SNI RMxxx machines. - - NEC Risc. - -The minimal configuration requires 8M of RAM and ~60M of disk space. -To install the entire system requires ~150M of disk space, and to run -X or compile the system, 32Mb of RAM and ~1G of disk is recommended. - -Supported devices {:-include-:}: - graphics: - built-in S3 VGA graphics adapter on PICA. - Standard VGA graphics adapter on rPC44 and Tyne. - Note that X11R6 currently supports only S3 boards. - - keyboard: - Standard PC compatible keyboard with optionally - driver softloaded keymaps. - - mouse: - PS2 mouse on PICA - Serial mouse on /dev/tty00 on rPC44 and Tyne. - - serial ports: - on-board tty00 and tty01 (PICA. can not yet be used as console) - ISA tty00 and tty01 on systems without serial ports on - the motherboard (Tyne). - ISA tty02 and tty03 on all ISA capable systems. - - parallel ports: - parallel ports is supported on-board (PICA) or on ISA - (rPC44 and Tyne). - - floppy: - floppy is supported on PICA only. - - ethernet: - on-board SONIC ethernet controller (PICA only) - 3Com Etherlink boards (All ISA capable systems) - NE2000 compatible ISA boards. - - SCSI: - on-board NCR53C96 SCSI controller (PICA) - VLB "Buslogic BT-440C/445C" SCSI controller. - - IDE: - IDE disks via wd driver on ISA bus. Bootable only - on Deskstation systems. - diff --git a/distrib/notes/arc/install b/distrib/notes/arc/install deleted file mode 100644 index c0710ef27f6..00000000000 --- a/distrib/notes/arc/install +++ /dev/null @@ -1,100 +0,0 @@ -OpenBSDInstallPrelude - -There are several ways to install OpenBSD onto a disk. The easiest way -in terms of preliminary setup is to use the OpenBSD ramdisk kernel that -can be booted off your local MSDOS disk or from the CD-ROM. - - -Installing using the OpenBSD ramdisk kernel. - -The ramdisk kernel is a self-contained OpenBSD filesystem including all -utilities necessary to install OpenBSD on a local disk, embedded in a -GENERIC kernel image. It is distributed as a plain ECOFF executable file -designed to be loaded into the system by the ARC firmware. - -Loading the ramdisk kernel into your system is done with the appropriate -BIOS Run command on Your system. Usually this is done by typing in the -following string at the "Run a program" prompt: - - scsi()disk()rdisk()partition(1)\bsd.rd - -to boot from an existing MSDOS FAT partition to which the ramdisk kernel -have been copied. Or from the CD-ROM: - - CD:\OSREV\arc\bsd.rd - -Exact input to describe the device path varies. Consult your ARC-Bios manual -for more information about the particular system. - -This will cause the ramdisk kernel to be booted. After the initial probe -messages you'll asked to choose a shell with sh as default. Simply type -[Return] here and you are in single user mode. - - -Start the installation script: - - # install - - -The script will do most of the work of transferring the system from the -tar files onto your disk. You will frequently be asked for confirmation -before the script proceeds with each phase of the installation process. -Occasionally, you'll have to provide a piece of information such as the -name of the disk you want to install on or IP addresses and domain names -you want to assign. - -The installation script goes through the following phases: - - - determination of the disk to install OpenBSD on - - checking of the MBR partition information on the disk - - checking of the OpenBSD partition information on the disk - - creating and mounting the OpenBSD filesystems - - setup of IP configuration - - extraction of the distribution tar files - - installation of kernel and the bootable kernel - -The installation program will guide you through the installation. There is -one area of complexity that you should be very careful about and that is -how to install the required MBR (Msdos Boot Record) and MSDOS FAT partition. - -OpenBSD will coexist with other operating systems with help from the MSDOS -partition table. Because the ARC Bios only knows how to boot from a FAT -formatted disk there must always exist a small or big (depending on your -needs) MSDOS FAT partition on the disk. Install will initialize the install -target disk with a proper MBR and an empty 5Mb MSDOS partition it that is -desired. Or it will keep the current MBR and partitioning. In the later case -you will need to fill in the MBR with a usable OpenBSD partition. - - -Now try a reboot (enter the command "reboot" at the prompt). This will take -you back to the ARC Bios. You will now need to set up a boot selection to -boot OpenBSD. How to do this varies from system to system and should be -described in your systems manual. The process to set up the parameters is -almost exactly the same as for Win/NT apart from the name of the OSLOADER -which should be set to 'bsd'. You may also set the OSLOADOPTIONS parameter -to any of the following characters: - - n = Ask for root device Name. N = Don't as for root device Name. - a = Autoboot to Multiuser mode. A = Boot to single user mode. - -So to boot the system to multiuser mode set: - - OSLOADOPTIONS=Na - -OpenBSDFTPInstall - -OpenBSDHTTPInstall - -OpenBSDTAPEInstall - -OpenBSDCDROMInstall - -OpenBSDNFSInstall - -OpenBSDDISKInstall({:-"wdN" or -:},,{:- or MS-DOS-:}) - -OpenBSDCommonFS - -OpenBSDCommonURL - -OpenBSDCongratulations diff --git a/distrib/notes/arc/prep b/distrib/notes/arc/prep deleted file mode 100644 index db93530198d..00000000000 --- a/distrib/notes/arc/prep +++ /dev/null @@ -1,24 +0,0 @@ -Before you start you should familiarize yourself with the ARC Bios setup -and how to run programs from the ARC Bios screen. - -You should also examine the guide on the OpenBSD/arc web site, which -will hopefully soon have more complete and more up-to-date instructions -than are given in the install document. - -If you're installing OpenBSD/arc for the first time it's a very good idea -to look at the partition sizes of disk you intend installing OpenBSD on. -Changing the size of partitions after you've installed is difficult. If -you do not have a spare bootable disk, it may be simpler to re-install -OpenBSD again from scratch. - -Assuming a classic partition scheme with root (`/') and /usr filesystems, -a comfortable size for the OpenBSD root filesystem partition (a) is about -32Mb. The install will take ~18Mb of that. However it has shown that 60M -is not a bad choice when more packages are to be installed. It is recommended -that the 'a' partition and the MSDOS (i) partition uses the first 64Mb. -A good initial size for the swap (b) partition is twice the amount of physical -memory in your machine or at least 64M. -A minimum /usr partition (e) is ~150M but with that you will run into trouble -later. A minimum size of 350M is recommended. A full binary installation, -without X11 or any other additional software, takes about 120MB in `/usr'. - diff --git a/distrib/notes/arc/upgrade b/distrib/notes/arc/upgrade deleted file mode 100644 index babaaedc054..00000000000 --- a/distrib/notes/arc/upgrade +++ /dev/null @@ -1,2 +0,0 @@ -Because this is the first release of OpenBSD for the ARC's - there is no -upgrade option in this release. diff --git a/distrib/notes/arc/whatis b/distrib/notes/arc/whatis deleted file mode 100644 index 1f4c819a713..00000000000 --- a/distrib/notes/arc/whatis +++ /dev/null @@ -1,3 +0,0 @@ -OpenBSD OSREV is the first release of OpenBSD for MIPS R4K ARC Class -systems. This release has support for R4000PC, R4400PC, R4600PC and -R4700PC processors. diff --git a/distrib/notes/arc/xfer b/distrib/notes/arc/xfer deleted file mode 100644 index 41a88237824..00000000000 --- a/distrib/notes/arc/xfer +++ /dev/null @@ -1,56 +0,0 @@ -Installation is supported from several media types, including: - NFS partitions - FTP - CD-ROM - -The steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets -for installation depend on which method of installation -you choose. The various methods are explained below. - -To prepare for installing via an NFS partition: - - Place the OpenBSD software you wish to install into - a directory on an NFS server, and make that directory - mountable by the machine which you will be installing - OpenBSD on. This will probably require modifying the - /etc/exports file of the NFS server and resetting - mountd, acts which will require superuser privileges. - Note the numeric IP address of the NFS server and of - the router closest to the the new OpenBSD machine, - if the NFS server is not on a network which is - directly attached to the OpenBSD machine. - - Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next - step in the installation process, preparing your - system for OpenBSD installation. - -To prepare for installing via FTP: - - NOTE: this method of installation is recommended - only for those already familiar with using - the BSD network-manipulation commands and - interfaces. If you aren't, this documentation - should help, but is not intended to be - all-encompassing. - - The preparations for this method of installation - are easy: all you have to do is make sure that - there's some FTP site from which you can retrieve - the OpenBSD installation when it's time to do - the install. You should know the numeric IP - address of that site, the numeric IP address of - your nearest router if one is necessary - - Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next - step in the installation process, preparing your - system for OpenBSD installation. - -To prepare for installing via a CD-ROM: - - To install OpenBSD from a CD-ROM, you simply need to - install the CD rom in the cdrom reader and follow the - instructions. - - Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next - step in the installation process, preparing your - system for OpenBSD installation. |