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diff --git a/distrib/notes/i386/install b/distrib/notes/i386/install index 6a35a56c74d..640d81db129 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/i386/install +++ b/distrib/notes/i386/install @@ -10,26 +10,29 @@ should use this geometry for the remainder of the install. This is only necessary if you are sharing the disk with other operating systems that use the translated geometry. +There are several ways to install OpenBSD onto a disk. The easiest way, +should your computer support it, is to boot off the CD-ROM. Otherwise, +you can boot from a 3.5" 1.44MB floppy disk. + OpenBSDInstallPart2 - Boot your machine using the floppy{:--:}OSrev.fs floppy. When - presented with the boot prompt hit return. If the boot prompt - does not appear in a reasonable amount of time, you either - have a bad boot floppy or a hardware problem. Try writing the - floppy{:--:}OSrev.fs floppy image to a different disk, and using that. - If that doesn't work, try booting after disabling your CPU's - internal and external caches (if any). If it still doesn't - work, OpenBSD probably can't be run on your hardware. This can - probably be considered a bug, so you might want to report it. + With either the CD-ROM or the floppy in the drive, reboot your + computer. You might have to play with your BIOS options to let the + computer boot from the installation media, rather than the hard + disk. + + It will take a while to load the kernel from a floppy or slow + speed CD-ROM drive, most likely more than a minute. If some + action doesn't eventually happen, or the spinning cursor has + stopped and nothing further has happened, either your boot floppy + is bad or you are having hardware problems. If trying another + floppy disk doesn't help, try booting after disabling your CPU's + internal and external caches (if any). If it still doesn't work, + OpenBSD probably can't be run on your hardware. This can probably + be considered a bug, so you might want to report it. If you do, please {:-include-:} as many details about your system configuration as you can. - It will take a while to load the kernel from the floppy, - most likely more than a minute. If some action doesn't - eventually happen, or the spinning cursor has stopped and - nothing further has happened, either your boot floppy is - bad or you are having hardware problems, and should proceed - as outlined above. OpenBSDBootMsgs @@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ OpenBSDBootMsgs After all your file systems have been created, the install program will give you an opportunity to configure the network. The network configuration you enter (if any) can then be used to do the install - from another system using NFS, HTTP or FTP, and will also be the + from another system using HTTP or FTP, and will also be the configuration used by the system after the installation is complete. If you select to configure the network, the install program will @@ -151,7 +154,7 @@ OpenBSDBootMsgs After these preparatory steps have been completed, you will be able to extract the distribution sets onto your system. There - are several install methods supported; FTP, HTTP, tape, CD-ROM, NFS + are several install methods supported; FTP, HTTP, tape, CD-ROM, or a local disk partition. To install from a tape, the distrib- ution sets must have been written to tape prior to running the installation program, either as tar images or as gzipped tar @@ -166,8 +169,6 @@ OpenBSDTAPEInstall OpenBSDCDROMInstall -OpenBSDNFSInstall - OpenBSDDISKInstall({:-"wdN" or -:},,{:- or MS-DOS-:}) OpenBSDCommonFS |