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diff --git a/distrib/notes/landisk/prep b/distrib/notes/landisk/prep index 96c9ac40e63..7eea1b4e324 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/landisk/prep +++ b/distrib/notes/landisk/prep @@ -1,10 +1,36 @@ -dnl $OpenBSD: prep,v 1.2 2007/01/08 14:10:02 martin Exp $ -To be able to boot the OpenBSD/MACHINE installation program, you will -need to prepare the CF or harddrive in another machine. Note this will -destroy any previous hard disk content. +dnl $OpenBSD: prep,v 1.3 2007/02/28 22:30:05 miod Exp $ +The default configuration of the MACHINE systems comes with a Linux +installation on the disk (either an IDE hard drive, or a CompactFlash +card). At the moment, there is no known way to log in this installation +as ``root'' or interrupt the boot process, and start an OpenBSD +installation procedure. -Use the dd(1) utility to copy the file to the hard drive. -The command would likely be: +Because of this, the only way to boot the OpenBSD install is to copy +the miniroot "miniroot{:--:}OSrev.fs" image to the hard drive or CompactFlash +(on the other hand, upgrades can be started by copying bsd.rd to the + OpenBSD disk and booting from it). + +As a result, you will need another machine to plug the machine's disk +or CompactFlash in. Any machine type will do, as long as it supports +ATA-compatible storage devices, regardless of the partition scheme +it uses. Under OpenBSD, it will appear as a ``wd'' device, for example +``wd1''. + +Use the dd(1) utility to copy the miniroot to the hard drive. +The command would likely be, under OpenBSD: dd if=miniroot{:--:}OSrev.fs of=/dev/rwd1c -dnl -dnl XXX bootable partitions +Replace ``rwd1c'' with the appropriate device name for the raw device +on the system used to do the copy. + +If the machine has a hard drive, and you had to change jumpers on it +to change its ``master'' status, do not forget to configure it back +to ``master'' or ``single drive'', as slave drives are not bootable. + + +dnl I need to write a comprehensive text, also explaining that Rx/Tx +dnl are swapped between the CF and HD models. +In addition to the disk preparation, you will need to connect a serial +port connector to the machine. Please refer to the OpenBSD/MACHINE +page at + http://www.OpenBSD.org/MACHINE.html +for more information. |