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-dnl $OpenBSD: prep,v 1.1 2006/11/09 00:45:37 deraadt Exp $
+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 copy a miniroot image onto the CF or harddrive that the machine
-uses.
+need to prepare the CF or harddrive in another machine. Note this will
+destroy any previous hard disk content.
+
+Use the dd(1) utility to copy the file to the hard drive.
+The command would likely be:
+ dd if=miniroot{:--:}OSrev.fs of=/dev/rwd1c
dnl
dnl XXX bootable partitions