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diff --git a/distrib/notes/powerpc/install b/distrib/notes/powerpc/install index d5f21501345..5d094f24279 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/powerpc/install +++ b/distrib/notes/powerpc/install @@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ shouldn't be too much trouble. Before you begin, you should decide if OpenBSD is to be installed on the whole disk or share the disk with MacOS. -For standalone (No MacOS installed) or dedicated disks, the MBR -installation method should be chosen and no additional prep is necessary +For stand-alone (No MacOS installed) or dedicated disks, the MBR +installation method should be chosen and no additional prep is necessary. If it is to shared the disk with MacOS a partition must be preallocated -by the MacOS partition editor and MacOS installed to the proper parition. -This expects that the HFS parition will be the first parition on -the disk, and then the OpenBSD parition will follow. +by the MacOS partition editor and MacOS installed to the proper partition. +This expects that the HFS partition will be the first partition on +the disk, and then the OpenBSD partition will follow. This may require the disk be reformatted and reinstalled under MacOS using the "Drive Setup" application. @@ -74,16 +74,16 @@ process again from scratch. OpenBSD is being installed on. If there are any existing partitions defined (for any operating system), and a disk label is not found, you will first be given an opportunity to run - fdisk (MBR paritioned disk) or pdisk (HFS paritioned disk) + fdisk (MBR partitioned disk) or pdisk (HFS partitioned disk) and create an OpenBSD partition. If pdisk is being invoked, It will issue a prompt which will - allow one to delete the Unused parition, then using the "C" - command create a new parition. It is necessary to display - the parition table, either before deleting the free parition + allow one to delete the Unused partition, then using the "C" + command create a new partition. It is necessary to display + the partition table, either before deleting the free partition or after, to know the start and size of the partition. - An example Parition map:The parition map may look like the following + An example Partition map:The partition map may look like the following Before editing the table, it looks like: #: type name length base ( size ) @@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ process again from scratch. 10: Apple_HFS untitled 2 4120589 @ 2143854 ( 2.0G) 11: OpenBSD OpenBSD 6330517 @ 6264443 ( 3.0G) - This will likely be different based on the number of paritions + This will likely be different based on the number of partitions created on the disk by the Apple partition editor. - It is _VERY_ important to not change the start or sizes of paritions + It is _VERY_ important to not change the start or sizes of partitions other than the ones that are to be used by OpenBSD, including the Apple_Driver.* and Apple_partition_map. @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ process again from scratch. <output is in the after example above> --- - After the parition is deleted, if the parition is printed, + After the partition is deleted, if the partition is printed, it will show up as: ... 11: Apple_Free Extra 6330517 @ 6264443 ( 3.0G) @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ process again from scratch. will ask for the IP address to use, the symbolic host name to use, the netmask to use and any interface-specific flags to set. The interface-specific flags are usually used to determine which media - the network card is to use. Supply the apropriate media options + the network card is to use. Supply the appropriate media options as suggested, Typically no media flags are required as autodetect normally works. |