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diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc/xfer b/distrib/notes/sparc/xfer index 7d1d505d2ef..4dec6e7ac2f 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/sparc/xfer +++ b/distrib/notes/sparc/xfer @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -dnl $OpenBSD: xfer,v 1.35 2003/02/15 21:22:08 miod Exp $ +dnl $OpenBSD: xfer,v 1.36 2003/03/24 11:33:57 miod Exp $ Installation is supported from several media types, including: CD-ROM @@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ Installation is supported from several media types, including: Not all methods are supported on all Sparc Systems and some of them work only with the floppy or the miniroot installation. -If you have the OpenBSD CD-ROM distribution (and a CD-ROM drive), you -may be able boot from it. Not all sparc systems support booting from -CD-ROM and the current boot image is only known to work on sun4c and -some sun4m architecture workstations. If you can boot from the CD-ROM, -you are home free and can proceed to the installation steps. If not, -you will need to do some setup work to prepare a bootable image, either -a floppy, hard drive, tape, or compatible net boot server. +If you have the OpenBSD CD-ROM distribution (and a CD-ROM drive), you may be +able boot from it, or from the supplied bootable CD-ROM mini image. However, +not all sparc systems support booting from CD-ROM, and the current boot +image is only known to work on sun4c and sun4m architecture workstations. +If you can boot from the CD-ROM, you are home free and can proceed to the +installation steps. If not, you will need to do some setup work to prepare +a bootable image, either a floppy, hard drive, tape, or compatible net boot +server. In addition to the bootable image, you also need to consider how to access the binary distribution sets to actually install the system. |