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-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/cats/install27
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/cats/prep34
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/cats/upgrade5
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/cats/whatis5
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/cats/xfer6
6 files changed, 59 insertions, 55 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/cats/contents b/distrib/notes/cats/contents
index 88e03be95d3..d48cd01da44 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/cats/contents
+++ b/distrib/notes/cats/contents
@@ -1,41 +1,24 @@
-dnl $OpenBSD: contents,v 1.1 2004/02/08 00:35:14 drahn Exp $
+dnl $OpenBSD: contents,v 1.2 2004/02/08 23:12:14 miod Exp $
TopPart
-OpenBSDfloppy
-
- cdrom{:--:}OSrev.fs The MACHINE boot and installation
- image that contains almost all
- OpenBSD drivers; see below.
-
OpenBSDdistsets
OpenBSDbsd
OpenBSDrd
+dnl not yet...
+dnl OpenBSDcd
-OpenBSDcd
-
-As well you may be interested in
-
-.../OSREV/tools/
- miscellaneous MACHINE installation utilities like
- rawrite.exe, ntrw.exe, gzip.exe, and pfdisk.exe;
- see installation section, below.
-
-
-In addition, the "tools/" directory contains some utilities that might be
-useful for the installation.
-
-DistributionDescription(ten)
+DistributionDescription(six)
-OpenBSDbase(31.0,90.9,shared)
+OpenBSDbase
-OpenBSDcomp(17.4,57.6,shared)
+OpenBSDcomp
-OpenBSDetc(1.6,6.0)
+OpenBSDetc(,,noupgrade)
-OpenBSDgame(2.6,6.0)
+OpenBSDgame
-OpenBSDman(6.3,22.4)
+OpenBSDman
-OpenBSDmisc(2.0,6.5)
+OpenBSDmisc
diff --git a/distrib/notes/cats/install b/distrib/notes/cats/install
index bd733c2f7ea..1b8b0424582 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/cats/install
+++ b/distrib/notes/cats/install
@@ -1,25 +1,18 @@
-dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.1 2004/02/08 00:35:14 drahn Exp $
+dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.2 2004/02/08 23:12:14 miod Exp $
OpenBSDInstallPrelude
-If OpenBSD will be sharing the disk with DOS or another operating
-system, you should have already completed the section of these notes
-that instructed you on how to prepare your hard disk. You should know
-the size of the OpenBSD area of the disk and its offset from the
-beginning of the disk. You will need this information when setting up
-your OpenBSD partitions.
+There are several ways to install OpenBSD onto a disk. The easiest way
+is to burn bsd.rd on a CD-ROM, and boot off it. However, the ABLE firmware
+is versatile and will boot from a variety of devices and filesystems.
-There are several ways to install OpenBSD onto a disk. The easiest way,
-should your computer support it, is to boot off the OpenBSD CD-ROM, or
-off the bootable CD-ROM mini image.
+Booting from CD-ROM installation media:
-OpenBSDInstallPart2
-
- XXX
- Booting with ABLE
+At the ABLE firmware prompt, enter :
+ boot (cd0)bsd.rd
+to boot from the first detected cd-rom drive.
- XXXX
- Cyclone firmware not supported.
+OpenBSDInstallPart2
OpenBSDBootMsgs
@@ -42,7 +35,7 @@ OpenBSDInstallPart3({:- or "wd0" for IDE drives-:})
correct this. Note that you should make OpenBSD be the active
partition at least until the install has been completed.
-OpenBSDInstallPart4({:- If you have DOS or Linux partitions
+OpenBSDInstallPart4({:- If you have Linux partitions
defined on the disk, these will usually show up as partition
'h', 'i' and so on.-:})
diff --git a/distrib/notes/cats/prep b/distrib/notes/cats/prep
index fd778ad089e..2d501520f18 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/cats/prep
+++ b/distrib/notes/cats/prep
@@ -1,19 +1,41 @@
-dnl $OpenBSD: prep,v 1.1 2004/02/08 00:35:14 drahn Exp $
+dnl $OpenBSD: prep,v 1.2 2004/02/08 23:12:14 miod Exp $
To be able to boot the OpenBSD/MACHINE installation program, you will
need to acquire some limited knowledge of ABLE Firmware, the low-level
process that controls the microprocessor after hardware initialization
and diagnostics are performed but before control is handed to the
operating system.
-Important ABLE Firmware command examples:
+A complete documentation on the ABLE firmware is available from Simtec at
+the following URL:
+ http://www.simtec.co.uk/products/SWABLE/files/able-doc-allset/
+
+For convenience, a few ABLE commands are described below:
boot (hd0)bsd
- boot the ELF file 'bsd' from the disk partition idenfied
+ boot the ELF file 'bsd' from the disk partition identified
by firmware as hd0.
+nvset variable value
+ sets a firmware environment variable.
+
+nvsave
+ saves all variable changes to non-volatile memory.
+
+nvclear
+ restores environment variables defaults.
-XXX autoboot
+The following environment variables control the system startup:
-XXX arguments to kernel
+boot.auto
+ when set to "true" (which is its default value), the system will
+ attempt to execute the command set in the "boot.cmd" variable
+ after "boot.timeout" seconds.
+boot.cmd
+ command used to auto-boot, such as "boot (hd0)bsd" to boot the
+ bsd kernel from the first hard disk drive.
+boot.timeout
+ delay until the system boots, in seconds
-XXX bootable partitions
+dnl XXX arguments to kernel
+dnl
+dnl XXX bootable partitions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/cats/upgrade b/distrib/notes/cats/upgrade
index 9ffd4971744..76db79a926b 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/cats/upgrade
+++ b/distrib/notes/cats/upgrade
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-OpenBSDUpgrade({:-the CD-ROM-:})
+dnl $OpenBSD: upgrade,v 1.2 2004/02/08 23:12:14 miod Exp $
+Since OpenBSD/OSREV is the first MACHINE release, there is no upgrade
+functionnality.
+dnl OpenBSDUpgrade({:-the CD-ROM-:})
diff --git a/distrib/notes/cats/whatis b/distrib/notes/cats/whatis
index ede7e06faa9..083649745f0 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/cats/whatis
+++ b/distrib/notes/cats/whatis
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-dnl $OpenBSD: whatis,v 1.1 2004/02/08 00:35:14 drahn Exp $
-For MACHINE, OpenBSD OSREV adds support for CATS StrongARM systems.
+dnl $OpenBSD: whatis,v 1.2 2004/02/08 23:12:14 miod Exp $
+OpenBSD/MACHINE is a new port to the CATS StrongARM systems, with the
+intention to support more ARM-based hardware in the near future.
diff --git a/distrib/notes/cats/xfer b/distrib/notes/cats/xfer
index 6929aff13d9..d0f437bce3b 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/cats/xfer
+++ b/distrib/notes/cats/xfer
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
-dnl $OpenBSD: xfer,v 1.1 2004/02/08 00:35:14 drahn Exp $
+dnl $OpenBSD: xfer,v 1.2 2004/02/08 23:12:14 miod Exp $
Installation is supported from several media types, including:
CDROM
FFS partitions
+ Tape
FTP
HTTP
OpenBSDXferShortPrelude
-OpenBSDXferBareTape()
+
+OpenBSDXferBareTape
OpenBSDXferFFS