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| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/amiga/prep | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/amiga/xfer | 32 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/amiga/prep b/distrib/notes/amiga/prep index 3ad6a19476f..957c737fa3a 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/amiga/prep +++ b/distrib/notes/amiga/prep @@ -81,11 +81,9 @@ Preparing you hard disk with HDToolBox: Transferring the miniroot filesystem: - The OpenBSD/amiga installation or upgrade now uses a "miniroot" + The OpenBSD/amiga installation or upgrade uses a "miniroot" fileystem which is installed on the partition used by OpenBSD - for swapping. This removes the requirement of using a floppy - disk for the filesystem used by the installation/upgrade - process. It also allows more utilities to be present on the + for swapping. This allows more utilities to be present on the filesystem than would be available when using an 880K floppy disk. diff --git a/distrib/notes/amiga/xfer b/distrib/notes/amiga/xfer index 0d1eca8c60a..dc5821fbef9 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/amiga/xfer +++ b/distrib/notes/amiga/xfer @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ Installation is supported from several media types, including: AmigaDOS HD partitions Tape - NFS partitions + NFS FTP - OpenBSD partitions, if doing an upgrade. + Net- or OpenBSD partitions, if such are available -The install or upgrade miniroot filesystem needs to be transferred -to the OpenBSD swap partition. This can be done from AmigaDOS in -the case of a new install or upgrade, or from OpenBSD when doing an -upgrade. See the "Preparing your System for OpenBSD Installation" -section for details. +The miniroot filesystem needs to be transferred to the OpenBSD +swap partition. This can be done from AmigaDOS in the case of +a new install or upgrade, or from OpenBSD when doing an +upgrade. See the "Preparing your System for OpenBSD +Installation" section for details. The steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets for installation depend on which method of installation @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ To prepare for installing via an AmigaDOS partition: To install OpenBSD from an AmigaDOS partition, you need to get the OpenBSD distribution sets you wish to install on your system on to an AmigaDOS partition. All of the - set_name.xx pieces can be placed in a single directory + set_name.tar.gz pieces can be placed in a single directory instead of separate ones for each distribution set. This will also simplify the installation work later on. @@ -51,14 +51,7 @@ To prepare for installing via a tape: Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next step in the installation process, preparing your hard disk. -To prepare for installing via an NFS partition: - - NOTE: this method of installation is recommended - only for those already familiar with using - the BSD network-manipulation commands and - interfaces. If you aren't, this documentation - should help, but is not intended to be - all-encompassing. +To prepare for installing via NFS: Place the OpenBSD software you wish to install into a directory on an NFS server, and make that directory @@ -76,13 +69,6 @@ To prepare for installing via an NFS partition: To prepare for installing via FTP: - NOTE: this method of installation is recommended - only for those already familiar with using - the BSD network-manipulation commands and - interfaces. If you aren't, this documentation - should help, but is not intended to be - all-encompassing. - The preparations for this method of installation are easy: all you have to do is make sure that there's some FTP site from which you can retrieve |