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diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc/install b/distrib/notes/sparc/install index 9f10038c19e..a8c3daa4d93 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/sparc/install +++ b/distrib/notes/sparc/install @@ -19,40 +19,20 @@ below). This section of the install document is really broken into several parts: - - About the "new" and "old" Install Scripts - booting from the installation media - - the "new" single floppy or miniroot install script - - the "old" multiple floppy install script + - the single floppy or miniroot install script - after completing an installation - installing from Sun OS - net boot or diskless setup information -The first section explains why we have two different install scripts. -The second section gets you up to the point where you've booted the kernel -from whatever media or setup described in the previous section, to where -you have to respond to prompts from the install script(s). The next two -sections describe the path through the "new" and "old" install scripts, -which are quite different, and the remainder are notes which might be -useful, but outside the bounds of simple "how two" instructions. +The first section gets you up to the point where you've booted the kernel +from whatever media, to where you have to respond to prompts from the +install script(s). The next two sections describe the path through the +install scripts, and the remainder are notes which might be useful, but +outside the bounds of simple "how to" instructions. -About the "new" and "old" Install Scripts: - -The OpenBSD/sparc floppies come in two varieties, a newer single floppy -"ramdisk" version and the older multi-floppy set. Both accomplish the -same thing, but the install/upgrade scripts and procedures are quite -different between the old and new version. - -The other difference between the the two forms are in their bootblocks, -and filesystems. The "floppy{:--:}OSrev.fs" image is the compressed ramdisk form, -the "kc{:--:}OSrev.fs" paired with either "inst{:--:}OSrev.fs" or "upgr{:--:}OSrev.fs" comprise a -bootable kernel floppy and associated install/upgrade filesystem floppy. - -The CD-ROM, miniroot and netboot install scripts are essentially the -same as the new single floppy install script. - - Booting from the Installation Media: Prior to attempting an installation, you should make sure that everything @@ -218,7 +198,7 @@ or upgrade procedure. Proceed to the section ``Running the installation scripts'' below. -Installing using the "new" Single Floppy, CD-ROM, tape, miniroot or +Installing using the Single Floppy, CD-ROM, tape, miniroot or netboot procedure: The following is a walk-through of the steps you will take while @@ -371,37 +351,6 @@ OpenBSDCommonFS OpenBSDCommonURL -Installing using the old Multi-Floppy procedure. - - -If you are upgrading a OpenBSD installation, start the upgrade script: - -OpenBSD# sh upgrade.sh - -else, start the installation script: - -OpenBSD# sh install.sh - - -These scripts will do most of the work of transferring the system from the -tar files onto your disk. You will frequently be asked for confirmation -before the script proceeds with each phase of the installation process. -Occasionally, you'll have to provide a piece of information such as the -name of the disk you want to install on or IP addresses and domain names -you want to assign. If your system has more than one disk, you may want -to look at the output of the dmesg(8) command to see how your disks -have been identified by the kernel. - -The installation script goes through the following phases: - - - determination of the disk to install OpenBSD on - - checking of the partition information on the disk - - creating and mounting the OpenBSD filesystems - - setup of IP configuration - - extraction of the distribution tar files - - installation of boot programs - - After completing an installation: Now try a reboot. (If needed, swap your scsi id's first). Initially diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc/xfer b/distrib/notes/sparc/xfer index 3b08461ee71..b249413fa86 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/sparc/xfer +++ b/distrib/notes/sparc/xfer @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ Installation is supported from several media types, including: HTTP Not all methods are supported on all Sparc Systems and some of them -work only with the new single-floppy installation or the miniroot -installation, not with the older multi-floppy installation. +work only with the single-floppy installation or the miniroot +installation. If you have the OpenBSD CD-ROM distribution (and a CD-ROM drive), you |