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diff --git a/sys/arch/alpha/README b/sys/arch/alpha/README deleted file mode 100644 index eeb22268302..00000000000 --- a/sys/arch/alpha/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,127 +0,0 @@ -$OpenBSD: README,v 1.5 1996/10/30 22:37:53 niklas Exp $ -$NetBSD: README,v 1.10 1996/07/09 22:08:28 cgd Exp $ - -[ Don't trust this file yet, it contains a lot of inaccuracies. When it's - ready, this notice will be removed. -NH ] - -Obtaining OpenBSD/Alpha sources and binaries: - - OpenBSD/Alpha's sources, with the exceptions of the GNU - toolchain and X11 code, are integrated into OpenBSD-current, - and are available from: - ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/ - - The latest OpenBSD/Alpha binary snapshot, and source snapshots - for the toolchain and X11 code, can be found at: - ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/arch/alpha - - Binary snapshots include two different set of system binaries: - (1) an rz25 disk image, for first-time installation - (see below for instructions), and - (2) three tar files of the binaries, for updates. - (one of the tar files is the contents of /etc, - one contains X11 binaries, and the last is everything - else, except the kernel and the installed boot block.) - There are no instructions on how to use these. - Good luck! 8-) - - Binary snapshots include a kernel image which is the same - as the one on the rz25 disk image. - - The sources provided seperately from the normal OpenBSD-current - distribution are: - (1) complete compiler toolchain sources - (2) diffs against the XFree86 3.1.2 distribution to - make X work with OpenBSD/Alpha. (Note that - at this time, the diffs are against 3.1.2, - i.e. not against 3.1.2D, etc.) - - If you are using or are interested in the OpenBSD/Alpha port, I - suggest that you subscribe to the OpenBSD "port-alpha" mailing list - by sending an email message to majordomo@openbsd.org with no - subject and with a body of "subscribe port-alpha" (without the - quotes). For help on using majordomo, send it mail with an empty - subject and body. In general, questions about OpenBSD/Alpha - are best asked on that mailing list (rather than by sending me - mail directly). - -Installing the OpenBSD/Alpha distribution: - - [ Note that these instructions are minimal; it's assumed that if - you're going to be installing this, you're knowledgeable about - booting Alphas and doing sysadmin-ish stuff, are willing to look - in your Alpha documentation, or are brave. If they're really not - good enough to get you running, get in touch with me and I'll try - to help you. ] - - To install the OpenBSD/Alpha distribution, you'll need a disk at - least the size of an RZ25 -- about 406Mb. Once you've gotten the - binary distribution, gunzip it and dd it to the raw disk. The binary - distribution includes a disklabel and boot block, so you don't need - to do anything special to make it bootable. The binary distribution's - file systems are created with an older version ("Level 1") of the - Berkeley Fast File System format, so that you can mount, read, and - write them under Digital UNIX. - - If you are using one of the supported systems that includes a - PCI bus, and have either a PCI VGA frame buffer of any type or - a ZLXp-E1 frame buffer, you may use it as console. (If you - are using your frame buffer as the console, you should use the - terminal type 'sun'.) Otherwise (if you are using a TurboChannel - Alpha or have a different kind of frame buffer, you have to use - a serial console.) - - Boot the Alpha with the OpenBSD disk, supplying the boot flag "-s". - It should print something like "OpenBSD/Alpha Boot program", load - the kernel, print a copyright, and print various startup messages. - - After a short while, you should be asked for the name of a shell - to use; just hit return. You're advised to fsck the disk at this - point (the root partition is partition 'a' and the /usr partition - is partition 'd'), remount the root partition read-write (use mount - -u root-dev /), and create some necessary system information files: - /etc/hosts - /etc/resolv.conf - DNS resolver configuration information, if you - want to use DNS. - /etc/myname - The hostname of the machine. - /etc/mygate - The LAN's gateway's IP address, if your network - setup requires that a static route to the - gateway be created. - /etc/hostname.xxy - (where "xxy" is your machine's ethernet - interface name, e.g. "le0" for TurboChannel - machines or "de0" for PCI machines.) - The IP address, etc., for the named network - interface. (You can have multiple of these - files, for example, if the machine is - multi-homed.) The format can be discerned by - looking in /etc/netstart, and is typically - something like: - inet hostname.in.etc.hosts net.mask broadcast.addr - where the netmask is formatted as a hex number - (e.g. 0xffffff00), and the broadcast address - is formatted as an IP address (e.g. 128.2.255.255) - /etc/fstab - The file system information table for the system. - A prototype is in /etc/fstab.sd. - (You can also create the files mentioned above by mounting the - disk's file systems under Digital UNIX.) - - Once those files are created, you should be able to boot the system - multi-user. To do so, halt the system and boot again from the - OpenBSD disk, this time supplying the boot flag "-a". - - If you used a disk other than an RZ25, you may want to edit the - disk's disklabel, and create one or more partitions after the - existing partitions to use the extra space. - - -This document was derived from the NetBSD version originally written by -Chris Demetriou <cgd@cs.cmu.edu>, - -Niklas Hallqvist -niklas@openbsd.org - |