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2014-05-01No longer mention the tools/ directory, which content is irrelevant those days;Miod Vallat
forgotten during previous cleanups.
2014-03-06cdemu diesTheo de Raadt
2014-02-28update sets sizesMiod Vallat
2014-02-27some basic notes on how to create a CD-ROM from an isoTed Unangst
2014-02-27tape references everywhereTed Unangst
2014-02-27missed some tape referencesTed Unangst
2014-02-27scary tables of isa port numbers are scary.Ted Unangst
2014-02-27simpler dual boot instructionsTed Unangst
2014-02-27Delete horrifically out of data add-on-peripheral lists; there are otherTheo de Raadt
places to check for this information, or trial and error, with error resulting in things getting fixed. Scary false warnings don't help anyone. Unmaintainable lists are always unmaintained.
2014-02-27refer to the website for the support hardware listTed Unangst
2014-02-27nobody asks about parallel port zip drives anymore, nor are we planningTed Unangst
to support them
2014-02-27delete old notes and long sections about old problems to reflect whatTed Unangst
a new user is likely to need to know today
2013-12-04committing uwe's autoinstall notes, as requested by deraadt;Jason McIntyre
2013-07-26Minimalist update for 5.4. eyeballed deraadt@Miod Vallat
2013-03-14oh look, more hardware lists. urtw and urtwnTed Unangst
2013-02-25sets size updatesMiod Vallat
2013-02-09Update minimal disk and memory sizes to match the bsd.rd requirementsMiod Vallat
(especially on vax, where bsd.rd really needs 16MB to install nowadays although the system can live in less). While there, fix a few typos.
2011-08-08Usual release distrib/notes churning. ok deraadt@Miod Vallat
2011-04-10I am only now noticing the number of sets have not been adjusted after theMiod Vallat
removal of misc. Better late than never.
2010-10-18the misc set went awayTheo de Raadt
2010-05-02simple modern trick (boot from usb).Marc Espie
Windows 7 niceties: yep, it can resize partitions. okay jmc@, krw@, miod@ (some rewording by jmc@)
2010-03-16Jumbo commit for 4.7 installation instructions:Miod Vallat
- do not mention tape as an installation media on systems where it is very unlikely that a tape drive can be connected to (i.e. anything with only USB as expansion capabilities) - do not mention that fetching the installation sets from a partition is ``for upgrades only''. You may do this for installation, but of course you can not use a partition which will be newfs'ed for that purpose. - mention ext2fs partitions as possible installation sets source only on platforms where the installation media actually can mount an ext2fs filesystem. - stress the fact that the sparc miniroot image is a GENERIC kernel with a little on-disk filesystem, and not a RAMDISK kernel with a little in-memory filesystem, and thus must not be overwritten during installation (i.e. be careful if you repartition the disk the miniroot has been put on). - more conv=sync -> conv=osync for tape setup instructions. - model-specific layout changes on armish, loongson and socppc instructions. - fix various typos and grammar mistaeks. "sure" deraadt@ (without eyeballing)
2010-03-07Update sets sizes.Miod Vallat
2009-10-10Fix a quoting typo in commentsMiod Vallat
2009-05-16i386 GENERIC uses the APIC now, so the last paragraph talking ofStuart Henderson
differences with MP is now outdated - remove it. ok miod@
2009-05-13Better disk partitioning details, especially for MBR + disklabel orMiod Vallat
HFS + disklabel setups.
2009-05-12Try to catch up with installer changes in the installation notes.Miod Vallat
Also, the per-platform features are moved to a common place, which makes the MD layout easier to work on. m4.common is still a tangled mess of subtly placed dnl, though...
2009-04-09Don't try to keep in sync with the man page device lists forJonathan Gray
802.11 wireless as chipsets used and products change rapidly, but rather display just a list of the supported chipsets like we do in www. Discussed with jmc and deraadt
2009-03-28sync the rum(4) and run(4) lists;Jason McIntyre
2009-03-27update the lists of wireless devices;Jason McIntyre
2009-03-26+CACE AirPcap Nx otus(4)Jason McIntyre
2009-03-24+otus(4)Jason McIntyre
2009-03-14run devices, harvested from run.4;Jason McIntyre
2009-02-28Update sets sizes.Miod Vallat
2008-11-27Netgear WG111v2 is not supported by upgt(4), apparently;Jason McIntyre
2008-11-23update ral cardbus list;Jason McIntyre
2008-10-16Clarify and modernize some language about disk layout and the interactiveKenneth R Westerback
label editor. Prompted by comments from Rad Ricka. Suggestions from jmc@, deraadt@ and Rad. ok deraadt@
2008-09-23+Philips SNU6500 to the uath(4) list;Jason McIntyre
2008-09-11+SparkLAN WCFM-100 to the malo(4) list;Jason McIntyre
2008-08-19+D-Link DWA-110 to the rum(4) list;Jason McIntyre
2008-08-11+Longshine LCS-8031N to the ral(4) list;Jason McIntyre
2008-08-07Add a little section about ACPI, explaining that disabling ACPI might helpMiod Vallat
troubleshooting interrupt problems on some machines, and insist people should report such problems or they'll never get fixed. Final commit to the installation notes for this release. ok deraadt@
2008-08-06Update sets sizes.Miod Vallat
2008-08-06Minor random tweaks and fixes.Miod Vallat
2008-08-06Foreign partition on MBR partition tables are put in default disklabelsMiod Vallat
from partition `i' onwards, not `h' onwards.
2008-08-05Better description of the installation steps:Miod Vallat
- document questions in proper order: hostname before network configuration, DNS only if network is configured, sshd and ntpd, aperture only on machines which need it, serial console only on machines which need it. This is done by splitting the end of OpenBSDCommonURL in various macros, OpenBSDInstallWrapup, OpenBSDInstallAperture, OpenBSDInstallConsole and OpenBSDInstallWrapupPart2. - use the above macros when appropriate, OpenBSDInstallWrapup* being mandatory on all arches. - remove serial console configuration blurb on sparc and sparc64, it is handled by OpenBSDInstallConsole now.
2008-07-27+I-O DATA WN-G54/CF to the malo(4) list;Jason McIntyre
2008-06-29+Belkin F5D9050C and sort the list;Jason McIntyre
2008-06-26Mention Geode LX audioMarc Balmer
2008-06-13sync the wireless list;Jason McIntyre