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2013-07-17Update the wording to read better. Spotted by jjBrandon Mercer
OK jj@ guenther@
2013-02-09Stop using the name `miniroot' when `bsd.rd' is implied. A few platformsMiod Vallat
have a real miniroot to be dd'ed to the disk, and that's fine; but when we are talking about booting bsd.rd (either from an existing setup, or the network, or the cd-rom images), then refer to it as `installation kernel'.
2011-08-08Usual release distrib/notes churning. ok deraadt@Miod Vallat
2011-05-28sollicitation -> solicitation;Jason McIntyre
2010-10-18the misc set went awayTheo de Raadt
2010-06-05Fortran is no longer in comp.Miod Vallat
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)
2010-03-09use conv=osync when preparing an install tape; ok deraadt@ krw@Otto Moerbeek
2009-10-25Add a mention the `a' partition needs to be contained within the first 2GBMiod Vallat
of the disk, for the prom to be able to correctly read the kernel image. Found the hard way by landry@
2009-05-31Try to catch up with install.{sh,sub} changes.Miod Vallat
2009-05-17adapt to installer changes; the old Y/N question about sharing the disk withStuart Henderson
other OS changed to a multiple-choice format (Whole disk/OpenBSD area/Edit). ok miod@
2009-05-13Better disk partitioning details, especially for MBR + disklabel orMiod Vallat
HFS + disklabel setups.
2009-05-12fix the first few frenchisms which leap out at my eyesTheo de Raadt
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...
2009-04-17bye bye md5Theo de Raadt
2009-04-17we now ship SHA256 files, not MD5 filesTheo de Raadt
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@
2008-08-06In the upgrade blurb, mention xetc won't be selectable as well, and mentionMiod Vallat
sysmerge can help you upgrade etc and xetc afterwards.
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.
2008-05-12List socppc as a MACHINE_ARCH=powerpc platform.Miod Vallat
2008-03-10Sync sets sizes with release bits.Miod Vallat
2007-11-04Grammer nit ("all ... has been extracted" -> "all ... have beenKenneth R Westerback
extracted". Pointed out by smallm in PR 5622.
2007-08-30oops; t.stritzky@teles.de noted that we had not yet documented theTheo de Raadt
install##.iso files; thanks
2007-08-01Retire OpenBSD/cats. Hardware is nice but prone to catch fire, and the firmwareMiod Vallat
is anything but useful. Nevertheless this was a very good platform to use as an OpenBSD/*arm* starting point, but nowadays this platform is not necessary anymore. Somehow these CATS motherboard are just like AUI hubs, with the difference that, when my AUI hub caught fire, 10base5 support was not removed from the networking code.
2007-05-07Typo; jakemsr@Miod Vallat
2007-05-04stop shipping CKSUM files; people can use the MD5 filesTheo de Raadt
(this decreases build time a bit too) ok todd (and i assume legacy-architecture-miod would not object either)
2007-03-01Your spring jumbo m4-fu. This time:Miod Vallat
- mention comp contains an objective-C compiler too. - rewrite InstallPrelude so that it will only output the ``know your drive geometry'' blurb if asked to, and for a specified disk type. Use it for non-IDE and non-SCSI disks only, otherwise the kernel is good enough to do the job without the users' help. - similarily, adapt BootMsgs to make the second part of the geometry blurb optional, and to accept up to three disk types. Use this to report better disk names (i.e. no point saying an scsi disk would show up as sd0 on platforms which can't have scsi disks, or won't be able to boot from them). - in InstallPart4, drop the part about block and fragment sizes in disklabel. The defaults are good, and you won't get to change them unless you switched to expert mode. - the default answer to ``wanna get the ftp mirror list, unzel?'' is ``no'', so pressing enter to get it is not enough anymore (-:
2007-02-28Better OpenBSD/landisk installation notes, 1/2.Miod Vallat
2006-06-06armish tweaksMiod Vallat
2006-05-09Administrative changes for aviion, ok deraadt@Miod Vallat
2005-11-30Re-word section about initial mail message.Tom Cosgrove
ok miod@, jmc@
2005-08-30Update sets size, and a few tweaks; also size of files smaller than 1MBMiod Vallat
get printed in KB now; ok mickey@ deraadt@
2005-03-21Sync tape install details with the install script, mostly a numberingMiod Vallat
change for files on the tape. Prompted by and discussed with claudio@.
2005-01-15Zaurus tweaks.Miod Vallat
2004-08-26MACHINE_ARCH for sgi.Miod Vallat
2004-08-10Describe bsd.mpMiod Vallat
2004-06-22introduce the new xetc set. ok deraadt@, miod@, krw@.Matthieu Herrb
2004-06-07provide sets sizes in raw bytecounts and thenMichael Shalayeff
uniformly compute the MB numbers in m4.common; reduce average calculator uptime. miod@ ok
2004-05-16OpenBSD/luna88k installation notes, take one. Still needs work.Miod Vallat
ok aoyama@
2004-05-03Remove OpenBSD/pegaos, this has been announced before but delayed untilDale Rahn
the tree was stable. No point in code supporting a company which screws its employees being in the OpenBSD tree.
2004-03-27Fold the contents section, no real text change. ok deraadt@Miod Vallat
2004-03-25Various typosTom Cosgrove
ok miod@ deraadt@
2004-03-17fix a spacing issue found by deraadt@ and a separate typo from miod@;Jason McIntyre
ok miod@
2004-03-17grammar, consistency fixes, and typos;Jason McIntyre
ok miod@
2004-03-16typos and consistency fixes;Jason McIntyre
ok miod@
2004-03-08More typo.Miod Vallat
2004-02-27sync after amd64 MACHINE_ARCH change.Miod Vallat
2004-02-14add copyrightTodd T. Fries
2004-02-13More MACHINE_ARCH tweaksMiod Vallat
2004-02-09be accurate now that SunOS compat output does not exist in MAKEDEV; ok miod@Todd T. Fries