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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
2009-05-13Better 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...
2009-03-07GENERIC.MP is now stable on MVME197DP.Miod Vallat
2009-02-28Update sets sizes.Miod Vallat
2009-02-15Mention MVME327AMiod Vallat
2008-12-24All System 900 are supported now, not only the MVME187 based ones.Miod Vallat
2008-08-06Update sets sizes.Miod Vallat
2008-08-06Minor random tweaks and fixes.Miod Vallat
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.
2008-04-02Rewrite the startup code for the mvme88k bootblocks, once again. Some ofMiod Vallat
them (especially the netboot ones) will now self-relocate, which makes BUG configuration much simpler. WARNING: for disk-based systems, you need to update bootxx and bootsd at the same time. New bootsd will not run when loaded from an older bootxx. This doesn't matter much since you need both with installboot.
2008-03-10Minor tweaks, including behind-the-scenes fixes.Miod Vallat
2008-03-10Suggest vt220 as a TERM value for serial-console-in-an-xterm setup everywhereMiod Vallat
instead of a mix of vt100 and vt220.
2008-03-10Sync sets sizes with release bits.Miod Vallat
2007-12-15Mention MVME197Miod Vallat
2007-11-09Build and advertize bsd.mp on mvme88k.Miod Vallat
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 (-:
2006-02-28Update sets sizes; ok deraadt@Miod Vallat
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@.
2005-03-18Mention local filesystems are only suitable for upgrades.Miod Vallat
2005-03-18Rework description slightly.Miod Vallat
2004-09-20Too much cut'n'paste in NIOT description cause confusion as the textMiod Vallat
refers to ;H but shows ;A in examples; spotted by nick@
2004-09-10Update sets sizes with the latest binaries (except for hp300 X11 which willMiod Vallat
be late).
2004-08-03Complete MVME188 coverage.Miod Vallat
2004-07-29Update sets sizes, due to profiling libraries.Miod 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
2004-03-27Fold the contents section, no real text change. ok deraadt@Miod Vallat
2004-03-25Various typosTom Cosgrove
ok miod@ deraadt@
2004-03-20Sets size updates.Miod Vallat
2004-03-17grammar, consistency fixes, and typos;Jason McIntyre
ok miod@
2004-03-16typos and consistency fixes;Jason McIntyre
ok miod@
2004-02-09be accurate now that SunOS compat output does not exist in MAKEDEV; ok miod@Todd T. Fries
2004-01-28Document the tftp bootloader, mention that the full-blown Sun-compatibleMiod Vallat
diskless bootloader only supports the 1x7 on-board ie(4), and remove the blurb about warming up the scsi controller when netbooting.
2004-01-13Document a few BUG boot restrictions.Miod Vallat
2004-01-05Mention 8 tty on M8120 here too.Miod Vallat
2004-01-03``device'' is not written ``devic''.Miod Vallat
2003-12-30More hardware details; also mention that Triton's Dolphin System 100 willMiod Vallat
run OpenBSD.
2003-12-30Mention MVME188 again.Miod Vallat
2003-09-09Update sets sizes.Miod Vallat
2003-09-06MD installation notes updates for 3.4, 3/3Miod Vallat
Describe with much more details how to successfully boot from various devices, including non-built-in ethernet or SCSI controllers; also hint that most of the MVME147 and the MVME187 can not netboot at all. This should be much, much more understandable (but we need to run this through a drunk pvalchev@ to be sure).
2003-08-10A long-needed notes update for mvme88k...Miod Vallat
2003-01-04Various typos and inaccuracies; David KrauseMiod Vallat
2002-06-09knfTodd T. Fries
2002-04-17Our m4 generated MAKEDEV will eventually be less SunOS-friendly than theyMiod Vallat
used to are, if at all; so warn people setting up diskless systems under SunOS or other operating systems that they might need to edit MAKEDEV for it to run properly on the host system.
2001-08-22Summer distribution notes cleanup: provide the correct number of setsMiod Vallat
to the DistributionDescription macro. On vme platforms, fix the x sets description. On mac68k, clarify the kernel stuff. The whole ok fries@
2000-09-19sendmail.cf lives in /etc/mail nowMiod Vallat