From 7e912a4de34e8f731828423a5f38dba2b00b51fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joel Sing Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 06:27:29 +0000 Subject: Sync disklabel instructions with reality and those detailed in INSTALL.sgi. Issue spotted by matthieu@. ok miod@ deraadt@ --- distrib/sgi/ramdisk/install.md | 20 ++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/distrib/sgi/ramdisk/install.md b/distrib/sgi/ramdisk/install.md index f1bd7b14c6b..f6d73213392 100644 --- a/distrib/sgi/ramdisk/install.md +++ b/distrib/sgi/ramdisk/install.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $OpenBSD: install.md,v 1.11 2008/06/26 05:42:04 ray Exp $ +# $OpenBSD: install.md,v 1.12 2009/03/01 06:27:28 jsing Exp $ # # # Copyright (c) 1996 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. @@ -124,15 +124,19 @@ __EOT cat <<__EOT -You will now create an OpenBSD disklabel. The default disklabel must have -an 'a' partition which is the space available for OpenBSD. -The 'i' partition must be retained since it contains the Volume Header and -the boot loader. +You will now create an OpenBSD disklabel. The disklabel must have an +'a' partition, being the space available for OpenBSD's root file system. +The 'p' partition must be retained since it contains the SGI Volume Header; +this in turn contains the boot loader. No other partitions should overlap +with the SGI Volume Header, which by default will use the first 3134 sectors. + +Additionally, the 'a' partition must be the first partition on the disk, +immediately following the SGI Volume Header. If the default SGI Volume Header +size is used, the 'a' partition should be located at offset 3135. If the +'a' partition is not located immediately after the SGI Volume Header the +boot loader will not be able to locate and load the kernel. Do not change any parameters except the partition layout and the label name. -Also, don't change the 'i' partition or start any other partition below the -end of the 'i' partition. This is the Volume Header and destroying it will -render the disk useless. __EOT disklabel -W $_disk -- cgit v1.2.3