From c305baaf13d88ae8b5cc03c8663520d3054d1338 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Otto Moerbeek Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 14:25:43 +0000 Subject: Make more clear by removing references to old method of setup and reshuffling things a bit ok miod@ jasper@ kettenis@ --- distrib/notes/loongson/install | 32 ++++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/distrib/notes/loongson/install b/distrib/notes/loongson/install index 48eddaeb408..250c5e5e843 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/loongson/install +++ b/distrib/notes/loongson/install @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.9 2010/03/05 08:21:31 otto Exp $ +dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.10 2010/03/05 14:25:42 otto Exp $ OpenBSDInstallPrelude Booting the installation media: @@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ OpenBSDInstallWrapup Lemote systems final steps: - Lemote systems ship with a boot menu. After the installation - is complete, you should copy the OpenBSD/MACHINE bootloader - to a PMON bootable location, and add an OpenBSD entry to the - boot menu to be able to boot OpenBSD more easily. + Lemote systems ship with a boot menu. After an installation + preserving the Linux partitions is complete, you can add an + OpenBSD entry to the boot menu to be able to boot OpenBSD + more easily. The boot menu contents are found in /boot/boot.cfg on the Linux partition. To add an OpenBSD entry, simply add a new entry in @@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ OpenBSDInstallWrapup args "" In the example above, /dev/fs/ext2@wd0/boot/boot is the PMON - path to the OpenBSD bootloader, which can be found in - /usr/mdec on the installed system. + path to the OpenBSD bootloader, which is copied to + that location by the install script. You may make OpenBSD the default option by changing the ``default'' line near the top of the file. The value on this @@ -125,13 +125,6 @@ OpenBSDInstallWrapup PMON> set moresz 30 - If you do not want to use the boot menu, you may simply - disable it in the environment, and set the `al' variable - to point to the bootloader path: - - PMON> set ShowBootMenu no - PMON> set al /dev/fs/ext2@wd0/boot/boot - The bootloader will attempt to load the kernel file set in the `bsd' environment variable. Should this fail, it will wait for user commands. The value of `bsd' should be a @@ -140,6 +133,17 @@ OpenBSDInstallWrapup PMON> set bsd /bsd + If you have removed the Linux installation or if you do not + want to use the boot menu, you may simply disable it in the + environment, and set the `al' variable + to point to the bootloader path: + + PMON> set ShowBootMenu no + PMON> set al /dev/fs/ext2@wd0/boot/boot + + Alternatively, you might want to create a /boot/boot.cfg + file in the small Linux partition created by the installation. + On the Fuloong 2F, getting PMON to use the serial console is tricky, due to PMON bugs and design decisions made by Lemote. -- cgit v1.2.3