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authormartin <martin@NetBSD.org>2022-06-14 10:37:05 +0000
committermartin <martin@NetBSD.org>2022-06-14 10:37:05 +0000
commit7f6a5db7485a9bc12201d1fecdd48579fe673842 (patch)
tree44433a857c41f07b8443e1280eda28bfe4951c5a
parent58fda216160f1f9ef3cac50c6b181a95d9c50998 (diff)
Pull up following revision(s) (requested by andvar in ticket #1471):
distrib/notes/common/main: revision 1.569 (via patch) distrib/notes/sparc/install: revision 1.59-1.61 (via patch) distrib/notes/sparc/contents: revision 1.27,1.28 (via patch) Remove floppy installation instructions from sparc documentation. Floppy generation was disabled before NetBSD 6.0 release due to size constraints and unlikely to be restored soon or at all. PR port-sparc/56776. ok martin. Typo and nroff fixes.
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/common/main19
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/sparc/contents10
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/sparc/install114
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 133 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/common/main b/distrib/notes/common/main
index ef3e9ccaaea..c8fe6e4e9f3 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/common/main
+++ b/distrib/notes/common/main
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: main,v 1.551.2.11 2021/11/25 17:49:22 martin Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: main,v 1.551.2.12 2022/06/14 10:37:05 martin Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2012 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -206,10 +206,8 @@ If you have a CD-R, you can fetch the CD image,
.\}
.if \n[sparc] \{\
Fetch a CD image,
-.Pa NetBSD-\*V-sparc.iso
-or the floppy disk images,
-.Pa sparc/install/floppy/disk1.gz No and Pa sparc/install/floppy/disk2 .
-You need either the pair of floppies or the CD to boot your system.
+.Pa NetBSD-\*V-sparc.iso .
+You need the CD to boot your system.
.\}
.if \n[sparc64] \{\
This is either a CD image
@@ -234,7 +232,7 @@ When you boot the install
.if \n[amd64] image or CD-ROM,
.if \n[i386] image, CD-ROM or floppies,
.if \n[macppc] kernel from floppies, hard drive, or CD-ROM,
-.if \n[sparc] floppies or CD-ROM,
+.if \n[sparc] CD-ROM,
.if \n[sparc64] CD-ROM or installation kernel,
the installation program
can fetch these files for you (using, e.g., ftp)
@@ -314,8 +312,6 @@ If you are using the CD image, burn it now.
.It
Make sure your sparc's CD-ROM drive is bootable.
Burn the CD.
-Otherwise, write the floppy images directly to a pair of floppies
-(after uncompressing disk1.gz).
.\}
.if \n[sparc64] \{\
.It
@@ -446,13 +442,6 @@ your model):
.Dq Ic boot sd(,30,) ,
or
.Dq Ic boot cdrom .
-.Pp
-The command to boot from floppy is either
-.Dq Ic boot fd(,,1)
-or
-.Dq Ic boot floppy .
-The installer will prompt you to insert the second floppy when it is ready
-for it.
.\}
.if \n[sparc64] \{\
The command to boot from CD is:
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc/contents b/distrib/notes/sparc/contents
index 1b3387174bc..8ad029bd530 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sparc/contents
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc/contents
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: contents,v 1.23.4.3 2019/12/08 12:50:44 martin Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: contents,v 1.23.4.4 2022/06/14 10:37:05 martin Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2005 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -109,10 +109,6 @@ see below.
.
Netbootable RAM disk kernel and the file system in the RAM disk; see below.
.
-. It Pa floppy/
-.
-\*M boot and installation floppies; see below.
-.
. It Pa miniroot/
.
\*M miniroot file system image; see below.
@@ -184,7 +180,7 @@ system call and library manual pages.
This distribution set contains debug information for
all base system utilities.
It is useful when reporting issues with binaries or during
-developement.
+development.
This set is huge, if the target disk is small, do not install it.
.
.It Sy etc
@@ -317,7 +313,7 @@ The extra libraries and include files needed to compile X source code.
This distribution set contains debug information for
all X11 binaries.
It is useful when reporting issues with these binaries or during
-developement.
+development.
This set is huge, if the target disk is small, do not install it.
.
.It Sy xfont
diff --git a/distrib/notes/sparc/install b/distrib/notes/sparc/install
index acab176dd2f..011a73afd5d 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/sparc/install
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc/install
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: install,v 1.58.18.1 2019/11/21 19:28:42 martin Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: install,v 1.58.18.2 2022/06/14 10:37:05 martin Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2002 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ image copied to your local disk's swap partition or a scratch drive.
If your Sparc is hooked up in a network, you may configure another
.Ul
machine as a netboot server for your Sparc.
-Alternatively, there is a pair
-of floppy images that will boot your system and run the installer.
.Pp
For more information on the commands and variables available in
the OpenBoot PROM (present in all sun4c and sun4m machines), go to
@@ -179,112 +177,6 @@ Proceed to the section
.Sx Running the installation scripts.
below.
.
-.Ss2 Installing NetBSD by using the bootable floppies
-.
-The
-.Nx
-install floppies only work on the sun4c and sun4m machines.
-Making the install floppies is fairly straightforward.
-.Pp
-.Nx
-and SunOS use the same commands.
-First, get two 1.44 MB floppy disks and format them either using the
-.Xr fdformat 8
-command or a PC.
-.Pp
-.(disp
-.No # Ic "fdformat"
-.disp)
-.Pp
-Be sure that the `fdformat' command completes successfully before proceeding;
-on
-.Nx
-success is a string of all
-.Sq Li V 's ,
-and on
-.Tn SunOS
-success is a string of
-.Sq Li \&. 's .
-.Pp
-Next, transfer the two floppy images
-.Pq Pa installation/floppy/disk1.gz No and Pa installation/floppy/disk2
-to the disks you just formatted.
-You can do this step from
-.Nx ,
-.Tn SunOS ,
-or a
-.Tn Windows
-machine using
-.Nm rawrite.exe
-(available in the
-.Nx Ns / Ns i386
-distribution).
-Insert the first floppy and run the following commands:
-.Pp
-.(disp
-.No # Ic "gunzip disk1.gz"
-.No # Ic "dd if=disk1 of=/dev/rfd0a bs=36k"
-.No # Ic "eject floppy"
-.disp)
-.Pp
-Insert the second floppy and run the following commands:
-.Pp
-.(disp
-.No # Ic "dd if=disk2 of=/dev/rfd0a bs=36k"
-.No # Ic "eject floppy"
-.disp)
-.Pp
-Note that disk2 may be a symlink to .\*[setsuffix] file; do not uncompress it,
-just follow the instructions above, verbatim.
-After writing the two floppies,
-be sure to label them so you can later identify them.
-.Pp
-Insert the floppy made from
-.Pa disk1
-into your Sparc.
-From the OpenBoot prompt, boot the floppy with the following command:
-.Pp
-.(tag OpenBoot\ PROM\ 2\ (alternate) -offset indent -compact
-.It OpenBoot PROM 1
-.(disp
-.No ok Ic "boot fd(,,1)"
-.disp)
-.It OpenBoot PROM 1 (alternate)
-.(disp
-.No ok Ic "boot /fd"
-.disp)
-.It OpenBoot PROM 2
-.(disp
-.No ok Ic "boot floppy"
-.disp)
-.tag)
-.Pp
-After the initial probe messages you'll be asked to insert the floppy
-labeled
-.Dq NetBSD disk2 .
-If the floppy is not automatically ejected, you can either use a
-straightened paperclip to eject the disk or do the following:
-.Pp
-Press the
-.Key STOP
-key (sometimes called the
-.Key L1
-key, found on the left side of your keyboard) and the
-.Key a
-key, which will halt your system and give you a PROM prompt.
-.(disp
-.No ok Ic "eject"
-.No ok Ic "go"
-.disp)
-.Pp
-Now, insert the floppy labeled
-.Li disk2 .
-After the installation tools have been loaded,
-you'll be asked to start the install or upgrade procedure.
-Proceed to the section
-.Sx Running the installation scripts.
-below.
-.
.Ss2 Installing NetBSD by using a netboot setup
.
.so ../common/netboot
@@ -336,7 +228,7 @@ Run the following commands:
.disp)
.Pp
Now you can transfer the
-.Nx \*V.
+.Nx \*V .
distribution sets from
.Pq Pa binary/sets
to the tape by using a series of additional
@@ -476,4 +368,4 @@ instead using the following commands:
.Pp
.Em Congratulations ,
you have successfully installed
-.Nx \*V.
+.Nx \*V .