From 268918ca6dc7c1f8276bd8067942040428160a20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: simonb <simonb@NetBSD.org>
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 03:36:15 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] For a pmax:  + Don't include pcmcia goop.  + Don't mention
 floppy disks!  + Add minimum memory requirements.  + Only mention rz* disks,
 not wd* or sd*. Mention that watching the file extraction list can slow
 things down on a slow console.

---
 distrib/notes/common/sysinst | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/distrib/notes/common/sysinst b/distrib/notes/common/sysinst
index bc0dae1ffcd8..ccb168bc73a7 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/common/sysinst
+++ b/distrib/notes/common/sysinst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: sysinst,v 1.2 1999/02/01 16:16:09 he Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: sysinst,v 1.3 1999/05/04 03:36:15 simonb Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ for the installation and as such covers many details to be completed.
 Do not let this discourage you, the install program is not hard
 to use.
 .
+.if !r_pmax  \{\
 .It_need
 .Em Possible Tn PCMCIA Em issues
 .Pp
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ DDB (the in-kernel debugger) and set pcic_isa_intr_alloc_mask to mask
 out the offending interrupt before continuing.  By default the kernel
 masks out IRQ 10, and the corresponding mask is 0xfbff.
 .\}
+.\}
 .It_need
 .Em General
 .Pp
@@ -154,20 +156,24 @@ What you need.
 .Bl -hyphen
 .It_need
 The distribution sets (in this example, they are on CD).
+.if !r_pmax  \{\
 .It_need
 .ie r_alpha Two floppy disks.
 .ie r_i386 Two 1.44M 3.5" floppy disks.
-.el One 1.44M 3.5\" floppy.
+.el One 1.44M 3.5" floppy.
+.\}
 .It_need
 .if r_i386 A PC with a 386 or newer processor.
 A CD-ROM drive (SCSI or ATAPI), a harddisk and a minimum of
-.if r_i386 4Mb
 .if r_alpha 32Mb
+.if r_i386 4Mb
+.if r_pmax 8Mb
 of memory installed.
 .It_need
 The harddisk should have at least
-.if r_i386 70
 .if r_alpha 200
+.if r_i386 70
+.if r_pmax 200
 +
 .Em n
 megabytes of
@@ -205,6 +211,13 @@ would type something like:
 The Quick Installation
 .Bl -hyphen
 .It_need
+.ie r_pmax \{\
+Boot the system as desribed in the previous section.  You
+should be at the
+.Ic sysinst
+main menu.
+.\}
+.el \{\
 Insert the
 .ie r_i386 first
 .ie r_alpha first
@@ -216,6 +229,7 @@ the computer.
 .if r_alpha .Dl \&\*>\*>\*> Ic "B DVA0
 .if r_i386 When prompted, insert the second boot floppy.
 The main menu will be displayed.
+.\}
 .It_need
 If you wish, you can configure some network settings
 immediately by choosing the
@@ -261,6 +275,11 @@ Further information can be found on
 .Nx
 .
 .
+.ie r_pmax  \{\
+.Pp
+Boot the system as desribed in the previous section.
+.\}
+.el \{\
 .(pcmcia
 Unplug your
 .Tn PCMCIA
@@ -337,6 +356,7 @@ root partition, but the new installation floppies use a
 ramdisk file system and are no longer dependent on the floppy
 once it has booted.
 .\}
+.\}
 .Pp
 Once
 .Nx
@@ -345,10 +365,12 @@ you will be presented with a welcome message and a main menu.
 It will also include instructions for using the menus.
 .It_need
 .Em Network configuration
+.if !r_pmax  \{\
 .(pcmcia
 You can skip this section, as you will only get data
 from floppy in the first part of the install.
 .pcmcia)
+.\}
 .Pp
 If you will not use network operation during the installation,
 but you do want your machine to be configured for networking once
@@ -374,6 +396,12 @@ will report a list of disks it finds
 and ask you for your selection. Depending on how many disks
 are found, you may get a different message. You should see
 disk names like
+.ie r_pmax \{\
+.Li rz0
+or
+.Li rz1
+.\}
+.el \{\
 .Li wd0 ,
 .Li wd1 ,
 .Li sd0 ,
@@ -420,6 +448,7 @@ If you are
 .Em sure
 that it does, reply affirmatively. Otherwise, the install
 program will automatically reserve space for bad144 tables.
+.\}
 .It_need
 .Em Partitioning the disk.
 .Bl -bullet
@@ -736,7 +765,8 @@ will continue until all the sets have been loaded from floppy.
 In order to install from a local filesystem, you will
 need to specify the device that the filesystem resides
 on
-.Pq for example Li wd1e ,
+.ie r_pmax .Pq for example Li rz1e
+.el .Pq for example Li wd1e
 the type of the filesystem,
 and the directory on the specified filesystem where the sets are located.
 .Ic sysinst
@@ -765,9 +795,10 @@ the sets you want. Some sets always need to be installed
 .Pq Ic kern, base No and Ic etc
 they will not be shown in this selection menu.
 .Pp
-Before extraction begins, you can elect to watch the files
-being extracted; the name of each file that is extracted will
-be shown.
+Before extraction begins, you can elect to watch the files being
+extracted; the name of each file that is extracted will be shown.
+This can slow down the installation process considerably, especially
+on machines with slow graphics consoles or serial consoles.
 .Pp
 After all the files have been extracted, all the necessary
 device node files will be created. If you have already