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- typos 

- Xserve (Slot Load) reported to work by manu
 - mention Xserve serial port
 - mention G5 CPUs not supported yet
 - update minimum hardware requirements
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.\"$NetBSD: hardware,v 1.37 2003/07/26 17:07:07 salo Exp $
.\"$NetBSD: hardware,v 1.38 2003/09/02 05:41:30 mbw Exp $
.
Currently,
.Nx*M
requires the use of
.Tn "Open Firmware"
to boot.
Open Firmware is a command environment using the FORTH language which the
Open Firmware is a command environment using the FORTH language. The
.Nx
kernel uses to gether information about your system, and to control some
of your devices.
It is part of the boot ROMs in most
kernel uses Open Firmware to gather information about your system and to
control some of your devices. It is part of the boot ROMs in most
.Tn PowerPC Ns No -based
.Tn Macintosh
systems.
@ -45,11 +44,12 @@ or G4 microprocessor via a daughtercard replacement, in which case
will run on this system.
.Pp
The minimal configuration requires 16 MB of RAM and ~80 MB of disk space.
To install the entire system requires much more disk space, and to run
X or compile the system, more RAM is recommended, as
To install the entire system requires 200 MB plus space for the swap
partition (usually the RAM size, unless you've got a lot of RAM). To
install X, an additional 60 MB disk space is required, as is more RAM (at
least 32 MB).
.Nx
with 16 MB of RAM is very slow.
Note that until you have around 32 MB of RAM,
with 16 MB of RAM is very slow. Until you have around 32 MB of RAM,
getting more RAM is more important than getting a faster CPU.
.
.Ss2 Supported models
@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ Apple PowerMacintosh (G4 (PCI), G4 (AGP), G4 (Gigabit Ethernet), G4
(Digital Audio), G4 (Quicksilver), G4 (Quicksilver 2002), G4 (FW 800),
and G4 Cube)
.It
Apple Xserve
Apple original Xserve and Xserve (Slot Load)
.bullet)
.tag)
.
@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ Apple Xserve
Systems with Open Firmware, but using a PPC 601 microprocessor
(PowerMacintosh 7200 and 7500 (without CPU upgrade))
.It
Systems with Open Firmware, but using a PPC G5 microprocessor
.It
Systems with a PowerPC microprocessor, but lacking Open Firmware
.(bullet -compact
Apple PowerBook (1400, 2300, and 5300)
@ -405,6 +407,20 @@ reported problems trying to run ppp or other high speed serial applications
.Note)
.Pp
.It
The Xserve serial port.
.(Note
This serial port can be used for console (57600 bps, 8 bits, no
parity, 1 stop bit, no handshaking). Use
.Pq Em scca
for the Open Firmware
.Sq input-device
and
.Sq output-device
variables. Alternatively, if you remove your video card,
Open Firmware will default to using the serial port for the console.
.Note)
.Pp
.It
The Gee Three Stealth Serial Port, possibly the Griffin Technology gPort
.(Note
These serial ports can be used for console (57600 bps, 8 bits, no parity,