abs
26ed04b487
Switch to the more correct 'conv=sync' - from pk
2000-11-23 16:06:10 +00:00
abs
a117f6fc07
dd disk2 requires conv=osync unless we are lucky enough to hit a 36k boundary
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on a gzippd tarfile.
2000-11-22 21:14:24 +00:00
scw
cd97c2a4f6
Add two new mvme68k-specific kernels (for mvme172 and mvme177).
2000-11-21 12:39:40 +00:00
scw
85023db0de
Mention support for mvme172 and mvme177 in all the relevant places.
2000-11-21 12:38:59 +00:00
mrg
d7c887d2da
recommend 32MB as a minimum. PCIIDE cdroms work on the secondary channel,
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but disks do not. add install from solaris' instructions from Murray
Stokely <murray@osd.bsdi.com>.
2000-11-17 06:20:07 +00:00
tv
e9e3dccd80
Fix "NetBSD/sparc" to .Nx*M.
2000-11-16 17:14:43 +00:00
tv
6b5b36ae1f
Fix "NetBSD/i386" to .Nx*M.
2000-11-16 17:12:08 +00:00
tv
fb29a1e1bb
C&P info about sysinst moving to /emul/aout from i386 notes.
2000-11-16 17:04:50 +00:00
hubertf
5868050f6f
The X Consortium does not request the "The" being part of "The X Window
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System", so don't capitalize it unnecessarily.
2000-11-16 01:48:29 +00:00
is
661711dff9
Document the Amiga INSTALL and INSTWDCPCM kernels.
2000-11-15 00:00:26 +00:00
is
a46a1849e1
Cosmetics.
2000-11-14 23:57:03 +00:00
hubertf
aa22ef1fb8
Note which part (-> server side) of NFS locking now works
2000-11-14 22:37:12 +00:00
wiz
8f80fe0cd5
Fix three typos.
2000-11-14 17:15:51 +00:00
hubertf
4bd9e6ca04
fix two typos, pointed out by Chris Jones
2000-11-14 16:35:11 +00:00
hubertf
4cfe500087
it's ext2fs, not extfs. Pointed out by Havard.
2000-11-14 16:23:40 +00:00
fvdl
ad1dadd33b
Mention the a.out -> ELF transition, and what sysinst does to accomplish
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it.
2000-11-14 12:30:28 +00:00
pk
4ac702d63a
Mention support for sun4/400 machines.
2000-11-14 10:46:00 +00:00
hubertf
f5cb6a2fa0
Mention other audit for string routines that were used without bound checking
2000-11-14 07:26:37 +00:00
hubertf
f7a1e57576
Mention code audits - format string, and others - and what they gain.
2000-11-13 23:01:36 +00:00
fvdl
2311fe3263
* Mention the different floppy images and the machine types for which
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they are suitable (for i386).
* Mention xf86config(1) for ports that use XFree86.
* Since i386 INSTALL kernels do not have symbols, point users at
the symbol files should they need them (hopefully not).
2000-11-13 22:05:52 +00:00
lukem
ebf5622f56
s/MS Window/Windows/
2000-11-13 02:38:36 +00:00
hubertf
f898d4a492
Several changes to our release notes, OK'd by Luke Mewburn:
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* mention additional kernels in binary/kernel/ dir: GENERIC_LAPTOP, etc
* note that we also include firewall software (besides X, ...)
* don't Xref the BUGS file, as it's gone
* update some file sizes (source .tgz files) to match BETA2
* mention that syssrc contains the source for all architectures
* Sysinst now allows setting root password and timezone - note that.
* Explain how to actually install binary packages, giving some
examples that people may want to install.
* Mention rawrite32 near rawrite.
* Don't show preparation of install tape on i386
* update i386 hardware a bit. This needs to be generated automatically...
* Many minor nits & typos.
2000-11-13 01:22:39 +00:00
hubertf
2becbc3b35
number of panics caused by the vnode locking mechanism before:
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many -> some
Reading the original text led to the conclusion we paniced a lot
which was not true.
2000-11-12 03:22:47 +00:00
wiz
3be3dc88e0
two nits
2000-11-12 03:10:45 +00:00
hubertf
3361c5eca6
Point out that files affected by README.export-control are e.g. in
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src/crypto and src/sys/crypto.
2000-11-12 03:08:44 +00:00
wiz
27b30b18ba
Miscellaneous fixes (mostly typos & grammar)
2000-11-12 02:57:21 +00:00
lukem
6b7eb3a804
use
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(cd /foo ; tar zxpf -) < bar.tar.gz
instead of
tar -C /foo -zxpf bar.tar.gz
since the `pax as tar' on the install media doesn't have a working -C...
2000-11-10 06:56:11 +00:00
lukem
54878f1733
more rewording from allen briggs
2000-11-10 06:21:07 +00:00
lukem
bb24a42565
minor cleanup of features (based on feedback by briggs)
2000-11-08 23:12:17 +00:00
is
e242eb3cb2
For some strange reason, this doesn't work anymore with quotes using the
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1.5_BETA tools. Fix suggested by Matt Thomas.
2000-11-07 22:10:17 +00:00
matt
7dbdd4c7bb
Make this actually work for .html
2000-11-07 16:24:04 +00:00
pk
88cd122ef4
Some factual & typographical corrections on the SCSI target mapping topic.
2000-11-05 21:30:22 +00:00
mbw
c7bfd31421
mention how to eject floppy, now that installer is on two disks and
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doesn't seem to automatically eject the first one when it needs the second.
2000-11-05 03:31:19 +00:00
wiz
424fc39fbc
mountd and nfsd live in /usr/sbin, not /sbin.
2000-11-04 14:06:24 +00:00
pk
83147f633f
Note the terminal type inquiry at the start of the installation.
2000-11-04 13:44:05 +00:00
lukem
f87840fa2c
remove unnecessary "
2000-11-04 07:02:41 +00:00
lukem
bf084ccbb3
remove reference to update(8)
2000-11-04 06:52:19 +00:00
mbw
c85434aa4d
tsubai said the 'panic mesh' error is fixed in 1.5
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also mention about a bug in which the backlight on laptops is turned
all the way down and the screen may appear black.
2000-11-04 06:08:34 +00:00
lukem
57dd69c31d
.Li kernel names
2000-11-03 23:23:47 +00:00
lukem
19862a41b1
sun4u machines don't have the sd3<->sd0 remapping crud
2000-11-03 23:15:57 +00:00
lukem
ece7296092
- sbus ethernet drivers have now been fixed
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- move the pciide note
2000-11-03 23:15:07 +00:00
tv
6b7871c187
"compatable"->"compatible".
2000-11-03 20:30:57 +00:00
christos
cbe37e5bfa
add Hauke Fath.
2000-11-03 13:23:07 +00:00
mbw
dee5c5f3ac
fix some typos.
2000-11-03 02:18:50 +00:00
mbw
4251d93aae
postinstall: add conditionals for hp300, macppc, and sparc
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sysinst: tsubai-san says that macppc doesn't suffer from install-related
pcmcia interrupt problems. removed those for macppc
upgrade: add conditional for macppc and sparc (don't need to boot
from floppy)
2000-11-02 16:40:45 +00:00
mbw
25555e2770
prep: point to ZTerm as a MacOS terminal emulator
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point out that some MacOS ftp programs default to ASCII mode
OF 2 systems reset real-base to default when booted into macos
install: add info on how to get OF to always boot
also mention that users may need to remove non-apple hardware
to get their systems to boot (in extreme cases)
2000-11-02 08:20:27 +00:00
mbw
b7479f6fa7
added macppc- and sparc-specific conditionals and included a few important
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details about each
2000-11-02 08:14:56 +00:00
lukem
16ce1f0bab
fix bad quoting in .Dl .. .Ic lines when using other formatting (e.g, Ar)
2000-11-02 01:37:46 +00:00
lukem
52e63ea477
- revert parts of previous
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- use .Key instead of .Dq
- ``[kernel] [-as]'' is arguably better than ``[-as | kernel [-as]]''
- fix typo noted by tv on the releng mailing list
2000-11-01 23:57:32 +00:00
lukem
05cfcd7bcc
- for the example dhcp config, use .(disp .. .disp) instead of a huge .Dl
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block, as we're not using any formatting codes in here.
improve the comments and formatting of the example
- use /etc/rc.d/dhcpd restart as the example for how to restart the
dhcp server on a 1.5 box.
2000-11-01 23:55:39 +00:00