Module Name: src
Committed By: andvar
Date: Fri Apr 1 21:53:35 UTC 2022
Modified Files:
src/distrib/notes/common: main
src/distrib/notes/sparc: contents install
Log Message:
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.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.568 -r1.569 src/distrib/notes/common/main
cvs rdiff -u -r1.27 -r1.28 src/distrib/notes/sparc/contents
cvs rdiff -u -r1.60 -r1.61 src/distrib/notes/sparc/install
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files:
Index: src/distrib/notes/common/main
diff -u src/distrib/notes/common/main:1.568 src/distrib/notes/common/main:1.569
--- src/distrib/notes/common/main:1.568 Sun Feb 6 07:37:29 2022
+++ src/distrib/notes/common/main Fri Apr 1 21:53:35 2022
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: main,v 1.568 2022/02/06 07:37:29 nia Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: main,v 1.569 2022/04/01 21:53:35 andvar 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
.\}
.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)
@@ -312,8 +310,6 @@ If you are using the CD image, burn it n
.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
@@ -444,13 +440,6 @@ 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:
Index: src/distrib/notes/sparc/contents
diff -u src/distrib/notes/sparc/contents:1.27 src/distrib/notes/sparc/contents:1.28
--- src/distrib/notes/sparc/contents:1.27 Fri Aug 7 00:43:51 2020
+++ src/distrib/notes/sparc/contents Fri Apr 1 21:53:35 2022
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: contents,v 1.27 2020/08/07 00:43:51 snj Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: contents,v 1.28 2022/04/01 21:53:35 andvar 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.
Index: src/distrib/notes/sparc/install
diff -u src/distrib/notes/sparc/install:1.60 src/distrib/notes/sparc/install:1.61
--- src/distrib/notes/sparc/install:1.60 Wed Dec 8 12:54:15 2021
+++ src/distrib/notes/sparc/install Fri Apr 1 21:53:35 2022
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: install,v 1.60 2021/12/08 12:54:15 uwe Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: install,v 1.61 2022/04/01 21:53:35 andvar Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2002 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ image copied to your local disk's swap p
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
