From 4df161e5122acdff365911731e57e862e87b8c9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bruce A. Mah" Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 00:24:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Lots of markup fixes and improvements. Submitted by: ue --- .../installation/sparc64/install.sgml | 68 +++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/sparc64/install.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/sparc64/install.sgml index 615eae2f5008..7c06a8b458b6 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/sparc64/install.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/sparc64/install.sgml @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ This file contains sparc64-specific installation instructions. This section describes the files you will need for a &os;/&arch; installation. The links in this document point to the main &os; FTP server. Please use a mirror site instead if - possible. + possible. The URLs in this section are provisional and subject to @@ -139,12 +139,29 @@ Ethernet address 0:3:ba:b:92:d4, Host ID: 830b92d4. on the keyboard, or send a BREAK over the serial console (using for example ~# in &man.tip.1; or &man.cu.1;) to - get to the PROM prompt. It looks like + get to the PROM prompt. It looks like this: - ok - or - ok {0} - (on SMP systems). + + + + + + + ok +ok {0} + + + + This is the prompt used on systems with just + one CPU. + + + + This is the prompt used on SMP systems, the digit + indicates the number of the active CPU. + + + @@ -242,7 +259,7 @@ Ethernet address 0:3:ba:b:92:d4, Host ID: 830b92d4. :rp="tftp-server-ip-address:nfs-root-directory":\ :sm=ip-netmask -<name of the entry>:\ +name-of-the-entry:\ ha=sparc64-ethernet-address:ip=sparc64-ip-address:tc=.default The Ethernet address must be the same as the one in the @@ -287,7 +304,7 @@ Ethernet address 0:3:ba:b:92:d4, Host ID: 830b92d4. option host-name is resolvable, i.e. has a DNS entry or is associated with an address in /etc/hosts, the - fixed-address specification can be omitted. + fixed-address specification can be omitted. @@ -396,18 +413,22 @@ Ethernet address 0:3:ba:b:92:d4, Host ID: 830b92d4. To create a disk label, the following procedure is the easiest: - First, use: -&prompt.root; disklabel -w -r <device> auto - This will create a basic disk label. The third argument you need + + + Run +disklabel -w -r device auto + to create a basic disk label. The third argument you need specify here is just the name of the device, not the complete path to the device node (e.g. ad0 for the first ATA disk). + + - Now, use: -&prompt.root; disklabel -e <device> auto - This will open an editor in which you can edit the disk - label. The information presented to you should look like: + Use +disklabel -e device + to open an editor in which you can edit the disk + label. The information presented to you should look like: # /dev/ad6c: type: unknown @@ -430,10 +451,9 @@ drivedata: 0 8 partitions: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] - c: 80418240 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 79779) - + c: 80418240 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 79779) - You can now add new partitions in the same format as the already + You can now add new partitions in the same format as the already present line. Using * in the offset field makes the procedure easier; please refer to the &man.disklabel.8; manual page for more information. @@ -451,7 +471,9 @@ drivedata: 0 this disk must have their respective partition entries in the old and new label match exactly, or they will be lost. + + Use disklabel -B if you want to make the disk bootable for &os;/&arch;. @@ -467,6 +489,8 @@ drivedata: 0 + + @@ -491,19 +515,19 @@ drivedata: 0 To create file systems and to install the base system, boot from CDROM or via NFS and create a disk label as described in - . + . When booting the first time and you have not entered your root partition into /etc/fstab yet, you may need to specify your root partition on the mountroot prompt when booting (use a format like - ufs:<disk><partition>, i.e. leave the + ufs:diskpartition, i.e. leave the slice specification out). If the kernel does automatically attempt to boot from another file system, press a key other than Enter on the loader - prompt: + prompt: Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. - Then, boot the kernel using boot -a -s, which + Then, boot the kernel using boot -a -s, which will cause the kernel to ask you for the root partition and then boot into single-user mode. Once the root file system has been entered into /etc/fstab, it should be