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[src/trunk]: src/distrib/notes clean up whitespace and formatting
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/db4f07409322
branches: trunk
changeset: 533443:db4f07409322
user: lukem <lukem%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Sun Jun 30 12:57:29 2002 +0000
description:
clean up whitespace and formatting
diffstat:
distrib/notes/sun2/hardware | 20 ++++++----
distrib/notes/sun2/install | 76 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
distrib/notes/sun2/upgrade | 28 ++++++++-------
distrib/notes/sun2/xfer | 74 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
distrib/notes/sun3/hardware | 16 ++++---
distrib/notes/sun3/install | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
distrib/notes/sun3/prep | 16 ++++---
distrib/notes/sun3/upgrade | 25 +++++++------
distrib/notes/sun3/xfer | 76 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
distrib/notes/vax/install | 22 +++++++----
distrib/notes/vax/upgrade | 20 ++++++----
distrib/notes/vax/xfer | 48 +++++++++++++++-----------
distrib/notes/walnut/hardware | 26 +++++++------
distrib/notes/walnut/legal | 4 +-
distrib/notes/walnut/prep | 6 +-
distrib/notes/walnut/whatis | 4 +-
16 files changed, 300 insertions(+), 239 deletions(-)
diffs (truncated from 1312 to 300 lines):
diff -r 970e7c249ae0 -r db4f07409322 distrib/notes/sun2/hardware
--- a/distrib/notes/sun2/hardware Sun Jun 30 12:49:29 2002 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/sun2/hardware Sun Jun 30 12:57:29 2002 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.2 2002/05/08 16:32:55 fredette Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.3 2002/06/30 12:57:29 lukem Exp $
.
.Nx*M
\*V runs on Multibus Sun2 machines, including:
@@ -7,14 +7,15 @@
.El
.Pp
The minimal configuration requires 4 MB of RAM and about 130 MB of disk
-space. To install the entire system requires much more disk space
+space.
+To install the entire system requires much more disk space
(approx. 100 MB additional space is necessary for full sources).
-To compile the system, more RAM is recommended. Good
-performance requires 7 MB of RAM.
+To compile the system, more RAM is recommended.
+Good performance requires 7 MB of RAM.
.Pp
Here is a table of recommended HD partition sizes for a full install:
-.Bl -column -offset indent Partition Suggested Needed
-.It Partition Ta Suggested Ta Needed
+.Bl -column -offset indent Partition Suggested Needed
+.It Partition Ta Suggested Ta Needed
.It /\ (root) Ta "20 MB" Ta "15 MB"
.It /usr Ta "210 MB" Ta "110 MB"
.It /var Ta "20 MB" Ta "5 MB"
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@
As you may note, the recommended size of
.Pa /usr
is 100 MB greater than
-needed. This is to leave room for a kernel source and compile tree as
+needed.
+This is to leave room for a kernel source and compile tree as
you will probably want to compile your own kernel.
.Li ( GENERIC
is large and bulky to accommodate all people).
@@ -35,8 +37,8 @@
Note that the \*M installation procedure uses a
.Em miniroot
image
-which is placed into the swap area of the disk. The swap partition
-must be at least as large as the miniroot image (12 MB).
+which is placed into the swap area of the disk.
+The swap partition must be at least as large as the miniroot image (12 MB).
.
.Ss2 Supported hardware
.(bullet -offset indent
diff -r 970e7c249ae0 -r db4f07409322 distrib/notes/sun2/install
--- a/distrib/notes/sun2/install Sun Jun 30 12:49:29 2002 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/sun2/install Sun Jun 30 12:57:29 2002 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: install,v 1.3 2002/05/08 16:32:55 fredette Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: install,v 1.4 2002/06/30 12:57:29 lukem Exp $
.\"
-.\" Copyright (c) 1999, 2000 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
+.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2002 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@
.Pp
There are several ways to install
.Nx
-onto your disk. If your
-machine has a tape drive the easiest way is
+onto your disk.
+If your machine has a tape drive the easiest way is
.Sx "Installing from tape"
-(details below). If your machine is on a network with a suitable
-NFS server, then
+(details below).
+If your machine is on a network with a suitable NFS server, then
.Sx "Installing from NFS"
is the next best method.
Otherwise, if you have another
@@ -62,14 +62,15 @@
\*V boot tape as described in the section
entitled
.Sx "Creating boot/install tapes"
-and boot the tape. At the PROM
-monitor prompt, use one of the commands:
+and boot the tape.
+At the PROM monitor prompt, use one of the commands:
.Pp
.Dl \*> Ns Ic "b st()"
.Dl \*> Ns Ic "b st(0,8,0)"
.Pp
The first example will use the tape on SCSI target 4, where the
-second will use SCSI target 5. The
+second will use SCSI target 5.
+The
.Li \*>
is the monitor prompt.
.Pp
@@ -107,8 +108,8 @@
.disp)
.Pp
Copy the miniroot as described in the welcome message, and
-reboot from that just installed miniroot. See the section
-entitled
+reboot from that just installed miniroot.
+See the section entitled
.Sx Booting the miniroot
for details.
.
@@ -124,8 +125,8 @@
First, at the
.Tn Sun
PROM monitor prompt, enter a boot command
-using the network interface as the boot device. If your machine
-has Intel Ethernet, this is
+using the network interface as the boot device.
+If your machine has Intel Ethernet, this is
.Em ie ,
and if it has 3Com Ethernet, this is
.Em ec .
@@ -137,15 +138,18 @@
After the boot program loads the RAMDISK kernel, you should
see the welcome screen as shown in the
.Sx Installing from tape
-section above. You must configure the network interface before you
-can use any network resources. For example the command:
+section above.
+You must configure the network interface before you
+can use any network resources.
+For example the command:
.Pp
.Dl ssh\*> Ic "ifconfig ie0 inet 192.233.20.198 up"
.Pp
-will bring up the network interface with that address. The next
-step is to copy the miniroot from your server. This can be done
-using either NFS or remote shell. (In the examples that follow,
-the server has IP address 192.233.20.195.) You may then need to
+will bring up the network interface with that address.
+The next step is to copy the miniroot from your server.
+This can be done using either NFS or remote shell.
+(In the examples that follow, the server has IP address 192.233.20.195.)
+You may then need to
add a default route if the server is on a different subnet:
.Pp
.Dl ssh\*> Ic "route add default 192.233.20.255 1"
@@ -159,18 +163,21 @@
.Dl ssh\*> Ic "mount -o rdonly,-r=1024 192.233.20.195:/server/path /mnt"
.Pp
The procedure is simpler and much faster if you have space for an expanded
-(not compressed) copy of the miniroot image. In that case:
+(not compressed) copy of the miniroot image.
+In that case:
.Pp
.Dl ssh\*> Ic "dd if=/mnt/miniroot.fs of=/dev/rsd0b bs=8k"
.Pp
Otherwise, you will need to use
.Ic zcat
-to expand the miniroot image while copying. This is tricky because the
+to expand the miniroot image while copying.
+This is tricky because the
.Ic ssh
program
(small shell) does not handle
.Xr sh 1
-pipeline syntax. Instead,
+pipeline syntax.
+Instead,
you first run the reader in the background with its input set
to
.Pa /dev/pipe
@@ -182,19 +189,21 @@
.Dl ssh\*> Ic "run -o /dev/pipe zcat /mnt/install/miniroot.fs.gz"
.Pp
To load the miniroot using rsh to the server, you would use a
-pair of commands similar to the above. Here is another example:
+pair of commands similar to the above.
+Here is another example:
.Pp
.Dl ssh\*> Ic "run -b dd if=/dev/pipe of=/dev/rsd0b obs=8k"
.Dl ssh\*> Ic "run -o /dev/pipe rsh 192.233.20.195 zcat miniroot.fs.gz"
.Pp
Note that decompression on a sun2 is
.Em extremely
-slow, be prepared to wait. For this reason, expanding the miniroot
+slow, be prepared to wait.
+For this reason, expanding the miniroot
image on the NFS server is highly recommended.
.Pp
Once the miniroot has been copied using one of the above methods,
-you reboot from that just installed miniroot. See the section
-entitled
+you reboot from that just installed miniroot.
+See the section entitled
.Sx Booting the miniroot
for details.
.
@@ -221,7 +230,8 @@
Next, bring
.Tn SunOS
down to single user mode to insure that nothing
-will be using the swap space on your drive. To be extra safe, reboot
+will be using the swap space on your drive.
+To be extra safe, reboot
the machine into single-user mode rather than using the
.Ic shutdown
command.
@@ -267,9 +277,9 @@
.
.Ss2 Miniroot install program
.
-The miniroot's install program is very simple to use. It will guide
-you through the entire process, and is well automated. Additional
-improvements are planned for future releases.
+The miniroot's install program is very simple to use.
+It will guide you through the entire process, and is well automated.
+Additional improvements are planned for future releases.
.Pp
The miniroot's install program will:
.(bullet -offset indent
@@ -281,7 +291,8 @@
.It
Allow you to set up your system's network configuration.
Remember to specify host names without the domain name
-appended to the end. For example use
+appended to the end.
+For example use
.Li foo
instead of
.Li foo.bar.org .
@@ -290,7 +301,8 @@
be able to re-configure that interface by simply selecting
it for configuration again.
.It
-Mount target file systems. You will be given the opportunity
+Mount target file systems.
+You will be given the opportunity
to manually edit the resulting
.Pa /etc/fstab .
.It
diff -r 970e7c249ae0 -r db4f07409322 distrib/notes/sun2/upgrade
--- a/distrib/notes/sun2/upgrade Sun Jun 30 12:49:29 2002 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/sun2/upgrade Sun Jun 30 12:57:29 2002 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: upgrade,v 1.2 2002/05/08 04:13:15 lukem Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: upgrade,v 1.3 2002/06/30 12:57:29 lukem Exp $
.\"
-.\" Copyright (c) 1999, 2000 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
+.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2002 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -36,12 +36,13 @@
It is possible to easily upgrade your existing
.Nx*M
system
-using the upgrade program in the miniroot. If you wish to upgrade
-your system by this method, simply select the
+using the upgrade program in the miniroot.
+If you wish to upgrade your system by this method, simply select the
.Ic upgrade
option once
-the miniroot has booted. The upgrade program with then guide you
-through the procedure. The upgrade program will:
+the miniroot has booted.
+The upgrade program with then guide you through the procedure.
+The upgrade program will:
.(bullet -offset indent
Enable the network based on your system's current network configuration.
.It
@@ -73,16 +74,16 @@
of upgrading your system.
.\}
.Pp
-However, it is possible to upgrade your system
-manually. To do this, follow the following procedure:
+However, it is possible to upgrade your system manually.
+To do this, follow the following procedure:
.(bullet -offset indent
Place
.Em at least
the
.Sy base
binary set in a file system
-accessible to the target machine. A local file system
-is preferred, since the NFS subsystem in the
+accessible to the target machine.
+A local file system is preferred, since the NFS subsystem in the
.Nx \*V
kernel may be incompatible with your old binaries.
.It
@@ -106,8 +107,8 @@
or
.Pa /usr/share
on an NFS server, you
-will want to mount those file systems as well. To do
-this, you will need to enable the network:
+will want to mount those file systems as well.
+To do this, you will need to enable the network:
.Pp
.Dl # Ic "sh /etc/rc.d/network start"
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