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[src/trunk]: src/distrib/notes/common More fixes and information for the CATS...



details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/7f61d3fdc4d8
branches:  trunk
changeset: 533486:7f61d3fdc4d8
user:      skrll <skrll%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Mon Jul 01 20:31:32 2002 +0000

description:
More fixes and information for the CATS install documentation.

diffstat:

 distrib/notes/common/postinstall |   4 ++--
 distrib/notes/common/sysinst     |  26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diffs (58 lines):

diff -r 2390b62b9311 -r 7f61d3fdc4d8 distrib/notes/common/postinstall
--- a/distrib/notes/common/postinstall  Mon Jul 01 20:11:05 2002 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/common/postinstall  Mon Jul 01 20:31:32 2002 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: postinstall,v 1.35 2002/06/29 08:32:31 lukem Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: postinstall,v 1.36 2002/07/01 20:31:32 skrll Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1999-2002 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
 .Lk http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/x11.html
 .\}
 .\} \" ! !\n[next68k]
-.if \n[cats]:\n[i386]:\n[shark] \{\
+.if \n[i386]:\n[shark] \{\
 .Pp
 You will need to set up a configuration file, see
 .Pa /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config.eg
diff -r 2390b62b9311 -r 7f61d3fdc4d8 distrib/notes/common/sysinst
--- a/distrib/notes/common/sysinst      Mon Jul 01 20:11:05 2002 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/common/sysinst      Mon Jul 01 20:31:32 2002 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: sysinst,v 1.43 2002/06/29 08:32:31 lukem Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: sysinst,v 1.44 2002/07/01 20:31:32 skrll Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1999-2002 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -1488,7 +1488,29 @@
 .Em Finalizing your installation
 .Pp
 Congratulations, you have successfully installed
-.Nx \*V .
+.Nx*V .
+.if r_cats \{\
+.Pp
+To finalize the installation of
+.Nx*M
+certain parameters on the Cyclone firmware need to changed. The reason
+is that the Cyclone firmware is unable to boot anything other than an
+a.out format kernels.
+.Pp
+Kernels created on a
+.Nx*V
+\*M system are natively ELF and converted to a.out. This conversion
+process loses the symbol information used for, amongst other things,
+kernel memory grovelers such as vmstat.  The workaround to the problem
+is to provide both the native ELF kernel (with all the symbol
+information) and the a.out kernel. These are available as /netbsd
+and /netbsd.aout respectively. As the a.out format kernel is not named
+in such a way that the Cyclone firmware will automatically find it the
+following command should be issued as the firmware prompt.
+.Pp
+.Dl boot> Ic "set boot wd0:/netbsd.aout"
+.Pp
+.\}
 .if !r_macppc \{\
 You can now reboot the machine, and boot
 .Nx



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