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[src/trunk]: src/distrib/notes clean up whitespace, formatting
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/611528182036
branches: trunk
changeset: 533418:611528182036
user: lukem <lukem%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Sat Jun 29 22:37:39 2002 +0000
description:
clean up whitespace, formatting
diffstat:
distrib/notes/hpcmips/hardware | 11 ++++---
distrib/notes/hpcmips/install | 5 ++-
distrib/notes/hpcmips/whatis | 5 ++-
distrib/notes/hpcsh/hardware | 8 ++--
distrib/notes/hpcsh/whatis | 5 ++-
distrib/notes/i386/hardware | 27 ++++++++++--------
distrib/notes/i386/prep | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
distrib/notes/i386/upgrade | 14 +++++----
8 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)
diffs (truncated from 329 to 300 lines):
diff -r adc74b52d0f7 -r 611528182036 distrib/notes/hpcmips/hardware
--- a/distrib/notes/hpcmips/hardware Sat Jun 29 22:25:23 2002 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/hpcmips/hardware Sat Jun 29 22:37:39 2002 +0000
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.14 2002/05/06 11:33:20 takemura Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.15 2002/06/29 22:37:39 lukem Exp $
.
A H/PC machine contains a keyboard and a touch screen and
-generally has 8 MB or more of RAM. The port supports the HPC
-form factor, as well as the H/PC Pro and PsPC (Palmsized PC)
-form factors.
+generally has 8 MB or more of RAM.
+The port supports the HPC form factor,
+as well as the H/PC Pro and PsPC (Palmsized PC) form factors.
.
.Ss2 Supported WindowsCE machines
.(bullet -offset indent
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@
Vr4131-based
.It
TX3912-based: TX3912 machines are not supported with installation kernel and
-GENERIC kernel. Use special kernel for TX3912 (netbsd.TX3912.gz).
+GENERIC kernel.
+Use special kernel for TX3912 (netbsd.TX3912.gz).
.It
TX3922-based
.bullet)
diff -r adc74b52d0f7 -r 611528182036 distrib/notes/hpcmips/install
--- a/distrib/notes/hpcmips/install Sat Jun 29 22:25:23 2002 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/hpcmips/install Sat Jun 29 22:37:39 2002 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: install,v 1.9 2002/05/06 11:33:20 takemura Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: install,v 1.10 2002/06/29 22:37:40 lukem Exp $
.
Boot with bootloader and
.Pa netbsd
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
Please configure the
.Tn "Windows CE"
memory setting to allow this amount of
-memory to be used. If bootloader failed with a
+memory to be used.
+If bootloader failed with a
.Dq cannot allocate heap
error, configure more RAM for memory and less for disk with the dialog at
[Setting]-\*>[ControlPanel]-\*>[System]-\*>[Memory] under
diff -r adc74b52d0f7 -r 611528182036 distrib/notes/hpcmips/whatis
--- a/distrib/notes/hpcmips/whatis Sat Jun 29 22:25:23 2002 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/hpcmips/whatis Sat Jun 29 22:37:39 2002 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.7 2002/04/07 02:58:16 shin Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.8 2002/06/29 22:37:40 lukem Exp $
.
This is the second official release of
.Nx*M .
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
NetBSD operating system to
MIPS based
.Tn "Windows CE"
-PDA machines. Currently, the
+PDA machines.
+Currently, the
Vr4102, Vr4111, Vr4121, TX3912, and TX3922 processors are supported.
.Pp
The port name
diff -r adc74b52d0f7 -r 611528182036 distrib/notes/hpcsh/hardware
--- a/distrib/notes/hpcsh/hardware Sat Jun 29 22:25:23 2002 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/hpcsh/hardware Sat Jun 29 22:37:39 2002 +0000
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.2 2002/06/16 16:00:31 itojun Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.3 2002/06/29 22:41:53 lukem Exp $
.
A H/PC machine contains a keyboard and a touch screen and
-generally has 8 MB or more of RAM. The port supports the HPC
-form factor, as well as the H/PC Pro and PsPC (Palmsized PC)
-form factors.
+generally has 8 MB or more of RAM.
+The port supports the HPC form factor,
+as well as the H/PC Pro and PsPC (Palmsized PC) form factors.
.
.Ss2 Supported WindowsCE machines
.(bullet -offset indent
diff -r adc74b52d0f7 -r 611528182036 distrib/notes/hpcsh/whatis
--- a/distrib/notes/hpcsh/whatis Sat Jun 29 22:25:23 2002 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/hpcsh/whatis Sat Jun 29 22:37:39 2002 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.1 2002/06/15 21:31:38 itojun Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.2 2002/06/29 22:41:54 lukem Exp $
.
This is the non-official release of
.Nx*M .
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
NetBSD operating system to
Hitachi SH-3/4 based
.Tn "Windows CE"
-PDA machines. Currently, the
+PDA machines.
+Currently, the
SH7709, SH7709R, SH7709A and SH7750V processors are supported.
.Pp
The port name
diff -r adc74b52d0f7 -r 611528182036 distrib/notes/i386/hardware
--- a/distrib/notes/i386/hardware Sat Jun 29 22:25:23 2002 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/i386/hardware Sat Jun 29 22:37:39 2002 +0000
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.105 2002/06/01 17:38:53 bouyer Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.106 2002/06/29 22:45:29 lukem Exp $
.
.Nx \*V
runs on ISA (AT-Bus), EISA, MCA, PCI, and VL-bus systems
-with 386-family processors, with or without math coprocessors. The
-minimal configuration is said to require 4 MB of RAM and 50 MB of disk
+with 386-family processors, with or without math coprocessors.
+The minimal configuration is said to require 4 MB of RAM and 50 MB of disk
space, though we do not know of anyone running with a system quite
-this minimal today. To install the entire system requires much more
-disk space (the unpacked binary distribution, without sources,
+this minimal today.
+To install the entire system requires much more disk space
+(the unpacked binary distribution, without sources,
requires at least 65 MB without counting space needed for swap space,
etc), and to run X or compile the system, more RAM is recommended.
(4 MB of RAM will actually allow you to run X and/or compile, but it
-won't be speedy. Note that until you have around 16 MB of RAM, getting
+won't be speedy.
+Note that until you have around 16 MB of RAM, getting
more RAM is more important than getting a faster CPU.)
.
.Ss2 Supported devices
@@ -276,7 +278,7 @@
.It
Digital EtherWORKS III ISA adapters (DE203/DE204/DE205) [*]
.It
-Digital DEPCM-BA (PCMCIA) and DE305 (ISA) NE2000-compat. cards
+Digital DEPCM-BA (PCMCIA) and DE305 (ISA) NE2000-compatible cards
.It
BICC Isolan [* and not recently tested]
.It
@@ -394,7 +396,7 @@
BayStack 650 802.11FH PCMCIA cards [*] [+]
.It
Corega Wireless LAN PCC-11 cards [*] [+]
-.It
+.It
DEC/Cabletron RoamAbout 802.11 DS High Rate cards [*] [+]
.It
ELSA AirLancer MC-11 card [*] [+]
@@ -522,7 +524,7 @@
Ethernet adapters [*] [+]
.It
Audio devices [*] [+]
-.It
+.It
driver for FTDI based serial adapters [*] [+]
.It
Mass storage devices such as disks, ZIP drives and digital cameras [*] [+]
@@ -586,7 +588,8 @@
.Em not
present in kernels on the distribution floppies.
Except as noted above, all drivers are present
-on all disks. Also, at the present time, the distributed kernels
+on all disks.
+Also, at the present time, the distributed kernels
support only one SCSI host adapter per machine.
.Nx
normally
@@ -697,8 +700,8 @@
SCSI and ATAPI CD-ROMs cd0, cd1, ...
For each SCSI and IDE controller found, the SCSI or ATA(PI) devices
present on the bus are probed in increasing ID order for SCSI and
- master/slave order for ATA(PI). So the first SCSI drive found will
- be called sd0, the second sd1, and so on ...
+ master/slave order for ATA(PI). So the first SCSI drive found will
+ be called sd0, the second sd1, and so on ...
StarLAN cards
ai0 0x360 7 any iomem 0xd0000
diff -r adc74b52d0f7 -r 611528182036 distrib/notes/i386/prep
--- a/distrib/notes/i386/prep Sat Jun 29 22:25:23 2002 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/i386/prep Sat Jun 29 22:37:39 2002 +0000
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: prep,v 1.12 2001/04/07 18:25:46 jhawk Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: prep,v 1.13 2002/06/29 22:45:30 lukem Exp $
.
First and foremost, before beginning the installation process,
.Em make sure you have a reliable backup
of any data on your hard disk that you
-wish to keep. Mistakes in partitioning your hard disk may lead
-to data loss.
+wish to keep.
+Mistakes in partitioning your hard disk may lead to data loss.
.Pp
Before you begin, you should be aware of the geometry issues that may
-arise in relation to your hard disk. First of all, you should know
-about sector size. You can count on this to be 512 bytes; other sizes
-are rare (and currently not supported). Of particular interest are
-the number of sectors per track, the number of tracks per cylinder
-(also known as the number of heads), and the number of cylinders.
+arise in relation to your hard disk.
+First of all, you should know about sector size.
+You can count on this to be 512 bytes; other sizes are rare
+(and currently not supported).
+Of particular interest are the number of sectors per track,
+the number of tracks per cylinder (also known as the number of heads),
+and the number of cylinders.
Together they describe the disk geometry.
.Pp
The
@@ -19,40 +21,45 @@
has a limit of 1024 cylinders and 63 sectors per track for
doing
.Tn BIOS
-I/O. This is because of the old programming interface
+I/O.
+This is because of the old programming interface
to the
.Tn BIOS
-that restricts these values. Most of the big disks
-currently being used have more than 1024 real cylinders. Some have
-more than 63 sectors per track. Therefore, the
+that restricts these values.
+Most of the big disks currently being used have more than 1024 real cylinders.
+Some have more than 63 sectors per track.
+Therefore, the
.Tn BIOS
can be instructed
to use a fake geometry that accesses most of the disk and the fake
geometry has less than or equal to 1024 cylinders and less than or
-equal to 63 sectors. This is possible because the disks can be
-addressed in a way that is not restricted to these values, and the
+equal to 63 sectors.
+This is possible because the disks can be addressed in a way that is
+not restricted to these values, and the
.Tn BIOS
-can internally perform a translation. This can be activated
-in most modern BIOSes by using
+can internally perform a translation.
+This can be activated in most modern BIOSes by using
.Em Large
or
.Em LBA
mode for the disk.
.Pp
.Nx
-does not have the mentioned limitations with regard to the
-geometry. However, since the
+does not have the mentioned limitations with regard to the geometry.
+However, since the
.Tn BIOS
has to be used during startup,
it is important to know about the geometry the
.Tn BIOS
-uses. The
+uses.
+The
.Nx
kernel should be on a part of the disk where it can be loaded using the
.Tn BIOS ,
within the limitations of the
.Tn BIOS
-geometry. The install program will check this for you, and
+geometry.
+The install program will check this for you, and
will give you a chance to correct this if this is not the case.
.Pp
If you have not yet installed any other systems on the hard disk
@@ -68,12 +75,13 @@
or
.Sq LBA
modes, and activate
-them for the hard disk in question. While they are not needed
-by
+them for the hard disk in question.
+While they are not needed by
.Nx
as such, doing so will remove the limitations mentioned
above, and will avoid hassle should you wish to share the disk with
-other systems. Do
+other systems.
+Do
.Em not
change these settings if you already have
data on the disk that you want to preserve!
@@ -81,10 +89,9 @@
In any case, it is wise to check your the
.Tn BIOS
settings for the
-hard disk geometry before beginning the installation, and write
-them down. While this should usually not be needed, it enables
-you to verify that the install program determines these values
-correctly.
+hard disk geometry before beginning the installation, and write them down.
+While this should usually not be needed, it enables you to verify
+that the install program determines these values correctly.
.Pp
The geometry that the
.Tn BIOS
diff -r adc74b52d0f7 -r 611528182036 distrib/notes/i386/upgrade
--- a/distrib/notes/i386/upgrade Sat Jun 29 22:25:23 2002 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/i386/upgrade Sat Jun 29 22:37:39 2002 +0000
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