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author | Wilko Bulte <wilko@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-06-16 21:10:54 +0000 |
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committer | Wilko Bulte <wilko@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-06-16 21:10:54 +0000 |
commit | cfe6aa7862a695fe844d2f483e896db16d8bbba7 (patch) | |
tree | 4a18db926700d4ffca6310f32df0023be7f701b2 /release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml | |
parent | c56df4e7825a7d83f54780965e4915f4324b5b64 (diff) | |
download | src-cfe6aa7862a695fe844d2f483e896db16d8bbba7.tar.gz src-cfe6aa7862a695fe844d2f483e896db16d8bbba7.zip |
Add note about partition a better be at offset 0 for a disk to be bootable.
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Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=78361
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diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml index f34ace5352c8..cbc1de893c71 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml @@ -160,6 +160,14 @@ distribution CDROM. Earlier versions needed booting from a 2 disk floppy set.</para> + <para>In order to be bootable the root partition (partition a) + must be at offset 0 of the disk drive. This means you have to + use the installer's partitioning menu and start with assigning + partiton a at offset 0 to the root partition. Subsequently layout + the rest of the partitions to your liking. If you do not adhere + to this rule the install will proceed just fine, but the system + will not be bootable from the freshly installed disk.</para> + <para>If you don't have/want a local disk drive you can boot via the Ethernet. This assumes an Ethernet adapter/chip that is recognized by the SRM console. Generally speaking this boils down to |