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| author | wilko <wilko@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-12-22 20:59:48 +0000 |
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| committer | wilko <wilko@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-12-22 20:59:48 +0000 |
| commit | 461306f6402239c3412d0fc31b825abdbf080722 (patch) | |
| tree | b8bee868ab1ec022d0aed0c36c77d57519fa08b5 /release | |
| parent | b3f3c60daeffd13a4b2d937ad5af5a9c1491a733 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-461306f6402239c3412d0fc31b825abdbf080722.zip FreeBSD-src-461306f6402239c3412d0fc31b825abdbf080722.tar.gz | |
Note that the root filesystem better be on the first partition for it
to be bootable
Triggered by: questions on -alpha
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
| -rw-r--r-- | release/texts/alpha/INSTALL.TXT | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/INSTALL.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/INSTALL.TXT index 6066421..5fd5244 100644 --- a/release/texts/alpha/INSTALL.TXT +++ b/release/texts/alpha/INSTALL.TXT @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ +=====================================================================+ Author: Jordan K. Hubbard -Last updated: Wed Jul 26 07:43:37 PDT 2000 +Last updated: Fri Dec 22 12:55:24 PST 2000 By: Wilko Bulte 0.0 Quick Start @@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ will need to be attached to a SCSI controller which is supported by the SRM firmware or an IDE disk assuming the SRM in your machine supports booting from IDE disks. +Your root filesystem MUST be the first partition (partition a) on the +disk to be bootable. + You will need the SRM console firmware for your platform. In some cases, it is possible to switch between AlphaBIOS (or ARC) firmware and SRM. In others it will be necessary to download new firmware from |
