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diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/sparc64/install.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/sparc64/install.sgml index 1b9ff12..b5fdb8b 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/sparc64/install.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/sparc64/install.sgml @@ -23,12 +23,71 @@ This file contains sparc64-specific installation instructions. <sect2> <title>Preparation</title> + <para>Currently, there are two ways to install &os;/&arch; on a + new machine. By far the easier of the two is to install from + CDROM; this method allows you to install &os; without any + dependencies on any other computers.</para> + + <para>If installing from CDROM is impossible or undesirable, the + alternative is to install over the network. This requires + another machine, suitably configured, to serve the boot loader, + kernel, and root file system to the new machine, via a + combination of RARP, TFTP, and either BOOTP or DHCP. This + netboot server can be another &os; machine, but is not required + to be.</para> + + <para>You will need to decide which of these methods you want to + use for installation, as this will determine the set of files + you need to download (if any), as well as the steps required to + do the installation.</para> + <sect3> <title>Downloading Required Files</title> - <para>If you are not installing from a CDROM, you will need to - download some files via FTP (the URLs are given below). The - links in this document point to the main &os; FTP server. - Please use a mirror site instead if possible.</para> + + <para>This section describes the files you will need for a + &os;/&arch; installation. The links in this document point to + the main &os; FTP server. Please use a mirror site instead if + possible. + + <sect4> + <title>Required Files for CDROM Installation</title> + + <para>If you want to do a CDROM installation, an ISO + image with a snapshot of &os;/&arch; can be found at + <ulink url="&release.url;"></ulink>. This file can be used to + create a bootable CDROM which contains everything necessary to + boot and load at least a minimal &os; installation.</para> + +<!-- XXX ISO location?--> + </sect4> + + <sect4> + + <title>Required Files for Network Installation</title> + <para>For a network installation, you will need several files. + First, you will need to download a &os;/&arch; loader for + &man.tftpd.8; to serve to your &arch; client. There are + currently three ways for a loader to load a kernel; TFTP, NFS, + or a local disk. There is a separate loader for each of these + methods; you should download one of the following files:</para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para><ulink url="&release.url;loader-tftp.gz"></ulink></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><ulink url="&release.url;loader-nfs.gz"></ulink></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><ulink url="&release.url;loader-ufs.gz"></ulink></para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + <para>A network installation also requires a kernel to be served + to the netboot client. A suitable kernel can be found at + <ulink url="&release.url;"></ulink>.</para> + +<!-- XXX kernel filename?--> + + <para>Finally, you will need a &man.tar.1; archive which + contains the binaries and configuration files from the base + system. This file is available from <ulink + url="&release.url;distrib.tar.gz"></ulink>.</para> + </sect4> </sect3> <sect3 id="getting-to-prom-prompt"> <title>Getting to the PROM Prompt</title> @@ -122,19 +181,6 @@ Ethernet address 0:3:ba:b:92:d4, Host ID: 830b92d4.</screen> <programlisting>tftp dgram udp wait nobody /usr/libexec/tftpd tftpd /tftpboot</programlisting> - - <para>You will then need to download a &os;/&arch; loader for - &man.tftpd.8; to serve to your &arch; - client. There are currently two loaders to choose from:</para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para><ulink url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/development/sparc64/loader-tftp.gz"></ulink> - - (<emphasis>for loading the kernel over - TFTP</emphasis>).</para></listitem> - <listitem><para><ulink url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/development/sparc64/loader-nfs.gz"></ulink> - - (<emphasis>for loading the kernel via NFS</emphasis>).</para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> - <para>Copy the unpacked loader to your <filename>/tftpboot</filename> directory, and name it with the &os;/&arch; host's IP address in upper-case hexadecimal notation without dots (or use appropriately-named symbolic links). For |
