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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
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 4ee4638..dcfe7b9 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 @@ -176,17 +176,15 @@ that can boot from IDE disks and CDROMs. Check the machine specific section for details.</para> - <para>&os; 4.0 and later can be booted from the - 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 partition 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> + will not be bootable from the freshly installed disk. Note that + fdisk is not used on &os; running on Alpha, disks are directly + labeled using disklabel.</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 |