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RevisionDateAuthorComments
 1.20  03-Jun-2022  andvar some srm firmware (including legacy platforms) still available at hp ftp.
not sure if HPE selling firmware CDs, but it is definitely not Compaq anymore.
 1.19  22-Jun-2017  flxd branches: 1.19.8;
spelling (DEC called it "TURBOchannel")
 1.18  19-May-2015  snj - update upgrade issues:
+ ARM ABI change
+ new users
+ new groups
- add modules set where missing
- formatting improvements
- note that rtsol{,d} will be gone in the future
- fix raw partition info
- update sparc64 hardware support
- remove note about sparc SMP support being broken
- update some size requirements (still lots of ancient bogus RAM
minimums lingering -- HI PORTMASTERS!)
- various other minor content modernization
- whitespace fixes
 1.17  25-Apr-2009  snj branches: 1.17.26;
Final round of INSTALL cleanups for 5.0.
 1.16  25-Apr-2009  snj Yet another round of INSTALL fixes.
 1.15  06-Sep-2008  tsutsui branches: 1.15.2; 1.15.4;
Use \*[Gt].
 1.14  26-Jul-2003  salo branches: 1.14.16; 1.14.18; 1.14.26; 1.14.32; 1.14.36;
netbsd.org->NetBSD.org
 1.13  29-Jun-2002  lukem clean up whitespace, formatting, copyrights
 1.12  23-Apr-2002  bouyer branches: 1.12.2;
Kill ncr(4), mention esiop(4).
 1.11  29-Oct-2000  lukem more work:
- use .Tn, .Bx, .Ul, .Key, .Sq, .Dq, .Li, .Dl, (etc) ... as appropriate
- be more consistent between various ports' install notes
- other cleanups
 1.10  10-Oct-2000  lukem major terraform (this is MUCH more than a rototill :-), including:
- update for 1.5 (still more MD stuff to check)
- use new macros in ../common/macros as appropriate
- introduce some CONSISTENCY between the various ports' install docs
- use various mdoc macros as appropriate, including .Li, .Pa, .Sy, and .Ic.
- migrate more stuff into ../common/*
- whitespace cleanup
- lots of other little things i'm sure...
 1.9  21-Mar-2000  soda branches: 1.9.4;
sync with i386 about ahc.
 1.8  19-Feb-1999  tron Be more precise about which of Adaptec's AIC chips we support.
Fixes PR kern/7011 by Olaf Seibert.
 1.7  13-Jan-1999  ross Markup for -mdoc and -mdoc2html.
 1.6  07-Jul-1998  ross #if 0 the entire supported hardware section and add a #else note explaining
its absence from the snapshot instructions.
 1.5  15-May-1998  matt Document the support of LEMAC and DEPCA type ISA cards.
 1.4  15-May-1998  ross Insert edits suggested by cgd@netbsd.org and fix the cpp alpha/*.tgz
unclosed-comment error. (sigh)
 1.3  09-Jan-1998  perry RCS Id Police.
 1.2  29-Dec-1997  cjs Various corrections, additions and reformatting.
 1.1  23-Dec-1997  cjs branches: 1.1.2;
First go at alpha install notes.
 1.1.2.4  29-May-1998  mycroft Pull up 1.4, per request of ross.
 1.1.2.3  29-Dec-1997  perry pull up from trunk (cjs)
 1.1.2.2  23-Dec-1997  perry pull up release notes from trunk (cjs)
 1.1.2.1  23-Dec-1997  perry file hardware was added on branch netbsd-1-3 on 1997-12-23 16:24:48 +0000
 1.9.4.1  01-Nov-2000  tv Sync to HEAD as of 20001101 03:43 GMT [lukem]:
Complete rework of install notes for 1.5 from several authors.
 1.12.2.1  02-Jul-2002  lukem manually sync distrib/notes/** to -current, excluding pmppc (which isn't in 1.6)
 1.14.36.1  18-Sep-2008  wrstuden Sync with wrstuden-revivesa-base-2.
 1.14.32.2  05-Oct-2008  mjf Sync with HEAD.
 1.14.32.1  28-Sep-2008  mjf Sync with HEAD.
 1.14.26.1  14-Sep-2008  bouyer Pull up following revision(s) (requested by tsutsui in ticket #1198):
distrib/notes/sandpoint/install: revision 1.4
distrib/notes/macppc/hardware: revision 1.45, 1.46
distrib/notes/next68k/prep: revision 1.7
distrib/notes/sun3/install: revision 1.16
distrib/notes/macppc/prep.OPENFIRMWARE: revision 1.10, 1.11
distrib/notes/mvme68k/xfer: revision 1.17
distrib/notes/vax/install: revision 1.17
distrib/notes/common/contents: revision 1.142
distrib/notes/next68k/xfer: revision 1.7
distrib/notes/common/sysinst: revision 1.91
distrib/notes/alpha/install: revision 1.34
distrib/notes/mvme68k/install: revision 1.20
distrib/notes/hp300/prep: revision 1.23
distrib/notes/common/sysinst: revision 1.92
distrib/notes/alpha/hardware: revision 1.15
distrib/notes/sparc64/install: revision 1.30
distrib/notes/cats/prep: revision 1.10
distrib/notes/sparc/hardware: revision 1.34
distrib/notes/sparc/prep: revision 1.23, 1.24
distrib/notes/sparc/install: revision 1.55
distrib/notes/hpcmips/install: revision 1.11
distrib/notes/common/main: revision 1.416
distrib/notes/amiga/prep: revision 1.27
distrib/notes/i386/hardware: revision 1.123
distrib/notes/evbppc/hardware: revision 1.4
distrib/notes/evbarm/prep: revision 1.9
distrib/notes/amiga/install: revision 1.34
distrib/notes/macppc/install: revision 1.37
distrib/notes/evbarm/install: revision 1.9
distrib/notes/sun2/install: revision 1.7
distrib/notes/sun2/install: revision 1.8
distrib/notes/mvme68k/prep: revision 1.14
distrib/notes/hp700/prep: revision 1.2
distrib/notes/mvme68k/hardware: revision 1.10
distrib/notes/atari/xfer: revision 1.16
distrib/notes/amiga/upgrade: revision 1.27
Cosmetics or mdoc warning fixes
 1.14.18.1  15-Sep-2008  skrll Sync with netbsd-4.
 1.14.16.1  14-Sep-2008  bouyer Pull up following revision(s) (requested by tsutsui in ticket #1198):
distrib/notes/sandpoint/install: revision 1.4
distrib/notes/macppc/hardware: revision 1.45, 1.46
distrib/notes/next68k/prep: revision 1.7
distrib/notes/sun3/install: revision 1.16
distrib/notes/macppc/prep.OPENFIRMWARE: revision 1.10, 1.11
distrib/notes/mvme68k/xfer: revision 1.17
distrib/notes/vax/install: revision 1.17
distrib/notes/common/contents: revision 1.142
distrib/notes/next68k/xfer: revision 1.7
distrib/notes/common/sysinst: revision 1.91
distrib/notes/alpha/install: revision 1.34
distrib/notes/mvme68k/install: revision 1.20
distrib/notes/hp300/prep: revision 1.23
distrib/notes/common/sysinst: revision 1.92
distrib/notes/alpha/hardware: revision 1.15
distrib/notes/sparc64/install: revision 1.30
distrib/notes/cats/prep: revision 1.10
distrib/notes/sparc/hardware: revision 1.34
distrib/notes/sparc/prep: revision 1.23, 1.24
distrib/notes/sparc/install: revision 1.55
distrib/notes/hpcmips/install: revision 1.11
distrib/notes/common/main: revision 1.416
distrib/notes/amiga/prep: revision 1.27
distrib/notes/i386/hardware: revision 1.123
distrib/notes/evbppc/hardware: revision 1.4
distrib/notes/evbarm/prep: revision 1.9
distrib/notes/amiga/install: revision 1.34
distrib/notes/macppc/install: revision 1.37
distrib/notes/evbarm/install: revision 1.9
distrib/notes/sun2/install: revision 1.7
distrib/notes/sun2/install: revision 1.8
distrib/notes/mvme68k/prep: revision 1.14
distrib/notes/hp700/prep: revision 1.2
distrib/notes/mvme68k/hardware: revision 1.10
distrib/notes/atari/xfer: revision 1.16
distrib/notes/amiga/upgrade: revision 1.27
Cosmetics or mdoc warning fixes
 1.15.4.1  13-May-2009  jym Sync with HEAD.

Third (and last) commit. See http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2009/05/13/msg221222.html
 1.15.2.1  25-Apr-2009  snj Pull up following revision(s) (requested by rmind in ticket #728):
distrib/alpha/README.files: revision 1.14
distrib/notes/acorn26/upgrade: revision 1.2
distrib/notes/acorn32/hardware: revision 1.2
distrib/notes/acorn32/prep: revision 1.14
distrib/notes/acorn32/prep.RISCOS: revision 1.20
distrib/notes/alpha/hardware: revisions 1.16-1.17
distrib/notes/alpha/install: revisions 1.35-1.37
distrib/notes/amd64/prep: revision 1.2
distrib/notes/amiga/hardware: revision 1.46
distrib/notes/amiga/install: revision 1.35
distrib/notes/amiga/prep: revision 1.28
distrib/notes/amiga/upgrade: revision 1.28
distrib/notes/arc/prep: revision 1.2
distrib/notes/atari/hardware: revision 1.22
distrib/notes/atari/prep: revision 1.13
distrib/notes/cats/hardware: revision 1.7
distrib/notes/cats/prep: revision 1.11
distrib/notes/cats/upgrade: revision 1.4
distrib/notes/common/contents: revisions 1.150-1.155
distrib/notes/common/legal.common: revision 1.52
distrib/notes/common/main: revisions 1.444-1.446
distrib/notes/common/postinstall: revisions 1.73, 1.74
distrib/notes/common/sysinst: revisions 1.97, 1.98
distrib/notes/common/upgrade: revisions 1.27, 1.28
distrib/notes/common/xfer: revisions 1.64-1.66
distrib/notes/evbarm/prep: revision 1.10
distrib/notes/evbarm/upgrade: revision 1.2
distrib/notes/evbppc/hardware: revision 1.5
distrib/notes/evbppc/upgrade: revision 1.2
distrib/notes/hp300/prep: revision 1.24
distrib/notes/i386/upgrade: revision 1.23
distrib/notes/i386/prep: revision 1.14
distrib/notes/mac68k/hardware: revision 1.24
distrib/notes/mac68k/prep: revision 1.16
distrib/notes/mac68k/upgrade: revision 1.21
distrib/notes/mac68k/xfer: revision 1.20
distrib/notes/macppc/prep: revisions 1.43, 1.44
distrib/notes/macppc/prep.OPENFIRMWARE: revision 1.13
distrib/notes/macppc/hardware: revision 1.47
distrib/notes/macppc/prep.OPENFIRMWARE: revision 1.12
distrib/notes/mvme68k/hardware: revision 1.11
distrib/notes/mvme68k/install: revision 1.21
distrib/notes/next68k/prep: revision 1.8
distrib/notes/pmax/hardware: revision 1.17
distrib/notes/pmax/install: revision 1.41
distrib/notes/sgimips/hardware: revision 1.14
distrib/notes/sgimips/prep: revision 1.10
distrib/notes/shark/install: revision 1.5
distrib/notes/sparc/hardware: revisions 1.35, 1.36
distrib/notes/sparc/prep: revision 1.26
distrib/notes/sparc/upgrade: revision 1.16
distrib/notes/sparc64/prep: revision 1.15
distrib/notes/sun2/hardware: revision 1.4
distrib/notes/sun3/hardware: revision 1.10
distrib/notes/vax/hardware: revision 1.10
distrib/notes/vax/install: revision 1.18
distrib/notes/vax/prep: revision 1.7
distrib/notes/xen/xfer: revision 1.4
distrib/notes/x68k/hardware: revision 1.17
distrib/notes/x68k/prep: revision 1.9
Update release notes.
 1.17.26.1  24-May-2015  martin Pull up following revision(s) (requested by snj in ticket #799):
distrib/notes/Makefile.inc: revision 1.43
distrib/notes/acorn26/contents: revision 1.2
distrib/notes/acorn26/legal: delete
distrib/notes/acorn32/contents: revision 1.2
distrib/notes/acorn32/hardware: revision 1.3
distrib/notes/acorn32/legal: delete
distrib/notes/acorn32/prep: revision 1.15
distrib/notes/acorn32/prep.RISCOS: revision 1.23
distrib/notes/alpha/contents: revision 1.16
distrib/notes/alpha/hardware: revision 1.18
distrib/notes/alpha/legal: delete
distrib/notes/amd64/contents: revisions 1.4, 1.5
distrib/notes/amd64/legal: delete
distrib/notes/amiga/contents: revision 1.20
distrib/notes/amiga/legal: delete
distrib/notes/arc/contents: revision 1.2
distrib/notes/arc/legal: delete
distrib/notes/atari/contents: revision 1.20
distrib/notes/atari/legal: delete
distrib/notes/bebox/contents: revision 1.2
distrib/notes/bebox/hardware: revision 1.2
distrib/notes/bebox/legal: delete
distrib/notes/cats/contents: revision 1.2
distrib/notes/cats/legal: delete
distrib/notes/common/legal.common: revisions 1.93-1.96
distrib/notes/common/list-setsizes.sh: delete
distrib/notes/common/macros: revisions 1.41, 1.42
distrib/notes/common/main: revisions 1.519-1.521
distrib/notes/common/netboot: revision 1.36
distrib/notes/common/postinstall: revision 1.80, 1.81
distrib/notes/common/sysinst: revisions 1.105, 1.106
distrib/notes/common/upgrade: revisions 1.29, 1.30
distrib/notes/common/xfer: revision 1.74
distrib/notes/emips/contents: revision 1.2
distrib/notes/emips/hardware: revision 1.2
distrib/notes/emips/install: revision 1.2
distrib/notes/emips/legal: delete
distrib/notes/evbarm/contents: revision 1.2
distrib/notes/evbarm/legal: delete
distrib/notes/evbppc/contents: revision 1.3
distrib/notes/evbppc/legal: delete
distrib/notes/ews4800mips/contents: revision 1.2
distrib/notes/ews4800mips/legal: delete
distrib/notes/hp300/contents: revision 1.17
distrib/notes/hp300/legal: delete
distrib/notes/hpcarm/contents: revision 1.3
distrib/notes/hpcarm/legal: delete
distrib/notes/hpcmips/contents: revision 1.10
distrib/notes/hpcmips/legal: delete
distrib/notes/hpcsh/contents: revision 1.3
distrib/notes/hpcsh/legal: delete
distrib/notes/hppa/contents: revision 1.2
distrib/notes/hppa/legal: delete
distrib/notes/i386/contents: revision 1.29
distrib/notes/i386/legal: delete
distrib/notes/landisk/contents: revision 1.3
distrib/notes/landisk/legal: delete
distrib/notes/mac68k/contents: revision 1.20
distrib/notes/mac68k/hardware: revision 1.25
distrib/notes/mac68k/legal: delete
distrib/notes/mac68k/prep: revision 1.17
distrib/notes/macppc/contents: revision 1.11
distrib/notes/macppc/hardware: revision 1.48
distrib/notes/macppc/legal: delete
distrib/notes/macppc/prep.OPENFIRMWARE: revision 1.18
distrib/notes/mmeye/contents: revision 1.3
distrib/notes/mmeye/legal: delete
distrib/notes/mvme68k/contents: revision 1.13
distrib/notes/mvme68k/legal: delete
distrib/notes/mvme68k/xfer: revision 1.18
distrib/notes/news68k/contents: revision 1.6
distrib/notes/news68k/legal: delete
distrib/notes/newsmips/contents: revision 1.2
distrib/notes/newsmips/legal: delete
distrib/notes/next68k/contents: revision 1.7
distrib/notes/next68k/legal: delete
distrib/notes/ofppc/contents: revision 1.3
distrib/notes/ofppc/legal: delete
distrib/notes/pmax/contents: revision 1.17
distrib/notes/pmax/hardware: revision 1.18
distrib/notes/pmax/legal: delete
distrib/notes/prep/contents: revision 1.2
distrib/notes/prep/hardware: revision 1.5
distrib/notes/prep/legal: delete
distrib/notes/prep/upgrade: revision 1.2
distrib/notes/rs6000/contents: revision 1.2
distrib/notes/rs6000/legal: delete
distrib/notes/sandpoint/contents: revision 1.2
distrib/notes/sandpoint/legal: delete
distrib/notes/sgimips/contents: revision 1.2
distrib/notes/sgimips/legal: delete
distrib/notes/shark/contents: revision 1.2
distrib/notes/shark/legal: delete
distrib/notes/sparc/contents: revision 1.21
distrib/notes/sparc/hardware: revision 1.37
distrib/notes/sparc/legal: delete
distrib/notes/sparc/prep: revision 1.27
distrib/notes/sparc64/Makefile: revision 1.4
distrib/notes/sparc64/contents: revision 1.5
distrib/notes/sparc64/hardware: revision 1.28
distrib/notes/sparc64/legal: delete
distrib/notes/sun2/contents: revision 1.2
distrib/notes/sun2/legal: delete
distrib/notes/sun3/contents: revision 1.16
distrib/notes/sun3/legal: delete
distrib/notes/vax/contents: revision 1.11
distrib/notes/vax/hardware: revision 1.11
distrib/notes/vax/legal: delete
distrib/notes/x68k/contents: revision 1.17
distrib/notes/x68k/hardware: revision 1.18
distrib/notes/x68k/legal: delete
distrib/notes/xen/legal: delete
Remove reference to a 14 year old IP address for ftp.NetBSD.org.
This is not a joke.
--
mention etcupdate and reorder a bit
--
first pass de-suckification for 2015. modernize content a bit, fix dirty
rotten lies, improve wording, sync legalese with reality, yada yada yada.
--
This product includes software developed by Yasushi Yamasaki.
--
- update upgrade issues:
+ ARM ABI change
+ new users
+ new groups
- add modules set where missing
- formatting improvements
- note that rtsol{,d} will be gone in the future
- fix raw partition info
- update sparc64 hardware support
- remove note about sparc SMP support being broken
- update some size requirements (still lots of ancient bogus RAM
minimums lingering -- HI PORTMASTERS!)
- various other minor content modernization
- whitespace fixes
--
finish removing the set size stuff, which was thrown out four years ago.
--
merge port-specific legal sections into the common file. most of these
entries were already in the common file, and it's a pain to maintain
them separately.
--
don't look for now-gone sparc/legal
--
restore rcsid accidentally deleted in previous
--
bah. this time without a typo.
 1.19.8.1  14-Jun-2022  martin Pull up following revision(s) (requested by andvar in ticket #1470):

distrib/notes/sun3/install: revision 1.17
distrib/notes/alpha/hardware: revision 1.20
distrib/notes/mvme68k/install: revision 1.24
distrib/notes/common/postinstall: revision 1.90 (via patch)

fix the title of the boot tape creation section.

some srm firmware (including legacy platforms) still available at hp ftp.
not sure if HPE selling firmware CDs, but it is definitely not Compaq anymore

fix link to pkgsrc.tar.gz file in postinstall section.

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