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RevisionDateAuthorComments
 1.61  01-Apr-2022  andvar Remove floppy installation instructions from sparc documentation.

Floppy generation was disabled before NetBSD 6.0 release due to size
constraints and unlikely to be restored soon or at all. PR port-sparc/56776.
ok martin.
 1.60  08-Dec-2021  uwe Punctuation in macro invocation must be a separate argument.
 1.59  21-Nov-2019  martin Pass the set suffix (either .tgz or .tar.xz) from the makefile.
Document the rescue set.
 1.58  05-Nov-2014  snj branches: 1.58.16; 1.58.18;
iso -> images
 1.57  14-Jan-2012  jmcneill branches: 1.57.20;
PR# install/44593: Please give release ISO's more meaningful names

Change release ISO filenames, what was once 'i386cd.iso' will now look
like 'NetBSD-5.99.60-i386.iso'.

ok snj@
 1.56  11-Jul-2010  mrg branches: 1.56.6;
point to iso/sparccd.iso, instead of the non-existant installation/cdrom/
subdir. should fix PR#32556 properly.
 1.55  06-Sep-2008  tsutsui branches: 1.55.2; 1.55.10; 1.55.14;
Use \*[Lt] and \*[Gt] rather than \*< and \*> .
 1.54  30-Apr-2008  martin branches: 1.54.2;
Convert TNF licenses to new 2 clause variant
 1.53  14-Dec-2007  pavel branches: 1.53.2; 1.53.6; 1.53.8;
Update URLs after website reorganization. patch by OKANO Takayoshi, from
PR 37070.
 1.52  26-Nov-2006  martin branches: 1.52.2; 1.52.4; 1.52.8;
Adapt iso image names to current conventions and suffix them with the current
version number.
 1.51  25-Nov-2006  mishka PR/13749 - Incorrect options specified for dd(1) in tape installs.

Cleanup dd options accordingly to the following policy:
1) put if, of, bs, conv in this order
2) for reading/writing from/to disk don't use sync
4) reading from tape - use sync
3) writing to tape - use osync

Noted by Don Yuniskis (auryn at gci-net.com) via install/13749. Thanks!
Reviewed by <martin>. Thank you!
 1.50  26-Jul-2003  salo netbsd.org->NetBSD.org
 1.49  11-Jul-2002  scottr Replace "filesystem" with the correct phrase, "file system."
 1.48  30-Jun-2002  lukem clean up whitespace and formatting
 1.47  03-May-2002  mbw branches: 1.47.2;
move netboot stuff to ../common/netboot
 1.46  29-Apr-2002  mbw describe how to use bc to calculate the boot.net filename (in hex)
change ".Dl ok Ic commands" and ".Li ok Ic commands" into
".(disp/.disp) and ".No ok Ic commands"
since it actually uses a monospaced font in HTML
 1.45  03-Jan-2002  pk Fix symlink example in netboot section (PR#14809).
 1.44  02-Jan-2002  he Quote > and < characters with \*> and \*< in order to get semi-correct
HTML as one of the results.
 1.43  04-Nov-2001  jhawk Clarify the disk2 confusion about .tgz files (grammar correction).
 1.42  22-Sep-2001  hubertf Seems people are very confused by the fact that floppy/disk2 is a symlink
to a .tgz file. Try to be a *bit* clearer. (Todd, please use hardlinks
next time ;-)
 1.41  29-Aug-2001  mrg it is "boot net netbsd" for OBP2, from tron in private email.
 1.40  11-Jun-2001  wiz Fix various misspellings of compatible/compatibility.
 1.39  23-Nov-2000  abs Switch to the more correct 'conv=sync' - from pk
 1.38  22-Nov-2000  abs dd disk2 requires conv=osync unless we are lucky enough to hit a 36k boundary
on a gzippd tarfile.
 1.37  05-Nov-2000  mbw mention how to eject floppy, now that installer is on two disks and
doesn't seem to automatically eject the first one when it needs the second.
 1.36  04-Nov-2000  wiz mountd and nfsd live in /usr/sbin, not /sbin.
 1.35  04-Nov-2000  pk Note the terminal type inquiry at the start of the installation.
 1.34  01-Nov-2000  mbw hardware: fix a couple of typos
add ross sparc 20 clone
a little more info on sw device

prep: mention that can't boot if root partition is past first 2 GB of disk
refine wording of section on scsi id mappings

install: add a little more info to the tape booting section
 1.33  01-Nov-2000  pk Update floppy & netboot section.
Add section on booting from tape.
 1.32  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
 1.31  21-Oct-2000  mbw Major overhaul. Cleaned up a lot of explanations, clarified instructions,
provided more detail when necessary and removed extraneous instructions.

hardware: totally revamped to be more readable and include all known
supported hardware, now matches htdocs/Ports/sparc/hardware.html

install: new section on CD-ROM, netboot has instructions on setting up a
NetBSD server, removed disklabel instructions (miniroot/sysboot's
instructions are clear enough and have error-checking anyways)

prep: reorganized, put in cleaner explanation of SCSI target remapping on
OpenBOOT PROM 1 machines, put in instructions on how to figure out names
ROM uses for SCSI device, put in info about 100BaseTX network cards

upgrade: now points to ../common/upgrade
 1.30  20-Oct-2000  pk Update to reflect changes to the bootfs and miniroot images.
 1.29  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...
 1.28  26-Sep-2000  abs Remind people to gunzip syboot.fs
 1.27  04-Sep-2000  abs Now the miniroot based 'netbsd.ram.gz' is being installed into the installation
release dir we need to rename our 'netbsd.ram.gz' to 'netbsd.syram.gz'.
Man{ag,gl}ing two installation systems for NetBSD/sparc just gets more fun.
 1.26  04-Sep-2000  abs Try to cover the fact NetBSD/sparc has both a sysinst and a miniroot
isntallation option for all methods.
 1.25  24-Aug-2000  abs Clarify how to generate a NetBSD/sparc install floppy - from a mail by
Henry Nelson <henry@irm.nara.kindai.ac.jp>
 1.24  22-Aug-2000  abs Fix some netinstall related text
 1.23  13-Mar-2000  soren branches: 1.23.4;
Fix doubled 'the's.
 1.22  10-Jan-2000  pk Remove version number from boot image files.
 1.21  03-Nov-1999  pk Reduce block size in dd command to 4K; this should make the blocking factor
ok when reading from a pipe.
 1.20  27-Jun-1999  mrg branches: 1.20.2;
note the sparc floppy somewhat
 1.19  06-Feb-1999  mrg branches: 1.19.2;
add boot floppy stuff. 1.3 is the fourth netbsd/sparc release
 1.18  13-Jan-1999  ross Markup for -mdoc and -mdoc2html.
 1.17  23-Aug-1998  hubertf Add notes about steps to do after installation that are common to all
platforms; Thanks to Colin Wood and Simon Burge for their comments.
 1.16  09-Jan-1998  perry RCS Id Police.
 1.15  02-Nov-1997  pk RELEASE => _VER
 1.14  02-Nov-1997  pk Point at the pre-built `/usr/mdec/boot.net' file in the "diskless setup"
section.
 1.13  14-Jul-1997  pk branches: 1.13.2;
Remove cautioning against using `disklabel -r ..'
 1.12  29-Nov-1996  pk Drop in a note about the old-style `sd(c,u,p)' boot syntax.
 1.11  15-Oct-1996  pk Pullup changes from 1.2 branch.
 1.10  19-Aug-1996  mrg update a bit for 1.2
 1.9  29-Nov-1995  pk branches: 1.9.4;
Merge changes from 1.1 branch.
 1.8  16-Nov-1995  pk Update from 1-1 branch.
 1.7  30-Oct-1995  pk update
 1.6  20-Oct-1995  pk Note upgrade.sh.
 1.5  20-Oct-1995  pk Update for release 1.1
 1.4  08-Oct-1995  pk branches: 1.4.2;
Start documenting 1.1 installation.
 1.3  24-Nov-1994  deraadt start doc on new ROMs
 1.2  31-Oct-1994  deraadt better and brighter
 1.1  25-Oct-1994  deraadt first cut
 1.4.2.7  17-Nov-1995  pk Add a note about installing the boot program on a server.
 1.4.2.6  16-Nov-1995  pk 1.0 -> 1.1
 1.4.2.5  16-Nov-1995  pk remove conflicts from the "sunos" section.
 1.4.2.4  16-Nov-1995  pk Ugh, can't have a `#' at the start of a line..
 1.4.2.3  16-Nov-1995  pk Correct a few paragraphs.
Add a note about disk labeling.
 1.4.2.2  10-Nov-1995  pk Fix omission in diskless setup directions.
 1.4.2.1  01-Nov-1995  pk Towards 1.1
 1.9.4.2  13-Mar-1997  mycroft 1.2 -> 1.2.1, foo12 -> foo121
 1.9.4.1  27-Jun-1996  pk Update
 1.13.2.1  04-Nov-1997  mellon Pull rev 1.14 and 1.15 up from trunk (pk)
 1.19.2.2  20-Jan-2000  he Pull up revision 1.21 (requested by pk):
Reduce block size in dd command to 4K; this should make the
blocking factor OK when reading from a pipe.
 1.19.2.1  01-Jul-1999  perry pullup 1.19->1.20 (mrg): tell people more about install floppy
 1.20.2.1  27-Dec-1999  wrstuden Pull up to last week's -current.
 1.23.4.9  23-Feb-2002  he Pull up revision 1.45 (requested by he):
Correct symlink example in netboot section; fixes PR#14809.
 1.23.4.8  05-Jan-2002  he Pull up revision 1.44 (requested by he):
Quote > and < characters with \*> and \*< respectively so the
correctness of the generated HTML is improved.
 1.23.4.7  28-Nov-2000  tv Pullup 1.38 and 1.39 [abs]:
Clarify writing the second floppy by adding "conv=sync" to the dd command line.
 1.23.4.6  09-Nov-2000  tv Pullup 1.35 [pk] and 1.37 [mbw]:
Note the terminal type inquiry at the start of the installation.
=====
mention how to eject floppy, now that installer is on two disks and
doesn't seem to automatically eject the first one when it needs the second.
 1.23.4.5  05-Nov-2000  tv Pullup 1.36 [wiz]:
mountd and nfsd live in /usr/sbin, not /sbin.
 1.23.4.4  02-Nov-2000  tv Pullup 1.34 [mbw]:
add a little more info to the tape booting section
 1.23.4.3  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.
 1.23.4.2  20-Oct-2000  tv Pullup HEAD [pk]:
Update to reflect changes to the bootfs and miniroot images.
 1.23.4.1  22-Aug-2000  abs fix sysinst floppy for NetBSD/sparc, plus small doc fix.
Approved by thorpej, pullup list:
distrib/notes/sparc/install 1.24
distrib/sparc/bootfs.sysinst/Makefile 1.5
distrib/sparc/list2sh.awk 1.4
distrib/sparc/ramdisk.sysinst/Makefile 1.8
distrib/sparc/ramdisk.sysinst/disktab 1.2
distrib/sparc/ramdisk.sysinst/disktab.preinstall delete
distrib/sparc/ramdisk.sysinst/dot.profile.m4 1.5
distrib/sparc/ramdisk.sysinst/list.m4 1.6
distrib/sparc/ramdisk.sysinst/mtree.conf 1.2
distrib/sparc/ramdisk.sysinst/ramdiskbin.m4 1.4
distrib/utils/libhack/Makefile.inc 1.10
sys/arch/sparc/conf/INSTALL 1.17
 1.47.2.2  11-Jul-2002  thorpej pullup-1-6 ticket #469 (scottr).

Original log message:
Replace "filesystem" with the correct phrase, "file system."
 1.47.2.1  02-Jul-2002  lukem manually sync distrib/notes/** to -current, excluding pmppc (which isn't in 1.6)
 1.52.8.1  09-Jan-2008  matt sync with HEAD
 1.52.4.2  15-Sep-2008  skrll Sync with netbsd-4.
 1.52.4.1  06-Jan-2008  wrstuden Catch up to netbsd-4.0 release.
 1.52.2.2  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
 1.52.2.1  15-Dec-2007  bouyer branches: 1.52.2.1.2;
Pull up following revision(s) (requested by pavel in ticket #1018):
doc/README.files: revision 1.4
distrib/notes/sparc/install: revision 1.53
share/man/man8/afterboot.8: revision 1.34
share/doc/papers/bus_dma/about.me: revision 1.4
share/man/man8/man8.macppc/ofwboot.8: revision 1.8
share/man/man8/man8.macppc/boot.8: revision 1.5
share/man/man8/compat_hpux.8: revision 1.5
Update URLs after website reorganization. patch by OKANO Takayoshi, from
PR 37070.
 1.52.2.1.2.1  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
 1.53.8.1  18-May-2008  yamt sync with head.
 1.53.6.3  05-Oct-2008  mjf Sync with HEAD.
 1.53.6.2  28-Sep-2008  mjf Sync with HEAD.
 1.53.6.1  02-Jun-2008  mjf Sync with HEAD.
 1.53.2.2  14-Dec-2007  pavel Update URLs after website reorganization. patch by OKANO Takayoshi, from
PR 37070.
 1.53.2.1  14-Dec-2007  pavel file install was added on branch mjf-devfs on 2007-12-14 21:16:01 +0000
 1.54.2.1  18-Sep-2008  wrstuden Sync with wrstuden-revivesa-base-2.
 1.55.14.1  07-Nov-2014  msaitoh Pull up following revision(s) (requested by snj in ticket #1931):
share/man/man7/release.7: revision 1.32
distrib/common/Makefile.bootcd: revision 1.18
distrib/notes/macppc/prep.OPENFIRMWARE: revision 1.15
distrib/notes/sparc/install: revision 1.57
etc/Makefile: revision 1.394
distrib/notes/common/main: revision 1.484
PR# install/44593: Please give release ISO's more meaningful names
Change release ISO filenames, what was once 'i386cd.iso' will now look
like 'NetBSD-5.99.60-i386.iso'.
ok snj@
 1.55.10.1  07-Nov-2014  msaitoh Pull up following revision(s) (requested by snj in ticket #1931):
share/man/man7/release.7: revision 1.32
distrib/common/Makefile.bootcd: revision 1.18
distrib/notes/macppc/prep.OPENFIRMWARE: revision 1.15
distrib/notes/sparc/install: revision 1.57
etc/Makefile: revision 1.394
distrib/notes/common/main: revision 1.484
PR# install/44593: Please give release ISO's more meaningful names
Change release ISO filenames, what was once 'i386cd.iso' will now look
like 'NetBSD-5.99.60-i386.iso'.
ok snj@
 1.55.2.1  07-Nov-2014  msaitoh Pull up following revision(s) (requested by snj in ticket #1931):
share/man/man7/release.7: revision 1.32
distrib/common/Makefile.bootcd: revision 1.18
distrib/notes/macppc/prep.OPENFIRMWARE: revision 1.15
distrib/notes/sparc/install: revision 1.57
etc/Makefile: revision 1.394
distrib/notes/common/main: revision 1.484
PR# install/44593: Please give release ISO's more meaningful names
Change release ISO filenames, what was once 'i386cd.iso' will now look
like 'NetBSD-5.99.60-i386.iso'.
ok snj@
 1.56.6.1  17-Apr-2012  yamt sync with head
 1.57.20.1  14-Nov-2014  martin Pull up following revision(s) (requested by snj in ticket #227):
Makefile: revision 1.311
build.sh: revision 1.299
doc/BUILDING.mdoc: revision 1.105
distrib/notes/macppc/prep.OPENFIRMWARE: revision 1.16
distrib/notes/macppc/prep.OPENFIRMWARE: revision 1.17
BUILDING: revision 1.110
distrib/notes/arc/prep: revision 1.3
distrib/notes/arc/prep: revision 1.4
distrib/notes/cats/prep: revision 1.12
distrib/notes/cats/prep: revision 1.13
distrib/notes/sparc/install: revision 1.58
distrib/notes/common/main: revision 1.512
share/man/man8/man8.macppc/ofwboot.8: revision 1.13
Update path to release ISOs.
 1.58.18.2  14-Jun-2022  martin Pull up following revision(s) (requested by andvar in ticket #1471):

distrib/notes/common/main: revision 1.569 (via patch)
distrib/notes/sparc/install: revision 1.59-1.61 (via patch)
distrib/notes/sparc/contents: revision 1.27,1.28 (via patch)

Remove floppy installation instructions from sparc documentation.

Floppy generation was disabled before NetBSD 6.0 release due to size
constraints and unlikely to be restored soon or at all. PR port-sparc/56776.
ok martin.

Typo and nroff fixes.
 1.58.18.1  21-Nov-2019  martin Pull up the following revisions:

distrib/notes/Makefile.inc 1.44
distrib/notes/acorn32/contents 1.5
distrib/notes/alpha/contents 1.19
distrib/notes/amd64/contents 1.8
distrib/notes/amiga/contents 1.23
distrib/notes/amiga/install 1.37
distrib/notes/arc/contents 1.5
distrib/notes/atari/contents 1.23
distrib/notes/atari/xfer 1.18
distrib/notes/bebox/contents 1.5
distrib/notes/cats/contents 1.5
distrib/notes/common/contents 1.179
distrib/notes/common/legal.common 1.99
distrib/notes/common/main 1.552
distrib/notes/common/main 1.553
distrib/notes/common/netboot 1.37
distrib/notes/common/postinstall 1.84
distrib/notes/common/sysinst 1.108
distrib/notes/common/xfer 1.76
distrib/notes/emips/contents 1.5
distrib/notes/emips/install 1.3
distrib/notes/evbarm/contents 1.5
distrib/notes/evbarm/install 1.10
distrib/notes/evbppc/contents 1.6
distrib/notes/ews4800mips/contents 1.5
distrib/notes/hp300/contents 1.20
distrib/notes/hp300/upgrade 1.20
distrib/notes/hpcarm/contents 1.6
distrib/notes/hpcmips/contents 1.13
distrib/notes/hpcsh/contents 1.6
distrib/notes/hppa/contents 1.5
distrib/notes/i386/contents 1.32
distrib/notes/landisk/contents 1.6
distrib/notes/mac68k/contents 1.23
distrib/notes/mac68k/install 1.31
distrib/notes/mac68k/prep 1.18
distrib/notes/mac68k/xfer 1.21
distrib/notes/macppc/contents 1.17
distrib/notes/macppc/install 1.42
distrib/notes/mmeye/contents 1.6
distrib/notes/mvme68k/contents 1.16
distrib/notes/mvme68k/xfer 1.20
distrib/notes/news68k/contents 1.9
distrib/notes/newsmips/contents 1.5
distrib/notes/next68k/contents 1.10
distrib/notes/ofppc/contents 1.6
distrib/notes/pmax/contents 1.20
distrib/notes/pmax/install 1.43
distrib/notes/prep/contents 1.5
distrib/notes/rs6000/contents 1.5
distrib/notes/sandpoint/contents 1.5
distrib/notes/sgimips/contents 1.5
distrib/notes/sgimips/install 1.11
distrib/notes/shark/contents 1.5
distrib/notes/shark/install 1.6
distrib/notes/sparc/contents 1.24
distrib/notes/sparc/install 1.59
distrib/notes/sparc64/contents 1.8
distrib/notes/sun2/contents 1.5
distrib/notes/sun3/contents 1.19
distrib/notes/sun3/upgrade 1.15
distrib/notes/vax/contents 1.14
distrib/notes/vax/xfer 1.15
distrib/notes/x68k/contents 1.20

Add missing .bullet) and replace some versions (more todo later)
Pass the set suffix (either .tgz or .tar.xz) from the makefile.
Document the rescue set.
 1.58.16.1  08-Apr-2020  martin Merge changes from current as of 20200406

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