[src/trunk]: src/distrib/notes/x68k Update to fit with the current status.

[minoura <minoura%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/ff84e3aed8de
branches:  trunk
changeset: 471512:ff84e3aed8de
user:      minoura <minoura%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Sat Apr 03 14:15:00 1999 +0000

description:
Update to fit with the current status.
 - Increse required disk space.
 - Note newly introduced utility loadbsd.x.

diffstat:

 distrib/notes/x68k/hardware |   8 +++---
 distrib/notes/x68k/install  |   6 ++--
 distrib/notes/x68k/xfer     |  56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diffs (140 lines):

diff -r 935137ad8f11 -r ff84e3aed8de distrib/notes/x68k/hardware
--- a/distrib/notes/x68k/hardware       Sat Apr 03 13:15:16 1999 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/x68k/hardware       Sat Apr 03 14:15:00 1999 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.6 1999/04/01 14:09:22 minoura Exp $       
+.\"    $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.7 1999/04/03 14:15:00 minoura Exp $       
 .
 NetBSD/x68k \*V runs on the Sharp X68030 series PCs with a
 .Em true
-MC68030 MPU \- not the original MC68EC030) and an FPU.  Since the processor of
+MC68030 MPU (not the original MC68EC030) and an FPU.  Since the processor of
 the X68030 series is the MC68EC030, you need to replace it with an
 MC68030. Simply remove the old chip and put in the new one instead.
 The largest difficulty might be to open your X68030.
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 Note that the processor for the Xellent30 series is MC68EC030, so
 you need to replace your processor as well as for X68030.
 .Pp
-The minimal configuration requires 4M of RAM and about 80M of
+The minimal configuration requires 4M of RAM and about 100M of
 disk space.  To install the entire system requires much more disk space,
 and to run X or compile the system, more RAM is recommended.
 .Pp
@@ -69,4 +69,4 @@
 Neptune-X ethernet
 .El
 .Pp
-Hopefully, the AD-PCM sound device will be supported on the next release.
+Hopefully, the AD-PCM sound device will be supported on the future releases.
diff -r 935137ad8f11 -r ff84e3aed8de distrib/notes/x68k/install
--- a/distrib/notes/x68k/install        Sat Apr 03 13:15:16 1999 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/x68k/install        Sat Apr 03 14:15:00 1999 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: install,v 1.8 1999/04/01 14:09:49 minoura Exp $        
+.\"    $NetBSD: install,v 1.9 1999/04/03 14:15:00 minoura Exp $        
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@
 You will be asked to enter the size of your
 .Nx
 root
-partition. It should be at least 15M, but if you are going to
-be doing development, 20M is a more desirable size. This
+partition. It should be at least 20M, but if you are going to
+be doing development, 25M is a more desirable size. This
 size should be expressed in units of sectors or cylinders,
 depending on which you said you wanted to use.
 .It
diff -r 935137ad8f11 -r ff84e3aed8de distrib/notes/x68k/xfer
--- a/distrib/notes/x68k/xfer   Sat Apr 03 13:15:16 1999 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/x68k/xfer   Sat Apr 03 14:15:00 1999 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: xfer,v 1.4 1999/01/13 07:30:10 ross Exp $ 
+.\" $NetBSD: xfer,v 1.5 1999/04/03 14:15:00 minoura Exp $      
 .
 Installation is supported from several media types, including:
 .Bl -bullet -compact -offset indent
@@ -12,28 +12,39 @@
 FTP
 .El
 .Pp
-No matter which installation medium you choose, you'll need to have
-a floppy disk. On the first, you'll put the install or upgrade floppy
-image, depending on whether you're installing NetBSD for the first time,
-or upgrading a previous installation.
+You'll need to have a install floppy disk. On the first, you'll put
+the install floppy image.
 .Pp
 If you are using a UN*X-like system to write the floppy images to
-disks, you should use the "dd" command to copy the file system images
-(.fs files) directly to the raw floppy disks. It is suggested that
-you read the dd(1) manual page or ask your system administrator to
-determine the correct set of arguments to use; it will be slightly
-different from system to system, and a comprehensive list of the
-possibilities is beyond the scope of this document.
+disks, you should use the 
+.Pa dd
+command to copy the file system images (.fs files) directly to the raw
+floppy disks. It is suggested that you read the dd(1) manual page or
+ask your system administrator to determine the correct set of
+arguments to use; it will be slightly different from system to system,
+and a comprehensive list of the possibilities is beyond the scope of
+this document.
 .Pp
-If you are using Human68k to write the floppy images to disks, you should
-use the "rawrite" utility, provided in the "x68k/utils" directory
-of the NetBSD distribution. It will write the file system images (.fs
-files) to disks.
+If you are using Human68k to write the floppy images to disks, you
+should use the
+.Pa rawrite
+utility, provided in the
+.Pa installation/misc
+directory of the NetBSD distribution. It will write the file system
+images (.fs files) to disks.
 .Pp
-Note that, when installing, the install floppy MUST not be write-protected.
-The install program needs to write some temporary files, and if the
-disk is write-protected, it can't. If you're upgrading your system,
-the upgrade floppy may be write-protected.
+If you can retrieve
+.Pa loadbsd.x
+utility and
+.Pa netbsd.INSTALL
+file which can be found in
+.Pa installation/misc
+directory into your Human68k disk, you can run installation kernel
+without preparing the special boot floppy.  Simply type:
+.D1 Ic loadbsd netbsd.INSTALL
+from the Human68k command line, then
+.Nx
+will start the installation sequence.
 .Pp
 Obviously, the steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets for
 installation or upgrade depend on which installation medium you
@@ -48,11 +59,12 @@
 be of the IBM
 .Em Super-floppy
 format. The Human68k format is not recognized
-by this release of the NetBSD/x68k. If you have a MS-DOS (or
+by this release of the NetBSD/\*m. If you have a MS-DOS (or
 MS-Windows) machine with an MO drive connected, use it. If
 you don't, and if you have a program to handle IBM format MO
 for Human68k, copy all the files in the subdirectory
-"x68k/binaries" and CHANGE THEIR NAMES IN UPPER CASE.
+.Pa x68k/binaries
+and CHANGE THEIR NAMES IN UPPER CASE.
 .
 .It Em Install\ From\ Tape
 .Pp
@@ -63,7 +75,7 @@
 contains the distribution set files, in "tar" format. If
 you're making the tape on a UN*X-like system, the easiest way
 to do so is probably something like:
-.D1 Ic tar cf Ar tape_device dist_directories
+.D1 Ic tar\ cf Ar tape_device Ar dist_directories
 where
 .Ar tape_device
 is the name of the tape device that