[src/trunk]: src/distrib/notes Remove floppy installation instructions from s...

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

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/bc44962df411
branches:  trunk
changeset: 364634:bc44962df411
user:      andvar <andvar%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Fri Apr 01 21:53:35 2022 +0000

description:
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.

diffstat:

 distrib/notes/common/main    |   19 +-----
 distrib/notes/sparc/contents |    6 +-
 distrib/notes/sparc/install  |  110 +------------------------------------------
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 129 deletions(-)

diffs (205 lines):

diff -r 11cc9fac7632 -r bc44962df411 distrib/notes/common/main
--- a/distrib/notes/common/main Fri Apr 01 21:12:42 2022 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/common/main Fri Apr 01 21:53:35 2022 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: main,v 1.568 2022/02/06 07:37:29 nia Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: main,v 1.569 2022/04/01 21:53:35 andvar Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1999-2012 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -206,10 +206,8 @@
 .\}
 .if \n[sparc] \{\
 Fetch a CD image,
-.Pa NetBSD-\*V-sparc.iso
-or the floppy disk images,
-.Pa sparc/install/floppy/disk1.gz No and Pa sparc/install/floppy/disk2 .
-You need either the pair of floppies or the CD to boot your system.
+.Pa NetBSD-\*V-sparc.iso .
+You need the CD to boot your system.
 .\}
 .if \n[sparc64] \{\
 This is either a CD image
@@ -234,7 +232,7 @@
 .if \n[amd64] image or CD-ROM,
 .if \n[i386] image, CD-ROM or floppies,
 .if \n[macppc] kernel from floppies, hard drive, or CD-ROM,
-.if \n[sparc] floppies or CD-ROM,
+.if \n[sparc] CD-ROM,
 .if \n[sparc64] CD-ROM or installation kernel,
 the installation program
 can fetch these files for you (using, e.g., ftp)
@@ -312,8 +310,6 @@
 .It
 Make sure your sparc's CD-ROM drive is bootable.
 Burn the CD.
-Otherwise, write the floppy images directly to a pair of floppies
-(after uncompressing disk1.gz).
 .\}
 .if \n[sparc64] \{\
 .It
@@ -444,13 +440,6 @@
 .Dq Ic boot sd(,30,) ,
 or
 .Dq Ic boot cdrom .
-.Pp
-The command to boot from floppy is either
-.Dq Ic boot fd(,,1)
-or
-.Dq Ic boot floppy .
-The installer will prompt you to insert the second floppy when it is ready
-for it.
 .\}
 .if \n[sparc64] \{\
 The command to boot from CD is:
diff -r 11cc9fac7632 -r bc44962df411 distrib/notes/sparc/contents
--- a/distrib/notes/sparc/contents      Fri Apr 01 21:12:42 2022 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc/contents      Fri Apr 01 21:53:35 2022 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: contents,v 1.27 2020/08/07 00:43:51 snj Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: contents,v 1.28 2022/04/01 21:53:35 andvar Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1999-2005 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -109,10 +109,6 @@
 .
 Netbootable RAM disk kernel and the file system in the RAM disk; see below.
 .
-.              It Pa floppy/
-.
-\*M boot and installation floppies; see below.
-.
 .              It Pa miniroot/
 .
 \*M miniroot file system image; see below.
diff -r 11cc9fac7632 -r bc44962df411 distrib/notes/sparc/install
--- a/distrib/notes/sparc/install       Fri Apr 01 21:12:42 2022 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc/install       Fri Apr 01 21:53:35 2022 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: install,v 1.60 2021/12/08 12:54:15 uwe Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: install,v 1.61 2022/04/01 21:53:35 andvar Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1999-2002 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@
 If your Sparc is hooked up in a network, you may configure another
 .Ul
 machine as a netboot server for your Sparc.
-Alternatively, there is a pair
-of floppy images that will boot your system and run the installer.
 .Pp
 For more information on the commands and variables available in
 the OpenBoot PROM (present in all sun4c and sun4m machines), go to
@@ -179,112 +177,6 @@
 .Sx Running the installation scripts.
 below.
 .
-.Ss2 Installing NetBSD by using the bootable floppies
-.
-The
-.Nx
-install floppies only work on the sun4c and sun4m machines.
-Making the install floppies is fairly straightforward.
-.Pp
-.Nx
-and SunOS use the same commands.
-First, get two 1.44 MB floppy disks and format them either using the
-.Xr fdformat 8
-command or a PC.
-.Pp
-.(disp
-.No # Ic "fdformat"
-.disp)
-.Pp
-Be sure that the `fdformat' command completes successfully before proceeding;
-on
-.Nx
-success is a string of all
-.Sq Li V 's ,
-and on
-.Tn SunOS
-success is a string of
-.Sq Li \&. 's .
-.Pp
-Next, transfer the two floppy images
-.Pq Pa installation/floppy/disk1.gz No and Pa installation/floppy/disk2
-to the disks you just formatted.
-You can do this step from
-.Nx ,
-.Tn SunOS ,
-or a
-.Tn Windows
-machine using
-.Nm rawrite.exe
-(available in the
-.Nx Ns / Ns i386
-distribution).
-Insert the first floppy and run the following commands:
-.Pp
-.(disp
-.No # Ic "gunzip disk1.gz"
-.No # Ic "dd if=disk1 of=/dev/rfd0a bs=36k"
-.No # Ic "eject floppy"
-.disp)
-.Pp
-Insert the second floppy and run the following commands:
-.Pp
-.(disp
-.No # Ic "dd if=disk2 of=/dev/rfd0a bs=36k"
-.No # Ic "eject floppy"
-.disp)
-.Pp
-Note that disk2 may be a symlink to .\*[setsuffix] file; do not uncompress it,
-just follow the instructions above, verbatim.
-After writing the two floppies,
-be sure to label them so you can later identify them.
-.Pp
-Insert the floppy made from
-.Pa disk1
-into your Sparc.
-From the OpenBoot prompt, boot the floppy with the following command:
-.Pp
-.(tag OpenBoot\ PROM\ 2\ (alternate) -offset indent -compact
-.It OpenBoot PROM 1
-.(disp
-.No ok Ic "boot fd(,,1)"
-.disp)
-.It OpenBoot PROM 1 (alternate)
-.(disp
-.No ok Ic "boot /fd"
-.disp)
-.It OpenBoot PROM 2
-.(disp
-.No ok Ic "boot floppy"
-.disp)
-.tag)
-.Pp
-After the initial probe messages you'll be asked to insert the floppy
-labeled
-.Dq NetBSD disk2 .
-If the floppy is not automatically ejected, you can either use a
-straightened paperclip to eject the disk or do the following:
-.Pp
-Press the
-.Key STOP
-key (sometimes called the
-.Key L1
-key, found on the left side of your keyboard) and the
-.Key a
-key, which will halt your system and give you a PROM prompt.
-.(disp
-.No ok Ic "eject"
-.No ok Ic "go"
-.disp)
-.Pp
-Now, insert the floppy labeled
-.Li disk2 .
-After the installation tools have been loaded,
-you'll be asked to start the install or upgrade procedure.
-Proceed to the section
-.Sx Running the installation scripts.
-below.
-.
 .Ss2 Installing NetBSD by using a netboot setup
 .
 .so ../common/netboot