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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/disk/aboot/DETAILS b/disk/aboot/DETAILS index e3367935db..0d0bae825c 100755 --- a/disk/aboot/DETAILS +++ b/disk/aboot/DETAILS @@ -12,13 +12,17 @@ SOURCE_DIRECTORY=${BUILD_DIRECTORY}/${SPELL}-${VERSION} BUILD_API=2 SHORT="The boot loader for Alpha SRM" cat << EOF -This is one of the two boot loaders you might consider for you Alpha box and _the_ one for booting from the SRM. +This is one of the two boot loaders you might consider for you Alpha box +and _the_ one for booting from the SRM. It is a good idea to read the instructions at the website (or stuff in /usr/share/doc/aboot) carefully, though here is a quick reminder: - - aboot needs an ext2/3 (or iso9660 on boot CD) filesystem and BSD + - aboot needs an ext2/3 (or iso9660 on boot CD) filesystem and BSD disklabels as partition scheme - - It writes itself to the beginning of the disk - so keep 12MB free to + - It writes itself to the beginning of the disk - so keep 12MB free to be on the safe side - other wise it might destroy your data! - <quick install instructions> -Note on the version: this is 0.9b with a patch from CLFS book that prevents use of system kernel headers and makes it compile iwth gcc 4.1; there exists a slighly newer base version 1.0_pre20040408 that may have some fixes probably only relevant to Wildfire machines. +Note on the version: this is 0.9b with a patch from CLFS book that prevents +use of system kernel headers and makes it compile iwth gcc 4.1; there exists +a slighly newer base version 1.0_pre20040408 that may have some fixes probably +only relevant to Wildfire machines. EOF |