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From: Shyam Mani <fox2mike@×××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-doc-cvs@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: gentoo-sparc-quickinstall.xml
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 09:46:56
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23 <?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
24 -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-quickinstall.xml,v 1.13 2005/07/14 09:36:36 fox2mike Exp $ -->
25 +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-quickinstall.xml,v 1.14 2005/07/14 09:46:38 fox2mike Exp $ -->
26
27 <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
28
29 <guide link="/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-quickinstall.xml">
30 <title>Gentoo Linux Sparc Quick Install Reference</title>
31 -<author title="Author"><mail link="ciaranm@g.o">Ciaran McCreesh</mail></author>
32 +
33 +<author title="Author">
34 + <mail link="ciaranm@g.o">Ciaran McCreesh</mail>
35 +</author>
36
37 <abstract>
38 The Quick install reference covers all details of the sparc install process in a
39 @@ -28,7 +31,8 @@
40 <p>
41 This guide is aimed at people who have prior experience of installing Gentoo
42 Linux. For more detailed instructions, please consult the <uri
43 -link="http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook">Gentoo Handbook</uri>.</p>
44 +link="http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook">Gentoo Handbook</uri>.
45 +</p>
46
47 <p>
48 The installation ISOs and netboot images are on the <uri link=
49 @@ -38,20 +42,23 @@
50 stages and some distfiles. The 'packages' CD contains additional precompiled
51 packages for GRP installs. The netboot images contain no stages and a subset of
52 the standard toolset (note that you will have to use <c>vi</c> instead of
53 -<c>nano</c> when netbooting).</p>
54 +<c>nano</c> when netbooting).
55 +</p>
56
57 <p>
58 Use <c>stop+A</c> (keyboard) or send a break (serial console) whilst booting to
59 enter OBP. Boot from either the universal or the minimal Gentoo CD using the
60 command <c>boot cdrom</c>, or from the netboot images using <c>boot net</c>.
61 Press return to use the default kernel, or hit tab to see a list of
62 -alternative kernels.</p>
63 +alternative kernels.
64 +</p>
65
66 <note>
67 For more information on OBP, see the <uri
68 link="/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-obpreference.xml">OpenBoot PROM (OBP)
69 Reference</uri> or consult Sun's "OpenBoot 3.x Command Reference" (P/N
70 -802-3242).</note>
71 +802-3242).
72 +</note>
73
74 <pre caption="Beginning settings">
75 # <i>date</i> (Make sure your time and date is correct. If wrong, set it with <i>date MMDDhhmmCCYY</i> )
76 @@ -67,18 +74,19 @@
77 </p>
78
79 <p>
80 -A separate /boot is not recommended for sparc. The root partition must be entirely within
81 -the first 1GByte of the disc for all sparc32 machines. The recommended filesystem is
82 -ext3. At least 512MBytes of RAM + swap is required for bootstrap and some larger compiles.</p>
83 +A separate /boot is not recommended for sparc. The root partition must be
84 +entirely within the first 1GByte of the disc for all sparc32 machines. The
85 +recommended filesystem is ext3. At least 512MBytes of RAM + swap is required for
86 +bootstrap and some larger compiles.
87 +</p>
88 +
89 <p>
90 -Initialise your partitions using <c>mke2fs</c> (Ext2), <c>mke2fs
91 --j</c> (Ext3) and <c>mkswap</c> (swap partition). For instance:
92 -<c>mke2fs -j /dev/sda1</c>.
93 +Initialise your partitions using <c>mke2fs</c> (Ext2), <c>mke2fs -j</c> (Ext3)
94 +and <c>mkswap</c> (swap partition). For instance: <c>mke2fs -j /dev/sda1</c>.
95 </p>
96
97 <p>
98 -Continue by mounting the partitions and extracting the appropriate stage
99 -file.
100 +Continue by mounting the partitions and extracting the appropriate stage file.
101 </p>
102
103 <pre caption="Preparing the Installation">
104 @@ -111,11 +119,13 @@
105 </pre>
106
107 <note>
108 -Suitable CFLAGS for Sparc systems are <c>-mcpu=your_cpu -O2 -pipe</c>, where <c>your_cpu</c> is
109 -one of <c>ultrasparc3</c>, <c>ultrasparc</c>, <c>v9</c> (64 bit systems) or <c>hypersparc</c>,
110 -<c>supersparc</c>, <c>v8</c> or <c>v7</c> (32 bit systems). The <c>-frename-registers</c> flag
111 -may also be of interest. Note that, unlike on x86 systems, <c>-fomit-frame-pointer</c> is not
112 -recommended.</note>
113 +Suitable CFLAGS for Sparc systems are <c>-mcpu=your_cpu -O2 -pipe</c>, where
114 +<c>your_cpu</c> is one of <c>ultrasparc3</c>, <c>ultrasparc</c>, <c>v9</c> (64
115 +bit systems) or <c>hypersparc</c>, <c>supersparc</c>, <c>v8</c> or <c>v7</c> (32
116 +bit systems). The <c>-frename-registers</c> flag may also be of interest. Note
117 +that, unlike on x86 systems, <c>-fomit-frame-pointer</c> is not
118 +recommended.
119 +</note>
120
121 <p>
122 Next we set up the necessary information:
123 @@ -177,9 +187,11 @@
124 (2.6.x kernels only: udev can be used in place of devfs) # <i>emerge udev</i>
125 </pre>
126
127 -<note>For more information on configuring udev, see the <uri
128 - link="/doc/en/udev-guide.xml">Gentoo udev Guide</uri>. Note that the
129 - <c>RC_DEVICE_TARBALL="no"</c> option is preferred on Sparc systems.</note>
130 +<note>
131 +For more information on configuring udev, see the <uri
132 +link="/doc/en/udev-guide.xml">Gentoo udev Guide</uri>. Note that the
133 +<c>RC_DEVICE_TARBALL="no"</c> option is preferred on Sparc systems.
134 +</note>
135
136 <p>
137 Finalise the settings for your Gentoo system:
138
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