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Add note about partition a better be at offset 0 for a disk to be bootable.

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wilko 2001-06-16 21:10:54 +00:00
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distribution CDROM. Earlier versions needed booting from a
2 disk floppy set.</para>
<para>In order to be bootable the root partition (partition a)
must be at offset 0 of the disk drive. This means you have to
use the installer's partitioning menu and start with assigning
partiton a at offset 0 to the root partition. Subsequently layout
the rest of the partitions to your liking. If you do not adhere
to this rule the install will proceed just fine, but the system
will not be bootable from the freshly installed disk.</para>
<para>If you don't have/want a local disk drive you can boot via
the Ethernet. This assumes an Ethernet adapter/chip that is
recognized by the SRM console. Generally speaking this boils down to