From 6dd4d23f3d471c621ed053154dc87bdf660ff3e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: wilko Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 19:32:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Note that fdisk is not used on Alpha. Remove outdated info on install media. Submitted by: "William H. Magill" --- .../doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml index 4ee46380482b..dcfe7b9cb679 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml @@ -176,17 +176,15 @@ that can boot from IDE disks and CDROMs. Check the machine specific section for details. - &os; 4.0 and later can be booted from the - distribution CDROM. Earlier versions needed booting from a - 2 disk floppy set. - 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 partition 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. + will not be bootable from the freshly installed disk. Note that + fdisk is not used on &os; running on Alpha, disks are directly + labeled using disklabel. If you don't have/want a local disk drive you can boot via the Ethernet. This assumes an Ethernet adapter/chip that is