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authorHolger Wansing <holgerw@debian.org>2017-02-17 15:54:55 +0000
committerHolger Wansing <holgerw@debian.org>2017-02-17 15:54:55 +0000
commite49e8db3d4b653d1319268fb70c698f08d83eb14 (patch)
tree598ffacf425bda2e1cc458d6cc951589109a0ba0 /en/using-d-i
parent9719ecc931b7e2938af504ff1f61d0a8d6e264f1 (diff)
downloadinstallation-guide-e49e8db3d4b653d1319268fb70c698f08d83eb14.zip
Some mips related cleanups and updates.
Patch #2 from bug#855134: Remove MIPS arcboot installer docs
Diffstat (limited to 'en/using-d-i')
-rw-r--r--en/using-d-i/components.xml1
-rw-r--r--en/using-d-i/modules/mips/arcboot-installer.xml69
2 files changed, 0 insertions, 70 deletions
diff --git a/en/using-d-i/components.xml b/en/using-d-i/components.xml
index 297341745..108460efa 100644
--- a/en/using-d-i/components.xml
+++ b/en/using-d-i/components.xml
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ linkend="boot-dev-select-sun"/>.</phrase>
&module-x86-grub-installer.xml;
&module-x86-lilo-installer.xml;
&module-ia64-elilo-installer.xml;
-&module-mips-arcboot-installer.xml;
&module-mipsel-colo-installer.xml;
&module-powerpc-yaboot-installer.xml;
&module-powerpc-quik-installer.xml;
diff --git a/en/using-d-i/modules/mips/arcboot-installer.xml b/en/using-d-i/modules/mips/arcboot-installer.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ed85017e8..000000000
--- a/en/using-d-i/modules/mips/arcboot-installer.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-<!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking -->
-<!-- $Id$ -->
-
- <sect3 arch="mips">
- <title><command>arcboot</command>-installer</title>
-<para>
-
-The boot loader on SGI machines is <command>arcboot</command>.
-It has to be installed on the same hard disk as the kernel (this is done
-automatically by the installer). Arcboot supports different configurations
-which are set up in <filename>/etc/arcboot.conf</filename>. Each
-configuration has a unique name,
-the default setup as created by the installer is <quote>linux</quote>.
-After arcboot has been installed, the system can be booted from hard disk
-by setting some firmware environment variables entering
-
-<informalexample><screen>
-<userinput> setenv SystemPartition scsi(<replaceable>scsi</replaceable>)disk(<replaceable>disk</replaceable>)rdisk(0)partition(0)</userinput>
-<userinput> setenv OSLoadPartition scsi(<replaceable>scsi</replaceable>)disk(<replaceable>disk</replaceable>)rdisk(0)partition(<replaceable>partnr</replaceable>)</userinput>
-<userinput> setenv OSLoader arcboot</userinput>
-<userinput> setenv OSLoadFilename <replaceable>config</replaceable></userinput>
-<userinput> setenv AutoLoad yes</userinput>
-</screen></informalexample>
-
-on the firmware prompt, and then typing <command>boot</command>.
-
-</para>
-
-<variablelist>
-<varlistentry>
-<term> <replaceable>scsi</replaceable> </term>
-<listitem><para>
-
-is the SCSI bus to be booted from, this is <userinput>0</userinput>
-for the onboard controllers
-
-</para></listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-<varlistentry>
-<term> <replaceable>disk</replaceable> </term>
-<listitem><para>
-
-is the SCSI ID of the hard disk on which <command>arcboot</command> is
-installed
-
-</para></listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-<varlistentry>
-<term> <replaceable>partnr</replaceable> </term>
-<listitem><para>
-
-is the number of the partition on which
-<filename>/etc/arcboot.conf</filename> resides
-
-</para></listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-<varlistentry>
-<term> <replaceable>config</replaceable> </term>
-<listitem><para>
-
-is the name of the configuration entry in
-<filename>/etc/arcboot.conf</filename>, which is <quote>linux</quote> by
-default.
-
-</para></listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-</variablelist>
-
- </sect3>