From 4a4e15797e825d72ed9bec1dd8f331634da534c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 02:03:44 +0000
Subject: - Clean out ancient hardware issues - Update Sparc specific
 information; many thanks to Jurij Smakov for his review of the Sparc manual

---
 en/boot-installer/sparc.xml | 20 +++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

(limited to 'en/boot-installer')

diff --git a/en/boot-installer/sparc.xml b/en/boot-installer/sparc.xml
index 22295dac4..5ab4ea5d8 100644
--- a/en/boot-installer/sparc.xml
+++ b/en/boot-installer/sparc.xml
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ machine which is being installed (see
 Use the command <userinput>boot net</userinput> to boot from a TFTP
 and RARP server, or try <userinput>boot net:bootp</userinput> or
 <userinput>boot net:dhcp</userinput> to boot from a TFTP and BOOTP
-or DHCP server. Some older OpenBoot revisions require using
-the device name, such as <userinput>boot le()</userinput>; these
-probably don't support BOOTP nor DHCP.
+or DHCP server.
 
 </para>
   </sect2>
@@ -29,10 +27,7 @@ probably don't support BOOTP nor DHCP.
 
 Most OpenBoot versions support the <userinput>boot cdrom</userinput>
 command which is simply an alias to boot from the SCSI device on ID 6
-(or the secondary master for IDE based systems). You may have to use
-the actual device name for older OpenBoot versions that don't support
-this special command. Note that some problems have been reported on Sun4m
-(e.g., Sparc 10s and Sparc 20s) systems booting from CD-ROM.
+(or the secondary master for IDE based systems).
 
 </para>
   </sect2>
@@ -42,6 +37,15 @@ this special command. Note that some problems have been reported on Sun4m
   <title>Booting from Floppies</title>
 <para>
 
+Floppy images are currently only avaible for sparc32, but, for techinical
+reasons, not for official releases. (The reason is that they can only be
+built as root, which is not supported by our build deamons.)
+Look under <quote>daily built images</quote> on
+<ulink url="&url-d-i;">Debian Installer project website</ulink> for links
+to floppy images for sparc32.
+
+</para><para>
+
 To boot from floppy on a Sparc, use
 
 <informalexample><screen>
@@ -51,8 +55,6 @@ Stop-A -&gt; OpenBoot: "boot floppy"
 Be warned that the newer Sun4u (ultra) architecture does not support
 floppy booting. A typical error message is <computeroutput>Bad magic
 number in disk label - Can't open disk label package</computeroutput>.
-Furthermore, a number of Sun4c models (such as the IPX) do not support
-the compressed images found on the disks, so also are not supported.
 
 </para><para>
 
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