CVS commit: [netbsd-9] src/distrib/notes/common
Module Name:src
Committed By: martin
Date: Thu Apr 18 18:50:59 UTC 2024
Modified Files:
src/distrib/notes/common [netbsd-9]: main
Log Message:
Add dedication for the upcoming 9.4 release.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.551.2.12 -r1.551.2.13 src/distrib/notes/common/main
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files:
Index: src/distrib/notes/common/main
diff -u src/distrib/notes/common/main:1.551.2.12 src/distrib/notes/common/main:1.551.2.13
--- src/distrib/notes/common/main:1.551.2.12 Tue Jun 14 10:37:05 2022
+++ src/distrib/notes/common/main Thu Apr 18 18:50:59 2024
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: main,v 1.551.2.12 2022/06/14 10:37:05 martin Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: main,v 1.551.2.13 2024/04/18 18:50:59 martin Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2012 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -509,28 +509,20 @@ possible,
would not exist.
.
.if \n[FOR_RELEASE] \{\
-.\" .Ss "Dedication"
-.\" .Pp
-.\" .
-.\" .Nx
-.\" 9.0 is dedicated to the memory of Matthias Drochner, who
-.\" passed away in August 2018 and Eric Schnoebelen, who
-.\" passed away in March 2019.
-.\" .Pp
-.\" Matthias' technical contributions are too many to list here in full.
-.\" He was a long term contributor and commited more than 3000 changes all
-.\" over the
-.\" .Nx
-.\" source tree and lately was especially active in keeping some of our most weird
-.\" ancient VME architectures in shape.
-.\" .Pp
-.\" Eric was a long term pkgsrc developer and well known community member.
-.\" .Pp
-.\" Beyond their technical contributions, Eric and Matthias were always
-.\" helpful and friendly.
-.\" Their example encouraged users to contribute to the project and share their
-.\" work with the community.
-.\" .Pp
+.Ss "Dedication"
+.Pp
+.
+.Nx
+9.4 is dedicated to the memory of Wayne Knowles, who
+passed away in December 2022.
+.Pp
+Wayne was a long term contributor, working mostly on low level Mips code.
+.Pp
+Beyond his technical contributions, Wayne was always
+helpful and friendly.
+His example encouraged users to contribute to the project and share their
+work with the community.
+.Pp
.\} \" \n[FOR_RELEASE]
.ie \n[RELEASE_BRANCH] .Ss Changes Between The NetBSD \n[oldvers] \
and \n[major] Releases
CVS commit: [netbsd-9] src/distrib/notes/common
Module Name:src Committed By: martin Date: Thu Apr 18 18:50:59 UTC 2024 Modified Files: src/distrib/notes/common [netbsd-9]: main Log Message: Add dedication for the upcoming 9.4 release. To generate a diff of this commit: cvs rdiff -u -r1.551.2.12 -r1.551.2.13 src/distrib/notes/common/main Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the copyright notices on the relevant files.
CVS commit: [netbsd-9] src/distrib/notes/common
Module Name:src
Committed By: martin
Date: Thu Nov 25 17:49:22 UTC 2021
Modified Files:
src/distrib/notes/common [netbsd-9]: main
Log Message:
Pull up following revision(s) (requested by gutteridge in ticket #1376):
distrib/notes/common/main: revision 1.566
distrib/notes/common/main: revision 1.567
main: add note about amd64 now having a "bios" image, too
main: add .gz extension to .img references for consistency
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.551.2.10 -r1.551.2.11 src/distrib/notes/common/main
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files:
Index: src/distrib/notes/common/main
diff -u src/distrib/notes/common/main:1.551.2.10 src/distrib/notes/common/main:1.551.2.11
--- src/distrib/notes/common/main:1.551.2.10 Fri Oct 23 08:32:27 2020
+++ src/distrib/notes/common/main Thu Nov 25 17:49:22 2021
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: main,v 1.551.2.10 2020/10/23 08:32:27 martin Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: main,v 1.551.2.11 2021/11/25 17:49:22 martin Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2012 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -265,6 +265,11 @@ Many commercial and freeware programs ar
.Pp
If installing via USB, you must first uncompress the USB image, which
is gzipped.
+.if \n[amd64] \{\
+Note the \*M architecture has two images, NetBSD-\*V-\*M-install.img.gz
+and NetBSD-\*V-\*M-bios-install.img.gz. The latter is intended for older
+hardware which is unable to boot using a hybrid MBR and GPT image.
+.\}
.Dl $ Ic "gunzip NetBSD-\*V-\*M-install.img.gz"
Next, write the USB image to a USB stick/drive.
Note that this will overwrite any existing data on the device that you
CVS commit: [netbsd-9] src/distrib/notes/common
Module Name:src Committed By: martin Date: Thu Nov 25 17:49:22 UTC 2021 Modified Files: src/distrib/notes/common [netbsd-9]: main Log Message: Pull up following revision(s) (requested by gutteridge in ticket #1376): distrib/notes/common/main: revision 1.566 distrib/notes/common/main: revision 1.567 main: add note about amd64 now having a "bios" image, too main: add .gz extension to .img references for consistency To generate a diff of this commit: cvs rdiff -u -r1.551.2.10 -r1.551.2.11 src/distrib/notes/common/main Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the copyright notices on the relevant files.
CVS commit: [netbsd-9] src/distrib/notes/common
Module Name:src Committed By: martin Date: Wed Nov 27 14:28:40 UTC 2019 Modified Files: src/distrib/notes/common [netbsd-9]: main Log Message: Special hint for new sysinst and possible installation fallout. To generate a diff of this commit: cvs rdiff -u -r1.551.2.3 -r1.551.2.4 src/distrib/notes/common/main Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the copyright notices on the relevant files.
CVS commit: [netbsd-9] src/distrib/notes/common
Module Name:src Committed By: martin Date: Wed Nov 27 14:28:40 UTC 2019 Modified Files: src/distrib/notes/common [netbsd-9]: main Log Message: Special hint for new sysinst and possible installation fallout. To generate a diff of this commit: cvs rdiff -u -r1.551.2.3 -r1.551.2.4 src/distrib/notes/common/main Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the copyright notices on the relevant files. Modified files: Index: src/distrib/notes/common/main diff -u src/distrib/notes/common/main:1.551.2.3 src/distrib/notes/common/main:1.551.2.4 --- src/distrib/notes/common/main:1.551.2.3 Wed Nov 27 13:36:55 2019 +++ src/distrib/notes/common/main Wed Nov 27 14:28:40 2019 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: main,v 1.551.2.3 2019/11/27 13:36:55 msaitoh Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: main,v 1.551.2.4 2019/11/27 14:28:40 martin Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1999-2012 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. .\" All rights reserved. @@ -559,6 +559,19 @@ The complete list of changes can be foun .Lk \*[RELEASE_URL]/CHANGES.prev CHANGES.prev .\} \" !\n[RELEASE_BRANCH] . +.Ss2 Installation and Partitioning Changes +The sysinst installation program has been reworked for this release. +.Pp +It now supports arbitrary big disks and offers GPT partitions as alternative +to MBR/fdisk partitions on a lot architectures. +.Pp +Unfortunately it has not been tested on all hardware supported by +.Nx . +If you have problems partitioning the target disk or installing the system, +please report bugs with as much details as possible. +See the Administrivia section below on how to report bugs or contact +other users and ask for support. +. .Ss "Features to be removed in a later release" The following features are to be removed from .Nx
