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authorMichael I. Bushnell <mib@gnu.org>1996-07-14 00:22:10 +0000
committerMichael I. Bushnell <mib@gnu.org>1996-07-14 00:22:10 +0000
commita37d70c77a76382ca7428b5ed9929413435cf77c (patch)
treea77df12d59664d40835ecbcf66007aeda9a29016 /release/INSTALL-binary
parentd9727983f073559cfca177faca0d20c554407dd6 (diff)
various changes.
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@@ -38,9 +38,14 @@ the line which looks like:
/dev/sd0b $(add-paging-file) $(default-pager)
`sd0b' is the paging device. Replace this with the correct device
-name (this is a mach partition name; see step III below for a bit
-about partition naming), or comment out the line if you don't want
-paging.
+name (this is a mach partition name), or comment out the line if you
+don't want paging. Note that you don't have to do anything to
+initialize swap partitions, unlike Linux.
+
+You also need to edit the file boot/boot-menu.grub. Change both root
+specifications to match your partition. Note that these
+specifications say `hd' for scsi disks, and have a slightly different
+syntax.
Fsck and unmount the new partition before using it, to make sure it's
clean.
@@ -64,6 +69,7 @@ http://www.uruk.org/grub, or in the grub source (which you should find
wherever you picked up this binary release).
+
STEP IV:
Boot the system with grub. You should get a grub boot menu with two