NetBSD/distrib/notes/cats/prep

.\"	$NetBSD: prep,v 1.11 2009/04/23 01:56:49 snj Exp $
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A \*M machine usually needs little or no preparation before installing
.Nx ,
other than the usual, well advised precaution of
.Em backing up all data
on any attached storage devices.
.Pp
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.Ss2 Available Boot Media
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Currently the \*M Cyclone firmware allows for system booting using:
.(bullet -compact
Ethernet (netboot) using DHCP, BOOTP, TFTP, or NFS.
.It
Local hard disk or CD-ROM with the following file systems:
.(bullet -compact
Berkeley FFS
.It
Linux ext2
.It
ISO9660 CD-ROM file system
.It
MS-DOS file system
.bullet)
.bullet)
.Pp
Booting from floppy disk is not currently supported.
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.Ss2 Preparing the Bootable Media
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This section describes how to get a
.Nx*M
install kernel onto a CD-R.
.Pp
Go to one of the
.Nx
mirror sites and download CD-R image from the
.Pa pub/NetBSD/iso
directory.
.Lk http://www.NetBSD.org/mirrors/#iso
.Pp
Get and install cdrecord.
This is available in the packages collection under pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
Systems not supported by the packages
collection should get it from the official website:
.br
.Lk ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools/README.html
.br
.Lk http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private/cdrecord.html
.Pp
.(disp
.No # Ic "cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=/dev/cd1d output.iso"
.disp)
.Pp
You will need to substitute the correct name of the disk image file,
speed for your CD writer, and the
correct device for your system (for i386 it would be
.Pa /dev/cd1d ) .
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.Ss2 Booting from CD-ROM
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To boot from a CD-ROM simply issue the following command
.Pp
.(disp
.No boot\*[Gt] Ic "boot cd0:/netbsd"
.disp)