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.\" $NetBSD: prep,v 1.6 2002/07/11 04:52:49 scottr Exp $
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A \*M machine usually needs little or no preparation before installing
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.Nx ,
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other than the usual, well advised precaution of
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.Em backing up all data
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on any attached storage devices.
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.Ss2 Available Boot Media
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Currently the \*M Cyclone firmware allows for system booting using:
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Ethernet (netboot) using DHCP, BOOTP, TFTP, or NFS.
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Local harddisk or CD ROM with the following file systems:
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Berkeley FFS
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Linux ext2
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ISO9660 CD-ROM file system
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MS-DOS file system
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Booting from floppy disk is not currently supported.
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.Ss2 Preparing the Bootable Media
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This section desribes how to get a
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.Nx*M
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install kernel onto a CD-R.
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Go to one of the
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mirror sites and download CD-R image from the
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.Pa pub/NetBSD/iso
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directory.
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.Lk http://www.netbsd.org/mirrors/#iso
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2002-06-29 14:49:51 +04:00
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Get and install cdrecord.
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This is available in the packages collection under pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrecord.
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Systems not supported by the packages
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collection should get it from the official website:
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.br
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.Lk ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrecord/README.html
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.Lk http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private/cdrecord.html
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.(disp
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.No # Ic "cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=/dev/cd1d output.iso"
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.disp)
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You will need to substitute the correct name of the disk image file,
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speed for your CD writer, and the
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correct device for your system (for i386 it would be
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.Pa /dev/cd1d No Ns ).
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.Ss2 Booting from CD-ROM
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To boot from a CD-ROM simply issue the following command
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.(disp
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.No boot> Ic "boot cd0:/netbsd"
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