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Update floppy & netboot section.

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Add section on booting from tape.
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.\" $NetBSD: install,v 1.32 2000/10/29 14:08:10 lukem Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: install,v 1.33 2000/11/01 00:23:51 pk Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999, 2000 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ success is a string of
.Sq Li \&. 's .
.Pp
Next, transfer the two floppy images
.Pq Pa installation/floppy/boot.fs.gz No and Pa installation/floppy/instfs.fs.gz
.Pq Pa installation/floppy/disk1.gz No and Pa installation/floppy/disk2
to the disks you just formatted.
You can do this step from
.Nx ,
@ -198,20 +198,19 @@ machine using
(available in the NetBSD/i386 distribution).
Insert the first floppy and run the following commands:
.Pp
.Dl # Ic "gunzip boot.fs.gz"
.Dl # Ic "dd if=boot.fs of=/dev/rfd0a bs=36k"
.Dl # Ic "gunzip disk1.gz"
.Dl # Ic "dd if=disk1 of=/dev/rfd0a bs=36k"
.Dl # Ic "eject floppy"
.Pp
Insert the second floppy and run the following commands:
.Pp
.Dl # Ic "gunzip instfs.fs.gz"
.Dl # Ic "dd if=instfs.fs of=/dev/rfd0a bs=36k"
.Dl # Ic "dd if=disk2 of=/dev/rfd0a bs=36k"
.Dl # Ic "eject floppy"
.Pp
Be sure to label your floppies so you can later identify them.
.Pp
Insert the floppy made from
.Pa boot.fs
.Pa disk1
into your Sparc.
From the OpenBoot prompt, boot the floppy with the following command:
.Pp
@ -226,9 +225,9 @@ From the OpenBoot prompt, boot the floppy with the following command:
.Pp
After the initial probe messages you'll be asked to insert the floppy
labeled
.Dq NetBSD instfs .
.Dq NetBSD disk2 .
After the installation tools have been loaded from the
.Li instfs
.Li disk2
floppy, you'll be asked to start the install or upgrade procedure.
Proceed to the section
.Sx Running the installation scripts.
@ -402,11 +401,9 @@ Your client will need a kernel to boot (use
.Dl # Ic "mv netbsd.GENERIC /export/client/root/netbsd"
.Pp
Your client will need installation tools (use
.Pa installation/netboot/miniroot.tgz ) .
.Pa installation/netboot/rootfs.tgz ) .
.Pp
.Dl # Ic "gunzip miniroot.tgz"
.Dl # Ic "cd /export/client/root"
.Dl # Ic "tar -xf miniroot.tar"
.Dl # Ic "gunzip < rootfs.tgz | (cd /export/client/root && tar -xpf -)"
.Pp
Now, netboot your Sparc from the server by entering the appropriate
.Ic boot command at the monitor prompt.
@ -426,6 +423,44 @@ install or upgrade procedure. Proceed to the section
.Sx Running the installation scripts.
below.
.
.Ss2 Installing NetBSD by using a bootable tape
.
Get the tape images
.Pq Pa installation/tape/tapefile1.gz No and Pa installation/tape/tapefile2
and transfer them to a tape using the following commands:
.Pp
.Dl # Ic "gunzip tapefile1.gz"
.Dl # Ic "mt -f /dev/nrst0 rew"
.Dl # Ic "dd if=tapefile1 of=/dev/nrst0 bs=4k"
.Dl # Ic "dd if=tapefile2 of=/dev/nrst0 bs=4k"
.Pp
Now you can transfer the
.Nx \*V.
distribution sets from
.Pq Pa binary/sets
to the tape by using a series of additional
.Dl # Ic "dd if=<aset>.tgz of=/dev/nrst0 bs=4k"
commands. See also the section
.Sx Getting the NetBSD System on to Useful Media.
Be sure to mark the location of these files on the tape; you'll need them
during the installation procedure.
.Pp
Insert the tape into your Sparc's tapestation.
From the OpenBoot prompt, boot the from the tape with the following command:
.Pp
.(tag OpenBoot\ PROM\ 2\ (alternate) -offset indent -compact
.It sun4 PROM
.Li > Ic "b st()"
.It OpenBoot PROM
.Li ok Ic "boot tape"
.tag)
.Pp
After the initial probe messages you'll be asked to confirm the tape
device and tape file number containing the installation tools.
Then, proceed to the section
.Sx Running the installation scripts.
below.
.
.Ss2 Running the installation scripts
.
If you booted your system using the