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+ Don't include pcmcia goop. + Don't mention floppy disks! + Add minimum memory requirements. + Only mention rz* disks, not wd* or sd*. Mention that watching the file extraction list can slow things down on a slow console.
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.\" $NetBSD: sysinst,v 1.2 1999/02/01 16:16:09 he Exp $
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.\" $NetBSD: sysinst,v 1.3 1999/05/04 03:36:15 simonb Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ for the installation and as such covers many details to be completed.
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Do not let this discourage you, the install program is not hard
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to use.
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.
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.if !r_pmax \{\
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.It_need
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.Em Possible Tn PCMCIA Em issues
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.Pp
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@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ DDB (the in-kernel debugger) and set pcic_isa_intr_alloc_mask to mask
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out the offending interrupt before continuing. By default the kernel
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masks out IRQ 10, and the corresponding mask is 0xfbff.
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.\}
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.\}
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.It_need
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.Em General
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.Pp
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@ -154,20 +156,24 @@ What you need.
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.Bl -hyphen
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.It_need
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The distribution sets (in this example, they are on CD).
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.if !r_pmax \{\
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.It_need
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.ie r_alpha Two floppy disks.
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.ie r_i386 Two 1.44M 3.5" floppy disks.
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.el One 1.44M 3.5\" floppy.
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.el One 1.44M 3.5" floppy.
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.\}
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.It_need
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.if r_i386 A PC with a 386 or newer processor.
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A CD-ROM drive (SCSI or ATAPI), a harddisk and a minimum of
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.if r_i386 4Mb
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.if r_alpha 32Mb
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.if r_i386 4Mb
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.if r_pmax 8Mb
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of memory installed.
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.It_need
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The harddisk should have at least
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.if r_i386 70
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.if r_alpha 200
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.if r_i386 70
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.if r_pmax 200
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+
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.Em n
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megabytes of
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The Quick Installation
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.Bl -hyphen
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.It_need
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.ie r_pmax \{\
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Boot the system as desribed in the previous section. You
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should be at the
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.Ic sysinst
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main menu.
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.\}
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.el \{\
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Insert the
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.ie r_i386 first
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.ie r_alpha first
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.if r_alpha .Dl \&\*>\*>\*> Ic "B DVA0
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.if r_i386 When prompted, insert the second boot floppy.
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The main menu will be displayed.
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.\}
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.It_need
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If you wish, you can configure some network settings
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immediately by choosing the
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.Nx
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.
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.
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.ie r_pmax \{\
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.Pp
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Boot the system as desribed in the previous section.
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.\}
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.el \{\
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.(pcmcia
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Unplug your
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.Tn PCMCIA
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ramdisk file system and are no longer dependent on the floppy
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once it has booted.
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.\}
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.\}
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.Pp
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Once
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.Nx
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It will also include instructions for using the menus.
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.It_need
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.Em Network configuration
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.if !r_pmax \{\
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.(pcmcia
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You can skip this section, as you will only get data
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from floppy in the first part of the install.
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.pcmcia)
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.\}
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.Pp
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If you will not use network operation during the installation,
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but you do want your machine to be configured for networking once
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and ask you for your selection. Depending on how many disks
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are found, you may get a different message. You should see
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disk names like
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.ie r_pmax \{\
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.Li rz0
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or
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.Li rz1
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.\}
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.el \{\
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.Li wd0 ,
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.Li wd1 ,
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.Li sd0 ,
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.Em sure
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that it does, reply affirmatively. Otherwise, the install
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program will automatically reserve space for bad144 tables.
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.\}
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.It_need
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.Em Partitioning the disk.
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.Bl -bullet
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@ -736,7 +765,8 @@ will continue until all the sets have been loaded from floppy.
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In order to install from a local filesystem, you will
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need to specify the device that the filesystem resides
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on
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.Pq for example Li wd1e ,
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.ie r_pmax .Pq for example Li rz1e
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.el .Pq for example Li wd1e
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the type of the filesystem,
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and the directory on the specified filesystem where the sets are located.
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.Ic sysinst
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@ -765,9 +795,10 @@ the sets you want. Some sets always need to be installed
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.Pq Ic kern, base No and Ic etc
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they will not be shown in this selection menu.
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.Pp
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Before extraction begins, you can elect to watch the files
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being extracted; the name of each file that is extracted will
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be shown.
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Before extraction begins, you can elect to watch the files being
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extracted; the name of each file that is extracted will be shown.
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This can slow down the installation process considerably, especially
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on machines with slow graphics consoles or serial consoles.
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.Pp
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After all the files have been extracted, all the necessary
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device node files will be created. If you have already
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