More MI release notes updates, particularly around installing.

This could use more love!
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.\" $NetBSD: postinstall,v 1.75 2012/05/26 05:51:13 tsutsui Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: postinstall,v 1.76 2012/08/17 19:55:14 riz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2004 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@ -346,28 +346,25 @@ Precompiled binaries can be found at
usually in the
.Pa \*M/\*V/All
subdir.
You can install them with the following commands under
.Xr sh 1 :
If you installed
.Xr pkgin 1
in the
.Ic sysinst
post-installation configuration menu, you can use it to automatically install
binary packages over the network.
Assuming that
.Pa /usr/pkg/etc/pkgin/repositories.conf
is correctly configured, you can install them with the following commands:
.Pp
.Bd -unfilled
.Ic # PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/\*M/\*V/All
.Ic # export PKG_PATH
.Ic # pkg_add -v tcsh
.Ic # pkg_add -v bash
.Ic # pkg_add -v perl
.Ic # pkg_add -v apache
.Ic # pkg_add -v kde
.Ic # pkg_add -v firefox
.Ic # pkgin install tcsh
.Ic # pkgin install bash
.Ic # pkgin install perl
.Ic # pkgin install apache
.Ic # pkgin install kde
.Ic # pkgin install firefox
\&...
.Ed
.Pp
If you are using
.Xr csh 1
then replace the first two lines with the following:
.Pp
.Bd -unfilled
.Ic # setenv PKG_PATH ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/\*M/\*V/All
.Ed
.(Note
Some mirror sites don't mirror the
.Pa /pub/pkgsrc
@ -378,21 +375,12 @@ The above commands will install the Tenex-csh and Bourne Again shells,
the Perl programming language, Apache web server, KDE desktop
environment and the Firefox web browser
as well as all the packages they depend on.
.(Note
In some cases the
.Xr pkg_add 1
command will complain about a version mismatch of packages with a message
like the following:
.Dl Warning: package `foo' was built for a different version of the OS:
.Dl NetBSD/i386 M.N (pkg) vs. NetBSD/i386 \*V (this host) ,
This warning is harmless if the formal major release numbers are the same
between the pkg and your host.
Please refer to the NetBSD release glossary and graphs at
.Lk http://www.NetBSD.org/releases/release-map.html
for more information about NetBSD's release numbering scheme.
.Note)
.It
The framework for compiling packages can be obtained by
If you did not install it from the
.Ic sysinst
post-installation configuration menu, the
.Xr pkgsrc 7
framework for compiling packages can be obtained by
retrieving the file
.Lk ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/pkgsrc.tar.gz .
It is typically extracted into

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.\" $NetBSD: sysinst,v 1.101 2011/05/27 17:50:41 tsutsui Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: sysinst,v 1.102 2012/08/17 19:55:14 riz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2004 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2012 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@ -390,7 +390,11 @@ progress as this may leave the keyboard locked to
The main menu will be displayed.
.\} \" \n[mac68k]
.ie \n[alpha]:\n[amd64]:\n[i386] \{\
Insert the CD into the drive and boot the computer.
Insert the CD into the drive
.if \n[amd64]:\n[i386] \{\
or the USB memstick into an available USB port
.\}
and boot the computer from it.
.if \n[alpha] \{\
Type
.Pp
@ -438,6 +442,7 @@ After language selection, the main menu will be displayed.
* c: Re-install sets or install additional sets *
* d: Reboot the computer *
* e: Utility menu *
* f: Config menu *
* x: Exit Install System *
.***********************************************.
. cs \n(.f
@ -499,7 +504,13 @@ The CD-ROM device is usually cd0 and the partition
.\}
.el \{\
.Me CD-ROM
as the medium.
as the medium
.if \n[amd64]:\n[i386] \{\
if booted from CD-ROM, or
.Me Local directory
if booted from USB memstick
.\}
\&.
The default values for the path and device should be ok.
.\}
.It
@ -1603,11 +1614,32 @@ the device node files will be created.
If you have already configured networking, you will be asked if you want to
use this configuration for normal operation.
If so, these values will be installed in the network configuration files.
The next menu will allow you to select the time zone that you're in,
to make sure your clock has the right offset from UTC.
Finally you will be asked to select a password encryption algorithm
and can then set a password for the "root" account, to prevent
the machine from coming up without access restrictions.
.It
.To 2 "Configure additional items"
.Em Configure additional items
.Pp
The next menu will allow you to select a number of additional items
to configure, including the time zone that you're in,
to make sure your clock has the right offset from UTC,
the root user's shell, and the initial root password.
.Pp
You can also enable installation of binary packages, which installs the
.Xr pkgin 1
tool for managing binary packages for third-party software.
This will
feel familiar to users of other package tools, such as
.Ic apt-get
or
.Ic yum .
Or, you can install the
.Xr pkgsrc 7
tree for installing third-party software from source.
.Pp
Finally, you can enable some daemons such as
.Xr sshd 8 ,
.Xr ntpd 8 ,
or
.Xr mdnsd 8 .
.if \n[sparc64] \{\
.It
.To 2 "Ensure you have the correct kernel installed"