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Change to describe the tape format for the new miniroot.

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@ -32,21 +32,31 @@ To prepare for installing via a tape:
To install NetBSD from a tape, you need to somehow
get the NetBSD file sets you wish to install on
your system on to the appropriate kind of tape,
in tar format.
your system on to the appropriate kind of tape.
If you're making the tape on a UN*X system, the easiest
way to do so is:
tar cvf <tape_device> <files>
dd if=<first file> of=<tape device>
dd if=<2nd file> of=<tape device>
...
where "<tape_device>" is the name of the tape device
that describes the tape drive you're using (possibly
something like /dev/nrst0, but we make no guarantees 8-).
If you can't figure it out, ask your system administrator.
"<files>" are the names of the "set_name.xx" files
"<files>" are the names of the "set_name.tgz" files
which you want to be placed on the tape.
If you have a slow cpu (e.g. 68030 @ 25 MHz) on the target
machine, but big tapes, you might want to store the
uncompressed installation sets instead. This will help tape
streaming when doing the actual installation. E.g, do:
gzip -d -c <first file> | dd of=<tape device>
gzip -d -c <2nd file> | dd of=<tape device>
...
Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next
step in the installation process, preparing your hard disk.