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add boot floppy stuff. 1.3 is the fourth netbsd/sparc release

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distrib/notes/sparc/install
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.\" $NetBSD: install,v 1.18 1999/01/13 07:30:08 ross Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: install,v 1.19 1999/02/06 08:36:05 mrg Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ be booted off your local disk's swap partition. Alternatively, if your
Sparcstation is hooked up in a network you can find a server and arrange
for a diskless setup which is a convenient way to install on a machine
whose disk does not currently hold a usable operating system (see the
section `Installing NetBSD by using a diskless setup' below).
section `Installing NetBSD by using a diskless setup' below). There is
also a bootable 1.4MB floppy available that contains a slightly less
featureful miniroot environment.
.
.Ss2 Installing NetBSD by using the NetBSD miniroot.
.
@ -95,6 +97,20 @@ asked to start the install or upgrade procedure. Proceed to the section
.Sx Running the installation scripts
below.
.
.Ss2 Installing NetBSD by using the bootable floppy.
.
The NetBSD install floppy works only on the sun4c and sun4m class
machines. From the OpenBOOT prompt, the following should boot the
floppy.
.Dl ok Ic "boot fd(,,1) # for version 1 OpenBOOT ROMs
.Dl ok Ic "boot /fd # either of these for version
.Dl ok Ic "boot floppy # 2 OpenBOOT ROMs
.Pp
After the initial probe messages you'll be asked to start
the install or upgrade procedure. Proceed to the section
.Sx Running the installation scripts
below.
.
.Ss2 Installing NetBSD by using a diskless setup.
.
First, you must setup a diskless client configuration on a server. If

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.\" $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.9 1999/01/13 07:30:08 ross Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.10 1999/02/06 08:36:05 mrg Exp $
.
.Nx \*V
is the third release for the sparc. Many more sparc
is the fourth release for the sparc. Many more sparc
models and devices are now supported.