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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. .\" Copyright (c) 1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved. .\" 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 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 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 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. .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 .Sx Running the installation scripts
below. 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. .Ss2 Installing NetBSD by using a diskless setup.
. .
First, you must setup a diskless client configuration on a server. If 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 .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. models and devices are now supported.