Various updates for 1.4 since it looks like we will be making the
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.\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.14 1999/01/13 07:30:06 ross Exp $
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.\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.15 1999/05/07 03:30:44 ender Exp $
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NetBSD/mac68k \*V runs on several of the older Macintosh computers.
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About 4MB of RAM should be sufficient to boot, and the system can probably
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About 4MB of RAM might be sufficient to boot, and the system can probably
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be squeezed onto a 40MB hard disk by leaving off an unnecessary set or two.
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To actually do much compiling or anything more interesting than booting, at
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least 8MB of RAM and more disk space is recommended. About 75MB will be
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least 8MB of RAM and more disk space is recommended. About 95MB will be
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necessary to install all of the
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.Nx \*V
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binary system distribution
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sets (note that this does not count swap space!). An additional 25MB or so
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sets (note that this does not count swap space!). An additional 30MB or so
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is needed for the binary X11 distribution sets. Much more disk space is
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required to install the source and objects as well (at least another 300MB).
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.Ss2 Supported models:
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@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Onboard Ethernet based on the SONIC chip for Quadra-series Macs
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Onboard Ethernet based on the MACE (Am79C940) chip for the Quadra
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AV-series Macs
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.It
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Comm-slot Ethernet may be working for some machines/cards
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Comm-slot Ethernet should be working for most machines/cards
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.El
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.Pp
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If your 68030 system is not listed above, it may be because of a problem
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@ -94,13 +94,11 @@ These machines have I/O processor chips for their
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ADB interfaces similar to those used in the IIfx and thus
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face similar support problems.
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.It Em PowerPC-based Macs:
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This will be a separate effort from the mac68k
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port. The PowerPC is a much different processor as is much
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of the hardware inside these machines. If you are
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interested in this, you might want to take a look at
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http://www.mklinux.apple.com/. In addition, there is
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also a NetBSD-powerpc port. For more information, please
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see http://www.tools.de/~ws/NetBSD/powerpc.html.
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This is a separate effort from the mac68k port. PowerMacs
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use hardware that is often fairly different from that of
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the mac68k port. If you are interested in this, you might
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want to take a look at the new NetBSD/macppc port:
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http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/index.html
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.El
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.Pp
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Known hardware issues with this release:
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@ -118,9 +116,9 @@ The NetBSD/mac68k SCSI drivers are not quite as
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robust as their MacOS counterparts. Symptoms of these
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problems are that some SCSI disks will not work under
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NetBSD that work fine under MacOS. Other problems include
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occasional filesystem corruption with some drives types of
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drives and the general unreliability of removable SCSI
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media. Keep in mind that there are no clear patterns with
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these problems, and they do not appear to affect the
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majority of users.
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occasional filesystem corruption with some types of drives
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and the general unreliability of removable SCSI media.
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Keep in mind that there are no clear patterns with these
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problems, and they do not appear to affect the majority of
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users.
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.El
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.\" $NetBSD: legal,v 1.8 1999/01/13 07:30:06 ross Exp $
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.\" $NetBSD: legal,v 1.9 1999/05/07 03:30:44 ender Exp $
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This product includes software developed by the Alice Group.
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@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ This product includes software developed by Christian E. Hopps.
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This product includes software developed by Scott Reynolds.
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This product includes software developed by John P. Wittkoski.
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This product includes software developed by Colin Wood.
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.\" $NetBSD: prep,v 1.7 1999/01/13 07:30:06 ross Exp $
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.\" $NetBSD: prep,v 1.8 1999/05/07 03:30:44 ender Exp $
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Find your favorite disk partitioning utility. Any formatter capable of
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partitioning a SCSI disk should work. Some of the ones that have been
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tried and seem to work are:
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@ -57,14 +57,15 @@ how much space to allocate to each partition. A minimal install of NetBSD
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(i.e.
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.Pa netbsd.tgz , base.tgz , No and
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.Pa etc.tgz )
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should fit in a 30M partition.
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For a full installation, you should allocate at least 80M. A general rule
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of thumb for sizing the swap partition is to allocate twice as much swap
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space as you have real memory. Having your swap + real memory total at
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least 20M is also a good idea. Systems that will be heavily used or that
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are low on real memory should have more swap space allocated. Systems that
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will be only lightly used or have a very large amount of real memory can
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get away with less.
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should just fit in a 32M partition.
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For a full installation, you should allocate at least 95M (150M if you
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wish to install the X sets as well). A general rule of thumb for sizing
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the swap partition is to allocate twice as much swap space as you have
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real memory. Having your swap + real memory total at least 20M is also
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a good idea. Systems that will be heavily used or that are low on real
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memory should have more swap space allocated. Systems that will be only
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lightly used or have a very large amount of real memory can get away
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with less.
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.Pp
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Next, use your favorite partitioning utility to make partitions of the
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necessary sizes. You can use any type of partition, but partitions of type
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@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
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.\" $NetBSD: upgrade,v 1.14 1999/01/25 23:34:22 garbled Exp $
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.\" $NetBSD: upgrade,v 1.15 1999/05/07 03:30:44 ender 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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@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ install from within NetBSD, then boot (or shutdown) into single-user
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mode and do the following:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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cd /
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tar -zxvpf /path/to/kern.tgz
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pax -zrvpe -f /path/to/kern.tgz
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.Ed
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There is no need to backup your old kernel explicitly since it will be
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incapable of running many of the newer binaries you are about to
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@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ and type in the corrected file in its entirety.
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Install the distribution sets. Keep in mind that the
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.Nx \*V
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distribution takes up a considerably larger amount of disk space than
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did the 1.2 or 1.2.1 distributions. If you are using the Installer,
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did the 1.3 family of distributions. If you are using the Installer,
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proceed normally (remember that you will need to mount non-root
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partitions by hand using the MiniShell before installing). If you are
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installing from within NetBSD, do the following:
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@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ install the
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If you are in NetBSD, do the following instead:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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cd /tmp
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tar -zrvpe -f /path/to/etc.tgz
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pax -zrvpe -f /path/to/etc.tgz
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.Ed
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.It
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If you are in the Installer, quit it and boot into
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@ -181,36 +181,6 @@ following when upgrading to the
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etc.tgz set:
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.Bl -bullet
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.It
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The first file to pay attention to is /etc/rc.conf. This file did not
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exist under
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.Nx 1.2 ,
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but it is used to configure the rc scripts
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under
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.Nx \*V .
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Edit the file to your preferences, making sure
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that you change the line that says:
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.Dl rc_configured=NO
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to read:
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.Dl rc_configured=YES
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.Pp
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This will enable all of the options you have configured in /etc/rc.conf.
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.It
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The next important item to take note of is the new networking
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configuration files. If you currently have an /etc/hostname.xxN file
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(fill in the xx with either ae or sn and the X with a number), you will
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need to convert it into an ifconfig.xxN file before networking
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automatically works. The format for the new file is simply the
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arguments which you would give to ifconfig on the command line. The
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following is an example of the minimal ifconfig.xxN file:
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.Dl inet hostname.domain.dom netmask 0xffffff00
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Read the ifconfig(8) man page for more details on arguments to ifconfig.
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Be sure to set
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.Dl auto_ifconfig=YES
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in
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.Pa /etc/rc.conf
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to ensure that your network interfaces will be brought
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up automatically on boot.
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.It
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Several of the options given to many of the file systems have changed,
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and some of the file systems have changed names.
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.Em \&It is imperative that
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@ -237,29 +207,6 @@ should be included in the etc set) and perform the following commands:
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.Dl sh MAKEDEV all
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.El
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.It
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A number of binaries have changed their locations from
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.Nx 1.2.1
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to
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.Nx \*V
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(most of these have moved from
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.Pa /sbin
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to
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.Pa /usr/sbin ) . No A few
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binaries have been removed. It is probably best if you scan the
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modification dates of the files in the
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.Pa /sbin directory. If there are
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files in the directory which have newer counterparts in the
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.Pa /usr/sbin
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directory, it is a very good idea to remove the older files (you will
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probably run into difficulties later if you choose not to do this).
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You should also check the
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.Pa /sbin , /bin , /usr/bin/ No , and
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.Pa /usr/sbin
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directories for old binaries that are no longer part of the NetBSD
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distribution and delete them as well. In general, all the files in a
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particular distribution should have similar modification dates, so
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looking at these is a good way of determining a file's age.
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.It
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Run
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.Ic fsck Fl f
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to make sure that your filesystem is still consistent. If
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.\" $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.12 1999/01/13 07:30:06 ross Exp $
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.\" $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.13 1999/05/07 03:30:44 ender Exp $
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.Nx \*V
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is the fourth
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is the fifth
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.Dq real
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release of
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.Nx
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brings a number of improvements:
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.Bl -bullet
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.It
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A host of new drivers and kernel changes enable support for
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many 68040-based Macintosh systems.
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A number of kernel changes enable support for several previously
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unsupported systems (such as the LC and Performa 470-series,
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570/580-series, and 630-series Macs).
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.It
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Many previously unsupported 68030-based Macintoshes are now working.
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Support for 800KB floppy drives has been added (i.e. machines that
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include the IWM or SWIM, but not the SWIM II or SWIM III)
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.It
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Support for SONIC (DP83932) and MACE (Am79C940) Ethernet controllers
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has been added (via the "sn" and "mc" devices).
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.It
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The
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.Xr mac68k/ae 4
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driver for DP8390-based Ethernet cards now handles more
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NuBus ethernet cards.
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.It
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The
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.Xr mac68k/grf 4
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video driver supports many more NuBus video cards and
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most onboard video configurations.
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.It
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The serial driver code has been converted to use the machine
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independent driver. This change enables the use of cdtrcts flow
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control, but support for externally clocked serial ports is still
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incomplete.
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IBM-compatible MBR handling has been integrated to enable MS-DOS
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partition support
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.It
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The
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.Xr mac68k/adb 4
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driver now supports the ADB hardware on most Mac models,
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and a wider variety of third party mice and trackballs are handled
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as well.
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driver has undergone a major revamp.
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.It
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A number of bugs affecting II-series systems have been fixed.
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.El
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There is still a lot of work to be done and help is welcomed. Please jump in!
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.Nx \*V
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.\" $NetBSD: xfer,v 1.14 1999/01/13 07:30:06 ross Exp $
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.\" $NetBSD: xfer,v 1.15 1999/05/07 03:30:44 ender Exp $
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.
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Installation is currently only supported from the local Macintosh hard
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drive, from a CD-ROM, or from an AppleShare volume (however, you may upgrade
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; see the section on upgrading for more details).
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If you are installing from a local hard drive, this means that you'll need
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at least enough room for the largest file that you will have to install.
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This is the 8.6M base.tgz file. There has been talk of allowing an install
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This is the 10.2M base.tgz file. There has been talk of allowing an install
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from split files. If you have the time, desire, and knowledge, please feel
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free to add that functionality.
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.Pp
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