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@ -170,32 +170,35 @@ process again from scratch.
proceed, enter "yes" at the prompt.
The install program will now label your disk and make the file
systems you specified. It will also create an /etc/fstab for
your system, and mount all of the file systems under /mnt.
(In other words, your root partition will be mounted on /mnt,
your /usr partition on /mnt/usr, and so on.) There should be
no errors in this section of the installation. If there are,
restart from the beginning of the installation process.
systems you specified. The filesystems will be initialized to
contain NetBSD bootstrapping binaries and configuration files.
It will also create an /etc/fstab for your system, and mount all
of the file systems under /mnt. (In other words, your root
partition will be mounted on /mnt, your /usr partition on /mnt/usr,
and so on.) There should be no errors in this section of the
installation. If there are, restart from the beginning of the
installation process.
You will be placed at a shell prompt ("#"), and from there you
have to load and install the distribution sets. How you do
this depends on which installation medium you've chosen;
instructions for the various types are below.
You will be placed at a shell prompt ("#"). The remaining tasks
are to copy the kernel from the kernel copy floppy to the hard
drive's root filesystem and install the distribution sets. The
flow of installation differs depending on your hardware resources,
and on what media the distribution sets reside.
To install from floppy:
NOTE THAT THE NetBSD 1.0 DISTRIBUTION DOES _NOT_
SUPPORT INSTALLATION VIA FLOPPY ON MACHINES WITH ONE
FLOPPY DRIVE. If you only have one floppy drive,
you'll have to use a different method of installation.
This will be fixed in the future.
If you only have only one floppy drive, the order of
installation is different. Follow the directions in the
"Kernel installation" section which will help you install a
kernel on the hard drive and then boot off the hard drive.
Then continue with the rest of the process described here to
install the distribution sets from floppy:
The first thing you should do is pick a temporary
directory where the distribution files can be stored.
To do this, enter the command "Set_tmp_dir", and enter
the name of the temporary directory. (Don't forget
that your disk is mounted under /mnt; you should
probably pick a directory under /mnt/usr.) The
default is /mnt/usr/distrib.
that if your disk is still mounted under /mnt; you should
probably pick a directory under /mnt/usr.)
After you have picked a temporary directory, enter the
"Load_fd" command, to load the distribution sets from
@ -407,8 +410,9 @@ process again from scratch.
information. It will set up your configuration files and make
the device nodes for the newly-installed system.
Once your system is configured, you must install a kernel on
your hard disk. Enter "halt" at the prompt to halt the
Kernel Installation:
Enter "halt" at the prompt to halt the
system. When the system is halted, remove the "inst-10"
floppy from the floppy drive, and replace it with the NetBSD
1.0 kernel-copy floppy that you previously booted from. Reboot

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@ -72,18 +72,27 @@ To upgrade your system, follow the following instructions:
If you don't already have the NetBSD distribution sets on your
disk, look in the installation section for information on how
to transfer them to your disk. Once they are transferred to
your disk, continue here. (Obviously, if the NetBSD
distribution sets are already on your disk, because you've
transferred them before starting the upgrade process, you
don't need to transfer them again now!)
to transfer them to your disk.
If you have only one floppy drive, and don't have the disk
space to copy all of the distribution onto the hard drive, you can
do the following:
Install a kernel on the hard drive as detailed a few
paragraphs down. Then boot off the hard drive.
Now you can copy and install distribution sets
incrementally from your one floppy drive.
Once the distribution sets are transferred to your disk,
continue here. (Obviously, if the NetBSD distribution sets
are already on your disk, because you've transferred them before
starting the upgrade process, you don't need to transfer them
again now!)
After the software has been transferred to the machine (or
mounted, in the case of upgrading via NFS), change into the
directory containing the "base10" distribution set. (Don't
forget that your hard disk is mounted on /mnt!) Once you are
there, run the "Set_tmp_dir" command, and hit return at the
prompt to select the default answer for the temporary
directory containing the "base10" distribution set.
Once you are there, run the "Set_tmp_dir" command, and hit return
at theprompt to select the default answer for the temporary
directory's path name. (It should be the path name of the
directory that you're in.)