diff --git a/distrib/notes/i386/install b/distrib/notes/i386/install index dadf5fd3ed83..81760f021f56 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/i386/install +++ b/distrib/notes/i386/install @@ -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 diff --git a/distrib/notes/i386/upgrade b/distrib/notes/i386/upgrade index b5053d5409a9..e3cd58890474 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/i386/upgrade +++ b/distrib/notes/i386/upgrade @@ -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.)