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First cut at NetBSD/ews4800mips install notes. Not well confirmed. 

(I guess very few people will actually require it...)
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distrib/notes/common/sysinst
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.\" $NetBSD: sysinst,v 1.79 2007/01/31 10:12:28 martin Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: sysinst,v 1.80 2007/09/28 18:20:13 tsutsui Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2004 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@ -59,8 +59,8 @@
\n[sandpoint]:\n[sbmips]:\n[sgimips]:\n[x86_64] \{\
. ds part_max p
.\}
.if \n[acorn26]:\n[acorn32]:\n[cats]:\n[evbarm]:\n[evbppc]:\n[pc532]:\
\n[sandpoint]:\n[shark] \{\
.if \n[acorn26]:\n[acorn32]:\n[cats]:\n[evbarm]:\n[evbppc]:\n[ews4800mips]:\
\n[pc532]:\n[sandpoint]:\n[shark] \{\
. ds part_usr e
.\}
.if \n[macppc]:\n[news68k]:\n[newsmips]:\n[sparc]:\n[sparc64] \{\
@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ covers many details for the sake of completeness.
Do not let this discourage you; the install program is not hard
to use.
.
.if !\n[acorn26]:\n[acorn32]\n[atari]:\n[mac68k]:\n[macppc]:\n[mvme68k]:\n[news68k]:\n[newsmips]:\n[pmax]:\n[sgimips]:\n[sparc]:\n[sparc64]:\n[x68k] \{\
.if !\n[acorn26]:\n[acorn32]\n[atari]:\n[ews4800mips]:\n[mac68k]:\n[macppc]:\n[mvme68k]:\n[news68k]:\n[newsmips]:\n[pmax]:\n[sgimips]:\n[sparc]:\n[sparc64]:\n[x68k] \{\
.It
.To 2 "Possible hardware problems"
.Em Possible hardware problems
@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Non-removable devices can be disabled with
.Ic boot
.Fl c
to enter it).
.\} \" !\n[acorn26]:\n[atari]:\n[macppc]:\n[mvme68k]:\n[news68k]:\n[newsmips]:\n[pmax]:\n[sgimips]:\n[sparc]:\n[sparc64]:\n[x68k]
.\} \" !\n[acorn26]:\n[atari]:\n:[ews4800mips]:\n[macppc]:\n[mvme68k]:\n[news68k]:\n[newsmips]:\n[pmax]:\n[sgimips]:\n[sparc]:\n[sparc64]:\n[x68k]
.if \n[mac68k] \{\
.It
.To 2 "Possible hardware-specific issues"
@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ The distribution sets (in this example, they are on CD).
.It
.ie \n[alpha] Two floppy disks.
.el \{\
.ie \n[ews4800mips] Two floppy disks.
.el \{\
.ie \n[i386] Two 1.44 MB 3.5" floppy disks if the CD is not bootable or if you cannot boot from CD.
.el \{\
.ie \n[mac68k] The Mac OS Booter application and an Installation Kernel
@ -198,7 +200,7 @@ sysinst.fs image.
See the "prepare" section about obtaining those.
.\}
.el One 1.44 MB 3.5" floppy.
.\}\}\}\}
.\}\}\}\}\}
.\} \" !\n[pmax]:\n[sgimips]:\n[sparc64]
.if \n[i386] \{\
.It
@ -219,6 +221,7 @@ a hard disk and a minimum of
.if \n[alpha] 32 MB
.if \n[atari] 4 MB (TT030/Falcon) or 16 MB (Hades/Milan)
.if \n[cats] 8 MB
.if \n[ews4800mips] 16 MB
.if \n[i386] 4 MB
.if \n[mac68k] 8 MB
.if \n[macppc] 16 MB
@ -236,6 +239,7 @@ The hard disk should have at least
.if \n[alpha] 200
.if \n[atari] 120
.if \n[cats] 200
.if \n[ews4800mips] 200
.if \n[i386] 200
.if \n[mac68k] 120
.if \n[macppc] 200
@ -256,7 +260,7 @@ main memory in your system.
If you wish to install the X Window System as well, you will need at least
120 MB more.
.bullet)
.if \n[alpha]:\n[i386]:\n[news68k]:\n[newsmips] \{\
.if \n[alpha]:\n[ews4800mips]:\n[i386]:\n[news68k]:\n[newsmips] \{\
.It
Creating the boot floppies.
You can create the floppies needed for installation
@ -275,7 +279,7 @@ command prompt:
.Dl Ic "rawrite"
.Pp
When asked for a source filename, answer
.if \n[i386] \{\
.if \n[ews4800mips]:\n[i386] \{\
.Dl Pa \&..\efloppy\eboot1.fs
for the first diskette and
.Dl Pa \&..\efloppy\eboot2.fs
@ -296,7 +300,7 @@ system, you would type something like:
.Pp
.Dl # Ic "dd if=.../boot1.fs of=/dev/rfd0a bs=18k"
.Pp
.\} \" \n[alpha]:\n[i386]:\n[news68k]:\n[newsmips]
.\} \" \n[alpha]:\n[ews4800mips]:\n[i386]:\n[news68k]:\n[newsmips]
.if \n[mac68k] \{\
.It
The NetBSD Boot Tools folder.
@ -394,6 +398,10 @@ Type
.Dl \&\*>\*>\*> Ic "B DVA0"
.Pp
.\}
.if \n[ews4800mips] \{\
Change boot device to floppy on the PROM menu which is invoked by
pressing ESC key right after hardware checks, and boot the computer again.
.\}
.if \n[i386] When prompted, insert the second boot floppy.
.if \n[news68k] \{\
Type

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.\" $NetBSD: xfer,v 1.55 2007/01/04 00:19:45 wiz Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: xfer,v 1.56 2007/09/28 18:20:13 tsutsui Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2004 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@ -154,14 +154,33 @@ mode.
.Pp
.\} \" \n[macppc]
.
.if \n[news68k] \{\
.if \n[ews4800mips]:\n[news68k]:\n[newsmips] \{\
.(Note
.Nx*M
\*V does not support any framebuffers (yet) so
\*V
.if \n[ews4800mips] \{\
does not support framebuffers other than onboard ones on
EWS4800/350, EWS4800/360AD and EWS4800/360ADII so
you have to use serial console on installation procedure
if your machine doesn't have supported framebuffers listed above.
.\} \" \n[ews4800mips]
.if \n[news68k] \{\
does not support any framebuffers (yet) so
you have to use serial console on installation procedure.
.\} \" \n[news68k]
.if \n[newsmips] \{\
does not support any framebuffers other than NWB-253 on NWS-3470D and
XA on NWS-5000 (yet) so
you have to use serial console on installation procedure
if your machine doesn't have supported framebuffers listed above.
.\} \" \n[newsmips]
.Note)
.Pp
You will need to have a 1.44 MB floppy disk to boot off.
You will need to have
.if \n[ews4800mips] two 1.44 MB floppy disks
.if \n[news68k] a 1.44 MB floppy disk
.if \n[newsmips] two 1.44 MB floppy disks
to boot off.
You must put the boot floppy image onto this disk, which contains
software to install
.Nx
@ -170,7 +189,12 @@ system.
If you are using a
.Ul
system (such as
.if \n[ews4800mips] \{\
.Tn EWS-UX
.\} \" \n[ews4800mips]
.if \n[news68k]:\n[newsmips] \{\
.Tn NEWS-OS
.\} \" \n[news68k]:\n[newsmips]
or other
.Nx
machines) to write the floppy images to disks, you should use the
@ -212,8 +236,8 @@ even after
.Nx*M
has been installed.
.Pp
SCSI devices on NWS-12x0 machines are not supported (yet), so they
can only run
If your machine doesn't have any SCSI disks, or SCSI interface
on your machine is not supported, it can still run
.Nx*M
diskless.
No file transfer is needed, and all you have to do is to prepare files on
@ -221,6 +245,18 @@ the server.
More information about diskless setting can be found at
.Lk http://www.NetBSD.org/Documentation/network/netboot/
.Pp
.if \n[ews4800mips] \{\
The PROM uses the ordinary tftp protocol, so
you can load bootloader via network.
The PROM also supports tape boot but
.Nx*M
does not support it currently.
.Pp
After the boot floppy or diskless server is prepared, just set
boot device on the PROM menu which can be invoked by pressing ESC key
right after hardware checks.
.\} \" \n[ews4800mips]
.if \n[news68k] \{\
The
.Tn NEWS
PROM also supports tape boot and network boot, but
@ -232,75 +268,7 @@ After the boot floppy is prepared, just type
on the PROM prompt to boot it.
.Pp
.\} \" \n[news68k]
.
.if \n[newsmips] \{\
.(Note
.Nx*M
\*V does not support any framebuffers other than NWB-253 on NWS-3470D and
XA on NWS-5000 (yet) so
you have to use serial console on installation procedure.
.Note)
.Pp
You will need to have a 1.44 MB floppy disk to boot off.
You must put the boot floppy image onto this disk, which contains
software to install
.Nx
system.
.Pp
If you are using a
.Ul
system (such as
.Tn NEWS-OS
or other
.Nx
machines) to write the floppy images to disks, you should use the
.Xr dd 1
command to copy the file system image(s)
(.fs file(s)) directly to the raw floppy disk.
It is suggested that you read the
.Xr dd 1
manual page or ask your system administrator to determine the correct
set of arguments to use; it will be slightly different from system to
system, and a comprehensive list of the possibilities is beyond the
scope of this document.
.Pp
If you have an i386 machine which runs
.Tn MS-DOS
and use them to write the floppy image(s) to floppy disk,
you can use the
.Ic rawrite
utility, provided in the
.Pa i386/installation/misc
directory of the
.Nx
distribution.
It will write a file system image (.fs file) to a floppy disk.
A
.Ic rawrite32
is also available that runs under
.Tn MS Windows .
.Pp
Though
.Nx*M
uses the floppy disk to boot for the initial
installation, the
.Nx*M
kernel does not support the
floppy device.
Some other machines or systems are still required to write floppy images
even after
.Nx*M
has been installed.
.Pp
SCSI devices on NWS-3xxx and NWS-5000 machines are supported.
But they also can run
.Nx*M
diskless.
No file transfer is needed, and all you have to do is to prepare files on
the server.
More information about diskless setting can be found at
.Lk http://www.NetBSD.org/Documentation/network/netboot/
.Pp
On NWS-3xxx machines, the PROM also supports network boot but it uses
an unusual protocol which is not supported by
.Nx*M .
@ -320,8 +288,9 @@ After the boot floppy is prepared, just type
(NWS-5000) or
.Ic "bo fh"
(NWS-3xxx) on the PROM prompt to boot it.
.Pp
.\} \" \n[newsmips]
.Pp
.\} \" \n[ews4800mips]:\n[news68k]:\n[newsmips]
.
.if \n[pmax] \{\
First-time installation on a bare machine is not supported, because most
@ -616,7 +585,7 @@ and
.Pp
Proceed to the instruction on installation.
.
.if !\n[news68k]:\n[hp300]:\n[macppc]:\n[pmax]:\n[sgimips]:\n[sparc64]:\n[vax]:\n[x68k] \{\
.if !\n[ews4800mips]:\n[hp300]:\n[macppc]:\n[news68k]:\n[pmax]:\n[sgimips]:\n[sparc64]:\n[vax]:\n[x68k] \{\
.It Em MS-DOS floppy
.Nx
doesn't include split sets to keep the distribution size down.

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# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.1 2007/09/28 18:20:14 tsutsui Exp $
MERGED_SRCS+= ${COMMON}/sysinst ${COMMON}/upgrade ${COMMON}/xfer
.include <bsd.man.mk>

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.\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.1 2007/09/28 18:20:14 tsutsui Exp $
.
.Nx*M
\*V will run on some models of MIPS-based NEC EWS4800 workstations,
EWS4800/350 and EWS4800/360 machines.
.Pp
.Nx*M
\*V does not support all framebuffers so
.Em you have to use serial console
to install
.Nx*M
on such EWS4800 without a framebuffer listing below.
.
.Ss2 Supported hardware
.(bullet -offset indent
CPUs
.(bullet -compact
"TR2" models: EWS4800/350, EWS4800/350F
.It
"TR2A" models: EWS4800/360, EWS4800/360AD, EWS4800/360ADII, EWS4800/360SX,
EWS4800/360EX
.bullet)
.It
Framebuffer
.(bullet -compact
Color framebuffer on EWS4800/360AD and EWS4800/360ADII
.It
Color framebuffer on EWS4800/350
.bullet)
.It
Input devices
.(bullet -compact
EWS keyboard and mouse
.bullet)
.It
RS232 interfaces
.(bullet -compact
built in Zilog 8530 Serial Communication Controllers (zsc)
.bullet)
.It
Network interfaces
.(bullet -compact
on-board Intel i82596 based Ethernet on EWS4800/350 (sn)
.It
on-board LANCE Ethernet on EWS4800/360 (le)
.bullet)
.It
SCSI interfaces
.(bullet -compact
on-board NCR 53C710 SCSI interface (osiop)
.It
most SCSI devices
.bullet)
.bullet)
.Pp
If it's not on this list, there is no official support for it in this release.
More information can also be found at the
.Nx*M
homepage:
.Lk http://www.NetBSD.org/Ports/\*M/

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.\" $NetBSD: install,v 1.1 2007/09/28 18:20:14 tsutsui Exp $
.
.so ../common/sysinst

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.\" $NetBSD: legal,v 1.1 2007/09/28 18:20:15 tsutsui Exp $
.

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.\" $NetBSD: prep,v 1.1 2007/09/28 18:20:15 tsutsui Exp $
.
First and foremost, before beginning the installation process,
.Em make sure you have a reliable backup
of any data on your hard disk that you wish to keep.
Mistakes in partitioning your hard disk may lead to data loss.
.Nx*M
is still in very experimental state so unexpected trouble could
also happen even on normal operations.

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.\" $NetBSD: upgrade,v 1.1 2007/09/28 18:20:15 tsutsui Exp $
.
.so ../common/upgrade

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.\" $NetBSD: xfer,v 1.1 2007/09/28 18:20:15 tsutsui Exp $
.
.so ../common/xfer