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Update to the new set of ramdisk based installs, etc.

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perry 1997-03-25 06:04:23 +00:00
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@ -5,17 +5,17 @@ Installation is supported from several media types, including:
Remote NFS partition
FTP
No matter which installation medium you choose, you'll need to have
two floppy disks (either 1.2M or 1.44 will work, though both should be
the same type). On the first, you'll put the kernel-copy image that's
appropriate for your system. On the second, you'll put the install or
upgrade floppy image, depending on whether you're installing NetBSD
for the first time, or upgrading a previous installation.
No matter which installation medium you choose, you'll need to have a
floppy disk (either 1.2M or 1.44 will work). You'll put the
appropriate install or upgrade floppy image onto this disk, depending
on whether you're installing NetBSD for the first time, or upgrading a
previous installation, and on whether you have a machine with only
four megabytes of memory.
If you are using an Adaptec SCSI host adapter, you need the kcadp12.fs
kernel-copy image. If you're using any other SCSI host adapter,
you'll need the kcoth12.fs image. If you're using a non-SCSI disk
controller, either kernel-copy disk image will work for you.
If you are installing for the first time, you want an inst12D.fs or
insts12D.fs floppy image. The second is the "small installation" disk
for four meg machines. If you are upgrading, you want an upgr12D.fs or
an upgrs12D.fs floppy.
If you are using a UN*X-like system to write the floppy images to
disks, you should use the "dd" command to copy the file system images
@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ use the "rawrite" utility, provided in the "i386/utilities" directory
of the NetBSD distribution. It will write the file system images (.fs
files) to disks.
Note that, when installing, the kernel-copy floppy can be write-protected
(i.e. read-only), but the install floppy MUST not be write-protected.
The install program needs to write some temporary files, and if the
disk is write-protected, it can't. If you're upgrading your system,
both the kernel-copy and upgrade floppies may be write-protected.
Note that, when installing or upgrading, the floppy can be
write-protected if you wish. These systems mount ramdisks as their
root file systems once booted, and will not need to write to the
floppy itself at any time -- indeed, once booted, the floppy may be
removed from the disk drive.
Obviously, the steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets for
installation or upgrade depend on which installation medium you