Guide for the Impatient ----------------------- $NetBSD: QUICK.INSTALL,v 1.2 1998/11/16 07:58:38 simonb Exp $ NetBSD 1.3.3 includes the install materials on CD. However, we cannot make a single CD bootable on a dozen systems, so the CD cannot be booted directly in a DECstation. If your DECstation already has an OS installed and has a CD-ROM drive, you can install NetBSD by mounting the CD and copying a miniroot to your swap partition. NOTE: You should still read the INSTALL notes at the top of the pmax section of the CD or FTP area (in the same directory as these quick installation notes). There will be information in the INSTALL notes that is not covered here. In the following instructions, lines starting with a # character are comments and are not typed in. It is also assumed that your CD-ROM drive is at SCSI id 4, and your disk is at SCSI id 0. NOTE FOR ULTRIX UPGRATES: You will need the existing Ultrix root filesystem at least 24MB in size (32MB is preferable), and the following swap partition to be at least 32MB (to fit the miniroot). Remember to use the same root filesystem size and swap partition offset when you set up your disk layout in sysinst. Writing down the output of 'chpt -q /dev/rrzXc' would be a good idea. If you have a smaller root filesystem, but extra room in your swap partition (for example a 16MB root filesystem but a 48MB swap partition), you can move the start of the swap partition forward and leave a "gap" between the existing root filesystem and the swap partition. If you have any questions, send them to the NetBSD/pmax mailling list at port-pmax@NetBSD.ORG . Under Ultrix, do: # Boot into single user mode boot -f rz(0,0,0)vmunix # on 2100, 3100 boot 5/rz0/vmunix # on 5000/200 boot 3/rz0/vmunix # on all other models # At the single-user root prompt mkdir -p /cdrom mount -r -t cdfs -o nodefperm,noversion /dev/rz4c /cdrom # NOTE: Ultrix doesn't have rock ridge extensions, so leave out # everything between the first and last . in the paths on # the CD. PATH=$PATH:/cdrom/NetBSD-1.3/pmax/installation/misc; export PATH # Check that your swap partition is at least 32Mbytes chpt -q /dev/rz0c # Look at the "b" partition, you'll need at least 65536 blocks # Put the netbsd kernel on the root filesystem cd /cdrom/NetBSD-1.3/pmax/binary/kernel gunzip -c netbsd.ecoff.gz > /netbsd # Copy the diskimage to the swap partition cd ../../installation/diskimage gunzip -c diskimage.gz | dd of=/dev/rrz0b bs=32k # ... halt and follow install from instructions for booting diskimage # from swap partition, using netbsd as the kernel name halt boot -f rz(0,0,0)netbsd n # on 2100, 3100 boot 5/rz0/netbsd n # on 5000/200 boot 3/rz0/netbsd n # on all other models [... Kernel boot meessages and copyright...] boot device: rz0 root device (default rz0a): rz0b # enter "rz0b" for root device dump device (default rz0b): none # enter "none" for dump device file system (default generic): # press at this prompt root on rz0b WARNING: clock gained 50 days -- CHECK AND RESET THE DATE! root file system type: ffs Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for sh: # Now proceed to instructions in the INSTALL document for running sysinst From an earlier version of NetBSD (or OpenBSD), do: # Boot into single user mode boot -f rz(0,0,0)netbsd # on 2100, 3100 boot 5/rz0/netbsd # on 5000/200 boot 3/rz0/netbsd # on all other models # At the single-user root prompt mount -u / mount -r /usr # if /usr is on a separate filesystem mkdir -p /cdrom mount -r -t cd9660 /dev/rz4c /cdrom # Check that your swap partition is at least 32Mbytes disklabel rz0 # Look at the "b" partition, you'll need at least 65536 blocks # Put the new netbsd kernel on the root filesystem cd /cdrom/NetBSD-1.3.3/pmax/binary/kernel gunzip -c netbsd.gz > /netbsd-1.3.3 # Copy the diskimage to the swap partition cd ../../installation/diskimage gunzip -c diskimage.gz | dd of=/dev/rrz0b bs=32k # ... halt and follow install from instructions for booting diskimage # from swap partition, using netbsd-1.3.3 as the kernel name halt boot -f rz(0,0,0)netbsd-1.3.3 n # on 2100, 3100 boot 5/rz0/netbsd-1.3.3 n # on 5000/200 boot 3/rz0/netbsd-1.3.3 n # on all other models [... Kernel boot meessages and copyright...] boot device: rz0 root device (default rz0a): rz0b # enter "rz0b" for root device dump device (default rz0b): none # enter "none" for dump device file system (default generic): # press at this prompt root on rz0b WARNING: clock gained 50 days -- CHECK AND RESET THE DATE! root file system type: ffs Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for sh: # Now proceed to instructions in the INSTALL document for running sysinst If your machine has Ultrix and your network bandwith can sustain FTPing 10 Megabytes to get the initial diskimage, you can fetch the diskimage via FTP. Something similar will also work for a network connected NetBSD machine - the main change would be to not get the Ultrix version of gunzip from the FTP site. # While still in multi-user mode, ftp files to a local filesystem # check for 12MB free space - need ~2MB on / and ~10MB on # /place/for/files df cd /place/for/files # Connect to the NetBSD ftp archive or whatever your local # "mirror" site is. ftp ftp.netbsd.org Name: ftp Password: your@email.address ftp> bin ftp> cd /pub/NetBSD/NetbSD-1.3.3/pmax/installation/misc ftp> get gunzip ftp> cd ../diskimage ftp> get diskimage.gz ftp> cd ../../binary/kernel ftp> get netbsd.ecoff.gz ftp> quit chmod 755 gunzip ./gunzip -c < netbsd.ecoff.gz > /netbsd # Shutdown and boot into single user mode shutdown -h now boot -f rz(0,0,0)vmunix # on 2100, 3100 boot 5/rz0/vmunix # on 5000/200 boot 3/rz0/vmunix # on all other models # At the single-user root prompt mount -a -t ufs cd /place/for/files # Copy the diskimage to the swap partition ./gunzip -c diskimage.gz | dd of=/dev/rrz0b bs=32k # ... halt and follow install from instructions for booting diskimage # from swap partition, using netbsd as the kernel name halt boot -f rz(0,0,0)netbsd n # on 2100, 3100 boot 5/rz0/netbsd n # on 5000/200 boot 3/rz0/netbsd n # on all other models [... Kernel boot meessages and copyright...] boot device: rz0 root device (default rz0a): rz0b # enter "rz0b" for root device dump device (default rz0b): none # enter "none" for dump device file system (default generic): # press at this prompt root on rz0b WARNING: clock gained 50 days -- CHECK AND RESET THE DATE! root file system type: ffs Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for sh: # Now proceed to instructions in the INSTALL document for running sysinst