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$NetBSD: install,v 1.15 1998/02/01 16:17:08 is Exp $
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Installing NetBSD is a relatively complex process, but, if you have
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this document in hand and are careful to read and remember the
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information which is presented to you by the install program, it
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shouldn't be too much trouble.
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Before you begin, you must have already prepared your hard disk as
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detailed in the section on preparing your system for install.
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The following is a walk-through of the steps necessary to get NetBSD
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installed on your hard disk. If you wish to stop the installation,
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you may hit Control-C at any prompt, but if you do, you'll have to
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begin again from scratch.
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Transfer the miniroot file system onto the hard disk partition
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used by NetBSD for swapping, as described in the "Preparing
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your System for NetBSD Installation" section above.
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* Booting from AmigaOS, using loadbsd:
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You then need to have "ixemul.library" in your LIBS: directory
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on AmigaDOS. You also need to have the "loadbsd" program
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in your command path. If AmigaDOS complains about loadbsd
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not being an executable file, be sure that the "Execute"
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protection bit is set. If not, set it with the command:
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Protect loadbsd add e
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Next you need to get yourself into NetBSD by loading the
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kernel from AmigaDOS with loadbsd like so:
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loadbsd -b netbsd
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If you have an AGA machine, and your monitor will handle
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the dblNTSC mode, you may also include the "-A" option to
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enable the dblNTSC display mode.
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If your machine has a fragmented physical memory space, as,
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e.g., DraCo machines, you should add the "-n2" option to
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enable the use of all memory segments.
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* Directly booting NetBSD, with boot blocks installed:
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[This description is for V40 (OS 3.1) ROMs. For older ROMs,
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there might be small differences. Check your AmigaOS documentation
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to learn about the exact procedure.]
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[XXX should note someplace that using bootblocks may not work on some
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systems, and may require a mountable filesystem on others?]
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Reboot your machine, holding down both mouse buttons if you
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have a 2-button mouse, the outer mouse buttons if you have
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a 3-button mouse. On the DraCo, press the left mouse button
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instead, when the boot screen prompts you for it.
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From the boot menu, select "Boot Options".
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Select the swap partition with the miniroot, and then "ok".
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Select "Boot" now. The machine will boot the bootblock, which
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will prompt your for a command line. You have a few seconds time
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to change the default. Entering an empty line will accept the
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default.
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The bootblock uses command lines of the form:
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file options
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where file is the kernel file name on the partition where the
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boot block is on, and options are the same as with loadbsd.
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E.g., instead of "loadbsd -bsSn2 netbsd" use "netbsd -bsSn2".
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* Once your kernel boots:
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You should see the screen clear and some information about
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your system as the kernel configures the hardware. Note which
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hard disk device(s) are configured (sd0, sd1, etc). Then
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you will be prompted for a root device. At this time type
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'sd0b', where 'sd0' is the device which contains the swap
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partition you created during the hard disk preparation.
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When prompted for a dump device, answer 'none' for the upgrade
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(normally, you would tell it one of the swap devices). When
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prompted for the root filesystem type, confirm 'generic', which
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will auto-detect it.
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If the system should hang after entering the root device, try
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again with
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loadbsd -I ff -b netbsd
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This disables synchronous transfer on all SCSI devices.
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The system should continue to boot. For now ignore WARNING:
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messages about bad dates in clocks, and a warning about /etc/rc
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not existing. Eventually you will be be asked to enter the
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pathname of the shell, just hit return. After a short while,
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you will be asked to select the type of your keyboard. After
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you have entered a valid response here, the system asks you if
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you want to install or upgrade your system. Since you are
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reading the 'install' section, 'i' would be the proper
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response here...
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The installer starts with a nice welcome messages. Read this
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message carefully, it also informs you of the risks involved
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in continuing! If you still want to go on, type 'y'. The
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installer now continues by trying to figure out your disk
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configuration. When it is done, you will be prompted to
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select a root device from the list of disks it has found.
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You should know at this point that the disks are NOT numbered
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according to their scsi-id! The NetBSD kernel numbers the scsi
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drives (and other devices on the scsi bus) sequentially as it
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finds them. The drive with the lowest scsi id will be called sd0,
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the next one sd1, etc. Also, any Amiga internal IDE disk drives
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will be configured as "SCSI" drives, and will be configured
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before any 'real' SCSI drives (if any are present).
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YOU ARE NOW AT THE POINT OF NO RETURN. If you confirm that
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you want to install NetBSD, your hard drive will be modified,
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and perhaps its contents scrambled at the whim of the install
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program. Type Control-C NOW if you don't want this.
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At this time, you will need to tell the installer which partition
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will be associated with the different filesystems.
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The install program will now make the the file systems you
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specified. There should be only one error per file system in
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this section of the installation. It will look like this:
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newfs: ioctl (WDINFO): Invalid argument
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newfs: /dev/rsd0a: can't rewrite disk label
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If there are any others, restart from the the beginning of
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the installation process. This error is ok as the Amiga
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does not write disklabels currently. You should expect
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this error whenever using newfs.
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The install will now ask you want to configure any network
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information. It ill ask for the machine's host name, domain
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name, and other network configuration information.
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Since the network configuration might have lead to additional (nfs)
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filesystem entries, you get another chance to modify your fstab.
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You are finally at the point where some real data will be put on
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your freshly made filesystems. Select the device type you wish
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to install from and off you go....
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Some notes:
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- If you want to install from tape, please read the section
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about how to create such a tape.
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- Some tapes (e.g. Archive Viper 150) refuse to operate with
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the default tape density ("nrst0"). Try "nrst0h",
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"nrst0m", or "nrst0l" instead.
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- Install at least the base and etc sets.
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- If you have to specify a path relative to the mount-point and
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you need the mount-point itself, enter '.'.
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Next you will be asked to specify the timezone. Just select the
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timezone you are in. The installer will make the correct setup
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on your root filesystem. After the timezone-link is installed,
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the installer will proceed by creating the device nodes on your
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root filesystem.
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Be patient, this will take a while...
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Finally, the installer ask you if you want to install the bootblock
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code on your root disk. This is a matter of personal choice and can
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also be done from a running NetBSD system. See the 'installboot(8)'
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manual page about how to do this.
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Once the installer is done, halt the system with the "halt" command
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(wait for "halted" to be displayed) and reboot. Then again boot
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NetBSD this time with the command:
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loadbsd netbsd
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or select the root partition from the boot menu, and tell it to boot
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netbsd -s
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You need to do your final tweaks now. First mount your file systems
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like so:
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mount -av
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Your system is now complete but not completely configured; you
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should adjust the /etc/sendmail.cf file as necessary to suit your
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site. You should also examine and adjust the settings in /etc/rc.conf.
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You can use vi or ed to edit the files. If you installed the man pages
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you can type `man vi' or `man ed' for instructions on how to use these
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somewhat non-intuitive editors.
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Once you are done with the rest of configuration unmount your file
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systems and halt your system, then reboot:
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cd /
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umount -av
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halt
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<reboot>
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Finally you can now boot your system and it will be completely
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functional:
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loadbsd -a netbsd
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When it boots off of the hard drive, you will have a complete
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NetBSD system! CONGRATULATIONS! (You really deserve them!!!)
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