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.\" $NetBSD: xfer,v 1.17 2000/03/13 22:37:13 soren Exp $
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.\"(
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.Pp
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Installation is supported from several media types, including:
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.Bl -bullet -compact
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.It
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FTP
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.It
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.No Remote Tn NFS No partition
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.It
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DOS floppies
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.El
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.Pp
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No matter which installation medium you choose, you'll need to have a
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floppy disk (either 1.2M or 1.44M will work). You'll put the boot
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floppy image ("boot1.fs" and "boot2.fs" for 1.44M floppies,
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"boot-tiny.fs" for 1.2M floppies) onto this disk, which contains
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software to install or upgrade your
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.Nx
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system. Note that the "boot-tiny.fs" image is tailored for "small"
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machines, this install image does not have drivers for PCI, PCMCIA,
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EISA or SCSI (i.e. ISA-only), but can be used on machines with only
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4MB of RAM.
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.Pp
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If you are using a UN*X-like system to write the floppy images to
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disks, you should use the
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.Xr dd
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command to copy the file system image(s)
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(.fs file) directly to the raw floppy disk. It is suggested that you
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read the
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.Xr dd 1
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manual page or ask your system administrator to determine the correct
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set of arguments to use; it will be slightly different from system to
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system, and a comprehensive list of the possibilities is beyond the
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scope of this document.
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.Pp
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If you are using
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.Tn DOS
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to write the floppy image(s) to floppy disk, you should use the
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.Li rawrite
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utility, provided in the
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.Pa i386/utilities
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directory of the
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.Nx
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distribution. It will write a file system image (.fs file) to a floppy
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disk.
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.Pp
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Note that, when installing or upgrading, the floppy can be
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write-protected if you wish. These systems mount ramdisks as their
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root file systems once booted, and will not need to write to the
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floppy itself at any time -- indeed, once booted, the floppy may be
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removed from the disk drive.
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.Pp
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Obviously, the steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets for
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installation or upgrade depend on which installation medium you
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choose. The steps for the various media are outlined below.
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.Pp
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To install or upgrade
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.Nx
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using
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.Tn DOS
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floppies, you need to do the following:
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.
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.Bl -bullet
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.It
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Count the number of
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.Ar set_name.xx
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files that make up the
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distribution sets you want to install or upgrade. You will
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need one fifth that number of 1.2M floppies, or one sixth that
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number of 1.44M floppies. You should only use one size of
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floppy for the install or upgrade procedure; you can't use
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some 1.2M floppies and some 1.44M floppies.
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.It
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Format all of the floppies with
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.Tn DOS .
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.Em \&Do not
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make any of them bootable
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.Tn DOS
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floppies, i.e. don't use
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.Li format/s
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to format them. (If the floppies are bootable, then the
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.Tn DOS
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system
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files that make them bootable will take up some space, and you
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won't be able to fit as many distribution set parts per disk.)
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If you're using floppies that are formatted for
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.Tn DOS
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by their
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manufacturers, they probably aren't bootable, and you can use
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them out of the box.
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.It
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Place all of the
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.Ar set_name.xx No files on the
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.Tn DOS
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disks, five per disk if you're using 1.2M disks, six per disk if you're
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using 1.44M disks. How you do this is up to you; there are
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many possibilities. You could, for instance, use a DOS
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terminal program to download them on to the floppies, or use
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a UN*X-like system capable of reading and writing
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.Tn DOS
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file systems (either with "mtools" or a real
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.Tn DOS
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file system) to place them on the disk.
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.Pp
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Once you have the files on
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.Tn DOS
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disks, you can start the actual installation or upgrade process.
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.El
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.
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.Pp
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To install or upgrade
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.Nx
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using NFS, you must do the following:
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.
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.\"(
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.Bl -bullet
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.It
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Place the
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.Nx
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distribution sets you wish to install into a
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directory on an
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.Tn NFS
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server, and make that directory mountable
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by the machine on which you are installing or upgrading
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.Nx .
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This will probably require modifying the
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.Pa /etc/exports
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file on the
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.Tn NFS
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server and resetting its mount daemon (mountd).
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(Both of these actions will probably require superuser
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privileges on the server.)
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.It
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You need to know the numeric IP address of the
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.Tn NFS
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server,
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and, if the server is not on a network directly connected to
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the machine on which you're installing or upgrading
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.Nx ,
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you need to know the numeric IP address of the router closest
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to the
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.Nx
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machine. Finally, you need to know the numeric
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IP address of the
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.Nx
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machine itself. The install
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program will ask you to provide this information to be able
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to access the sets.
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.Pp
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Once the
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.Tn NFS
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server is set up properly and you have the
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information mentioned above, you can start the actual
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installation or upgrade process.
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.El
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.\")
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.
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.Pp
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To install or upgrade
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.Nx
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by using FTP to get the installation
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sets, you must do the following:
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.
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.Bl -bullet
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.It
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The preparations for this installation/upgrade method are
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easy; all you make sure that there's some FTP site from which
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you can retrieve the
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.Nx
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distribution when you're about to
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install or upgrade. You need to know the numeric IP address
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of that site, and, if it's not on a network directly connected
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to the machine on which you're installing or upgrading
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.Nx ,
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you need to know the numeric IP address of the router closest
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to the
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.Nx
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machine. Finally, you need to know the numeric
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IP address of the
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.Nx
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machine itself. The install program
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will ask you to provide this information to be able to access
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the sets via ftp.
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.Pp
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Once you have this information, you can proceed to the actual
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installation or upgrade.
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.El
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.\")
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.
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.Pp
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If you are upgrading
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.Nx ,
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you also have the option of installing
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.Nx
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by putting the new distribution sets somewhere in your existing
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file system, and using them from there. To do that, you must do the
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following:
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.
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.\"(
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.Bl -bullet
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.It
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Place the distribution sets you wish to upgrade somewhere in
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your current file system tree. Please note that the
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.Pa /dev
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on the floppy used for upgrades only knows about wd0, wd1, sd0, sd1
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and sd2. If you have more than two IDE drives or more than
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three SCSI drives, you should take care not to place the sets
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on the high numbered drives.
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.It
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At a bare minimum, you must upgrade the
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.Sy base
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and
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.Sy kern
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binary distribution, and so must put the
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.Sy base
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and
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.Sy kern
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sets somewhere in your file system. If you wish,
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you can do the other sets, as well, but you should NOT upgrade
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the
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.Sy etc
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distribution; it contains systems
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configuration files that you should review and update by hand.
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.Pp
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Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next step in
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the upgrade process, actually upgrading your system.
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.El
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.\")
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.\")
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