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167 lines
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.\" $NetBSD: xfer,v 1.10 2002/06/30 13:03:41 lukem Exp $
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.so ../common/xfer
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.Ss2 Creating boot tapes
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.
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Fetch the bootable bootfs image from
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.Pp
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.Dl Pa \&.../NetBSD-\*V/\*M/installation/bootfs/boot.fs
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.Pp
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and write it on the beginning of the tape.
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Under
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.Nx
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this is done (for MSCP tape, with SCSI tape the name is
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.Li nrst0 )
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via:
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.Pp
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.Dl # Ic "mt -f /dev/nrmt0 rewind"
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.Dl # Ic "dd if=boot.fs of=/dev/nrmt0"
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.Dl # Ic "mt -f /dev/nrmt0 rewoffl"
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.Pp
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Under
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.Tn Ultrix
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the tape name is different:
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.Pp
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.Dl # Ic "mt -f /dev/rmt0h rewind"
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.Dl # Ic "dd if=boot.fs of=/dev/rmt0h"
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.Dl # Ic "mt -f /dev/rmt0h rewoffl"
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.Pp
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Of course, if you have a tape unit other than unit 0 you have to use
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the corresponding unit number.
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.Pp
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If you wish to install the sets from tape then stage you will need to
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download the *.tgz files from
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.Pp
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.Dl Pa \&.../NetBSD-\*V/\*M/binary/sets Ns Ar {50,33}
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.Pp
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(if your disk is less than 200 MB you will probably want to exclude the
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X sets) and then before the
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.Ic "mt ... rewoffl"
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run
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.Pp
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.Dl # Ic "tar -cvf /dev/nrmt0 *.tgz"
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.Pp
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When you have booted the bootfs and completed the disk partitioning
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you will be prompted to
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.Ic select medium
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for install.
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At this point you will need to press
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.Key CONTROL-Z
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to suspend the install tool, then
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.Pp
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.Dl # Ic "cd /mnt"
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.Dl # Ic "mt -f /dev/nrmt0 rewind"
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.Dl # Ic "mt -f /dev/nrmt0 fsf"
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.Dl # Ic "tar -xvf /dev/nrmt0"
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.Dl # Ic "fg"
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.Pp
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then select
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.Dq "install from local dir"
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and give
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.Pa /mnt .
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.(Note
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If your disk is small you will need to be careful about filling it up.
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.Note)
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.Pp
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If you are using any other OS to create bootable tapes, remember that
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the blocksize
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.Em must
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be 512 for the file to be bootable!
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Otherwise it just won't work.
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.
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.Ss2 Creating boot floppies
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.
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Fetch the bootable bootfs image from
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.Pp
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.Dl Pa \&.../NetBSD-\*V/\*M/installation/bootfs/boot.fs
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.Pp
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and
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.Ic gunzip
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it.
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It is a 1.2MB bootable image that will boot from any
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floppy of size 1.2MB and bigger.
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Note that you
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.Em cannot
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install from RX50 floppies due to the small size.
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This may change in the future.
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.Pp
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All floppies except RX50 use a standardized format for storing data
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so writing the bootfs to the floppy can be done on any PC.
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From
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.Tn MS-DOS
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the preferred way to do this is using
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.Ic rawrite.exe .
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.
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.Ss2 Booting from NFS server
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.
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All VAXen that can boot over network uses MOP, a
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.Tn DEC
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protocol.
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To be able to use MOP, a MOP daemon must be present on one of
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the machines on the local network.
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The boot principle is:
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.(bullet -compact -offset indent
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The VAX broadcast a wish to load an image.
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.It
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A mopd answers and send the boot program to the VAX.
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.It
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The boot program does rarp/bootp requests, mounts the root file system
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and loads the kernel.
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.It
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The kernel is loaded and starts executing.
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.bullet)
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.Pp
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If your machine has a disk and network connection, it may be
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convenient for you to install
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.Nx
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over the network.
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This involves temporarily booting your machine over NFS, just long enough
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so you can initialize its disk.
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This method requires that you have access to an NFS server on your network
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so you can configure it to support diskless boot for your machine.
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Configuring the NFS server is normally a task for a system administrator,
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and is not trivial.
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.Pp
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If you are using a
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.Nx
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system as the boot-server, have a look at
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the
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.Xr diskless 8
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manual page for guidelines on how to proceed with this.
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If the server runs another operating system, consult the
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documentation that came with it.
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(I.e.
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.Xr add_client 8
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on
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.Tn SunOS . )
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.Pp
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There is also very useful documentation at
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.Lk http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/network/netboot/
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.Pp
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You also must install a MOP loader.
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If you are booting from another
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.Nx
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machine, the MOP daemons are included in the distribution,
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otherwise you may have to install a MOP loader.
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A loader can be found at
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.Lk ftp.stacken.kth.se:/pub/OS/NetBSD/mopd
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Fetch the latest and read the
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installation instructions.
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.Pp
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The file that should be loaded is called boot and is located in
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.Pp
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.Dl Pa \&.../NetBSD-\*V/\*M/installation/netboot/boot
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.Pp
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The kernel to load is the same kernel as the bootfs uses and can
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be found in
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.Pp
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.Dl Pa \&.../NetBSD-\*V/\*M/installation/netboot/netbsd.ram.gz
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.Pp
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From the install program started in the kernel the rest of the system
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can be installed.
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There is also a very good (if somewhat out of date) FAQ for netbooting
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VAXen at
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.Lk http://world.std.com/~bdc/projects/vaxen/VAX-netboot-HOWTO.html
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that describes netbooting of VAXen from many different OS'es.
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