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.\" $NetBSD: xfer,v 1.14 2002/06/29 09:46:39 lukem Exp $
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Installation is supported from several media types, including:
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.Pp
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.(bullet -compact -offset indent
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.Tn GEMDOS Ns / Ns Tn TOS No HD partitions
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.It
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Tape
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.bullet)
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.Pp
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No matter what you do, however, you'll need to have three disks handy,
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on which you will put the install and boot floppy images.
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.Pp
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All the images are available from the directory
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.Pa installation/floppies
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under the root of the
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.Nx*M
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tree at your favorite archive site.
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.Pp
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If you are using
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.Nx*M
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to make the floppies, you should use
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the command
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.Xr dd 1
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to write the raw floppy images (.fs files) to
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the disk.
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As an example, to write the first part of the miniroot file system
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onto a 720 KB floppy in fd0 use:
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.Pp
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.Dl # Ic "dd if=miniroot.fs.1 of=/dev/rfd0b bs=9b"
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.Pp
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If you are using
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.Tn TOS
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to make the floppies, grab the
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.Ic rawwrite
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utility from the
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.Pa \*M/utils
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directory and issue the command:
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.Pp
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.Dl Ic "rawwrite boot.fs"
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.Pp
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This will create the boot-floppy on the floppy in drive a.
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The floppies should be pre-formatted on 720 KB / 1.44 MB for both the
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.Ic dd
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and
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.Ic rawwrite
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commands to work.
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Pre-formatting can be best done using the desktop format command.
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Some other utilities seem to be giving problems.
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.Pp
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Since the 1.3 release, it is also possible to use HD-floppies.
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You should than use the floppy device
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.Pa /dev/rfd0c
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or add the
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.Fl H
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flag to
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.Ic rawwrite .
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.Pp
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The steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets
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for installation depend on which method of installation
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you choose.
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The various methods are explained below.
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.(tag GEMDOSxx
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.It Tn GEMDOS
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To install
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.Nx
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from a
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.Tn GEMDOS
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partition, you need to get the
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.Nx
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distribution sets you wish to install
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on your system on to a
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.Tn GEMDOS
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partition.
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.Pp
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Note where you placed the files, you will need this later.
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.Pp
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Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next
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step in the installation process, preparing your hard disk.
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.It Em Tape
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To install
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.Nx
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from a tape, you need to somehow
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get the
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.Nx
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filesets you wish to install on
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your system on to the appropriate kind of tape.
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If you make the tape on a
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.Ul
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system, you can create it as follows:
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.Pp
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.Dl # Ic "cd .../NetBSD-\*V/\*M/binary/sets"
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.Dl # Ic "T=\*<tape_device\*>"
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.Dl # Ic "mt -f $T rewind"
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.Dl # Ic "for f in base etc comp games man misc text"
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.Dl Ic "\ \ \ \ dd if=$f.tgz of=$T conv=sync bs=5k"
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.Dl # Ic "done"
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.Dl # Ic "mt -f $T rewind"
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.Pp
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where
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.Dq \*<tape_device\*>
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is the name of the (non-rewinding!) tape
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device that you're using (probably something like
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.Pa /dev/nrst0 ,
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but we make no guarantees 8-).
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If you can't figure it out, ask your system administrator.
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.Pp
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Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next
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step in the installation process, preparing your hard disk.
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.tag)
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