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38 lines
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.\" $NetBSD: xfer,v 1.8 2002/06/30 12:15:13 lukem Exp $
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The
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.Sq standard
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method of getting
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.Nx*M
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onto your \*M is
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via the console terminal and using the downloading parts of the
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ROM monitor.
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As such, usually another computer has the distribution
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on disk and is connected via a serial line to your \*M's console port.
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A terminal connected to the attached host computer is used
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to access the \*M console via a terminal program.
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The source for a program called download is part of this distribution.
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Download sends data to the ROM monitor over the serial line.
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.Pp
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You may need to find and read the documentation about the ROM monitor
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download command and other low level commands.
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.Pp
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Other methods of getting
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.Nx*M
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on your \*M may include
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SCSI tape or SCSI floppy disk or cloning a disk on a system
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already running
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.Nx*M .
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.Pp
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If you have some operating system already running on your \*M,
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you can use that OS to get
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.Nx*M
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on a hard disk much easier than
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with the ROM monitor.
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.Nx*M
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was developed from Minix/\*M
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until it was self hosting.
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You can run
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.Nx
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and Minix or other OS off the same disk.
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