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.\" $NetBSD: sysinst,v 1.4 1999/05/04 20:20:35 fvdl Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the NetBSD
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.\" Foundation, Inc. and its contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its
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.\" contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
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.\" from this software without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS
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.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
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.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS
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.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
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.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
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.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
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.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
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.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
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.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
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.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.de (pcmcia
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. Bl -tag -width x[PCMCIA]x
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.It [ Tn PCMCIA ]
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.Ss2 "Running the Sysinst Installation Program"
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.Bl -enum
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.It_need
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.Em Introduction
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.Pp
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Using
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.Ic sysinst ,
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installing
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.Nx
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is a relatively easy process. You
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still should read this document and have it in hand when doing the
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installation process. This document tries to be a good guideline
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for the installation and as such covers many details to be completed.
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Do not let this discourage you, the install program is not hard
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to use.
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.
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.if !r_pmax \{\
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.It_need
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.Em Possible Tn PCMCIA Em issues
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.Pp
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There is a serious bug that may make installation of
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.Nx
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on
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.Tn PCMCIA
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machines difficult. This bug does not make
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.Em use
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of
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.Tn PCMCIA
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difficult once a machine is installed. If you do not have
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.Tn PCMCIA
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on your
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machine
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.Op Tn PCMCIA
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is only really used on laptop machines), you
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can skip this section, and ignore the
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.Dq Bq Tn PCMCIA
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notes.
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.Pp
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This will explains how to work around the installation problem.
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.Pp
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What is the bug: The kernel keeps careful track of what interrupts
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and i/o ports are in use during autoconfiguration. It then allows
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the
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.Tn PCMCIA
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devices to pick unused interrupts and ports.
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Unfortunately, not all devices are included in the
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.Tn Li INSTALL
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kernels in order to save space. Let's say your laptop has a
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soundblaster device built in. The
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.Tn Li INSTALL
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kernel has no sound support. The
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.Tn PCMCIA No code might allocate your soundblaster's
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.Tn IRQ No and I/O ports to
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.Tn PCMCIA
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devices, causing them not to work. This
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is especially bad if one of the devices in question is your
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ethernet card.
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.Pp
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This problem will impact some, but not all, users of
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.Tn PCMCIA .
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If this bug is affecting you, watch the
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.Bq Tn PCMCIA
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notes that will appear in this document.
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.if r_i386 \{\
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.Pp
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If the kernel by default allocates an interrupt for PCMCIA which is
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allocated to other (typically undetected) hardware, you may use a
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workaround by booting the install kernel with "boot -d" to drop into
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DDB (the in-kernel debugger) and set pcic_isa_intr_alloc_mask to mask
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out the offending interrupt before continuing. By default the kernel
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masks out IRQ 10, and the corresponding mask is 0xfbff.
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.\}
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.\}
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.It_need
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.Em General
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.Pp
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The following is a walk-through of the steps you will take while
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getting
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.Nx
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installed on your hard disk.
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.Ic sysinst
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is a menu driven
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installation system that allows for some freedom in doing the
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installation. Sometimes, questions will be asked and in many cases
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the default answer will be displayed in brackets
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.Pq Dq \&[\ ]
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after the question. If you wish to stop the installation, you may hit Control-C
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at any time, but if you do, you'll have to begin the installation
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process again from scratch.
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.It_need
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.Em Quick install
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.Pp
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First, let's describe a quick install. The other sections of
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this document go into the installation procedure in more
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detail, but you may find that you do not need this. If you
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want detailed instructions, skip to section 3. This section
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describes a basic installation, using a CD-ROM install as
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an example.
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.Pp
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.Bl -bullet
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.It_need
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What you need.
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.Bl -hyphen
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.It_need
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The distribution sets (in this example, they are on CD).
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.if !r_pmax \{\
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.It_need
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.ie r_alpha Two floppy disks.
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.ie r_i386 Two 1.44M 3.5" floppy disks.
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.el One 1.44M 3.5" floppy.
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.\}
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.It_need
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.if r_i386 A PC with a 386 or newer processor.
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A CD-ROM drive (SCSI or ATAPI), a harddisk and a minimum of
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.if r_alpha 32Mb
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.if r_i386 4Mb
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.if r_pmax 8Mb
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of memory installed.
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.It_need
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The harddisk should have at least
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.if r_alpha 200
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.if r_i386 70
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.if r_pmax 200
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+
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.Em n
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megabytes of
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space free, where
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.Em n
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is the number of megabytes of
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main memory in your system. If you wish to install
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the X window system as well, you will need at least
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60Mb more.
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.El
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.if r_i386 \{\
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.It_need
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Creating the boot floppies.
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You can create the floppies needed for installation
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under DOS or Windows. Supposing your 1.44M floppy
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drive is drive A:, and your CD is drive E: do the
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following from an MS-DOS command prompt:
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.D1 Ic "\&e:
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.D1 Ic "\&cd \eNetBSD-\*V\einstallation\emisc
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.D1 Ic "\&rawrite
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When asked for a source filename, answer
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.if r_i386 .D1 Ic \&..\efloppy\eboot1.fs for the first diskette and
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.if r_i386 .D1 Ic \&..\efloppy\eboot2.fs for the second diskette
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.if r_alpha .D1 Em \&(...alpha installation root) Ns Ic \efloppy\edisk1of2
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When asked for a destination drive answer
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.D1 Ic a
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.It_need
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To create a bootfloppy under
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.Nx
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or other UNIX-like system, you
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would type something like:
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.D1 Ic "dd if=.../boot1.fs bs=18k of=/dev/rfd0a
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.\}
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.It_need
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The Quick Installation
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.Bl -hyphen
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.It_need
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.ie r_pmax \{\
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Boot the system as desribed in the previous section. You
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should be at the
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.Ic sysinst
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main menu.
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.\}
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.el \{\
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Insert the
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.ie r_i386 first
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.ie r_alpha first
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boot floppy you just created.
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.ie r_i386 Restart
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.el Boot
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the computer.
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.if r_alpha Type
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.if r_alpha .Dl \&\*>\*>\*> Ic "B DVA0
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.if r_i386 When prompted, insert the second boot floppy.
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The main menu will be displayed.
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.\}
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.It_need
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If you wish, you can configure some network settings
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immediately by choosing the
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.Me utilities
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menu and then
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.Me configure network .
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It isn't actually required at this point, but
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it may be more convenient. Go back to the main menu.
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.It_need
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Choose
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.Me install
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.It_need
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You will be guided through some steps regarding the
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setup of your disk, and the selection of distributed components
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to install. When in doubt, refer to the rest of this document for details.
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.It_need
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After your disk has been prepared, choose
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.Me CD-ROM
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as the medium. The default values for the path and device should be ok.
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.It_need
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After all the files have been unpacked, go back to
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the main menu and select
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.Me reboot ,
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after you have removed the bootfloppy from the drive.
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.It_need
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.Nx
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will now boot. You should log in as
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.Li root ,
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and set a password for that account. You are also
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advised to edit the file
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.Pa /etc/rc.conf No to match your system needs.
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.It_need
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Your installation is now complete.
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.It_need
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For configuring the X window system, if installed, see the files in
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.Dl /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc .
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Further information can be found on
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.Lk http://www.xfree86.org/
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.El
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.El
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.It_need
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.Em Booting
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.Nx
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.
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.ie r_pmax \{\
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.Pp
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Boot the system as desribed in the previous section.
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.\}
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.el \{\
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.(pcmcia
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Unplug your
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.Tn PCMCIA
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devices, so that they won't be found by
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.Nx .
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.pcmcia)
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.
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.
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.Pp
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Boot your machine using the boot floppy. The boot loader will
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start, and will print a countdown and begin booting.
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.Pp
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If the boot loader messages do not appear in a reasonable
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amount of time, you either have a bad boot floppy or a
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hardware problem. Try writing the install floppy image to
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a different disk, and using that.
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.if r_i386 \{\
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.Pp
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If that doesn't work, try booting after disabling your CPU's
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internal and external caches (if any). If it still doesn't
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work,
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.Nx
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probably can't be run on your hardware. This can
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probably be considered a bug, so you might want to report it.
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If you do, please include as many details about your system
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configuration as you can.
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.\}
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.Pp
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It will take a while to load the kernel from the floppy,
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probably around a minute or so, then, the kernel boot messages
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will be displayed. This may take a little while also, as
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.Nx
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will be probing your system to discover which hardware devices are
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installed.
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.if r_i386 \{\
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You may want to read the
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boot messages, to notice your disk's name and geometry. Its name
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will be something like
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.Li sd0
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or
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.Li wd0
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and the geometry will be
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printed on a line that begins with its name. As mentioned above,
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you may need your disk's geometry when creating NetBSD's partitions.
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You will also need to know the name, to tell
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.Ic sysinst
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on which disk
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to install.
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.\}
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The most important thing to know is that
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.Li wd0
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is NetBSD's name for your first IDE disk,
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.Li wd1
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the second, etc.
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.Li sd0
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is your first SCSI disk,
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.Li sd1
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the second, etc.
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.Pp
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Note that, once the system has finished booting, you need not
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leave the floppy in the disk drive.
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.if r_i386 \{\
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Earlier version of
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the
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.Nx
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install floppies mounted the floppy as the system's
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root partition, but the new installation floppies use a
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ramdisk file system and are no longer dependent on the floppy
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once it has booted.
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.\}
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.\}
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.Pp
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Once
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.Nx
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has booted and printed all the boot messages,
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you will be presented with a welcome message and a main menu.
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It will also include instructions for using the menus.
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.It_need
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.Em Network configuration
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.if !r_pmax \{\
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.(pcmcia
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You can skip this section, as you will only get data
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from floppy in the first part of the install.
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.pcmcia)
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.\}
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.Pp
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If you will not use network operation during the installation,
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but you do want your machine to be configured for networking once
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it is installed, you should first go to the utilities menu, and select
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.Ic Configure network option .
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If you only want to temporarily
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use networking during the installation, you can specify these
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parameters later. If you are not using Domain Name Service (DNS),
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you can give an empty response in reply to answers relating to
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this.
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.It_need
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.Em Installation drive selection and parameters
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.Pp
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To start the installation, select the menu option to install
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.Nx
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from the main menu.
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.Pp
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The first thing is to identify the disk on which you want to
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install
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.Nx .
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.Ic sysinst
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will report a list of disks it finds
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and ask you for your selection. Depending on how many disks
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are found, you may get a different message. You should see
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disk names like
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.ie r_pmax \{\
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.Li rz0
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or
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.Li rz1
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.\}
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.el \{\
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.Li wd0 ,
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.Li wd1 ,
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.Li sd0 ,
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or
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.Li sd1 .
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.if r_i386 \{\
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.Pp
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.Ic sysinst
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next tries to figure out the real and BIOS geometry
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of your disk. It will present you with the values it found,
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if any, and will give you a chance to change them.
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.\}
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.Pp
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Next, depending on whether you are using a
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.Li Pf wd Em x
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or
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.Li Pf wd Em x
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disk,
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you will either be asked for the type of disk
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.Pq Li Pf wd Em x
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you are
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using or you will be asked if you want to specify a fake geometry
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for your SCSI disk
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.Pq Li Pf sd Em x .
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The types of disk are be
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.Tn IDE, ST-506
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or
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.Tn ESDI .
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If you're installing on an
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.Tn ST-506
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or
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.Tn ESDI
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drive, you'll be asked if your disk supports automatic sector forwarding.
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If you are
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.Em sure
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that it does, reply affirmatively. Otherwise, the install
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program will automatically reserve space for bad144 tables.
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.\}
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.It_need
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.Em Partitioning the disk.
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.Bl -bullet
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.It_need
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Which portion of the disk to use.
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.Pp
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You will be asked if you want to use the entire disk or
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only part of the disk. If you decide to use the entire disk
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for
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.Nx ,
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it will be checked if there are already other
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systems present on the disk, and you will be asked to confirm
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whether you want to overwrite these.
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.Pp
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If you want to use the entire disk for
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.Nx ,
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you can skip
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the following section and go to
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.Em Editing the
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.Nx
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.Em disklabel .
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.if r_i386 \{\
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.It_need
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Editing the Master Boot Record.
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.Pp
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First, you will be prompted to specify the units of size
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that you want to express the sizes of the partitions in.
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You can either pick megabytes, cylinders or sectors.
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.Pp
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After this, you will be presented with the current values
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stored in the MBR, and will be given the opportunity to
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change, create or delete partitions. For each partition
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you can set the type, the start and the size. Setting the type to
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.Ic unused
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will delete a partition. You can
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also mark a partition as active, meaning that this is
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the one that the BIOS will start from at boot time.
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.Pp
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Be sure to mark the partition you want to boot from as active!
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.Pp
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After you are done editing the MBR, a sanity check
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will be done, checking for partitions that overlap.
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Depending on the BIOS capabilities of your machine and the
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parameters of the NetBSD partition you have specified, you
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may also be asked if you want to install newer bootcode in
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your MBR. If you have multiple operating systems on the
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disk that you are installing on, you will also be given
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the option to install a bootselector, that will allow you
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to pick the operating system to start up when your computer
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is (re-)started.
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.Pp
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If everything is ok, you can go on to the next step,
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editing the
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.Nx
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disklabel.
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.Pp
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.\}
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.It_need
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.Em Editing the
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.Nx
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.Em disklabel .
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.Pp
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The partition table of the
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.Nx
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part of a disk is called a
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.Em disklabel .
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There are 3 layouts for the
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.Nx
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part of the disk that you can pick from:
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.Ic Standard, Standard with X
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and
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.Ic Custom .
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The first two use a set of default
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values (that you can change) suitable for a normal
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installation, possibly including X. The last option
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lets you specify everything yourself.
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.Pp
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You will be presented with the current layout of the
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.Nx
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disklabel, and given a chance to change it.
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For each partition, you can set the type, offset and size,
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block and fragment size, and the mount point. The type
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that
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.Nx
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uses for normal file storage is called
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.Sy 4.2BSD .
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A swap partition has a special type called
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.Sy swap .
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.
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.
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.ie r_i386 \{\
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.
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.
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You can also specify a partition as type
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.Sy msdos .
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This is useful if you share the disk with
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.Tn MS-DOS
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or Windows95;
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.Nx
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|
is able to access the files on these partitions.
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|
You can use the values from the MBR for the MS-DOS part
|
|
of the disk to specify the partition of type
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|
.Sy msdos
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|
(you don't have to do this now, you can always re-edit
|
|
the disklabel to add this once you have installed NetBSD).
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|
.Pp
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|
Some partitions in the disklabel have a fixed purpose.
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|
Partition
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|
.Sy \&a
|
|
is always the root partition,
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|
.Sy \&b
|
|
is the swap partition,
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|
.Sy \&c
|
|
is the entire
|
|
.Nx
|
|
part of the disk, and
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|
.Sy \&d
|
|
is the whole disk. Partitions
|
|
.Sy \&e-h
|
|
are available
|
|
for other use. Traditionally,
|
|
.Sy \&e
|
|
is the partition mounted on the
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|
.Pa /usr
|
|
directory, but this is historical practice, not a fixed value.
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|
.
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|
.
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|
.\}
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|
.el \{\
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|
.
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|
.
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|
.Pp
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|
Some partitions in the disklabel have a fixed purpose. Partition
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|
.Sy a No is always the root partition,
|
|
.Sy b No is the swap partition, and
|
|
.Sy c No is the whole disk. Partitions
|
|
.Sy \&e-h
|
|
are available for other use. Traditionally,
|
|
.Sy \&d
|
|
is the partition mounted on the
|
|
.Pa /usr
|
|
directory, but this is historical practice, not a fixed value.
|
|
.
|
|
.
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|
.\}
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|
.
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|
.
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|
.Pp
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|
You will then be asked to name your disk's disklabel. The
|
|
default response is
|
|
.Sy mydisk .
|
|
For most purposes this will be OK.
|
|
If you choose to name it something different, make sure the name
|
|
is a single word and contains no special characters. You don't
|
|
need to remember this name.
|
|
.El
|
|
.Pp
|
|
.It_need
|
|
.Em Preparing your hard disk
|
|
.Pp
|
|
.Em You\ are\ now\ at\ the\ point\ of\ no\ return .
|
|
Nothing has been
|
|
written to your disk yet, but if you confirm that you want to
|
|
install
|
|
.Nx ,
|
|
your hard drive will be modified. If you are
|
|
sure you want to proceed, enter
|
|
.Li yes
|
|
at the prompt.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
The install program will now label your disk and make the file
|
|
systems you specified. The filesystems will be initialized to
|
|
contain
|
|
.Nx
|
|
bootstrapping binaries and configuration files.
|
|
You will see messages on your screen from the various NetBSD
|
|
disk preparation tools that are running. There should be no
|
|
errors in this section of the installation. If there are,
|
|
restart from the beginning of the installation process.
|
|
Otherwise, you can continue the installation program
|
|
after pressing the return key.
|
|
.if r_i386 \{\
|
|
.Pp
|
|
NOTE: In previous versions of
|
|
.Nx ,
|
|
the kernel from the
|
|
install floppy was copied onto the hard drive in a special
|
|
step. In the new install system, the kernel on the floppy is
|
|
unsuited to being copied onto the hard drive. Instead, a new set,
|
|
.Sy kern ,
|
|
has been added which contains a generic kernel to
|
|
be unloaded onto the drive. So, you can not boot from your
|
|
hard drive yet at this point.
|
|
.\}
|
|
.It_need
|
|
.Em Getting the distribution sets.
|
|
.if r_i386 \{\
|
|
.(pcmcia
|
|
.
|
|
Load a kernel tar file (i.e. the kern.tgz set file)
|
|
on to your hard disk, for example by mounting the
|
|
hard disk first, copying the kern.tgz file from
|
|
floppy and unpacking it. Example:
|
|
.(disp
|
|
mount /dev/wd0a /mnt
|
|
cd /mnt
|
|
\*<repeat following 3 steps until all kern.* files are there\*>
|
|
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0a /mnt2
|
|
cp /mnt2/kern.* .
|
|
umount /mnt2
|
|
|
|
cat kern.* | tar vxzf -
|
|
.disp)
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Then halt the machine using the 'halt' command. Power
|
|
the machine down, and re-insert all the
|
|
.Tn PCMCIA
|
|
devices.
|
|
Remove any floppy from the floppy drive.
|
|
Start the machine up. After booting
|
|
.Nx ,
|
|
you will
|
|
be presented with the main
|
|
.Ic sysinst
|
|
menu. Choose the
|
|
option to re-install sets. Wait for the filesystem
|
|
checks that it will do to finish, and then proceed
|
|
as described below.
|
|
.pcmcia)
|
|
.\}
|
|
.Pp
|
|
The
|
|
.Nx
|
|
distribution consists of a number of
|
|
.Em sets ,
|
|
that come in the form of gzipped tarfiles. A few sets must be
|
|
installed for a working system, others are optional. At this
|
|
point of the installation, you will be presented with a menu
|
|
which enables you to choose from one of the following methods
|
|
of installing the sets. Some of these methods will first
|
|
load the sets on your hard disk, others will extract the sets
|
|
directly.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
For all these methods, the first step is making the sets
|
|
available for extraction, and then do the actual installation.
|
|
The sets can be made available in a few different ways. The
|
|
following sections describe each of those methods. After
|
|
reading the one about the method you will be using, you
|
|
can continue to section 9
|
|
.It_need
|
|
.Em Installation using ftp
|
|
.Pp
|
|
To be able to install using ftp, you first need to configure
|
|
your network setup, if you haven't already at the start of
|
|
the install procedure.
|
|
.Ic sysinst
|
|
will do this for you, asking you
|
|
to provide some data, like IP number, hostname, etc. If you
|
|
do not have name service set up for the machine that you
|
|
are installing on, you can just press return in answer
|
|
to these questions, and DNS will not be used.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
You will also be asked to specify the host that you want
|
|
to transfer the sets from, the directory on that host,
|
|
and the account name and password used to log into that
|
|
host using ftp. If you did not set up DNS when answering
|
|
the questions to configure networking, you will need to
|
|
specify an IP number instead of a hostname for the ftp
|
|
server.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
.Ic sysinst
|
|
will proceed to transfer all the default set files
|
|
from the remote site to your hard disk.
|
|
.It_need
|
|
.Em Installation using NFS
|
|
.Pp
|
|
To be able to install using NFS, you first need to configure
|
|
your network setup, if you haven't already at the start of
|
|
the install procedure.
|
|
.Ic sysinst
|
|
will do this for you, asking you
|
|
to provide some data, like IP number, hostname, etc. If you
|
|
do not have name service set up for the machine that you
|
|
are installing on, you can just press return in answer
|
|
to these questions, and DNS will not be used.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
You will also be asked to specify the host that you want
|
|
to transfer the sets from, and the directory on that host
|
|
that the files are in. This directory should be mountable
|
|
by the machine you are installing on, i.e. correctly
|
|
exported to your machine.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
If you did not set up DNS when answering the questions to
|
|
configure networking, you will need to specify an IP number
|
|
instead of a hostname for the NFS server.
|
|
.It_need
|
|
.Em Installation from CD-ROM
|
|
.Pp
|
|
When installing from a CD-ROM, you will be asked to specify
|
|
the device name for your CD-ROM player
|
|
.Pq usually Li cd0 ,
|
|
and the directory name on the CD-ROM where the distribution files are.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
.Ic sysinst
|
|
will then check if the files are indeed available
|
|
in the specified location, and proceed to the actual
|
|
extraction of the sets.
|
|
.if !ralpha \{\
|
|
.It_need
|
|
.Em Installation from a floppy set
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Because the installation sets are too big to fit on one floppy,
|
|
the floppies are expected to be filled with the split set
|
|
files. The floppies are expected to be in MS-DOS
|
|
format. You will be asked for a directory where the sets
|
|
should be reassembled. Then you will be prompted to insert
|
|
the floppies containing the split sets. This process
|
|
will continue until all the sets have been loaded from floppy.
|
|
.\}
|
|
.It_need
|
|
.Em Installation from an unmounted filesystem
|
|
.Pp
|
|
In order to install from a local filesystem, you will
|
|
need to specify the device that the filesystem resides
|
|
on
|
|
.ie r_pmax .Pq for example Li rz1e
|
|
.el .Pq for example Li wd1e
|
|
the type of the filesystem,
|
|
and the directory on the specified filesystem where the sets are located.
|
|
.Ic sysinst
|
|
will then check if it
|
|
can indeed access the sets at that location.
|
|
.It_need
|
|
.Em Installation from a local directory
|
|
.Pp
|
|
This option assumes that you have already done some preparation
|
|
yourself. The sets should be located in a directory on a
|
|
filesystem that is already accessible.
|
|
.Ic sysinst
|
|
will ask you
|
|
for the name of this directory.
|
|
.It_need
|
|
.Em Extracting the distribution sets
|
|
.Pp
|
|
After the install sets containing the
|
|
.Nx
|
|
distribution
|
|
have been made available, you can either extract all the
|
|
sets (a full installation), or only extract sets that
|
|
you have selected. In the latter case you will be shown the
|
|
currently selected sets, and given the opportunity to select
|
|
the sets you want. Some sets always need to be installed
|
|
.Pq Ic kern, base No and Ic etc
|
|
they will not be shown in this selection menu.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Before extraction begins, you can elect to watch the files being
|
|
extracted; the name of each file that is extracted will be shown.
|
|
This can slow down the installation process considerably, especially
|
|
on machines with slow graphics consoles or serial consoles.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
After all the files have been extracted, all the necessary
|
|
device node files will be created. If you have already
|
|
configured networking, you will be asked if you want to
|
|
use this configuration for normal operation. If so, these
|
|
values will be installed in the network configuration files.
|
|
.It_need
|
|
.Em Finalizing your installation.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Congratulations, you have successfully installed
|
|
.Nx \*V .
|
|
You can now reboot the machine, and boot from harddisk.
|
|
.El
|