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.\" $NetBSD: xfer,v 1.10 1999/01/13 07:30:04 ross Exp $
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Installation is supported from several media types, including:
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.Pp
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.Bl -bullet -compact
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.It
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TOS HD partitions
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.It
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Tape
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.El
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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 "installation/floppies"
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under the root of the NetBSD/atari tree at your favorite archive site.
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.Pp
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If you are using NetBSD/atari to make the floppies, you should use
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the command dd(1) to write the raw floppy images (.fs files) to
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the disk. As an example, to write the first part of the miniroot filesystem
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onto a 720KB floppy in fd0 use:
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.Dl dd if=miniroot.fs.1 of=/dev/rfd0b bs=9b
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.Pp
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If you are using TOS to make the floppies, grab the 'rawwrite' utility
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from the "atari/utils" directory and issue the command:
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.Dl rawwrite miniroot.fs
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.Pp
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This will create the boot-floppy on the floppy in drive a. The floppies
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should be pre-formatted on 720Kb/1.44Mb for both the 'dd' and 'rawwrite'
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commands to work. Pre-formatting can be best done using the desktop format
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command. 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. You should
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than use the floppy device '/dev/rfd0c' or add the '-H' flag to '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. The various methods are explained below.
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.Bl -bullet
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.It
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To prepare for installing via an GEMDOS partition:
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.Pp
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To install NetBSD from an GEMDOS partition, you need to
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get the NetBSD distribution sets you wish to install
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on your system on to an GEMDOS 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
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To prepare for installing via a tape:
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.Pp
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To install NetBSD from a tape, you need to somehow
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get the NetBSD filesets you wish to install on
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your system on to the appropriate kind of tape. If you make
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the tape on a UN*X-like system, you can create it as follows:
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.Bd -literal
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cd .../NetBSD-1.3/atari/binary/sets
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T=\*<tape_device\*>
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mt -f $T rewind
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for f in base etc comp games man misc text
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dd if=$f.tgz of=$T conv=sync bs=5k
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done
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mt -f $T rewind
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.Ed
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where "\*<tape_device\*>" is the name of the (non-rewinding!) tape
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device that you're using (probably something like /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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.El
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