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.\" $NetBSD: xfer,v 1.6 2000/03/13 22:37:10 soren Exp $
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.Pp
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A large number of different media types can be used to hold the
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binary distribution sets, but they must originally be obtained
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from the
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.Nx
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project via a mechanism from the list below.
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.Bl -bullet -compact
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.It
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FTP
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.It
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Remote NFS partition
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.It
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CD-ROM
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.El
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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 installation medium you choose.
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The steps for the various media are outlined below.
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.Bl -tag -width NFS\ Installation
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.It Em NFS\ Installation
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Place the NetBSD distribution sets you wish to install into a
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directory on an NFS server, and make that directory mountable
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by the machine on which you are installing or upgrading NetBSD.
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This will probably require modifying the
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.Pa /etc/exports
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file on of the NFS server and resetting its mount daemon (mountd).
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(Both of these actions will probably require superuser
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privileges on the server.)
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You need to know the numeric IP address of the NFS server,
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and, if the server is not on a network directly connected to
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the machine on which you're installing or upgrading NetBSD,
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you need to know the numeric IP address of the closest router .
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Finally, you need to know the numeric
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IP address of the NetBSD machine itself. The install
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program will ask you to provide this information to be able
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to access the sets.
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Once the NFS server is set up properly and you have the
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information mentioned above, you can start the actual
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installation process.
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.It Em FTP\ Installation
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Determine an FTP site from which
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you can retrieve the NetBSD distribution when you're about
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to install. You will need to know the IP address of your
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nameserver or of your ftp site,
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and, if it's not on a network directly connected to
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the machine on which you're installing or upgrading NetBSD,
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you need to know the IP address of the router
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closest to the NetBSD machine. Finally, you need to know
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the numeric IP address of the NetBSD machine itself. The
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install program will ask you to provide this information
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to be able to access the sets via ftp.
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Once you have this information, you can proceed to the actual
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installation.
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.It Upgrade
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If you are upgrading NetBSD, you also have the option of installing
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NetBSD by putting the new distribution sets somewhere in your existing
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file system, and using them from there. To do that, you must do the
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following:
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Place the distribution sets you wish to upgrade somewhere in
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your current file system tree. Please note that the
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.Pa /dev
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on the floppy used for upgrades only knows about wd0, wd1, sd0,
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sd1 and sd2. If you have more than two IDE drives or more than
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three SCSI drives, you should take care not to place the sets
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on the high numbered drives.
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.Pp
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At a bare minimum, you must upgrade the
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.Sy base
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and
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.Sy kern
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binary distribution, and so must put the
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.Sy base
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and
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.Sy kern
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sets somewhere in your file system. If you wish,
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you can do the other sets, as well, but you should
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.Em not
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upgrade the
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.Sy etc
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distribution; it contains system
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configuration files that you should review and update by hand.
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Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next step in
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the upgrade process, actually upgrading your system.
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.El
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