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.\" $NetBSD: xfer,v 1.5 1999/04/03 14:15:00 minoura Exp $
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Installation is supported from several media types, including:
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.Bl -bullet -compact -offset indent
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.It
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Removable SCSI hard disk, or Magneto-Optical disk (MO)
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.It
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Tape
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.It
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Remote NFS partition
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.It
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FTP
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.El
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.Pp
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You'll need to have a install floppy disk. On the first, you'll put
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the install floppy image.
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.Pp
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If you are using a UN*X-like system to write the floppy images to
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disks, you should use the
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.Pa dd
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command to copy the file system images (.fs files) directly to the raw
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floppy disks. It is suggested that you read the dd(1) manual page or
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ask your system administrator to determine the correct set of
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arguments to use; it will be slightly different from system to system,
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and a comprehensive list of the possibilities is beyond the scope of
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this document.
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.Pp
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If you are using Human68k to write the floppy images to disks, you
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should use the
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.Pa rawrite
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utility, provided in the
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.Pa installation/misc
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directory of the NetBSD distribution. It will write the file system
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images (.fs files) to disks.
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.Pp
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If you can retrieve
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.Pa loadbsd.x
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utility and
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.Pa netbsd.INSTALL
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file which can be found in
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.Pa installation/misc
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directory into your Human68k disk, you can run installation kernel
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without preparing the special boot floppy. Simply type:
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.D1 Ic loadbsd netbsd.INSTALL
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from the Human68k command line, then
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.Nx
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will start the installation sequence.
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.Pp
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Obviously, the steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets for
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installation or upgrade depend on which installation medium you
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choose. The steps for the various media are outlined below.
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Em Install\ From\ Removable\ SCSI\ Hard\ Disk\ or\ MO
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.Pp
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To install NetBSD from a removable device
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the media
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.Em must
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be of the IBM
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.Em Super-floppy
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format. The Human68k format is not recognized
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by this release of the NetBSD/\*m. If you have a MS-DOS (or
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MS-Windows) machine with an MO drive connected, use it. If
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you don't, and if you have a program to handle IBM format MO
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for Human68k, copy all the files in the subdirectory
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.Pa x68k/binaries
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and CHANGE THEIR NAMES IN UPPER CASE.
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.It Em Install\ From\ Tape
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.Pp
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To install or upgrade NetBSD using a tape, you need to do the
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following:
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.Pp
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To install NetBSD from a tape, you need to make a tape that
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contains the distribution set files, in "tar" format. If
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you're making the tape on a UN*X-like system, the easiest way
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to do so is probably something like:
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.D1 Ic tar\ cf Ar tape_device Ar dist_directories
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where
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.Ar tape_device
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is the name of the tape device that
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describes the tape drive you're using (possibly /dev/rst0, or
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something similar, but it will vary from system to system.
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(If you can't figure it out, ask your system administrator.)
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In the above example,
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.Ar dist_directories
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are the
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distribution sets' directories, for the distribution sets you
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wish to place on the tape. For instance, to put the
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.Sy base No and Sy etc
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distributions on tape (in order to do the absolute
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minimum installation to a new disk), you would do the
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following:
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.D1 Ic cd .../NetBSD-\*V # the top of the tree
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.D1 Ic cd x68k/binary/sets
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.D1 Ic tar\ cf Ar tape_device Ic base.tgz\ etc.tgz
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(Note that you still need to fill in
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.Ar tape_device
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in the example.)
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.Pp
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Once you have the files on the tape, you can proceed to the
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next step in the installation or upgrade process. If you're
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installing NetBSD from scratch, go to the section on preparing
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your hard disk, below. If you're upgrading an existing
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installation, go directly to the section on upgrading.
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.It Em Install\ From\ Remote\ NFS\ Partition
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.Pp
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To install or upgrade NetBSD using a remote partition, mounted via
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NFS, you must do the following:
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.(Note
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This method of installation is recommended only for
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those already familiar with using BSD network
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configuration and management commands. If you aren't,
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this documentation should help, but is not intended to
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be all-encompassing.
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.Note)
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.Pp
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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 /etc/exports file on
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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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.Pp
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You need to know the 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 router closest
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to the NetBSD machine. Finally, you need to know the numeric
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IP address of the NetBSD machine itself.
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.Pp
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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 proceed to the next step
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in the installation or upgrade process. If you're installing
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NetBSD from scratch, go to the section on preparing your hard
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disk, below. If you're upgrading an existing installation, go
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directly to the section on upgrading.
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.Pp
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.It Em Install\ via\ FTP
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.Pp
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To install or upgrade NetBSD by using FTP to get the installation
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sets, you must do the following:
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.(Note
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This method of installation is recommended only for
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those already familiar with using BSD network
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configuration and management commands. If you aren't,
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this documentation should help, but is not intended to
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be all-encompassing.
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.Note)
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.Pp
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The preparations for this installation/upgrade method are
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easy; all you make sure that there's some FTP site from which
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you can retrieve the NetBSD distribution when you're about to
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install or upgrade. You need to know the numeric IP address
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of that site, and, if it's not on a network directly connected
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to the machine on which you're installing or upgrading NetBSD,
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you need to know the numeric IP address of the router closest
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to the NetBSD machine. Finally, you need to know the numeric
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IP address of the NetBSD machine itself.
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.Pp
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Once you have this information, you can proceed to the next
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step in the installation or upgrade process. If you're
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installing NetBSD from scratch, go to the section on
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preparing your hard disk, below. If you're upgrading an
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existing installation, go directly to the section on
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upgrading.
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.El
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.Pp
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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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.Bl -enum
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.It
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Place the distribution sets you wish to upgrade somewhere in
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your current file system tree. At a bare minimum, you must
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upgrade the "base" binary distribution, and so must put the
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"base.tgz" set somewhere in your file system. If you wish,
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you can do the other sets, as well, but you should NOT upgrade
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the "etc" distribution; the "etc" distribution contains system
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configuration files that you should review and update by hand.
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.It
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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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