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$NetBSD: xfer,v 1.7 1998/01/09 18:46:25 perry Exp $
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Installation is supported from several media types, including:
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Tape
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CD-ROM
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NFS
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FTP
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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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To prepare for installing via a tape:
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If you wish to load SYS_INST from tape, it must
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appear on the tape before any other files. To copy
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this onto tape, use a command like the following:
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dd if=SYS_INST of=<tape_device> obs=20b conv=osync
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Note that not all HP BOOTROMs support booting from
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SCSI tapes.
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Copying the miniroot to disk from tape is not currently
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supported. However, it is planned for a future release.
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If you wish to extract binary sets onto your disk from
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tape, you must first place them on the tape. The easiest
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way to do this is with the dd(1) command. Make sure you
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use a `no-rewind-on-close' tape device. For example:
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for file in base.tgz etc.tgz; do
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dd if=${file} of=/dev/nrst0
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done
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Note that depending on your tape drive, you may need to
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explicitly set the EOF marker at the end of each file.
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It may also be necessary to use the `conv=osync' argument
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to dd(1). Note that this argument is incompatible with the
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`bs=' argument. Consult the tape-related manual pages on the
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system where the tapes are created for more details.
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To prepare for installing via NFS:
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SYS_INST currently requires an NFS server from which to
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copy the miniroot.
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* This filesystem must be exported with root permissions,
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but may be exported read-only.
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* The miniroot image _must_ reside in the `root' of the
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mounted filesystem. For example, if the client system
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mounts `server:/u', then the miniroot image must reside
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in /u on the server. This is due to limitations in the
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file lookup code used in SYS_INST, and may be fixed in
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a future release.
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* If you also wish to install the binary sets from the
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NFS server, place them in a properly exported filesystem
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on the server. Note that these files do not suffer from
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the same placement restrictions as the miniroot.
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To prepare for installing via FTP:
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It is possible, using the `install' and `upgrade'
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programs in the miniroot, to extract the binary sets
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directly onto disk from an FTP server. This is by far
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the easiest installation method, as you may specify to
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have all sets extracted at once, providing that they
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are located in the same directory on the server.
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All that is required in this case is that you have
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network access to an FTP server. This may be your
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account on another system, or may even be ftp.NetBSD.ORG
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itself. If you wish to use ftp.NetBSD.ORG as your FTP
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file server, you may want to keep the following information
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handy:
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IP Address: ftp.NetBSD.ORG
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Login: anonymous
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Password: <your e-mail address>
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Server path: /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-_VER/hp300/binary/sets
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Note: if you're not using a nameserver during installation,
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you might find 204.152.184.75 handy; it's the IP address of
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ftp.NetBSD.ORG as of December, 29, 1997.
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