NetBSD/distrib/notes/pmax/QUICK.INSTALL
lukem b4d52d9d24 major terraform (this is MUCH more than a rototill :-), including:
- update for 1.5 (still more MD stuff to check)
- use new macros in ../common/macros as appropriate
- introduce some CONSISTENCY between the various ports' install docs
- use various mdoc macros as appropriate, including .Li, .Pa, .Sy, and .Ic.
- migrate more stuff into ../common/*
- whitespace cleanup
- lots of other little things i'm sure...
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Guide for the Impatient
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$NetBSD: QUICK.INSTALL,v 1.3 2000/10/10 12:55:21 lukem Exp $
NetBSD 1.3.3 includes the install materials on CD. However, we cannot
make a single CD bootable on a dozen systems, so the CD cannot be
booted directly in a DECstation. If your DECstation already has an OS
installed and has a CD-ROM drive, you can install NetBSD by mounting the
CD and copying a miniroot to your swap partition.
NOTE: You should still read the INSTALL notes at the top of the pmax
section of the CD or FTP area (in the same directory as these quick
installation notes). There will be information in the INSTALL notes
that is not covered here.
In the following instructions, lines starting with a # character are
comments and are not typed in. It is also assumed that your CD-ROM
drive is at SCSI id 4, and your disk is at SCSI id 0.
NOTE FOR ULTRIX UPGRATES:
You will need the existing Ultrix root filesystem at least 24MB in size
(32MB is preferable), and the following swap partition to be at least
32MB (to fit the miniroot). Remember to use the same root filesystem
size and swap partition offset when you set up your disk layout in
sysinst. Writing down the output of 'chpt -q /dev/rrzXc' would be a
good idea. If you have a smaller root filesystem, but extra room in
your swap partition (for example a 16MB root filesystem but a 48MB
swap partition), you can move the start of the swap partition forward
and leave a "gap" between the existing root filesystem and the swap
partition. If you have any questions, send them to the NetBSD/pmax
mailling list at
.Mt port-pmax@netbsd.org .
Under Ultrix, do:
# Boot into single user mode
boot -f rz(0,0,0)vmunix # on 2100, 3100
boot 5/rz0/vmunix # on 5000/200
boot 3/rz0/vmunix # on all other models
# At the single-user root prompt
mkdir -p /cdrom
mount -r -t cdfs -o nodefperm,noversion /dev/rz4c /cdrom
# NOTE: Ultrix doesn't have rock ridge extensions, so leave out
# everything between the first and last . in the paths on
# the CD.
PATH=$PATH:/cdrom/NetBSD-1.3/pmax/installation/misc; export PATH
# Check that your swap partition is at least 32Mbytes
chpt -q /dev/rz0c
# Look at the "b" partition, you'll need at least 65536 blocks
# Put the netbsd kernel on the root filesystem
cd /cdrom/NetBSD-1.3/pmax/binary/kernel
gunzip -c netbsd.ecoff.gz > /netbsd
# Copy the diskimage to the swap partition
cd ../../installation/diskimage
gunzip -c diskimage.gz | dd of=/dev/rrz0b bs=32k
# ... halt and follow install from instructions for booting diskimage
# from swap partition, using netbsd as the kernel name
halt
boot -f rz(0,0,0)netbsd n # on 2100, 3100
boot 5/rz0/netbsd n # on 5000/200
boot 3/rz0/netbsd n # on all other models
[... Kernel boot meessages and copyright...]
boot device: rz0
root device (default rz0a): rz0b # enter "rz0b" for root device
dump device (default rz0b): none # enter "none" for dump device
file system (default generic): # press <return> at this prompt
root on rz0b
WARNING: clock gained 50 days -- CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!
root file system type: ffs
Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for sh:
# Now proceed to instructions in the INSTALL document for running sysinst
From an earlier version of NetBSD (or OpenBSD), do:
# Boot into single user mode
boot -f rz(0,0,0)netbsd # on 2100, 3100
boot 5/rz0/netbsd # on 5000/200
boot 3/rz0/netbsd # on all other models
# At the single-user root prompt
mount -u /
mount -r /usr # if /usr is on a separate filesystem
mkdir -p /cdrom
mount -r -t cd9660 /dev/rz4c /cdrom
# Check that your swap partition is at least 32Mbytes
disklabel rz0
# Look at the "b" partition, you'll need at least 65536 blocks
# Put the new netbsd kernel on the root filesystem
cd /cdrom/NetBSD-1.3.3/pmax/binary/kernel
gunzip -c netbsd.gz > /netbsd-1.3.3
# Copy the diskimage to the swap partition
cd ../../installation/diskimage
gunzip -c diskimage.gz | dd of=/dev/rrz0b bs=32k
# ... halt and follow install from instructions for booting diskimage
# from swap partition, using netbsd-1.3.3 as the kernel name
halt
boot -f rz(0,0,0)netbsd-1.3.3 n # on 2100, 3100
boot 5/rz0/netbsd-1.3.3 n # on 5000/200
boot 3/rz0/netbsd-1.3.3 n # on all other models
[... Kernel boot meessages and copyright...]
boot device: rz0
root device (default rz0a): rz0b # enter "rz0b" for root device
dump device (default rz0b): none # enter "none" for dump device
file system (default generic): # press <return> at this prompt
root on rz0b
WARNING: clock gained 50 days -- CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!
root file system type: ffs
Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for sh:
# Now proceed to instructions in the INSTALL document for running sysinst
If your machine has Ultrix and your network bandwith can sustain FTPing
10 Megabytes to get the initial diskimage, you can fetch the diskimage
via FTP. Something similar will also work for a network connected
NetBSD machine - the main change would be to not get the Ultrix version
of gunzip from the FTP site.
# While still in multi-user mode, ftp files to a local filesystem
# check for 12MB free space - need ~2MB on / and ~10MB on
# /place/for/files
df
cd /place/for/files
# Connect to the NetBSD ftp archive or whatever your local
# "mirror" site is.
ftp ftp.netbsd.org
Name: ftp
Password: your@email.address
ftp> bin
ftp> cd /pub/NetBSD/NetbSD-1.3.3/pmax/installation/misc
ftp> get gunzip
ftp> cd ../diskimage
ftp> get diskimage.gz
ftp> cd ../../binary/kernel
ftp> get netbsd.ecoff.gz
ftp> quit
chmod 755 gunzip
./gunzip -c < netbsd.ecoff.gz > /netbsd
# Shutdown and boot into single user mode
shutdown -h now
boot -f rz(0,0,0)vmunix # on 2100, 3100
boot 5/rz0/vmunix # on 5000/200
boot 3/rz0/vmunix # on all other models
# At the single-user root prompt
mount -a -t ufs
cd /place/for/files
# Copy the diskimage to the swap partition
./gunzip -c diskimage.gz | dd of=/dev/rrz0b bs=32k
# ... halt and follow install from instructions for booting diskimage
# from swap partition, using netbsd as the kernel name
halt
boot -f rz(0,0,0)netbsd n # on 2100, 3100
boot 5/rz0/netbsd n # on 5000/200
boot 3/rz0/netbsd n # on all other models
[... Kernel boot meessages and copyright...]
boot device: rz0
root device (default rz0a): rz0b # enter "rz0b" for root device
dump device (default rz0b): none # enter "none" for dump device
file system (default generic): # press <return> at this prompt
root on rz0b
WARNING: clock gained 50 days -- CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!
root file system type: ffs
Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for sh:
# Now proceed to instructions in the INSTALL document for running sysinst