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jonathan 339aa91097 Update the old (4.4bsd/pmax) miniroot build scripts to put mount_ffs on a miniroot, until the new miniroot tools work on a pmax.		1995-12-22 08:08:14 +00:00
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README	new RCS ID format.	1994-10-26 21:08:38 +00:00
README_TOO	new RCS ID format.	1994-10-26 21:08:38 +00:00
buildmini	Update the old (4.4bsd/pmax) miniroot build scripts to put mount_ffs	1995-12-22 08:08:14 +00:00
get	Update the old (4.4bsd/pmax) miniroot build scripts to put mount_ffs	1995-12-22 08:08:14 +00:00
maketape	new RCS ID format.	1994-10-26 21:08:38 +00:00

README

#	$NetBSD: README,v 1.4 1994/10/26 21:09:27 cgd Exp $
#	@(#)README	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/10/93

The scripts needed to build a boot tape for 4.2 and beyond
live here.  Before trying anything look at the scripts 

	buildmini
	get
	maketape

To construct a tape suitable for bootstrapping a system
first find a spare file system for a ``mini root'' and
patch the buildmini shell script to reflect its location.
Second, decide where your ``distribution'' source is located
and patch the get and maketape scripts.  Then do the following:
	% buildmini
	% maketape [ 6250 | 1600 [ tapename [ remotetapemachine ] ] ]
This builds a distribution on one tape at 6250bpi, two tapes at 1600bpi.
The tape drive  may be on a remote machine if the last optional arg is given.
For 1600bpi, be sure and check whether /usr/src will fit on one tape.
The current distribution is about 80+ megabytes and easily fits on one tape
at 6250bpi with a blocking factor of 20.