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2.8 KiB
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79 lines
2.8 KiB
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The miniroot's install program is very simple to use. It will guide
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you through the entire process, and is well automated. Additional
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improvements are planned for future releases.
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The miniroot's install program will:
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* Allow you to place disklabels on additional disks.
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Note that partition sizes and offsets are expressed
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in sectors. When you fill out the disklabel, you will
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need to specify partition types and filesystem parameters.
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If you're unsure what the these values should be, use the
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following:
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fstype: 4.2BSD
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fsize: 1024
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bsize: 4096
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cpg: 16
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If the partition will be a swap partition, use the following:
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fstype: swap
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fsize: 0 (or blank)
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bsize: 0 (or blank)
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cpg: 0 (or blank)
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You will also need to specify the number of partitions.
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The number of partitions is determined by the `index' of
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the last partition letter, where a == 1, b == 2, etc.
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Therefore, if the last filled partition is partition `g',
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there are 7 partitions. Any partitions with size of 0
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may be removed from the list.
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If the disk is the boot disk, you _must_ offset the root
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partition (`a') one cylinder, as the hp300 boot code
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if large enough to spill past the label area. In this case,
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the `c' partition must be fstype `boot'.
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Anything after a `#' is a comment.
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The following is an example disklabel partition map:
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7 partitions:
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# size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg]
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a: 30912 448 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 1 - 69)
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b: 130816 31360 swap # (Cyl. 70 - 361)
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c: 1296512 0 boot # (Cyl. 0 - 2893)
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e: 81984 162176 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 362 - 544)
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f: 102592 244160 4.2BSD 1024 4096 16 # (Cyl. 545 - 773)
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g: 949760 346752 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 774 - 2893)
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* Create filesystems on target partitions.
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* Allow you to set up your system's network configuration.
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Remember to specify host names without the domain name
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appended to the end. For example use `foo' instead of
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`foo.bar.org'. If, during the process of configuring
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the network interfaces, you make a mistake, you will
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be able to re-configure that interface by simply selecting
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it for configuration again.
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* Mount target filesystems. You will be given the opportunity
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to manually edit the resulting /etc/fstab.
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* Extract binary sets from the media of your choice.
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* Copy configuration information gathered during the
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installation process to your root filesystem.
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* Make device nodes in your root filesystem.
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* Copy a new kernel onto your root partition.
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* Install a new boot block.
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* Check your filesystems for integrity.
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First-time installation on a system through a method other than the
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installation program is possible, but strongly discouraged.
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