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Installation is supported from several media types, including:
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* Tape
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* NFS
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* CD-ROM
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* FTP
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Note that installing on a "bare" machine requires some bootable
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device; either a tape drive or Sun-compatible NFS server.
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The procedure for transferring the distribution sets onto
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installation media depends on the type of media. Instructions
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for each type of media are given below.
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In order to create installation media, you will need all the
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files in these two directories:
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.../NetBSD-1.2/sun3/install
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.../NetBSD-1.2/sun3/binary
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* Creating boot/install tapes:
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Installing from tape is the simplest method of all.
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This method uses two tapes; one called the "boot"
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tape, and another called the "install" tape.
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The boot tape is created as follows:
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cd .../NetBSD-1.2/sun3/install
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set T = /dev/nrst0
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mt -f $T rewind
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dd if=tapeboot of=$T obs=8k conv=sync
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gzip -dc netbsd-rd.gz | dd of=$T obs=8k conv=sync
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gzip -dc miniroot.gz | dd of=$T obs=8k
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mt -f $T rewind
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The install tape is created as follows:
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cd .../NetBSD-1.2/sun3/install
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set T = /dev/nrst0
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mt -f $T rewind
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foreach f (base etc comp games man misc text)
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gzip -d < $f.gz | dd of=$T bs=8k
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end
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mt -f $T rewind
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If the tapes do not work as expected, you may need to explicitly
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set the EOF mark at the end of each tape segment. It may also be
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necessary to use the `conv=osync' argument to dd(1). Note that
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this argument is incompatible with the `bs=' argument. Consult
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the tape-related manual pages on the system where the tapes are
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created for more details.
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* Boot/Install from NFS server:
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If your machine has a disk and network connection, but no tape drive,
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it may be convenient for you to install NetBSD over the network. This
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involves temporarily booting your machine over NFS, just long enough
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so you can initialize its disk. This method requires that you have
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access to an NFS server on your network so you can configure it to
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support diskless boot for your machine. Configuring the NFS server
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is normally a task for a system administrator, and is not trivial.
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If you are using a NetBSD system as the boot-server, have a look at
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the diskless(8) manual page for guidelines on how to proceed with
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this. If the server runs another operating system, consult the
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documentation that came with it (i.e. add_client(8) on SunOS).
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Your Sun3 expects to be able to download a second stage bootstrap
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program via TFTP after having acquired its IP address through RARP
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when instructed to boot "over the net". It will look for a filename
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derived from the machine's IP address expressed in hexadecimal. For
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example, a sun3 which has been assigned IP address 130.115.144.11
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will make an TFTP request for `8273900B'. Normally, this file is a
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symbolic link to the NetBSD/sun3 "netboot" program, which should be
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located in a place where the TFTP daemon can find it (remember, many
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TFTP daemons run in a chroot'ed environment). The netboot program
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may be found in the install directory of this distribution.
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The netboot program will query a bootparamd server to find the
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NFS server address and path name for its root, and then load a
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kernel from that location. The server should have a copy of the
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netbsd-rd kernel in the root area for your client (no other files
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are needed in the client root) and /etc/bootparams on the server
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should have an entry for your client and its root directory.
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The client will need access to the miniroot image, which can be
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provided using NFS or remote shell. If using NFS, miniroot.gz
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must be expanded on the server, because there is no gzip program
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in the RAMDISK image. The unzipped miniroot takes 8MB of space.
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If you will be installing NetBSD on several clients, it may be useful
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to know that you can use a single NFS root for all the clients as long
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as they only use the netbsd-rd kernel. There will be no conflict
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between clients because the RAM-disk kernel will not use the NFS root.
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No swap file is needed; the RAM-disk kernel does not use that either.
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* Install/Upgrade from CD-ROM:
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This method requires that you boot from another device (i.e. tape
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or network, as described above). You may need to make a boot tape
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on another machine using the files provided on the CD-ROM. Once
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you have booted netbsd-rd (the RAM-disk kernel) and loaded the
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miniroot, you can load any of the distribution sets directly from
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the CD-ROM. The "install" program in the miniroot automates the
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work required to mount the CD-ROM and extract the files.
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* Install/Upgrade via FTP:
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This method requires that you boot from another device (i.e. tape
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or network, as described above). You may need to make a boot tape
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on another machine using the files in .../install (which you get
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via FTP). Once you have booted netbsd-rd (the RAM-disk kernel)
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and loaded the miniroot, you can load any of the distribution sets
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over the net using FTP. The "install" program in the miniroot
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automates the work required to configure the network interface and
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transfer the files.
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This method, of course, requires network access to an FTP server.
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This might be a local system, or it might even be ftp.NetBSD.ORG
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itself. If you wish to use ftp.NetBSD.ORG as your FTP file
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server, you may want to keep the following information 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-1.2/sun3/binary
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Note: if you're not using a nameserver duing installation,
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you might find 206.86.8.12 handy; it's the IP address of
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ftp.NetBSD.ORG as of September 2, 1996.
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