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# $Id: README,v 1.2 1994/06/28 22:07:48 deraadt Exp $
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Sparc Binary Snapshot #2: Tue Mar 29 02:58:07 MST 1994 src: Mar 22.
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Sparc Binary Snapshot #3: Mon Apr 18 02:48:08 MDT 1994 src: Apr 16.
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Initial test versions of a NetBSD/sparc binaries install are available
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at
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ftp.iastate.edu:/pub/netbsd/NetBSD-current/binaries/sparc
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sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu:pub/NetBSD/arch/sparc
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ftp.wonderland.org:NetBSD/arch/sparc [UK]
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ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de:\
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/pub/comp/os/bsd/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/binaries/sparc
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and many other NetBSD mirror sites. Some mirror sites may take a day
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or two to catch up.
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The NetBSD/sparc port runs on sun4c class machines, ie. the
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SS 1, 1+, 2, IPC, IPX, SLC, and ELC. it does not run on the
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server-series machines, or the SS10-series machines.
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The ftp directory contains a number of very large .tar.gz files in there,
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as well as this document and a helper install script.
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NOTE: THESE INSTRUCTIONS MAY CHANGE WITH EACH SNAPSHOT.
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Until there are better instructions written, here's a rough idea:
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1. format and partition the disk using sunos. yup, NetBSD/sparc uses
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sunos disk labels. i am running a quantum 105 with these partition
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sizes:
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a: 28140 0 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 0 - 133)
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b: 16170 28140 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 134 - 210)
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c: 204540 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 973)
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g: 160230 44310 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 211 - 973)
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Filesystem 512-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
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/dev/sd0a 26090 18846 4634 80% /
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/dev/sd0g 149444 131496 3002 98% /usr
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amd:43 0 0 0 100% /home
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gecko:/usr/src 1549722 851783 542966 61% /usr/src
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komodo:/usr/local 269346 243428 -1016 100% /usr/local
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newt:/newt.usera 1128328 836910 178584 82% /tmp_mnt/newt/newt.usera
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2. newfs it using sunos. yup, the filesystem format is identical.
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UFS hasn't changed much over the years. (If you can, there is
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a performance benefit from newfs'ing using NetBSD.)
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If you newfs using the NetBSD newfs command, be sure to use -O
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to specify the `4.3BSD filesystem format' for your / partition,
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otherwise you will not be able to boot.
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3. put a SunOS /boot program in the root partition, and use
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"installboot" to cause it to work. the "installboot" man page
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says to do something like this: say you are running SunOS, and
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the drive you are installing NetBSD/sparc on is currently at
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/dev/sd1. You have made the filesystems on that drive already.
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# mount /dev/sd1a /mnt
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# cp /boot /mnt/boot
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# cd /usr/mdec
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# ./installboot -vlt /mnt/boot bootsd /dev/rsd1a
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4. extract the provided *.tar.gz files and dev.cpio.gz onto the disk.
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the file "install.sh" will help you do this.
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(the file dev.tar.gz is included, but is of limited use because
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SunOS tar is not capable of extracting device nodes from tar
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archives.)
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mount your partition(s) in a proper tree starting at /mnt.
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In the same directory as your *.tar.gz and *.cpio.gz files are, run
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"./install.sh". (Now you may cut the head off the chicken and
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spray the blood over your walls and ceiling.)
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If you have done anything weird with partitions, take this moment
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to ensure that etc/fstab is corrent for your disk layout.
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5. the install script puts both the standard kernels in /mnt, and
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links netbsd to netbsd-sd0. the filesystem images do NOT contain
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these kernels. The same /etc/fstab file will work with either kernel.
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the kernel "netbsd-sd0" expects your root drive to be at the standard
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sunos sd0/scsi-id#3 location. "netbsd-sd1" maps scsi-id#1 to be sd0.
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6. your rom may need some setup. make sure you boot from `new command mode'.
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If your machine comes up and gives you a `>' prompt instead of `ok', type:
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>n
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ok setenv sunmon-compat? false
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ok
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this is needed because netbsd cannot handle the old-mode yet,
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and will firework on you.
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you cannot use the security modes of the sparc rom. sorry, same
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problem as above.
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ok setenv security-mode none
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7. if needed, swap your scsi id's. now try a reboot. initially I'd
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suggest you boot "-bs", then try multiuser after that. if you boot
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single-user the netbsd incantation for making root read-write
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is "mount -u /dev/sd0a /". alternatively, the command reboot is
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found in /sbin.
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8. to boot from netbsd by default, tell something like this to your
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rom.
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>n
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ok setenv boot-from sd(0,0,0)netbsd
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ok
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please let me know of any errors in these instructions or in the
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archives. if so i'll correct them.
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good luck.
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<deraadt@fsa.ca>
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