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43 lines
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.\" $NetBSD: prep,v 1.2 1999/09/15 04:06:00 ross Exp $
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.(Note
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Currently
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.Nx
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\*V
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requires a dedicated drive when you install it for the first time. In other
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words,
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.Nx
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\*V
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cannot be installed on the hard drive on which MacOS and/or any other operating
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system resides. This is because
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.Nx
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\*V
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currently does not support Apple's Disk Partition Map.
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.Note)
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.Pp
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Before you start, you must choose an installation method. If your machine has
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an on-board Ethernet and you have the connection to an NFS server that can
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provide even ~30M for a diskless-root filesystem, then installation via the net
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is best. Next best, if you have another machine that is a running unix-like
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operating system and has two disk drives (or one, if you live dangerously) is
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to copy a diskimage onto one drive. Finally, you can install by using a second
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machine as a helper to prepare a bootable
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.Nx
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\*V
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disk. If you have only one machine, you can still use a floppy to install
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.Nx
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onto your machine.
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.Pp
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If your target is going to run diskless, then installation proceeds as for
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method 1.
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.(Note
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Unfortunately, since the
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iMac lacks support for booting an operating system other
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than MacOS from its local hard drive, you must choose this method when your
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target is the iMac.
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.Note)
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.Pp
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.Nx
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\*V/macppc
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uses the standard sysinst installation utility.
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