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partition of an Ultrix disk in the "QUICK.INSTALL" notes. NOTE - this isn't the best solution. The INSTALL notes need to be totally rewritten, but at least now there's a pointer to the referred section. Fixes PR port-pmax/6299 from Terry R. Friedrichsen.
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$NetBSD: install,v 1.13 1998/11/16 08:15:55 simonb Exp $
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Reminder:
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Always back up files before installing or upgrading.
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If installing from source, always install and boot a new kernel
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before installing a new userland!
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If at all possible, you should consult the ``Installation Guide''
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document on the NetBSD/pmax web page, at http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/pmax.
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It has not been possible to reproduce the pmax installation Web page
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in fixed-font hardcopy format for the _VER release. You must either visit
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the URL above, or request a rendered version (e.g., PostScript).
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Please check the NetBSD/pmax _VER installation instructions at
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http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/pmax/pmax-install.html
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now, and return to this document when you used those instructions to
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install a diskimage, and used sysinst to label a disk and extract the
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NetBSD/pmax _VER installation tar sets.
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Install via a NetBSD CDROM.
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You can obtain the disk image or diskless boot tar file from the
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NetBSD _VER CDROM.
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To mount the CDROM from a NetBSD/pmax host, type
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mount -r -t cd9660 /dev/rzXc /mnt
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and from an Ultrix host
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mount -r -t cdfs -o nodefperm,noversion /dev/rzXc /mnt
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where X is the SCSI id of the CDROM.
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** NOTE: Ultrix does not have Rock Ridge extensions so leave out
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everything between the first and last . in the paths on the CD.
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For example, the path NetBSD-1.3.2 would show up as NetBSD-1.2.
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The diskimage file can be found on the CDROM at the following
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location (relative to the mount point of the CD)
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NetBSD-_VER/pmax/installation/diskimage/diskimage.gz
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and the diskless boot tar file can be found at
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NetBSD-_VER/pmax/installation/netboot/diskimage.tgz
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Once you have located these files, continue on to either the "Install
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via diskless boot", "Install via diskimage" or "Installing from Ultrix"
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section later in the INSTALL notes.
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Install via diskless boot.
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The preferred path is to upgrade or install by diskless-booting a
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minimal system via NFS, and using that to upgrade or install. The
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file
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installation/netboot/diskimage.tar.gz
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contains a suitable set of files. (it is a tar copy of the contents of
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a root filesystem diskimage) . You will need to find an NFS server,
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unpack the tarfile, and setup BOOTP/dhcp service for your pmax.
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Complete instructions are in the installation notes or the pmax web
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page.
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Since the system install utility, sysinst, requires a read/write root,
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netbooting is only feasible if your NFS server exports the diskless
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root read-write. If this is not possible, you should install via
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diskimage.
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Install via diskimage.
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If netbooting with a _writable_ NFS root is not possible, the
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recommended installation is to unpack and copy a diskimage onto the
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raw partition of a disk. The diskimage file is in
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installation/diskimage/diskimage.gz
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is shipped compressed and is around 8020 kBytes; it uncompresses to
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exactly 32Mbytes.
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To install the diskimage onto disk rzX on a NetBSD/pmax system, do:
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disklabel -W /dev/rrzXc
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gunzip -c diskimage.gz | dd of=/dev/rrzXc bs=10240
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When installing on a disk with not NetBSD or Ultrix label, you may get a
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message like:
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rzX: WARNING: trying Ultrix label, no disk label
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or when installing on an old Ultrix disk, you may get a message like:
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rzX: WARNING: using ULTRIX partition information
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when issuing the "disklabel -W /dev/rrzXc" command. This can safely be
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ignored.
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Most other NetBSD ports are similar, but use rsdXc instead of rrzXc.
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On NetBSD/i386, the `raw disk partition' is the 'd' parttion, so do:
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disklabel -W /dev/rsdXd
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gunzip -c diskimage.gz | dd of=/dev/rsdXd bs=10240
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On NetBSD, be sure to use disklabel -W to enable writing to the label
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area of the disk. If you forget this and/or use the `block' device,
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the dd command will silently fail.
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On MS-DOS, use an unzip utlility, then use rawrite.
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Then boot using, e.g,
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>> boot -f rz(0,X,0)netbsd # 3100
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>> boot 5/rzX/netbsd # 5000/200
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>> boot 3/rzX/netbsd # other machines
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(NOTE: replace the X with the unit number of your disk:
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boot 3/rz2/netbsd to boot drive 2 on a 5000/xxx.)
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then continue from ``Once you've booted the diskimage''.
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Installing from Ultrix
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The Ultrix bootloader can boot ECOFF-format NetBSD kernels.
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So the technique of dd'ing a disk image into swap, copying
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a kernel to the root, and then booting via the "n" argument
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should work with Ultrix too. Since Ultrix cannot mount
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4.4BSD format FFS filesystems, just dd the diskimage into
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your swap partition, copy a netbsd.ecoff kernel from the FTP site,
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and proceed from step #5 of the `Upgrade via diskimage' above.
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You should do this from single-user mode, to ensure that swapping is
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not enabled when you copy the diskimage into the swap partition.
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On Ultrix, use the "chpt -q /dev/rz?c" command to be sure your swap
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partition (typically "b") is big enough to hold the diskimage (32Mbytes
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or more).
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Again, be sure to specify the partition where you dd'ed the NetBSD
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diskimage as your root device in step #7!
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Details of dd'ing a disk image into the swap partition are covered in
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the "QUICK.INSTALL" file, which should be in the same directory where
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these install notes are located.
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Once you've booted the diskimage
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Once you'e booted a diskimage and pointed the kernel at the approriate
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devices to use for root, and dump, NetBSD kernel will prompt you for
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a single-user shell;
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Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for sh:
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At this point, press the RETURN key.
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then when you get a standalone root prompt, set your terminal type
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TERM=pmax; export TERM;
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for a framebuffer console, or
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TERM=vt100; export TERM
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if using a serial console with a vt100-compatible terminal.
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Next, you need to ensure that the root filesystem is writable so that
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sysinst can create temporary files, temporary disklabels, etc.
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If you booted via NFS, the diskless root should already be writable.
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If you booted from disk, type
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mount /dev/rzXY /
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where X is the disk unit you booted from, and Y is either a or b,
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(e.g., use /dev/rz2a for drive 2 with diskimage in the 'a' partition,
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and rz2b for diskimage in swap.)
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Then, start sysinst
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sysinst
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Then, choose 'install' or 'upgrade'.
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When you've finished the install/upgrade, be sure to edit /etc/rc.conf
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and set "rc_configured" to YES when you are done. If you're doing an
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upgrade, merge your old etc from /etc.old into /etc.
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You're then ready to reboot!
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Post-intallation notes:
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----------------------
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Some of the files in the NetBSD _VER distribution might need to be
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tailored for your site. In particular, the /etc/sendmail.cf file will
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almost definitely need to be adjusted, and other files in /etc will
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probably need to be modified. If you are unfamiliar with UN*X-like
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system administration, it's recommended that you buy a book that
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discusses it.
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NetBSD/pmax 1.3 uses an X11R5 X server. These servers cannot read the
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compressed fonts which are shipped with standard X11R6 configurations.
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If you installed X11 and want to run a local Xserver, you must take
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post-installation steps to make the X11R5 server work that are
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standard for X11R6.3. The distribution file /usr/X11R6/bin/README.pmax
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contains information on how to choose an Xserver and how to access
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compressed fonts via a font server or to decompress the X fonts
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after installation. Please follow the directions there.
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