f64fbb8f70
from common/xfer with messy mdoc .if conditionals
into MD xfer files so that developers can see
what contents are missing or obsolete and should be
written or updated
- remove some useless MD description for maintainability
XXX: still a bunch of unmaintained .if \n [${MACHINE}] in common files
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.\" $NetBSD: xfer,v 1.2 2011/05/27 17:38:43 tsutsui Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2004 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS
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.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
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.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS
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.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
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.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
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.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
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.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
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.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
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.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
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.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.
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.\" ---------- MD instructions on setting up boot media
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.
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.(Note
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.Nx*M
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\*V
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does not support framebuffers other than onboard ones on
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EWS4800/350, EWS4800/360AD and EWS4800/360ADII so
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you have to use serial console on installation procedure
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if your machine doesn't have supported framebuffers listed above.
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.Note)
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.Pp
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You will need to have
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two 1.44 MB floppy disks
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to boot off.
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You must put the boot floppy image onto this disk, which contains
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software to install
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.Nx
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system.
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.Pp
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If you are using a
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.Ul
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system (such as
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.Tn EWS-UX
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or other
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.Nx
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machines) to write the floppy images to disks, you should use the
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.Xr dd 1
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command to copy the file system image(s)
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(.fs file(s)) directly to the raw floppy disk.
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.Pp
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If you have an i386 machine which runs
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.Tn Microsoft Windows
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and use it to write the floppy image(s) to floppy disk, you can use the
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.Ic Rawrite32
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Windows32 program.
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It can be installed by
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Pa rawr32.exe
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provided in the
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.Pa i386/installation/misc/
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directory of the
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.Nx
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distribution.
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.Ic rawrite
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utility for the
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.Tn MS-DOS
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environment is also available in the
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.Pa i386/installation/misc/
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directory.
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.Pp
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Though
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.Nx*M
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uses the floppy disk to boot for the initial
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installation, the
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.Nx*M
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kernel does not support the
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floppy device.
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Some other machines or systems are still required to write floppy images
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even after
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.Nx*M
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has been installed.
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.Pp
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If your machine doesn't have any SCSI disks, or the SCSI interface
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on your machine is not supported, it can still run
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.Nx*M
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diskless.
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No file transfer is needed, and all you have to do is to prepare files on
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the server.
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More information about diskless setups can be found at
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.Lk http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/network/netboot/
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.Pp
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The PROM uses the ordinary tftp protocol, so
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you can load bootloader via network.
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The PROM also supports tape boot but
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.Nx*M
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does not support it currently.
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.Pp
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After the boot floppy or diskless server is prepared, just set
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boot device on the PROM menu which can be invoked by pressing ESC key
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right after hardware checks.
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.Pp
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.
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.\" ---------- MI instructions for getting distribution off installation medium
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.
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.so ../common/xfer
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