Consistency and typo/grammar fixes from Michael Siegel in PR 55413,
With minor adjustments.

branches: 1.76.4;
Pass the set suffix (either .tgz or .tar.xz) from the makefile.
Document the rescue set.

branches: 1.75.2; 1.75.4;
Document debug sets and kernel module directory.

branches: 1.74.8; 1.74.14;
first pass de-suckification for 2015. modernize content a bit, fix dirty
rotten lies, improve wording, sync legalese with reality, yada yada yada.

branches: 1.73.20;
spz and riz request that we don't list ftp.NetBSD.org's IP addresses.

Update ftp.NetBSD.org IPv4/IPv6 addresses.
(should be pulled up to all release branches?)

branches: 1.71.4;
- move "MD instructions on setting up boot media"
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

Tweak some descriptions about Rawrite32 tool on Windows.
XXX: we should rather mention how to write ISO images..

Improve wording.

Update IP addresses (both IPv4 and IPv6) of current ftp.NetBSD.org.

XXX: is it still worth to note those numbers in INSTALL docs nowadays?

Remove "MS-DOS floppy" from "Getting the NetBSD System on to Useful Media"
section. The media is actually being dead especially for large binary sets.

XXX: too much more "floppy" words in INSTALL docs

Final round of INSTALL cleanups for 5.0.

Yet another round of INSTALL fixes.

Another round of INSTALL improvements big and small.

branches: 1.63.2; 1.63.4;
First cut at INSTALL notes for NetBSD/arc.
Finally we could close another ancient PR port-arc/11443.

After several years, we got the native bootloader and then had
sysinst which would do apprpriate partitioning for the bootloader,
so I've noted the last difficult part, how to specify boot commands
on the ARC BIOS.

I still wonder how many possible users of NetBSD/arc are there
who will need this topic though... ;-p

branches: 1.62.2;
Convert TNF licenses to new 2 clause variant

branches: 1.61.2; 1.61.6; 1.61.8;
Improve hp700 install notes somewhat.

Actually build and install a SYSNBSD.

Update URLs after website reorganization. patch by OKANO Takayoshi, from
PR 37070.

- grammar
- correct list of sets to put on tape

update numeric addresses of ftp.netbsd.org

Remove ugly port ifdefs around install media of MS-DOS floppy and Tape.
I don't think users will complain that their machine doesn't have it,
and it's worthless to maintain which ports support these devices or not.

First cut at NetBSD/ews4800mips install notes. Not well confirmed.
(I guess very few people will actually require it...)

branches: 1.55.4;
From dieter roelants in PR 35169:
- While reading install/12957 it was suggested
(http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-i386/2006/11/27/0000.html)
that all notes, marked with '[PCMCIA]' should go and be
replaced with a more generic explanation about removable
devices.
- I noticed the HTML output concatenates 'NetBSD' and '4.0',
which is ugly.
- The IP addresses for ftp.NetBSD.org are wrong.

Spell "separate" correctly. From Zafer Aydogan.

branches: 1.53.2; 1.53.4;
i386 now has 3 floppies - noted by Alan Horn

Opening curly at the end of line should be followed by backslash to
prevent roff from seeing empty lines in input.

Clarified a few details about installing 32 bit sparc distribution on
sparc64 systems.

We don't build split sets anymore... don't confuse users.

New sentence, new line.

While describing how to get the split sets onto ms-dos formatted floppies,
add a few words how to create a split set, as we don't ship them any more.
Thanks to Havard for the defails!

s/When you chose/If you choose/

* x68k: fix to tell where to get "netbsd" from (how to run gzip.x on
netbsd-INSTALL.gz on the x68k's native OS.)

Better english (from soren), and mention DVD as an alternative to CD.

apparently boot-ps2 overflowed, so refer to boot-ps2-1.fs and boot-ps2-2.fs here

Remove documentation for updating - there's an own section for this (!?!)

Update for 2.0:
* Fix a few paths and grammar
* VAX can install from CD-ROM (mmm, simh-vax :)
* Add note to unzip inst.fs.gz file before using, on x68k
(XXX someone please check!)
* properly .if the region about floppy being allowed to be write-protected
(seems not applicable to x68k by the comments)
* Add a few likely places where the distribution is on CD-ROMs
* Mention that DHCP is an alternative to remembering IP-numbers
* Update list of available IDE drives to four (wd[0-3]) and
five SCSI disks (sd[0-4]).
XXX please review for hp300, pmax, sgimips, sparc, sparc64 and
maybe remove the ".if!" above that paragraph
* Mention etcupdate for a way to update the etc set

Todo: XXX
* Provide split sets - it's documented and supported by sysinst
(or say how to create them?)
* Fix mentions of "set_name.xx" for the AmigaDOS installation
* x68k: fix to tell where to get "netbsd" from (how to run gzip.x on
netbsd-INSTALL.gz on the x86k's native OS?)
* Someone please either re-summon PS/2 "boot-ps2.fs" or remove the note on it
* Tape install:
.Dl # Ic "cd \*M/binary"
.Dl # Ic "tar -cf" Ar tape_device Ic "misc etc kern"
That doesn't work with today's set format (binary/sets/misc.tgz ...)

Add IPv6 address of ftp.NetBSD.org as of June 2004.

Add sparc64 tags (i.e. remove floppy possibility from sparc64)

branches: 1.39.2;
macppc supports local FFS and UFS filesystems as distribution media

netbsd.org->NetBSD.org

The walnut port has been subsumed by the new evbppc port.

XXX: There is some work to do here to allow for different
installation notes for different eval boards...

no rescue-small on i386 any more

x68k: Note for `floppy-root' installation system which is currently broken.

missing .

consistently use \n[MACHINE] instead of r_MACHINE

for single references, use r_XXX instead of \n[XXX]

This is a complete refit of the mac68k documentation.

Of particular note is documentation on the new preferred method of
installation using sysinst, provided (and updated) by Bob Nestor.

Replace "filesystem" with the correct phrase, "file system."

_ copyright crank
- whitespace cleanup
- formatting cleanup (start sentences on new lines)

Update for cats.

Fix sgimips typo while I'm here.

Add walnut installation notes.
Information to fill them mostly provided by eeh and simonb.

Fix some random buglets I stumbled over.

Add install notes for newsmips.
Written by NAKAJI Hiroyuki <nakaji@tutrp.tut.ac.jp>,
and some minor tweaks by me.

add sgimips bits

from Scott G. Akmentins-Taylor

branches: 1.24.2;
add tags for hp300

Purge mentions of NetBSD/arm32.

Add some information for cats.

Add an acorn26 paragraph.

mention boot-ps2.fs for i386 IBM PS/2 machines

seperate -> separate

general clean-up. rearrange a few things to make more sense and change
order of recommendations for installation methods.

macppc/hardware:
update list of unsupported models

macppc/prep:
mention that ofwboot.elf is obsoleted, and all users should be using
ofwboot.xcf instead
link to partitioning HOW-TO on website
added some info on the "official" NetBSD/macppc-1.5.1 CD-R image
added some info on cdrecord
added note that netboot must be from on-board ethernet

macppc/install:
added a few more details to some of the open firmware error messages
reordered error messages to be in order user might encounter them
removed "pciide0:0:0: lost interrupt" since this is fixed in 1.5.1
added "TFTP timeout" and explanation to list of possible problems
point to macppc X11R6 HOW-TO

common/postinstall:
point to macppc X11R6 HOW-TO

common/xfer:
recommend waiting until later to create media for distribution sets

common/sysinst:
control-C to stop sysint, but added that you can re-run it from the
command prompt, no need to reboot.
added an example of what the sysinst main menu looks like

By popular demand.

I've organized the topics by Open Firmware version, since many users found
the old scheme way too confusing (clause out Open Firmware version-specific
content).

It's still really confusing to read (particularly the .txt version which
doesn't adequately distinguish headings from the body)

Also added a bit more info on partitioning vs. OF version.

s/image(s) (.fs file)/image(s) (.fs file(s))/

missing right-paren

Update copyright date.
Update validity date of ftp.netbsd.org ipaddr
hyphenate "high-numbered"

Reflect the current status and installation system.

* Mention the different floppy images and the machine types for which
they are suitable (for i386).
* Mention xf86config(1) for ports that use XFree86.
* Since i386 INSTALL kernels do not have symbols, point users at
the symbol files should they need them (hopefully not).

s/MS Window/Windows/

Several changes to our release notes, OK'd by Luke Mewburn:

* mention additional kernels in binary/kernel/ dir: GENERIC_LAPTOP, etc
* note that we also include firewall software (besides X, ...)
* don't Xref the BUGS file, as it's gone
* update some file sizes (source .tgz files) to match BETA2
* mention that syssrc contains the source for all architectures
* Sysinst now allows setting root password and timezone - note that.
* Explain how to actually install binary packages, giving some
examples that people may want to install.
* Mention rawrite32 near rawrite.
* Don't show preparation of install tape on i386
* update i386 hardware a bit. This needs to be generated automatically...
* Many minor nits & typos.

fix bad quoting in .Dl .. .Ic lines when using other formatting (e.g, Ar)

more cleanups
- use .Ic, .Pa, .Key, .Ul, .Tn, .Sq, .Dq as appropriate
- use .Dl instead of .(disp when formatting changes are required (the latter
doesn't cope too well when font change macros are used)
- wrap .Dl blocks with .Pp
- consistently use `file system' instead of `filesystem'
- migrate macppc to common/xfer

Fix rawrite path in news68k part.

- use the macros from ../common/macros
- migrate more MD stuff in here (wrapped in .if r_foo \{ ... \}), so that
more of the port-specific copies xfer can be deprecated

update copyright date

branches: 1.4.4;
Fix doubled 'the's.

The pmax doesn't use sd* or wd*.

branches: 1.2.2;
nuke 1.3 references

Give the common install notes components their own subdirectory.
Also, alpha and i386 now use a single merged common/sysinst,
and arm32 and sparc have a single merged common/xfer.