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# 1.61 01-Apr-2022 andvar

Remove floppy installation instructions from sparc documentation.

Floppy generation was disabled before NetBSD 6.0 release due to size
constraints and unlikely to be restored soon or at all. PR port-sparc/56776.
ok martin.


# 1.60 08-Dec-2021 uwe

Punctuation in macro invocation must be a separate argument.


Revision tags: cjep_sun2x-base1 cjep_sun2x-base cjep_staticlib_x-base1 cjep_staticlib_x-base phil-wifi-20200421 phil-wifi-20200411 is-mlppp-base phil-wifi-20200406
# 1.59 21-Nov-2019 martin

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


Revision tags: netbsd-8-3-RELEASE netbsd-8-2-RELEASE phil-wifi-20191119 netbsd-9-base phil-wifi-20190609 netbsd-8-1-RELEASE netbsd-8-1-RC1 pgoyette-compat-merge-20190127 pgoyette-compat-20190127 pgoyette-compat-20190118 pgoyette-compat-1226 pgoyette-compat-1126 pgoyette-compat-1020 pgoyette-compat-0930 pgoyette-compat-0906 pgoyette-compat-0728 netbsd-8-0-RELEASE phil-wifi-base pgoyette-compat-0625 netbsd-8-0-RC2 pgoyette-compat-0521 pgoyette-compat-0502 pgoyette-compat-0422 netbsd-8-0-RC1 pgoyette-compat-0415 pgoyette-compat-0407 pgoyette-compat-0330 pgoyette-compat-0322 pgoyette-compat-0315 pgoyette-compat-base matt-nb8-mediatek-base perseant-stdc-iso10646-base netbsd-8-base prg-localcount2-base3 prg-localcount2-base2 prg-localcount2-base1 prg-localcount2-base pgoyette-localcount-20170426 bouyer-socketcan-base1 pgoyette-localcount-20170320 bouyer-socketcan-base pgoyette-localcount-20170107 pgoyette-localcount-20161104 localcount-20160914 pgoyette-localcount-20160806 pgoyette-localcount-20160726 pgoyette-localcount-base
# 1.58 05-Nov-2014 snj

branches: 1.58.16; 1.58.18;
iso -> images


Revision tags: netbsd-6-0-6-RELEASE netbsd-6-1-5-RELEASE netbsd-7-base yamt-pagecache-base9 netbsd-6-1-4-RELEASE netbsd-6-0-5-RELEASE tls-earlyentropy-base riastradh-xf86-video-intel-2-7-1-pre-2-21-15 riastradh-drm2-base3 netbsd-6-1-3-RELEASE netbsd-6-0-4-RELEASE netbsd-6-1-2-RELEASE netbsd-6-0-3-RELEASE netbsd-6-1-1-RELEASE riastradh-drm2-base2 riastradh-drm2-base1 riastradh-drm2-base netbsd-6-0-2-RELEASE netbsd-6-1-RELEASE netbsd-6-1-RC4 netbsd-6-1-RC3 agc-symver-base netbsd-6-1-RC2 netbsd-6-1-RC1 yamt-pagecache-base8 netbsd-6-0-1-RELEASE yamt-pagecache-base7 matt-nb6-plus-nbase yamt-pagecache-base6 netbsd-6-0-RELEASE netbsd-6-0-RC2 tls-maxphys-base matt-nb6-plus-base netbsd-6-0-RC1 yamt-pagecache-base5 yamt-pagecache-base4 netbsd-6-base
# 1.57 14-Jan-2012 jmcneill

branches: 1.57.20;
PR# install/44593: Please give release ISO's more meaningful names

Change release ISO filenames, what was once 'i386cd.iso' will now look
like 'NetBSD-5.99.60-i386.iso'.

ok snj@


Revision tags: yamt-pagecache-base3 yamt-pagecache-base2 yamt-pagecache-base cherry-xenmp-base bouyer-quota2-nbase bouyer-quota2-base matt-mips64-premerge-20101231
# 1.56 11-Jul-2010 mrg

branches: 1.56.6;
point to iso/sparccd.iso, instead of the non-existant installation/cdrom/
subdir. should fix PR#32556 properly.


Revision tags: netbsd-5-2-2-RELEASE netbsd-5-1-4-RELEASE netbsd-5-2-1-RELEASE netbsd-5-1-3-RELEASE netbsd-5-2-RELEASE netbsd-5-2-RC1 netbsd-5-1-2-RELEASE netbsd-5-1-1-RELEASE matt-nb5-mips64-premerge-20101231 matt-nb5-pq3-base netbsd-5-1-RELEASE netbsd-5-1-RC4 matt-nb5-mips64-k15 netbsd-5-1-RC3 netbsd-5-1-RC2 netbsd-5-1-RC1 netbsd-5-0-2-RELEASE matt-nb5-mips64-premerge-20091211 matt-premerge-20091211 matt-nb5-mips64-u2-k2-k4-k7-k8-k9 matt-nb4-mips64-k7-u2a-k9b matt-nb5-mips64-u1-k1-k5 netbsd-5-0-1-RELEASE jym-xensuspend-nbase netbsd-5-0-RELEASE netbsd-5-0-RC4 netbsd-5-0-RC3 netbsd-5-0-RC2 jym-xensuspend-base netbsd-5-0-RC1 netbsd-5-base matt-mips64-base2 wrstuden-revivesa-base-3 wrstuden-revivesa-base-2 mjf-devfs2-base
# 1.55 06-Sep-2008 tsutsui

branches: 1.55.2; 1.55.10; 1.55.14;
Use \*[Lt] and \*[Gt] rather than \*< and \*> .


Revision tags: wrstuden-revivesa-base-1 yamt-pf42-base4 yamt-pf42-base3 hpcarm-cleanup-nbase yamt-pf42-base2 wrstuden-revivesa-base
# 1.54 30-Apr-2008 martin

branches: 1.54.2;
Convert TNF licenses to new 2 clause variant


Revision tags: yamt-pf42-baseX yamt-pf42-base keiichi-mipv6-base mjf-devfs-base matt-armv6-nbase matt-armv6-base hpcarm-cleanup-base
# 1.53 14-Dec-2007 pavel

branches: 1.53.2; 1.53.6; 1.53.8;
Update URLs after website reorganization. patch by OKANO Takayoshi, from
PR 37070.


Revision tags: matt-armv6-prevmlocking cube-autoconf-base netbsd-4-0-RC5 netbsd-4-0-RC4 netbsd-4-0-RC3 netbsd-4-0-RC2 netbsd-4-0-RC1 matt-mips64-base netbsd-4-base
# 1.52 26-Nov-2006 martin

branches: 1.52.2; 1.52.4; 1.52.8;
Adapt iso image names to current conventions and suffix them with the current
version number.


# 1.51 25-Nov-2006 mishka

PR/13749 - Incorrect options specified for dd(1) in tape installs.

Cleanup dd options accordingly to the following policy:
1) put if, of, bs, conv in this order
2) for reading/writing from/to disk don't use sync
4) reading from tape - use sync
3) writing to tape - use osync

Noted by Don Yuniskis (auryn at gci-net.com) via install/13749. Thanks!
Reviewed by <martin>. Thank you!


Revision tags: netbsd-3-1-1-RELEASE netbsd-3-0-3-RELEASE abandoned-netbsd-4-base netbsd-3-1-RELEASE netbsd-3-0-2-RELEASE netbsd-3-1-RC4 netbsd-3-1-RC3 netbsd-3-1-RC2 netbsd-3-1-RC1 netbsd-3-0-1-RELEASE netbsd-3-0-RELEASE netbsd-3-0-RC6 netbsd-3-0-RC5 netbsd-3-0-RC4 netbsd-3-0-RC3 netbsd-3-0-RC2 netbsd-3-0-RC1 netbsd-2-0-3-RELEASE netbsd-2-1-RELEASE netbsd-2-1-RC6 netbsd-2-1-RC5 netbsd-2-1-RC4 netbsd-2-1-RC3 netbsd-2-1-RC2 netbsd-2-1-RC1 netbsd-2-0-2-RELEASE netbsd-3-base netbsd-2-0-1-RELEASE netbsd-2-base netbsd-2-0-RELEASE netbsd-2-0-RC5 netbsd-2-0-RC4 netbsd-2-0-RC3 netbsd-2-0-RC2 netbsd-2-0-RC1 netbsd-2-0-base
# 1.50 26-Jul-2003 salo

netbsd.org->NetBSD.org


Revision tags: fvdl_fs64_base
# 1.49 11-Jul-2002 scottr

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


# 1.48 30-Jun-2002 lukem

clean up whitespace and formatting


Revision tags: netbsd-1-6-base
# 1.47 03-May-2002 mbw

branches: 1.47.2;
move netboot stuff to ../common/netboot


# 1.46 29-Apr-2002 mbw

describe how to use bc to calculate the boot.net filename (in hex)
change ".Dl ok Ic commands" and ".Li ok Ic commands" into
".(disp/.disp) and ".No ok Ic commands"
since it actually uses a monospaced font in HTML


# 1.45 03-Jan-2002 pk

Fix symlink example in netboot section (PR#14809).


# 1.44 02-Jan-2002 he

Quote > and < characters with \*> and \*< in order to get semi-correct
HTML as one of the results.


# 1.43 04-Nov-2001 jhawk

Clarify the disk2 confusion about .tgz files (grammar correction).


# 1.42 22-Sep-2001 hubertf

Seems people are very confused by the fact that floppy/disk2 is a symlink
to a .tgz file. Try to be a *bit* clearer. (Todd, please use hardlinks
next time ;-)


# 1.41 29-Aug-2001 mrg

it is "boot net netbsd" for OBP2, from tron in private email.


# 1.40 11-Jun-2001 wiz

Fix various misspellings of compatible/compatibility.


# 1.39 23-Nov-2000 abs

Switch to the more correct 'conv=sync' - from pk


# 1.38 22-Nov-2000 abs

dd disk2 requires conv=osync unless we are lucky enough to hit a 36k boundary
on a gzippd tarfile.


# 1.37 05-Nov-2000 mbw

mention how to eject floppy, now that installer is on two disks and
doesn't seem to automatically eject the first one when it needs the second.


# 1.36 04-Nov-2000 wiz

mountd and nfsd live in /usr/sbin, not /sbin.


# 1.35 04-Nov-2000 pk

Note the terminal type inquiry at the start of the installation.


# 1.34 01-Nov-2000 mbw

hardware: fix a couple of typos
add ross sparc 20 clone
a little more info on sw device

prep: mention that can't boot if root partition is past first 2 GB of disk
refine wording of section on scsi id mappings

install: add a little more info to the tape booting section


# 1.33 01-Nov-2000 pk

Update floppy & netboot section.
Add section on booting from tape.


# 1.32 29-Oct-2000 lukem

more work:
- use .Tn, .Bx, .Ul, .Key, .Sq, .Dq, .Li, .Dl, (etc) ... as appropriate
- be more consistent between various ports' install notes
- other cleanups


# 1.31 21-Oct-2000 mbw

Major overhaul. Cleaned up a lot of explanations, clarified instructions,
provided more detail when necessary and removed extraneous instructions.

hardware: totally revamped to be more readable and include all known
supported hardware, now matches htdocs/Ports/sparc/hardware.html

install: new section on CD-ROM, netboot has instructions on setting up a
NetBSD server, removed disklabel instructions (miniroot/sysboot's
instructions are clear enough and have error-checking anyways)

prep: reorganized, put in cleaner explanation of SCSI target remapping on
OpenBOOT PROM 1 machines, put in instructions on how to figure out names
ROM uses for SCSI device, put in info about 100BaseTX network cards

upgrade: now points to ../common/upgrade


# 1.30 20-Oct-2000 pk

Update to reflect changes to the bootfs and miniroot images.


# 1.29 10-Oct-2000 lukem

major terraform (this is MUCH more than a rototill :-), including:
- update for 1.5 (still more MD stuff to check)
- use new macros in ../common/macros as appropriate
- introduce some CONSISTENCY between the various ports' install docs
- use various mdoc macros as appropriate, including .Li, .Pa, .Sy, and .Ic.
- migrate more stuff into ../common/*
- whitespace cleanup
- lots of other little things i'm sure...


# 1.28 26-Sep-2000 abs

Remind people to gunzip syboot.fs


# 1.27 04-Sep-2000 abs

Now the miniroot based 'netbsd.ram.gz' is being installed into the installation
release dir we need to rename our 'netbsd.ram.gz' to 'netbsd.syram.gz'.
Man{ag,gl}ing two installation systems for NetBSD/sparc just gets more fun.


# 1.26 04-Sep-2000 abs

Try to cover the fact NetBSD/sparc has both a sysinst and a miniroot
isntallation option for all methods.


# 1.25 24-Aug-2000 abs

Clarify how to generate a NetBSD/sparc install floppy - from a mail by
Henry Nelson <henry@irm.nara.kindai.ac.jp>


# 1.24 22-Aug-2000 abs

Fix some netinstall related text


Revision tags: netbsd-1-5-ALPHA2 netbsd-1-5-base minoura-xpg4dl-base
# 1.23 13-Mar-2000 soren

branches: 1.23.4;
Fix doubled 'the's.


# 1.22 10-Jan-2000 pk

Remove version number from boot image files.


Revision tags: wrstuden-devbsize-19991221 wrstuden-devbsize-base comdex-fall-1999-base
# 1.21 03-Nov-1999 pk

Reduce block size in dd command to 4K; this should make the blocking factor
ok when reading from a pipe.


# 1.20 27-Jun-1999 mrg

branches: 1.20.2;
note the sparc floppy somewhat


Revision tags: netbsd-1-4-RELEASE netbsd-1-4-base
# 1.19 06-Feb-1999 mrg

branches: 1.19.2;
add boot floppy stuff. 1.3 is the fourth netbsd/sparc release


# 1.18 13-Jan-1999 ross

Markup for -mdoc and -mdoc2html.


# 1.17 23-Aug-1998 hubertf

Add notes about steps to do after installation that are common to all
platforms; Thanks to Colin Wood and Simon Burge for their comments.


# 1.16 09-Jan-1998 perry

RCS Id Police.


# 1.15 02-Nov-1997 pk

RELEASE => _VER


# 1.14 02-Nov-1997 pk

Point at the pre-built `/usr/mdec/boot.net' file in the "diskless setup"
section.


Revision tags: netbsd-1-3-base
# 1.13 14-Jul-1997 pk

branches: 1.13.2;
Remove cautioning against using `disklabel -r ..'


# 1.12 29-Nov-1996 pk

Drop in a note about the old-style `sd(c,u,p)' boot syntax.


# 1.11 15-Oct-1996 pk

Pullup changes from 1.2 branch.


# 1.10 19-Aug-1996 mrg

update a bit for 1.2


Revision tags: netbsd-1-2-BETA netbsd-1-2-base
# 1.9 29-Nov-1995 pk

branches: 1.9.4;
Merge changes from 1.1 branch.


# 1.8 16-Nov-1995 pk

Update from 1-1 branch.


# 1.7 30-Oct-1995 pk

update


# 1.6 20-Oct-1995 pk

Note upgrade.sh.


# 1.5 20-Oct-1995 pk

Update for release 1.1


Revision tags: netbsd-1-1-base
# 1.4 08-Oct-1995 pk

branches: 1.4.2;
Start documenting 1.1 installation.


# 1.3 24-Nov-1994 deraadt

start doc on new ROMs


# 1.2 31-Oct-1994 deraadt

better and brighter


# 1.1 25-Oct-1994 deraadt

first cut