install revision 1.9.2.3 1 1.1 chopps Installing NetBSD is a relatively complex process, but, if you have
2 1.1 chopps this document in hand and are careful to read and remember the
3 1.1 chopps information which is presented to you by the install program, it
4 1.1 chopps shouldn't be too much trouble.
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6 1.1 chopps Before you begin, you must have already prepared your hard disk as
7 1.1 chopps detailed in the section on preparing your system for install.
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9 1.1 chopps The following is a walk-through of the steps necessary to get NetBSD
10 1.1 chopps installed on your hard disk. If you wish to stop the installation,
11 1.1 chopps you may hit Control-C at any prompt, but if you do, you'll have to
12 1.1 chopps begin again from scratch.
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14 1.9.2.1 mellon Transfer the miniroot file system onto the hard disk partition
15 1.9.2.1 mellon used by NetBSD for swapping, as described in the "Preparing
16 1.9.2.1 mellon your System for NetBSD Installation" section above.
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18 1.8 is * Booting from AmigaOS, using loadbsd:
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20 1.4 jtc You then need to have "ixemul.library" in your LIBS: directory
21 1.4 jtc on AmigaDOS. You also need to have the "loadbsd" program
22 1.4 jtc in your command path. If AmigaDOS complains about loadbsd
23 1.4 jtc not being an executable file, be sure that the "Execute"
24 1.4 jtc protection bit is set. If not, set it with the command:
25 1.4 jtc Protect loadbsd add e
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27 1.3 chopps Next you need to get yourself into NetBSD by loading the
28 1.3 chopps kernel from AmigaDOS with loadbsd like so:
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30 1.1 chopps loadbsd -b netbsd
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32 1.4 jtc If you have an AGA machine, and your monitor will handle
33 1.4 jtc the dblNTSC mode, you may also include the "-A" option to
34 1.4 jtc enable the dblNTSC display mode.
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36 1.7 chopps If your machine has a fragmented physical memory space, as,
37 1.7 chopps e.g., DraCo machines, you should add the "-n2" option to
38 1.7 chopps enable the use of all memory segments.
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40 1.8 is * Directly booting NetBSD, with boot blocks installed:
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42 1.9.2.2 veego [This description is for V40 (OS 3.1) ROMs. For older ROMs,
43 1.8 is there might be small differences. Check your AmigaOS documentation
44 1.8 is to learn about the exact procedure.]
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46 1.9.2.1 mellon [XXX should note someplace that using bootblocks may not work on some
47 1.9.2.1 mellon systems, and may require a mountable filesystem on others?]
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49 1.8 is Reboot your machine, holding down both mouse buttons if you
50 1.8 is have a 2-button mouse, the outer mouse buttons if you have
51 1.8 is a 3-button mouse. On the DraCo, press the left mouse button
52 1.8 is instead, when the boot screen prompts you for it.
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54 1.8 is From the boot menu, select "Boot Options".
55 1.8 is Select the swap partition with the miniroot, and then "ok".
56 1.8 is Select "Boot" now. The machine will boot the bootblock, which
57 1.8 is will prompt your for a command line. You have a few seconds time
58 1.8 is to change the default. Entering an empty line will accept the
59 1.8 is default.
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61 1.8 is The bootblock uses command lines of the form:
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63 1.8 is file options
64 1.8 is
65 1.8 is where file is the kernel file name on the partition where the
66 1.8 is boot block is on, and options are the same as with loadbsd.
67 1.8 is E.g., instead of "loadbsd -bsSn2 netbsd" use "netbsd -bsSn2".
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69 1.8 is * Once your kernel boots:
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71 1.1 chopps You should see the screen clear and some information about
72 1.3 chopps your system as the kernel configures the hardware. Note which
73 1.3 chopps hard disk device(s) are configured (sd0, sd1, etc). Then
74 1.3 chopps you will be prompted for a root device. At this time type
75 1.9 is 'sd0b', where '0' is the device which contains the swap
76 1.4 jtc partition you created during the hard disk preparation.
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78 1.6 chopps If the system should hang after entering the root device, try
79 1.6 chopps again with
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81 1.6 chopps loadbsd -I ff -b netbsd
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83 1.6 chopps This disables synchronous transfer on all SCSI devices.
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85 1.1 chopps The system should continue to boot. For now ignore WARNING:
86 1.9.2.1 mellon messages about bad dates in clocks, and a warning about /etc/rc
87 1.9.2.1 mellon not existing. Eventually you will be be asked to enter the
88 1.9.2.1 mellon pathname of the shell, just hit return. After a short while,
89 1.9.2.1 mellon you will be asked to select the type of your keyboard. After
90 1.9.2.1 mellon you have entered a valid response here, the system asks you if
91 1.9.2.1 mellon you want to install or upgrade your system. Since you are
92 1.9.2.1 mellon reading the 'install' section, 'i' would be the proper
93 1.9.2.1 mellon response here...
94 1.9.2.1 mellon
95 1.9.2.1 mellon The installer starts with a nice welcome messages. Read this
96 1.9.2.1 mellon message carefully, it also informs you of the risks involved
97 1.9.2.1 mellon in continuing! If you still want to go on, type 'y'. The
98 1.9.2.1 mellon installer now continues by trying to figure out your disk
99 1.9.2.1 mellon configuration. When it is done, you will be prompted to
100 1.9.2.1 mellon select a root device from the list of disks it has found.
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102 1.9.2.1 mellon You should know at this point that the disks are NOT numbered
103 1.9.2.1 mellon according to their scsi-id! The NetBSD kernel numbers the scsi
104 1.9.2.1 mellon drives (and other devices on the scsi bus) sequentially as it
105 1.9.2.1 mellon finds them. The drive with the lowest scsi id will be called sd0,
106 1.9.2.1 mellon the next one sd1, etc. Also, any Amiga internal IDE disk drives
107 1.9.2.1 mellon will be configured as "SCSI" drives, and will be configured
108 1.9.2.1 mellon before any 'real' SCSI drives (if any are present).
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110 1.1 chopps YOU ARE NOW AT THE POINT OF NO RETURN. If you confirm that
111 1.1 chopps you want to install NetBSD, your hard drive will be modified,
112 1.2 chopps and perhaps its contents scrambled at the whim of the install
113 1.9.2.1 mellon program. Type Control-C NOW if you don't want this.
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115 1.9.2.1 mellon At this time, you will need to tell the installer which partition
116 1.9.2.1 mellon will be associated with the different filesystems.
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118 1.9.2.1 mellon The install program will now make the the file systems you
119 1.9.2.1 mellon specified. There should be only one error per file system in
120 1.9.2.3 perry this section of the installation. It will look like this:
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122 1.1 chopps newfs: ioctl (WDINFO): Invalid argument
123 1.1 chopps newfs: /dev/rsd0a: can't rewrite disk label
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125 1.1 chopps If there are any others, restart from the the beginning of
126 1.2 chopps the installation process. This error is ok as the Amiga
127 1.1 chopps does not write disklabels currently. You should expect
128 1.1 chopps this error whenever using newfs.
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130 1.9.2.1 mellon The install will now ask you want to configure any network
131 1.9.2.1 mellon information. It ill ask for the machine's host name, domain
132 1.9.2.1 mellon name, and other network configuration information.
133 1.9.2.1 mellon
134 1.9.2.1 mellon Since the network configuration might have lead to additional (nfs)
135 1.9.2.1 mellon filesystem entries, you get another chance to modify your fstab.
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137 1.9.2.3 perry You are finally at the point where some real data will be put on
138 1.9.2.1 mellon your freshly made filesystems. Select the device type you wish
139 1.9.2.1 mellon to install from and off you go....
140 1.9.2.1 mellon Some notes:
141 1.9.2.1 mellon - If you want to install from tape, please read the section
142 1.9.2.1 mellon about how to create such a tape.
143 1.9.2.3 perry - Some tapes (e.g. Archive Viper 150) refuse to operate with
144 1.9.2.3 perry the default tape density ("nrst0"). Try "nrst0h",
145 1.9.2.3 perry "nrst0m", or "nrst0l" instead.
146 1.9.2.1 mellon - Install at least the base and etc sets.
147 1.9.2.1 mellon - If you have to specify a path relative to the mount-point and
148 1.9.2.1 mellon you need the mount-point itself, enter '.'.
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150 1.9.2.1 mellon Next you will be asked to specify the timezone. Just select the
151 1.9.2.1 mellon timezone you are in. The installer will make the correct setup
152 1.9.2.1 mellon on your root filesystem. After the timezone-link is installed,
153 1.9.2.1 mellon the installer will proceed by creating the device nodes on your
154 1.9.2.1 mellon root filesystem.
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156 1.9.2.1 mellon Be patient, this will take a while...
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158 1.9.2.1 mellon Finally, the installer ask you if you want to install the bootblock
159 1.9.2.1 mellon code on your root disk. This is a matter of personal choice and can
160 1.9.2.1 mellon also be done from a running NetBSD system. See the 'installboot(8)'
161 1.9.2.1 mellon manual page about how to do this.
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164 1.9.2.1 mellon Once the installer is done, halt the system with the "halt" command
165 1.9.2.1 mellon (wait for "halted" to be displayed) and reboot. Then again boot
166 1.9.2.1 mellon NetBSD this time with the command:
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168 1.8 is loadbsd netbsd
169 1.8 is
170 1.8 is or select the root partition from the boot menu, and tell it to boot
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172 1.8 is netbsd -s
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174 1.7 chopps You need to do your final tweaks now. First mount your file systems
175 1.1 chopps like so:
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177 1.1 chopps mount -av
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179 1.1 chopps Your system is now complete but not completely configured; you
180 1.1 chopps should adjust the /etc/sendmail.cf file as necessary to suit your
181 1.9.2.3 perry site. You should also examine and adjust the settings in /etc/rc.conf.
182 1.9.2.3 perry You can use vi or ed to edit the files. If you installed the man pages
183 1.9.2.3 perry you can type `man vi' or `man ed' for instructions on how to use these
184 1.9.2.3 perry somewhat non-intuitive editors.
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186 1.1 chopps Once you are done with the rest of configuration unmount your file
187 1.1 chopps systems and halt your system, then reboot:
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189 1.1 chopps cd /
190 1.1 chopps umount -av
191 1.1 chopps halt
192 1.1 chopps <reboot>
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194 1.1 chopps Finally you can now boot your system and it will be completely
195 1.1 chopps functional:
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197 1.1 chopps loadbsd -a netbsd
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199 1.1 chopps When it boots off of the hard drive, you will have a complete
200 1.1 chopps NetBSD system! CONGRATULATIONS! (You really deserve them!!!)
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