install revision 1.11 1 Installing NetBSD is a relatively complex process, but, if you have
2 this document in hand and are careful to read and remember the
3 information which is presented to you by the install program, it
4 shouldn't be too much trouble.
5
6 Before you begin, you must have already prepared your hard disk as
7 detailed in the section on preparing your system for install.
8
9 The following is a walk-through of the steps necessary to get NetBSD
10 installed on your hard disk. If you wish to stop the installation,
11 you may hit Control-C at any prompt, but if you do, you'll have to
12 begin again from scratch.
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14 Transfer the miniroot file system onto the hard disk partition
15 used by NetBSD for swapping, as described in the "Preparing
16 your System for NetBSD Installation" section above.
17
18 * Booting from AmigaOS, using loadbsd:
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20 You then need to have "ixemul.library" in your LIBS: directory
21 on AmigaDOS. You also need to have the "loadbsd" program
22 in your command path. If AmigaDOS complains about loadbsd
23 not being an executable file, be sure that the "Execute"
24 protection bit is set. If not, set it with the command:
25 Protect loadbsd add e
26
27 Next you need to get yourself into NetBSD by loading the
28 kernel from AmigaDOS with loadbsd like so:
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30 loadbsd -b netbsd
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32 If you have an AGA machine, and your monitor will handle
33 the dblNTSC mode, you may also include the "-A" option to
34 enable the dblNTSC display mode.
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36 If your machine has a fragmented physical memory space, as,
37 e.g., DraCo machines, you should add the "-n2" option to
38 enable the use of all memory segments.
39
40 * Directly booting NetBSD, with boot blocks installed:
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42 [This description is for V40 (OS 3.1) ROMs. For older ROMs,
43 there might be small differences. Check your AmigaOS documentation
44 to learn about the exact procedure.]
45
46 [XXX should note someplace that using bootblocks may not work on some
47 systems, and may require a mountable filesystem on others?]
48
49 Reboot your machine, holding down both mouse buttons if you
50 have a 2-button mouse, the outer mouse buttons if you have
51 a 3-button mouse. On the DraCo, press the left mouse button
52 instead, when the boot screen prompts you for it.
53
54 From the boot menu, select "Boot Options".
55 Select the swap partition with the miniroot, and then "ok".
56 Select "Boot" now. The machine will boot the bootblock, which
57 will prompt your for a command line. You have a few seconds time
58 to change the default. Entering an empty line will accept the
59 default.
60
61 The bootblock uses command lines of the form:
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63 file options
64
65 where file is the kernel file name on the partition where the
66 boot block is on, and options are the same as with loadbsd.
67 E.g., instead of "loadbsd -bsSn2 netbsd" use "netbsd -bsSn2".
68
69 * Once your kernel boots:
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71 You should see the screen clear and some information about
72 your system as the kernel configures the hardware. Note which
73 hard disk device(s) are configured (sd0, sd1, etc). Then
74 you will be prompted for a root device. At this time type
75 'sd0b', where '0' is the device which contains the swap
76 partition you created during the hard disk preparation.
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78 If the system should hang after entering the root device, try
79 again with
80
81 loadbsd -I ff -b netbsd
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83 This disables synchronous transfer on all SCSI devices.
84
85 The system should continue to boot. For now ignore WARNING:
86 messages about bad dates in clocks, and a warning about /etc/rc
87 not existing. Eventually you will be be asked to enter the
88 pathname of the shell, just hit return. After a short while,
89 you will be asked to select the type of your keyboard. After
90 you have entered a valid response here, the system asks you if
91 you want to install or upgrade your system. Since you are
92 reading the 'install' section, 'i' would be the proper
93 response here...
94
95 The installer starts with a nice welcome messages. Read this
96 message carefully, it also informs you of the risks involved
97 in continuing! If you still want to go on, type 'y'. The
98 installer now continues by trying to figure out your disk
99 configuration. When it is done, you will be prompted to
100 select a root device from the list of disks it has found.
101
102 You should know at this point that the disks are NOT numbered
103 according to their scsi-id! The NetBSD kernel numbers the scsi
104 drives (and other devices on the scsi bus) sequentially as it
105 finds them. The drive with the lowest scsi id will be called sd0,
106 the next one sd1, etc. Also, any Amiga internal IDE disk drives
107 will be configured as "SCSI" drives, and will be configured
108 before any 'real' SCSI drives (if any are present).
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110 YOU ARE NOW AT THE POINT OF NO RETURN. If you confirm that
111 you want to install NetBSD, your hard drive will be modified,
112 and perhaps its contents scrambled at the whim of the install
113 program. Type Control-C NOW if you don't want this.
114
115 At this time, you will need to tell the installer which partition
116 will be associated with the different filesystems.
117
118 The install program will now make the the file systems you
119 specified. There should be only one error per file system in
120 this section of the installation. It will look like so:
121
122 newfs: ioctl (WDINFO): Invalid argument
123 newfs: /dev/rsd0a: can't rewrite disk label
124
125 If there are any others, restart from the the beginning of
126 the installation process. This error is ok as the Amiga
127 does not write disklabels currently. You should expect
128 this error whenever using newfs.
129
130 The install will now ask you want to configure any network
131 information. It ill ask for the machine's host name, domain
132 name, and other network configuration information.
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134 Since the network configuration might have lead to additional (nfs)
135 filesystem entries, you get another chance to modify your fstab.
136
137 Your are finally at the point where some real data will be put on
138 your freshly made filesystems. Select the device type you wish
139 to install from and off you go....
140 Some notes:
141 - If you want to install from tape, please read the section
142 about how to create such a tape.
143 - Install at least the base and etc sets.
144 - If you have to specify a path relative to the mount-point and
145 you need the mount-point itself, enter '.'.
146
147 Next you will be asked to specify the timezone. Just select the
148 timezone you are in. The installer will make the correct setup
149 on your root filesystem. After the timezone-link is installed,
150 the installer will proceed by creating the device nodes on your
151 root filesystem.
152
153 Be patient, this will take a while...
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155 Finally, the installer ask you if you want to install the bootblock
156 code on your root disk. This is a matter of personal choice and can
157 also be done from a running NetBSD system. See the 'installboot(8)'
158 manual page about how to do this.
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161 Once the installer is done, halt the system with the "halt" command
162 (wait for "halted" to be displayed) and reboot. Then again boot
163 NetBSD this time with the command:
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165 loadbsd netbsd
166
167 or select the root partition from the boot menu, and tell it to boot
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169 netbsd -s
170
171 You need to do your final tweaks now. First mount your file systems
172 like so:
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174 mount -av
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176 Your system is now complete but not completely configured; you
177 should adjust the /etc/sendmail.cf file as necessary to suit your
178 site and/or disable sendmail and other network related programs.
179 These things can be found in /etc/netstart. Use vi, if you installed
180 the man pages you can type `man vi' or `man ed' for instructions
181 on how to use these somewhat non-intuitive editors.
182
183 Once you are done with the rest of configuration unmount your file
184 systems and halt your system, then reboot:
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186 cd /
187 umount -av
188 halt
189 <reboot>
190
191 Finally you can now boot your system and it will be completely
192 functional:
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194 loadbsd -a netbsd
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196 When it boots off of the hard drive, you will have a complete
197 NetBSD system! CONGRATULATIONS! (You really deserve them!!!)
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