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      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.
     13 
     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:
     19 
     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:
     29 
     30 		loadbsd -b netbsd
     31 
     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.
     35 
     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:
     41 
     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:
     62 
     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:
     70 
     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.
     77 
     78 	If the system should hang after entering the root device, try
     79 	again with
     80 
     81 		loadbsd -I ff -b netbsd
     82 
     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).
    109 
    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.
    133 
    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...
    154 
    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.
    159 
    160 
    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:
    164 
    165 	loadbsd netbsd
    166 
    167 or select the root partition from the boot menu, and tell it to boot
    168 
    169 	netbsd -s
    170 
    171 You need to do your final tweaks now.  First mount your file systems
    172 like so:
    173 
    174 	mount -av
    175 
    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:
    185 
    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:
    193 
    194 	loadbsd -a netbsd
    195 
    196 When it boots off of the hard drive, you will have a complete
    197 NetBSD system!  CONGRATULATIONS! (You really deserve them!!!)
    198