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1 1.1.2.2 chopps Installation is supported from several media types, including: 2 1.1.2.2 chopps AmigaDOS HD partitions 3 1.1.2.2 chopps Tape 4 1.1.2.2 chopps NFS partitions 5 1.1.2.2 chopps FTP 6 1.1.2.2 chopps 7 1.1.2.2 chopps No matter what you do, however, you'll need to have one disk handy, 8 1.1.2.2 chopps on which you will put the install floppy image. 9 1.1.2.2 chopps 10 1.1.2.2 chopps All the images are available from the directory "amiga/floppies", 11 1.1.2.2 chopps under the root of the NetBSD tree at your favorite archive site. 12 1.1.2.2 chopps 13 1.1.2.2 chopps If you are using NetBSD/amiga to make the floppies, you should use 14 1.1.2.2 chopps the command dd(1) to write the raw floppy images (.fs files) to 15 1.1.2.2 chopps the disk. To write onto fd0 use: 16 1.1.2.2 chopps 17 1.1.2.2 chopps dd if=inst-10.fs of=/dev/rfd0a bs=11b 18 1.1.2.2 chopps 19 1.1.2.2 chopps If you are using AmigaDOS to make the floppies, you should 20 1.1.2.2 chopps use the rawwrite utility, provided in the directory 21 1.1.2.2 chopps "amiga/utilities" in the distribution. To write the image to 22 1.1.2.2 chopps the floppy in df0 use (from cli): 23 1.1.2.2 chopps 24 1.1.2.2 chopps rawwrite 0 inst-10.fs 25 1.1.2.2 chopps 26 1.1.2.2 chopps The steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets 27 1.1.2.2 chopps for installation depend on which method of installation 28 1.1.2.2 chopps you choose. The various methods are explained below. 29 1.1.2.2 chopps 30 1.1.2.2 chopps To prepare for installing via an AmigaDOS partition: 31 1.1.2.2 chopps 32 1.1.2.2 chopps To install NetBSD from an AmigaDOS partition, you need to 33 1.1.2.2 chopps get the NetBSD distribution sets you wish to install 34 1.1.2.2 chopps on your system on to an AmigaDOS partition. 35 1.1.2.2 chopps 36 1.1.2.2 chopps Note where you place the files you will need this later. 37 1.1.2.2 chopps 38 1.1.2.2 chopps Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next 39 1.1.2.2 chopps step in the installation process, preparing your hard disk. 40 1.1.2.2 chopps 41 1.1.2.2 chopps To prepare for installing via a tape: 42 1.1.2.2 chopps 43 1.1.2.2 chopps To install NetBSD from a tape, you need to be somehow 44 1.1.2.2 chopps to get the NetBSD filesets you wish to install on 45 1.1.2.2 chopps your system on to the appropriate kind of tape, 46 1.1.2.2 chopps in tar format. 47 1.1.2.2 chopps 48 1.1.2.2 chopps If you're making the tape on a UN*X system, the easiest 49 1.1.2.2 chopps way to do so is: 50 1.1.2.2 chopps 51 1.1.2.2 chopps tar cvf <tape_device> <files> 52 1.1.2.2 chopps 53 1.1.2.2 chopps where "<tape_device>" is the name of the tape device 54 1.1.2.2 chopps that describes the tape drive you're using (possibly 55 1.1.2.2 chopps something like /dev/nrst0, but we make no guarantees 8-). 56 1.1.2.2 chopps If you can't figure it out, ask your system administrator. 57 1.1.2.2 chopps "<files>" are the names of the "set_name.nnn" files 58 1.1.2.2 chopps which you want to be placed on the tape. 59 1.1.2.2 chopps 60 1.1.2.2 chopps Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next 61 1.1.2.2 chopps step in the installation process, preparing your hard disk. 62 1.1.2.2 chopps 63 1.1.2.2 chopps To prepare for installing via an NFS partition: 64 1.1.2.2 chopps 65 1.1.2.2 chopps NOTE: this method of installation is recommended 66 1.1.2.2 chopps only for those already familiar with using 67 1.1.2.2 chopps the BSD network-manipulation commands and 68 1.1.2.2 chopps interfaces. If you aren't, this documentation 69 1.1.2.2 chopps should help, but is not intended to be 70 1.1.2.2 chopps all-encompassing. 71 1.1.2.2 chopps 72 1.1.2.2 chopps Place the NetBSD software you wish to install into 73 1.1.2.2 chopps a directory on an NFS server, and make that directory 74 1.1.2.2 chopps mountable by the machine which you will be installing 75 1.1.2.2 chopps NetBSD on. This will probably require modifying the 76 1.1.2.2 chopps /etc/exports file of the NFS server and resetting 77 1.1.2.2 chopps mountd, acts which will require superuser privileges. 78 1.1.2.2 chopps Note the numeric IP address of the NFS server and of 79 1.1.2.2 chopps the router closest to the the new NetBSD machine, 80 1.1.2.2 chopps if the NFS server is not on a network which is 81 1.1.2.2 chopps directly attached to the NetBSD machine. 82 1.1.2.2 chopps 83 1.1.2.2 chopps Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next 84 1.1.2.2 chopps step in the installation process, preparing your hard disk. 85 1.1.2.2 chopps 86 1.1.2.2 chopps To prepare for installing via FTP: 87 1.1.2.2 chopps 88 1.1.2.2 chopps NOTE: this method of installation is recommended 89 1.1.2.2 chopps only for those already familiar with using 90 1.1.2.2 chopps the BSD network-manipulation commands and 91 1.1.2.2 chopps interfaces. If you aren't, this documentation 92 1.1.2.2 chopps should help, but is not intended to be 93 1.1.2.2 chopps all-encompassing. 94 1.1.2.2 chopps 95 1.1.2.2 chopps The preparations for this method of installation 96 1.1.2.2 chopps are easy: all you have to do is make sure that 97 1.1.2.2 chopps there's some FTP site from which you can retrieve 98 1.1.2.2 chopps the NetBSD installation when it's time to do 99 1.1.2.2 chopps the install. You should know the numeric IP 100 1.1.2.2 chopps address of that site, the numeric IP address of 101 1.1.2.2 chopps your nearest router if one is necessary 102 1.1.2.2 chopps 103 1.1.2.2 chopps Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next 104 1.1.2.2 chopps step in the installation process, preparing your hard disk. 105
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