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      1 Installation is supported from several media types, including:
      2 	AmigaDOS HD partitions
      3 	Tape
      4 	NFS partitions
      5 	FTP
      6 	NetBSD partitions, if doing an upgrade.
      7 
      8 The miniroot file system needs to be transferred to the NetBSD swap
      9 partition.  This can be done from AmigaDOS in the case of a new
     10 install or upgrade, or from NetBSD when doing an upgrade.  See the
     11 "Preparing your System for NetBSD Installation" section for details.
     12 
     13 The steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets
     14 for installation depend on which method of installation
     15 you choose.  The various methods are explained below.
     16 
     17 To prepare for installing via an AmigaDOS partition:
     18 
     19 	To install NetBSD from an AmigaDOS partition, you need to
     20 	get the NetBSD distribution sets you wish to install
     21 	on your system on to an AmigaDOS partition.  All of the
     22 	set_name.xx pieces can be placed in a single directory
     23 	instead of separate ones for each distribution set.  This
     24 	will also simplify the installation work later on.
     25 
     26 	Note where you place the files you will need this later.
     27 
     28 	Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next
     29 	step in the installation process, preparing your hard disk.
     30 
     31 To prepare for installing via a tape:
     32 
     33 	To install NetBSD from a tape, you need to somehow
     34 	get the NetBSD file sets you wish to install on
     35 	your system on to the appropriate kind of tape,
     36 	in tar format.
     37 
     38 	If you're making the tape on a UN*X system, the easiest
     39 	way to do so is:
     40 
     41 		tar cvf <tape_device> <files>
     42 
     43 	where "<tape_device>" is the name of the tape device
     44 	that describes the tape drive you're using (possibly
     45 	something like /dev/nrst0, but we make no guarantees 8-).
     46 	If you can't figure it out, ask your system administrator.
     47 	"<files>" are the names of the "set_name.xx" files
     48 	which you want to be placed on the tape.
     49 
     50 	Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next
     51 	step in the installation process, preparing your hard disk.
     52 
     53 To prepare for installing via an NFS partition:
     54 
     55 	NOTE: this method of installation is recommended
     56 	      only for those already familiar with using
     57 	      the BSD network-manipulation commands and
     58 	      interfaces.  If you aren't, this documentation
     59 	      should help, but is not intended to be
     60 	      all-encompassing.
     61 
     62 	Place the NetBSD software you wish to install into
     63 	a directory on an NFS server, and make that directory
     64 	mountable by the machine which you will be installing
     65 	NetBSD on.  This will probably require modifying the
     66 	/etc/exports file of the NFS server and resetting
     67 	mountd, acts which will require superuser privileges.
     68 	Note the numeric IP address of the NFS server and of
     69 	the router closest to the the new NetBSD machine,
     70 	if the NFS server is not on a network which is
     71 	directly attached to the NetBSD machine.
     72 
     73 	Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next
     74 	step in the installation process, preparing your hard disk.
     75 
     76 To prepare for installing via FTP:
     77 
     78 	NOTE: this method of installation is recommended
     79 	      only for those already familiar with using
     80 	      the BSD network-manipulation commands and
     81 	      interfaces.  If you aren't, this documentation
     82 	      should help, but is not intended to be
     83 	      all-encompassing.
     84 
     85 	The preparations for this method of installation
     86 	are easy: all you have to do is make sure that
     87 	there's some FTP site from which you can retrieve
     88 	the NetBSD installation when it's time to do
     89 	the install.  You should know the numeric IP
     90 	address of that site, the numeric IP address of
     91 	your nearest router if one is necessary
     92 
     93 	Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next
     94 	step in the installation process, preparing your hard disk.
     95 
     96 If you are upgrading NetBSD, you also have the option of installing
     97 NetBSD by putting the new distribution sets somewhere in your existing
     98 file system, and using them from there.  To do that, you must do the
     99 following:
    100 
    101 	Place the distribution sets you wish to upgrade somewhere in
    102 	your current file system tree.  At a bare minimum, you must
    103 	upgrade the "base" binary distribution, and so must put the
    104 	"base13" set somewhere in your file system.  If you wish,
    105 	you can do the other sets, as well, but you should NOT upgrade
    106 	the "etc" distribution; the "etc" distribution contains system
    107 	configuration files that you should review and update by hand.
    108 
    109 	Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next step in
    110 	the upgrade process, actually upgrading your system.
    111