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The miniroot's install program is very simple to use. It will guide you through the entire process, and is well automated. If you need to restart the installer, hit .Key Control-C which will return you to a shell prompt. From there, just start it over: .(disp .No # Ic "./install" .disp)
p The experimental RAM disk-based installer is not described here, but is very self-explanatory.
p The miniroot's install program will: .(enum Allow you to place disklabels on additional disks. Note that partition sizes and offsets are expressed in sectors. When you fill out the disklabel, you will need to specify partition types and file system parameters. If you're unsure what these values should be, use the following: .(disp fstype: 4.2BSD fsize: 1024 bsize: 4096 cpg: 16 .disp)
p If the partition will be a swap partition, use the following: .(disp fstype: swap fsize: 0 (or blank) bsize: 0 (or blank) cpg: 0 (or blank) .disp)
p You will also need to specify the number of partitions. The number of partitions is determined by the .Sq index of the last partition letter, where .Li a = .Li 1 , .Li b = .Li 2 , etc. Therefore, if the last filled partition is partition .Sq Li g , there are 7 partitions. Any partitions with size of 0 may be removed from the list.
p Anything after a .Sq Li # is a comment.
p The following is an example disklabel partition map: .(disp 7 partitions: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] a: 30912 448 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 1 - 69) b: 130816 31360 swap # (Cyl. 70 - 361) c: 1296512 0 boot # (Cyl. 0 - 2893) e: 81984 162176 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 362 - 544) f: 102592 244160 4.2BSD 1024 4096 16 # (Cyl. 545 - 773) g: 949760 346752 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 774 - 2893) .disp)
p t Create file systems on target partitions.
p t Allow you to set up your system's network configuration. Remember to specify host names without the domain name appended to the end. For example use .Li foo instead of .Li foo.bar.org . If, during the process of configuring the network interfaces, you make a mistake, you will be able to re-configure that interface by simply selecting it for configuration again.
p t Mount target file systems. You will be given the opportunity to manually edit the resulting
p t Extract binary sets from the media of your choice.
p t Copy configuration information gathered during the installation process to your root file system
q Pa / .
p t Make device nodes in your root file system under
a /dev .
p t Copy a new kernel onto your root partition
q Pa / .
p t Install a new boot block.
p t Check your file systems for integrity. .enum)
p First-time installation on a system through a method other than the installation program is possible, but strongly discouraged.
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