install revision 1.3 
1	$NetBSD: install,v 1.3 1998/01/09 18:46:17 perry Exp $	
2
3The miniroot's install program is very simple to use.  It will guide
4you through the entire process, and is well automated.  Additional
5improvements are planned for future releases.
6
7The miniroot's install program will:
8
9	* Allow you to place disklabels on additional disks.
10	  Note that partition sizes and offsets are expressed
11	  in sectors.  When you fill out the disklabel, you will
12	  need to specify partition types and filesystem parameters.
13	  If you're unsure what the these values should be, use the
14	  following:
15
16		fstype: 4.2BSD
17		fsize: 1024
18		bsize: 4096
19		cpg: 16
20
21	  If the partition will be a swap partition, use the following:
22
23		fstype: swap
24		fsize: 0 (or blank)
25		bsize: 0 (or blank)
26		cpg: 0 (or blank)
27
28	  You will also need to specify the number of partitions.
29	  The number of partitions is determined by the `index' of
30	  the last partition letter, where a == 1, b == 2, etc.
31	  Therefore, if the last filled partition is partition `g',
32	  there are 7 partitions.  Any partitions with size of 0
33	  may be removed from the list.
34
35	  If the disk is the boot disk, you _must_ offset the root
36	  partition (`a') one cylinder, as the hp300 boot code
37	  if large enough to spill past the label area.  In this case,
38	  the `c' partition must be fstype `boot'.
39
40	  Anything after a `#' is a comment.
41
42	  The following is an example disklabel partition map:
43
447 partitions:
45#        size   offset    fstype   [fsize bsize   cpg]
46  a:    30912      448    4.2BSD     1024  8192    16   # (Cyl.    1 - 69)
47  b:   130816    31360      swap                        # (Cyl.   70 - 361)
48  c:  1296512        0      boot                        # (Cyl.    0 - 2893)
49  e:    81984   162176    4.2BSD     1024  8192    16   # (Cyl.  362 - 544)
50  f:   102592   244160    4.2BSD     1024  4096    16   # (Cyl.  545 - 773)
51  g:   949760   346752    4.2BSD     1024  8192    16   # (Cyl.  774 - 2893)
52
53	* Create filesystems on target partitions.
54
55	* Allow you to set up your system's network configuration.
56	  Remember to specify host names without the domain name
57	  appended to the end.  For example use `foo' instead of
58	  `foo.bar.org'.  If, during the process of configuring
59	  the network interfaces, you make a mistake, you will
60	  be able to re-configure that interface by simply selecting
61	  it for configuration again.
62
63	* Mount target filesystems.  You will be given the opportunity
64	  to manually edit the resulting /etc/fstab.
65
66	* Extract binary sets from the media of your choice.
67
68	* Copy configuration information gathered during the
69	  installation process to your root filesystem.
70
71	* Make device nodes in your root filesystem.
72
73	* Copy a new kernel onto your root partition.
74
75	* Install a new boot block.
76
77	* Check your filesystems for integrity.
78
79First-time installation on a system through a method other than the
80installation program is possible, but strongly discouraged.
81