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      1 Installation is supported from several media types, including:
      2 	Tape
      3 	NFS partitions
      4 	FTP
      5 
      6 The steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets
      7 for installation depend on which method of installation
      8 you choose.  The various methods are explained below.
      9 
     10 To prepare for installing via a tape:
     11 
     12 	To install NetBSD from a tape, you need to somehow
     13 	get the NetBSD filesets you wish to install on
     14 	your system on to the appropriate kind of tape,
     15 	in tar format.
     16 
     17 	If you're making the tape on a UN*X system, the easiest
     18 	way to do so is:
     19 
     20 		tar cvf <tape_device> <files>
     21 
     22 	where "<tape_device>" is the name of the tape device
     23 	that describes the tape drive you're using (possibly
     24 	something like /dev/nrst0, but we make no guarantees 8-).
     25 	Under HP-UX, this would be something like /dev/rmt/c0ed03inb.
     26 	Again, your mileage may vary.  If you can't figure it out,
     27 	ask your system administrator.  "<files>" are the names
     28 	of the "set_name.nnn" files which you want to be placed
     29 	on the tape.
     30 
     31 	Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next
     32 	step in the installation process, preparing your 
     33 	system for NetBSD installation.
     34 
     35 To prepare for installing via an NFS partition:
     36 
     37 	NOTE: this method of installation is recommended
     38 	      only for those already familiar with using
     39 	      the BSD network-manipulation commands and
     40 	      interfaces.  If you aren't, this documentation
     41 	      should help, but is not intended to be
     42 	      all-encompassing.
     43 
     44 	Place the NetBSD software you wish to install into
     45 	a directory on an NFS server, and make that directory
     46 	mountable by the machine which you will be installing
     47 	NetBSD on.  This will probably require modifying the
     48 	/etc/exports file of the NFS server and resetting
     49 	mountd, acts which will require superuser privileges.
     50 	Note the numeric IP address of the NFS server and of
     51 	the router closest to the the new NetBSD machine,
     52 	if the NFS server is not on a network which is
     53 	directly attached to the NetBSD machine.
     54 
     55 	Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next
     56 	step in the installation process, preparing your
     57 	system for NetBSD installation.
     58 
     59 To prepare for installing via FTP:
     60 
     61 	NOTE: this method of installation is recommended
     62 	      only for those already familiar with using
     63 	      the BSD network-manipulation commands and
     64 	      interfaces.  If you aren't, this documentation
     65 	      should help, but is not intended to be
     66 	      all-encompassing.
     67 
     68 	The preparations for this method of installation
     69 	are easy: all you have to do is make sure that
     70 	there's some FTP site from which you can retrieve
     71 	the NetBSD installation when it's time to do
     72 	the install.  You should know the numeric IP
     73 	address of that site, the numeric IP address of
     74 	your nearest router if one is necessary
     75 
     76 	Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next
     77 	step in the installation process, preparing your
     78 	system for NetBSD installation.
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