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1Installation is supported from several media types, including:
2	Tape
3	NFS partitions
4	FTP
5
6The steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets
7for installation depend on which method of installation
8you choose.  The various methods are explained below.
9
10To 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
35To 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
59To 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.
79