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1Installation is supported from several media types, including:
2	Tape
3	CD-ROM
4	NFS
5	FTP
6
7The steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets
8for installation depend on which method of installation
9you choose.  The various methods are explained below.
10
11To prepare for installing via a tape:
12
13	If you wish to load SYS_INST from tape, it must
14	appear on the tape before any other files.  To copy
15	this onto tape, use a command like the following:
16
17		dd if=SYS_INST of=<tape_device> obs=20b conv=osync
18
19	Note that not all HP BOOTROMs support booting from
20	SCSI tapes.
21
22	Copying the miniroot to disk from tape is not currently
23	supported.  However, it is planned for a future release.
24
25	If you wish to extract binary sets onto your disk from
26	tape, you must first place them on the tape.  The easiest
27	way to do this is with the dd(1) command.  Make sure you
28	use a `no-rewind-on-close' tape device.  For example:
29
30		for file in base12.tar.gz etc12.tar.gz; do
31			dd if=${file} of=/dev/nrst0
32		done
33
34	Note that depending on your tape drive, you may need to
35	explicitly set the EOF marker at the end of each file.
36	It may also be necessary to use the `conv=osync' argument
37	to dd(1).  Note that this argument is incompatible with the
38	`bs=' argument.  Consult the tape-related manual pages on the
39	system where the tapes are created for more details.
40
41To prepare for installing via NFS:
42
43	SYS_INST currently requires an NFS server from which to
44	copy the miniroot.
45
46		* This filesystem must be exported with root permissions,
47		  but may be exported read-only.
48
49		* The miniroot image _must_ reside in the `root' of the
50		  mounted filesystem.  For example, if the client system
51		  mounts `server:/u', then the miniroot image must reside
52		  in /u on the server.  This is due to limitations in the
53		  file lookup code used in SYS_INST, and may be fixed in
54		  a future release.
55
56		* If you also wish to install the binary sets from the
57		  NFS server, place them in a properly exported filesystem
58		  on the server.  Note that these files do not suffer from
59		  the same placement restrictions as the miniroot.
60
61To prepare for installing via FTP:
62
63	It is possible, using the `install' and `upgrade'
64	programs in the miniroot, to extract the binary sets
65	directly onto disk from an FTP server.  This is by far
66	the easiest installation method, as you may specify to
67	have all sets extracted at once, providing that they
68	are located in the same directory on the server.
69
70	All that is required in this case is that you have
71	network access to an FTP server.  This may be your
72	account on another system, or may even be ftp.NetBSD.ORG
73	itself.  If you wish to use ftp.NetBSD.ORG as your FTP
74	file server, you may want to keep the following information
75	handy:
76
77		IP Address: ftp.NetBSD.ORG
78		Login: anonymous
79		Password: <your e-mail address>
80		Server path: /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-_VER/hp300/binary
81
82	Note: if you're not using a nameserver duing installation,
83	you might find 206.86.8.12 handy; it's the IP address of
84	ftp.NetBSD.ORG as of September 2, 1996.
85