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      3 Installation is supported from several media types, including:
      4 	Tape
      5 	CD-ROM
      6 	NFS
      7 	FTP
      8 
      9 The steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets
     10 for installation depend on which method of installation
     11 you choose.  The various methods are explained below.
     12 
     13 To prepare for installing via a tape:
     14 
     15 	If you wish to load SYS_INST from tape, it must
     16 	appear on the tape before any other files.  To copy
     17 	this onto tape, use a command like the following:
     18 
     19 		dd if=SYS_INST of=<tape_device> obs=20b conv=osync
     20 
     21 	Note that not all HP BOOTROMs support booting from
     22 	SCSI tapes.
     23 
     24 	Copying the miniroot to disk from tape is not currently
     25 	supported.  However, it is planned for a future release.
     26 
     27 	If you wish to extract binary sets onto your disk from
     28 	tape, you must first place them on the tape.  The easiest
     29 	way to do this is with the dd(1) command.  Make sure you
     30 	use a `no-rewind-on-close' tape device.  For example:
     31 
     32 		for file in base.tgz etc.tgz; do
     33 			dd if=${file} of=/dev/nrst0
     34 		done
     35 
     36 	Note that depending on your tape drive, you may need to
     37 	explicitly set the EOF marker at the end of each file.
     38 	It may also be necessary to use the `conv=osync' argument
     39 	to dd(1).  Note that this argument is incompatible with the
     40 	`bs=' argument.  Consult the tape-related manual pages on the
     41 	system where the tapes are created for more details.
     42 
     43 To prepare for installing via NFS:
     44 
     45 	SYS_INST currently requires an NFS server from which to
     46 	copy the miniroot.
     47 
     48 		* This filesystem must be exported with root permissions,
     49 		  but may be exported read-only.
     50 
     51 		* The miniroot image _must_ reside in the `root' of the
     52 		  mounted filesystem.  For example, if the client system
     53 		  mounts `server:/u', then the miniroot image must reside
     54 		  in /u on the server.  This is due to limitations in the
     55 		  file lookup code used in SYS_INST, and may be fixed in
     56 		  a future release.
     57 
     58 		* If you also wish to install the binary sets from the
     59 		  NFS server, place them in a properly exported filesystem
     60 		  on the server.  Note that these files do not suffer from
     61 		  the same placement restrictions as the miniroot.
     62 
     63 To prepare for installing via FTP:
     64 
     65 	It is possible, using the `install' and `upgrade'
     66 	programs in the miniroot, to extract the binary sets
     67 	directly onto disk from an FTP server.  This is by far
     68 	the easiest installation method, as you may specify to
     69 	have all sets extracted at once, providing that they
     70 	are located in the same directory on the server.
     71 
     72 	All that is required in this case is that you have
     73 	network access to an FTP server.  This may be your
     74 	account on another system, or may even be ftp.NetBSD.ORG
     75 	itself.  If you wish to use ftp.NetBSD.ORG as your FTP
     76 	file server, you may want to keep the following information
     77 	handy:
     78 
     79 		IP Address: ftp.NetBSD.ORG
     80 		Login: anonymous
     81 		Password: <your e-mail address>
     82 		Server path: /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-_VER/hp300/binary/sets
     83 
     84 	Note: if you're not using a nameserver during installation,
     85 	you might find 204.152.184.75 handy; it's the IP address of
     86 	ftp.NetBSD.ORG as of December, 29, 1997.
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