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1 1.2.2.2 mellon Find your favorite disk partitioning utility. Any formatter capable of 2 1.2.2.2 mellon partitioning a SCSI disk should work. Some of the ones that have been 3 1.2.2.2 mellon tried and seem to work are: 4 1.2 ender HD SC Setup from Apple 5 1.2 ender Hard Disk ToolKit from FWB 6 1.2.2.2 mellon SCSI Director Lite 7 1.1 briggs Disk Manager Mac from OnTrack 8 1.1 briggs Silverlining from LaCie 9 1.1 briggs APS Disk Tools 10 1.1 briggs 11 1.2.2.2 mellon <<<<<<< prep 12 1.2.2.2 mellon Apple's HD SC Setup is probably the easiest to use and the most commonly 13 1.2.2.2 mellon available. Instructions for patching HD SC Setup so that it will recognize 14 1.2.2.2 mellon non-Apple drives is available at: 15 1.2.2.2 mellon http://www.euronet.nl/users/ernstoud/patch.html 16 1.2.2.2 mellon 17 1.2.2.2 mellon First, you need to choose a drive on which to install NetBSD. Try to pick a 18 1.2.2.2 mellon drive with a low SCSI ID number, especially if you are likely to add or 19 1.2.2.2 mellon remove drives to your SCSI chain in the future. 20 1.2.2.2 mellon 21 1.2.2.2 mellon NOTE: BE SURE YOU HAVE A RELIABLE BACKUP OF ANY DATA WHICH YOU MAY WANT TO 22 1.2.2.2 mellon KEEP. REPARTITIONING YOUR HARD DRIVE IS AN EXCELLENT WAY TO DESTROY 23 1.2.2.2 mellon IMPORTANT DATA. 24 1.2.2.2 mellon 25 1.2.2.2 mellon Second, decide how you want to set up your partitions. At minimum, you 26 1.2.2.2 mellon need a partition to hold the NetBSD installation (the root partition) and a 27 1.2.2.2 mellon partition to serve as swap. You may choose to use more than one partition 28 1.2.2.2 mellon to hold the installation. This allows you to separate the more vital 29 1.2.2.2 mellon portions of the filesystem (such as the kernel and the /etc directory) from 30 1.2.2.2 mellon the more volatile parts of the filesystem. Typical setups place the /usr 31 1.2.2.2 mellon directory on a separate partition from the root partition. Generally, the 32 1.2.2.2 mellon root partition can be fairly small while the /usr partition should be 33 1.2.2.2 mellon fairly large. If you plan to use this machine as a server, you may also 34 1.2.2.2 mellon want a separate /var partition. 35 1.2.2.2 mellon 36 1.2.2.2 mellon Once you have decided how to lay out your partitions, you need to calculate 37 1.2.2.2 mellon how much space to allocate to each partition. A minimal install of NetBSD 38 1.2.2.2 mellon (i.e. netbsd.tgz, base.tgz, and etc.tgz) should fit in a 30M partition. 39 1.2.2.2 mellon For a full installation, you should allocate at least 80M. A general rule 40 1.2.2.2 mellon of thumb for sizing the swap partition is to allocate twice as much swap 41 1.2.2.2 mellon space as you have real memory. Having your swap + real memory total at 42 1.2.2.2 mellon least 20M is also a good idea. Systems that will be heavily used or that 43 1.2.2.2 mellon are low on real memory should have more swap space allocated. Systems that 44 1.2.2.2 mellon will be only lightly used or have a very large amount of real memory can 45 1.2.2.2 mellon get away with less. 46 1.2.2.2 mellon ||||||| 1.2 47 1.2.2.2 mellon Apple's HD SC Setup is probably the easiest to use and the most 48 1.2.2.2 mellon commonly available. Instructions for patching HD SC Setup 49 1.2.2.2 mellon so that it will recognize non-Apple drives is available at: 50 1.2.2.2 mellon http://www.euronet.nl/users/ernstoud/patch.html 51 1.2.2.2 mellon 52 1.2.2.2 mellon First, you need to choose a drive on which to install NetBSD. 53 1.2.2.2 mellon Try to pick a drive with a low SCSI ID number, especially if you 54 1.2.2.2 mellon are likely to add or remove drives to your SCSI chain in the 55 1.2.2.2 mellon future. 56 1.2.2.2 mellon 57 1.2.2.2 mellon ** NOTE: be sure you have a reliable backup of any data 58 1.2.2.2 mellon ** which you may want to keep. Repartitioning your hard 59 1.2.2.2 mellon ** drive is an excellent way to destroy important data. 60 1.2.2.2 mellon 61 1.2.2.2 mellon Second, decide how you want to set up your partitions. At 62 1.2.2.2 mellon minimum, you need a partition to hold the NetBSD installation (the 63 1.2.2.2 mellon root partition) and a partition to serve as swap. You may choose 64 1.2.2.2 mellon to use more than one partition to hold the installation. This 65 1.2.2.2 mellon allows you to separate the more vital portions of the filesystem 66 1.2.2.2 mellon (such as the kernel and the /etc directory) from the more volatile 67 1.2.2.2 mellon parts of the filesystem. Typical setups place the /usr directory 68 1.2.2.2 mellon on a separate partition from the root partition. Generally, the 69 1.2.2.2 mellon root partition can be fairly small while the /usr partition should 70 1.2.2.2 mellon be fairly large. If you plan to use this machine as a server, you 71 1.2.2.2 mellon may also want a separate /var partition. 72 1.2.2.2 mellon 73 1.2.2.2 mellon Once you have decided how to lay out your partitions, you need 74 1.2.2.2 mellon calculate how much space to allocate to each partition. A minimal 75 1.2.2.2 mellon install of NetBSD (i.e. netbsd13, base13, and etc13) should fit in 76 1.2.2.2 mellon a 30M partition. For a full installation, you should allocate at 77 1.2.2.2 mellon least 80M. A general rule of thumb for sizing the swap partition 78 1.2.2.2 mellon is to allocate twice as much swap space as you have real memory. 79 1.2.2.2 mellon Having your swap + real memory total at least 20M is also a good 80 1.2.2.2 mellon ideo. Systems that will be heavily used or that are low on real 81 1.2.2.2 mellon memory should have more swap space allocated. Systems that 82 1.2.2.2 mellon will be only lightly used or have a very large amount of real 83 1.2.2.2 mellon memory can get away with less. 84 1.2.2.2 mellon ======= 85 1.2 ender Apple's HD SC Setup is probably the easiest to use and the most 86 1.2 ender commonly available. Instructions for patching HD SC Setup 87 1.2 ender so that it will recognize non-Apple drives is available at: 88 1.2 ender http://www.euronet.nl/users/ernstoud/patch.html 89 1.2 ender 90 1.2 ender First, you need to choose a drive on which to install NetBSD. 91 1.2 ender Try to pick a drive with a low SCSI ID number, especially if you 92 1.2 ender are likely to add or remove drives to your SCSI chain in the 93 1.2 ender future. 94 1.1 briggs 95 1.2.2.1 mellon NOTE: BE SURE YOU HAVE A RELIABLE BACKUP OF ANY DATA WHICH YOU 96 1.2.2.1 mellon MAY WANT TO KEEP. REPARTITIONING YOUR HARD DRIVE IS AN EXCELLENT 97 1.2.2.1 mellon WAY TO DESTROY IMPORTANT DATA. 98 1.1 briggs 99 1.2 ender Second, decide how you want to set up your partitions. At 100 1.2 ender minimum, you need a partition to hold the NetBSD installation (the 101 1.2 ender root partition) and a partition to serve as swap. You may choose 102 1.2 ender to use more than one partition to hold the installation. This 103 1.2 ender allows you to separate the more vital portions of the filesystem 104 1.2 ender (such as the kernel and the /etc directory) from the more volatile 105 1.2 ender parts of the filesystem. Typical setups place the /usr directory 106 1.2 ender on a separate partition from the root partition. Generally, the 107 1.2 ender root partition can be fairly small while the /usr partition should 108 1.2 ender be fairly large. If you plan to use this machine as a server, you 109 1.2 ender may also want a separate /var partition. 110 1.2 ender 111 1.2 ender Once you have decided how to lay out your partitions, you need 112 1.2 ender calculate how much space to allocate to each partition. A minimal 113 1.2 ender install of NetBSD (i.e. netbsd13, base13, and etc13) should fit in 114 1.2 ender a 30M partition. For a full installation, you should allocate at 115 1.2 ender least 80M. A general rule of thumb for sizing the swap partition 116 1.2 ender is to allocate twice as much swap space as you have real memory. 117 1.2 ender Having your swap + real memory total at least 20M is also a good 118 1.2 ender ideo. Systems that will be heavily used or that are low on real 119 1.1 briggs memory should have more swap space allocated. Systems that 120 1.2 ender will be only lightly used or have a very large amount of real 121 1.2 ender memory can get away with less. 122 1.2.2.2 mellon >>>>>>> 1.3 123 1.2 ender 124 1.2.2.2 mellon Next, use your favorite partitioning utility to make partitions of the 125 1.2.2.2 mellon necessary sizes. You can use any type of partition, but partitions of type 126 1.2.2.2 mellon "Apple_Free" might save you some confusion in the future. 127 1.1 briggs 128 1.1 briggs You are now set to install NetBSD on your hard drive. 129
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