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1 Installing NetBSD is a relatively complex process, but if you have 2 this document in hand it shouldn't be too much trouble. 3 4 There are several ways to install NetBSD onto a disk. If your Sparcstation 5 is hooked up in a network you can find find a server and arrange for a 6 diskless setup which is a convenient way to install on a machine with 7 a single disk attached. Alternatively, you could use SunOS (booted from 8 a local disk) and install NetBSD onto a second disk. For the latter method, 9 skip to the section "Installing from SunOS" below. 10 11 12 Installing using a diskless setup. 13 14 First, you must setup a diskless client configuration on a server. Consult 15 your server installation documents on how to proceed with this. 16 Put all the *.tar.gz files you want to install into the root directory 17 for your client on the server. 18 19 Next, unpack base.tar.gz on the server in the root directory for your machine. 20 If you elect to you a separately NFS-mounted filesystem for `/usr' on your 21 diskless setup, make sure the "./usr" base files in base.tar.gz end up 22 in the correct location. One way to do this is to temporarily use a loopback 23 mount on the server, re-routing <root>/usr to your server's exported 24 NetBSD "/usr" directory. Also put the kernel into the root directory. 25 26 A few configuration files need to be edited: 27 28 <root>/etc/hosts 29 Add the IP addresses of both server and client. 30 31 <root>/etc/myname 32 This files contains the client's hostname; use the same 33 name as in <root>/etc/hosts. 34 35 <root>/etc/fstab 36 Enter the entries for the remotely mounted filesystems. 37 For example: 38 server:/export/root/client / nfs rw 0 0 39 server:/export/exec/sun4.netbsd /usr nfs rw 0 0 40 41 Now you must populate the the `/dev' directory for your client. If you server 42 runs SunOS 4.x, you can simply change your working directory to `<root>/dev' 43 and run the MAKEDEV script: `sh MAKEDEV all'. 44 45 On SunOS 5.x systems, MAKEDEV can also be used, but there'll be error 46 messages about unknown user and groups. These errors are inconsequential 47 for the purpose of installing NetBSD. However, you may want to correct them 48 if you plan to the diskless setup regularly. In that case, you may re-run 49 MAKEDEV on your NetBSD machine once it has booted. 50 51 Boot your workstation from the server by entering the appropriate `boot' 52 command at the monitor prompt. Depending on the PROM version in your machine, 53 this command takes one of the following forms: 54 55 > b le()netbsd -s # for sun4 monitors 56 ok boot le()netbsd -s # for version 1 OpenBOOT ROMs 57 ok boot net netbsd -s # for version 2 OpenBOOT ROMs 58 59 This will boot the NetBSD kernel in single-user mode. 60 61 [[ 62 NOTE: the latter two examples assume you operate the OpenBOOT ROM in 63 "new command mode". If your machine comes up and gives you a `>' prompt 64 instead of `ok', type: 65 66 >n # enter native OpenBOOT mode 67 ok setenv sunmon-compat? false # make it permanent 68 ok 69 ]] 70 71 If you use a diskless setup with a separately NFS-mounted /usr filesystem, 72 mount /usr by hand now: 73 74 netbsd# mount /usr 75 76 At this point, it's worth checking the disk label and partition sizes on 77 the disk you want to install NetBSD onto. NetBSD understands SunOS-style 78 disklabels, so if your disk was previously used by SunOS there will be 79 a usable label on it. Use `disklabel -e <disk>' (where <disk> is the 80 device name assigned by the NetBSD kernel, e.g. `sd0') to view and 81 modify the partition sizes. A comfortable size for the root filesystem 82 partition is about 20MB; a good initial size for the swap partition is 83 twice the amount of physical memory in your machine (though, unlike 84 SunOS 4.x, there are no restrictions on the size of the swap partition 85 that would render part of your memory unusable). A full binary installation 86 takes about 60MB in `/usr'. Make all your partitions start and end on 87 cylinder boundaries. 88 89 NOTE: if you are installing on a SCSI disk that does *not* have a SunOS 90 or NetBSD label on it, you may still be able to use disklabel(8) but you'll 91 have to create all partitions from scratch. If your disk is listed in 92 `/etc/disktab', you may use the entry (which in most cases only defines 93 a `c' partition to describe the whole disk) to put an initial label on 94 the disk. 95 96 97 If you are upgrading a NetBSD installation, start the upgrade script: 98 99 #netbsd ./upgrade.sh 100 101 else, start the installation procedure: 102 103 netbsd# ./install.sh 104 105 106 These scripts will do most of the work of transferring the system from the 107 tar files onto your disk. You will frequently be asked for confirmation 108 before the script proceeds with each phase of the installation process. 109 Occasionally, you'll have to provide a piece of information such as the 110 name of the disk you want to install on or IP addresses and domain names 111 you want to assign. 112 113 The installation script goes through the following phases: 114 115 - determination of the disk to install NetBSD on 116 - checking of the partition information on the disk 117 - creating and mounting the NetBSD filesystems 118 - setup of IP configuration 119 - extraction of the distribution tar files 120 - installation of boot programs 121 122 123 Now try a reboot. (If needed, swap your scsi id's first). Initially 124 I'd suggest you "boot sd()netbsd -bs", then try multiuser after that. 125 if you boot single-user the NetBSD incantation to make the root 126 filesystem writable is 127 128 netbsd# mount -u /dev/sd0a / 129 130 The Sun monitor normally tries to load a file called "vmunix". On 131 OpenBOOT ROM systems you can change it to load NetBSD instead using 132 the following commands: 133 134 On version 1 OpenBOOT ROMs: 135 >n 136 ok setenv boot-from sd(0,0,0)netbsd 137 ok 138 139 On version 2 OpenBOOT ROMs: 140 ok setenv boot-file netbsd 141 ok setenv boot-device /sbus/esp/sd@0,0 142 143 144 Congratulations, you have successfully installed NetBSD 1.0. When you 145 reboot into NetBSD, you should log in as "root" at the login prompt. 146 There is no initial password, but if you're using the machine in a 147 networked environment, you should create yourself an account and 148 protect it and the "root" account with good passwords. 149 150 Some of the files in the NetBSD 1.0 distribution might need to be 151 tailored for your site. In particular, the /etc/sendmail.cf file will 152 almost definitely need to be adjusted, and other files in /etc will 153 probably need to be modified. If you are unfamiliar with UN*X-like 154 system administration, it's recommended that you buy a book that 155 discusses it. 156 157 158 159 Installing from SunOS. 160 161 You need a SunOS machine to install NetBSD. You also need at 162 least the following pieces: 163 164 the *.tar.gz files you want to install (as a minimum, base.tar.gz) 165 gzip (GNU gzip) SunOS binary 166 gtar (GNU tar) SunOS binary 167 the "install.sh" script 168 a "/boot" file from a SunOS sun4c machine 169 a kernel, most likely "/netbsd" 170 171 All these pieces, except "/boot", are supplied in the NetBSD/sparc 172 distribution. 173 174 You need to format and partition the disk using SunOS (since 175 NetBSD/sparc uses SunOS disk labels.) Give yourself adequate 176 partition sizes. Here is an example layout: 177 178 partition size offset will be.. 179 sd2a 28140 0 / 180 sd2b 16170 28140 swap 181 sd2c 204540 0 `whole disk' 182 sd2g 160230 44310 /usr 183 184 BTW, These are not recommended sizes. They simply match the first 185 (tiny) disk that NetBSD/sparc ran on. 186 187 Use SunOS to newfs the partitions which will have filesystems on them. 188 (NetBSD's filesystem format is identical to SunOS). 189 190 sunos# newfs /dev/rsd2a 191 [... lots of output] 192 sunos# newfs /dev/rsd2g 193 [... lots of output] 194 195 NOTE: If you are able to, there is a performance benefit from 196 newfs'ing using NetBSD. If you newfs using the NetBSD newfs command, 197 be sure to use the -O flag for your / partition, so that newfs will 198 use the 4.3BSD filesystem format, rather than the new 4.4BSD filesystem 199 format. If you forget, you will not be able to boot -- the SunOS boot 200 blocks do not understand the extended 4.4BSD filesystem format. 201 202 Mount those partitions in a tree formation, under /mnt; ie: 203 204 sunos# df 205 Filesystem kbytes used avail capacity Mounted on 206 [...] 207 /dev/sd2a 11501 0 11501 0% /mnt 208 /dev/sd2g 179529 0 179529 0% /mnt/usr 209 210 Place a standard SunOS "/boot" program in /mnt (your new root 211 partition), and use the SunOS command "installboot" to make it work. 212 The installboot man page says to do something like this: 213 214 sunos# cp /boot /mnt/boot 215 sunos# /usr/mdec/installboot -vlt /mnt/boot /usr/mdec/bootsd /dev/rsd2a 216 217 You can now extract the provided "*.tar.gz files onto your disk. The 218 provided script, "install.sh" will help you: 219 220 sunos# ls -FC 221 base.tar.gz etc.tar.gz man.tar.gz secr.tar.gz 222 comp.tar.gz games.tar.gz misc.tar.gz text.tar.gz 223 install.sh netbsd.id3_scsi 224 sunos# ./install.sh 225 [...] 226 227 This script NEEDS gzip and gtar (GNU gzip and GNU tar) on your 228 execution path! The tar files are in a "new format" that includes 229 directory information, and SunOS tar will not read them. Statically 230 linked versions of these programs for SunOS are supplied in the 231 distribution. 232 233 After the files have been extracted, repair /mnt/etc/fstab to match 234 your actual disk layout. (Minus the "/mnt" component of each path, of 235 course :-) 236 237 Now proceed to reboot the machine as described above in "Installing 238 using a diskless setup". 239
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