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1 1.1.2.1 pk Installation is supported from several media types, including: 2 1.1.2.1 pk NFS partitions 3 1.1.2.1 pk FTP 4 1.1.2.1 pk Tape 5 1.1.2.1 pk 6 1.1.2.1 pk The steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets 7 1.1.2.1 pk for installation depend on which method of installation 8 1.1.2.1 pk you choose. The various methods are explained below. 9 1.1.2.1 pk 10 1.1.2.1 pk To prepare for installing via an NFS partition: 11 1.1.2.1 pk 12 1.1.2.1 pk Since the current NetBSD/sparc installation program uses 13 1.1.2.1 pk a diskless setup for your workstation, you will already 14 1.1.2.1 pk have prepared an NFS directory for use as a remote 15 1.1.2.1 pk root filesystem (see the `install' document for details). 16 1.1.2.1 pk The easiest way is to put the NetBSD filesets in this 17 1.1.2.1 pk root filesystem on the server where the install program 18 1.1.2.1 pk will find them. 19 1.1.2.1 pk 20 1.1.2.1 pk However, you have the option to put the filesets in 21 1.1.2.1 pk another directory or even on another NFS server. To do 22 1.1.2.1 pk so, follow these guide lines: 23 1.1.2.1 pk 24 1.1.2.1 pk Place the NetBSD software you wish to install into 25 1.1.2.1 pk a directory on an NFS server, and make that directory 26 1.1.2.1 pk mountable by the machine which you will be installing 27 1.1.2.1 pk NetBSD on. This will probably require modifying the 28 1.1.2.1 pk /etc/exports file of the NFS server and resetting 29 1.1.2.1 pk mountd, acts which will require superuser privileges. 30 1.1.2.1 pk Note the numeric IP address of the NFS server and of 31 1.1.2.1 pk the router closest to the the new NetBSD machine, 32 1.1.2.1 pk if the NFS server is not on a network which is 33 1.1.2.1 pk directly attached to the NetBSD machine. 34 1.1.2.1 pk 35 1.1.2.1 pk Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next 36 1.1.2.1 pk step in the installation process, preparing your 37 1.1.2.1 pk system for NetBSD installation. 38 1.1.2.1 pk 39 1.1.2.1 pk To prepare for installing via FTP: 40 1.1.2.1 pk 41 1.1.2.1 pk NOTE: this method of installation is recommended 42 1.1.2.1 pk only for those already familiar with using 43 1.1.2.1 pk the BSD network-manipulation commands and 44 1.1.2.1 pk interfaces. If you aren't, this documentation 45 1.1.2.1 pk should help, but is not intended to be 46 1.1.2.1 pk all-encompassing. 47 1.1.2.1 pk 48 1.1.2.1 pk The preparations for this method of installation 49 1.1.2.1 pk are easy: all you have to do is make sure that 50 1.1.2.1 pk there's some FTP site from which you can retrieve 51 1.1.2.1 pk the NetBSD installation when it's time to do 52 1.1.2.1 pk the install. You should know the numeric IP 53 1.1.2.1 pk address of that site, the numeric IP address of 54 1.1.2.1 pk your nearest router if one is necessary 55 1.1.2.1 pk 56 1.1.2.1 pk Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next 57 1.1.2.1 pk step in the installation process, preparing your 58 1.1.2.1 pk system for NetBSD installation. 59 1.1.2.1 pk 60 1.1.2.1 pk To prepare for installing via a tape: 61 1.1.2.1 pk 62 1.1.2.1 pk To install NetBSD from a tape, you need to somehow 63 1.1.2.1 pk get the NetBSD filesets you wish to install on 64 1.1.2.1 pk your system on to the appropriate kind of tape, 65 1.1.2.1 pk in tar format. 66 1.1.2.1 pk 67 1.1.2.1 pk If you're making the tape on a UN*X system, the easiest 68 1.1.2.1 pk way to do so is: 69 1.1.2.1 pk 70 1.1.2.1 pk tar cvf <tape_device> <files> 71 1.1.2.1 pk 72 1.1.2.1 pk where "<tape_device>" is the name of the tape device 73 1.1.2.1 pk that describes the tape drive you're using (possibly 74 1.1.2.1 pk something like /dev/nrst0, but we make no guarantees 8-). 75 1.1.2.1 pk Under SunOS 5.x, this would be something like /dev/rmt/0mbn. 76 1.1.2.1 pk Again, your mileage may vary. If you can't figure it out, 77 1.1.2.1 pk ask your system administrator. "<files>" are the names 78 1.1.2.1 pk of the "set_name.nnn" files which you want to be placed 79 1.1.2.1 pk on the tape. 80 1.1.2.1 pk 81 1.1.2.1 pk Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next 82 1.1.2.1 pk step in the installation process, preparing your 83 1.1.2.1 pk system for NetBSD installation. 84
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