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