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1Installation is supported from several media types, including:
2	NFS partitions
3	FTP
4	Tape
5
6The steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets
7for installation depend on which method of installation
8you choose.  The various methods are explained below.
9
10To 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 to prepare an NFS directory for use as a remote
15	root filesystem (see the section `Installing the NetBSD System'
16	below for details). The easiest way is to put the NetBSD filesets
17	in this 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
39To 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
60To 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.
84