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1 1.1.2.2 oki NOTE: If you wish to install NetBSD on your whole disk, i.e. you do 2 1.1.2.2 oki not want DOS or any other operating system to reside on your hard 3 1.1.2.2 oki disk, you can skip this section and go on to the section that 4 1.1.2.2 oki describes installation, below. If you're upgrading your system from a 5 1.1.2.2 oki previous release of NetBSD, you shouldn't have proceeded directly to 6 1.1.2.2 oki the section about upgrading; you need none of the information 7 1.1.2.2 oki presented here. 8 1.1.2.2 oki 9 1.1.2.2 oki First and foremost, before beginning the installation process, MAKE 10 1.1.2.2 oki SURE YOU HAVE A RELIABLE BACKUP of any data on your hard disk that you 11 1.1.2.2 oki wish to keep. Repartitioning your hard disk is an excellent way to 12 1.1.2.2 oki destroy important data. 13 1.1.2.2 oki 14 1.1.2.2 oki Second, use the Human68k "FORMAT.X" program to format your hard disk. 15 1.1.2.2 oki NetBSD needs first partition and second partition to bootstrap. 16 1.1.2.2 oki 17 1.1.2.2 oki Finally, do whatever is necessary to restore order to the partition 18 1.1.2.2 oki you took space away from. If it was a DOS partition, you probably 19 1.1.2.2 oki will need to use "format" to create a new file system on it, and then 20 1.1.2.2 oki restore your important files from your backups. Other operating 21 1.1.2.2 oki systems will have different needs; most will need to reformat the 22 1.1.2.2 oki partition, and if it was their "main" partition, will probably need 23 1.1.2.2 oki to be reinstalled. 24 1.1.2.2 oki 25 1.1.2.2 oki Your hard disk is now prepared to have NetBSD installed on it, and 26 1.1.2.2 oki you should proceed with the installation instructions. 27
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