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1Installing NetBSD is a relatively complex process, but, if you have 2this document in hand and are careful to read and remember the 3information which is presented to you by the install program, it 4shouldn't be too much trouble. 5 6Before you begin, you must have already prepared your hard disk as 7detailed in the section on preparing your system for install. 8 9The following is a walk-through of the steps necessary to get NetBSD 10installed on your hard disk. If you wish to stop the installation, 11you may hit Control-C at any prompt, but if you do, you'll have to 12begin again from scratch. 13 14 Transfer the install miniroot filesystem onto the hard disk 15 partition used by NetBSD for swapping, as described in the 16 "Preparing your System for NetBSD Installation" section above. 17 18 You then need to have "ixemul.library" in your LIBS: directory 19 on AmigaDOS. You also need to have the "loadbsd" program 20 in your command path. If AmigaDOS complains about loadbsd 21 not being an executable file, be sure that the "Execute" 22 protection bit is set. If not, set it with the command: 23 Protect loadbsd add e 24 25 Next you need to get yourself into NetBSD by loading the 26 kernel from AmigaDOS with loadbsd like so: 27 28 loadbsd -b netbsd 29 30 If you have an AGA machine, and your monitor will handle 31 the dblNTSC mode, you may also include the "-A" option to 32 enable the dblNTSC display mode. 33 34 If your machine has a fragmented physical memory space, as, 35 e.g., DraCo machines, you should add the "-n2" option to 36 enable the use of all memory segments. 37 38 You should see the screen clear and some information about 39 your system as the kernel configures the hardware. Note which 40 hard disk device(s) are configured (sd0, sd1, etc). Then 41 you will be prompted for a root device. At this time type 42 'sd0*', where '0' is the device which contains the swap 43 partition you created during the hard disk preparation. 44 45 If the system should hang after entering the root device, try 46 again with 47 48 loadbsd -I ff -b netbsd 49 50 This disables synchronous transfer on all SCSI devices. 51 52 The system should continue to boot. For now ignore WARNING: 53 messages about bad dates in clocks. Eventually you will be 54 asked to enter the pathname of the shell, just hit return. 55 After a short while you should see a welcome message and a 56 prompt, asking if you wish to proceed with the installation. 57 58 If you wish to proceed, enter "y" and then return. 59 60 If you have configured your hard drive[s] correctly it 61 should find the drive and partition that you selected to 62 use as your root. You will be prompted for which device 63 you want to use for your root. If you have multiple disks 64 present with root partitions defined, you will need to be 65 sure you enter the device name of the correct partition you 66 want to install NetBSD on. 67 68 YOU ARE NOW AT THE POINT OF NO RETURN. If you confirm that 69 you want to install NetBSD, your hard drive will be modified, 70 and perhaps its contents scrambled at the whim of the install 71 program. 72 73 If you are sure you want to proceed, enter "yes" at the 74 prompt. 75 76 The install program will now make the root filesystem you 77 specified. There should be only one error in this section 78 of the installation. It will look like so: 79 80 newfs: ioctl (WDINFO): Invalid argument 81 newfs: /dev/rsd0a: can't rewrite disk label 82 83 If there are any others, restart from the the beginning of 84 the installation process. This error is ok as the Amiga 85 does not write disklabels currently. You should expect 86 this error whenever using newfs. 87 88 Next the install program will ask you which drive and 89 partition you wish to use as /usr. First it will list the 90 available drives. Choose one. Next it will give you a 91 list of the partitions on that disk along with their sizes, 92 types, etc.. Choose the letter that corresponds to the 93 partition you wish to use for /usr. If you are doing a 94 full install this should be at the very least 45M-50M large. 95 If everything is ok the install program will then format 96 and mount your /usr. If not then it will ask again for a 97 drive and partition. 98 99 When this completes your root partition will be mounted on 100 /mnt and your /usr partition on /mnt/usr. An fstab will 101 have been created and initialized to correctly mount these 102 two file systems. This fstab will be in /mnt/etc. 103 104 What you do from this point on depends on which media you're 105 using to install NetBSD. Follow the appropriate instructions, 106 given below. 107 108 To install from an AmigaDOS partition: 109 110 You first need to mount the AmigaDOS partition 111 using the mount_ados command. If e.g. your AmigaDOS 112 partition is the first partition on sd0 you could 113 type: 114 115 mkdir /mnt/ados 116 mount_ados -o ro /dev/sd0d /mnt/ados 117 118 You can use `disklabel sd0' to find out what types 119 of partitions are on the disk `sd0'. 120 121 Next goto the directory in which you stored the 122 distribution sets. If e.g. you stored them in the 123 root directory of the partition: 124 125 cd /mnt/ados 126 127 When there, run "Set_tmp_dir" and choose the default 128 temporary directory, by hitting return at the 129 prompt. 130 131 Run the "Extract" command, giving it as its sole 132 argument the name of the distribution set you wish 133 to extract. For example, to extract the base 134 distribution, use the command: 135 136 Extract base121 137 138 and to extract the games distribution: 139 140 Extract game12 141 142 If the distribution sets are in different directories, 143 you will need to cd to each directory in turn, runing 144 "Set_tmp_dir" and the appropriate "Extract" command(s). 145 146 Continue this process until you've finished installing 147 all of the sets which you desire to have on your 148 hard disk. Once you have extracted all sets and 149 are at the "#" prompt again, proceed to the section 150 "Configuring Your System," below. 151 152 To install from tape: 153 154 The first thing you should do is pick a temporary 155 directory where the distribution files can be stored. 156 To do this, use the command "Set_tmp_dir" and enter 157 your choice. The default is /mnt/usr/distrib. 158 159 After you have picked a temporary directory, 160 you should issue the load command: 161 162 Load_tape 163 164 Next, you will be told to insert the media into 165 the appropriate drive, and hit return. Continue 166 to follow instructions until you are returned to 167 the "#" prompt. 168 169 Go to the directory which contains the first 170 distribution set you wish to install. This is 171 either the directory you specified above, or possibly 172 a subdirectory of that directory. 173 174 When there, run "Set_tmp_dir" again, and choose 175 the default temporary directory, by hitting 176 return at the prompt. 177 178 Run the "Extract" command, giving it as its sole 179 argument the name of the distribution set you 180 wish to extract. For example, to extract the base 181 distribution, use the command: 182 183 Extract base121 184 185 and to extract the games distribution: 186 187 Extract game12 188 189 After the extraction is complete, go to the location 190 of the next set you want to extract, "Set_tmp_dir" 191 again, and once again issue the appropriate 192 extract command. Continue this process until 193 you've finished installing all of the sets which you 194 desire to have on your hard disk. 195 196 After each set is finished, if you know that you 197 are running low on space you can remove the 198 distribution files for that set by saying: 199 200 rm set_name.?? 201 202 For example, if you wish to remove the distribution 203 files for the game09 set, after the "Extract game09" 204 command has completed, issue the command: 205 206 rm game12.?? 207 208 Once you have extracted all sets and are at the "#" prompt 209 again, proceed to the section "Configuring Your System," 210 below. 211 212 To install via FTP or NFS: 213 214 First, use Set_tmp_dir to pick a temporary directory 215 for the installation files. /mnt/usr/distrib is 216 suggested. 217 218 Configure the appropriate ethernet interface i.e. le0 219 if you have a 2065 or ed0 if you have a AMIGNET from 220 Hydra Systems. 221 222 ifconfig <ifname> <ipaddr> [netmask <netmask>] 223 224 where <ifname> is the interface name (e.g. ed0, etc.), 225 and <ipaddr> is the numeric IP address of the interface. 226 If the interface has a special netmask, supply 227 the word "netmask" and that netmask at the end of the 228 command line. For instance, without a special netmask: 229 230 ifconfig ed0 129.133.10.10 231 232 or with a special netmask 233 234 ifconfig ed0 128.32.240.167 netmask 0xffffff00 235 236 You should also be able to use SLIP or PPP as the network 237 connection. 238 [XXX instructions for ppp or slip would be usefull 239 perhaps the next release] 240 241 If the NFS server or FTP server is not on a directly- 242 connected network, you should set up a route to it 243 with the command: 244 245 route add default <gate_ipaddr> 246 247 where <gate_ipaddr> is your gateway's numeric IP address. 248 249 If you are NFS-mounting the distribution sets, 250 mount them on the temporary directory with the command: 251 252 mount -t nfs <serv_ipaddr>:<dist_dir> <tmp_dir> 253 254 where <serv_ipaddr> is the server's numeric IP address, 255 <dist_dir> is the path to the distribution files on 256 the server, and <tmp_dir> is the name of the local 257 temporary directory. 258 259 Once this is done, proceed as if you had loaded the 260 files from tape, "cd"ing to the appropriate directories 261 and running "Set_tmp_dir" and "Extract" as appropriate. 262 263 If you are retrieving the distribution sets using ftp, 264 cd into the temp directory, and execute the command: 265 266 ftp <serv_ipaddr> 267 268 where <serv_ipaddr> is once again the server's 269 numeric IP address. Get the files with FTP, 270 taking care to use binary mode to transfer 271 all files. 272 273 Once you have all of the files for the distribution sets 274 you wish to install, you can proceed using the instructions 275 above as if you had installed the files from a tape. 276 277 278Configuring Your System: 279----------- ---- ------ 280 281Once you have finished extracting all of the distribution sets that 282you want on your hard drive and are back at the "#" prompt, 283you are ready to configure your system. 284 285The configuration utility expects that you have installed the base 286system. If you have not, you will not be able to run it successfully 287(nor will you have a functional system regardless of configuration). 288 289To configure the newly installed operating system, run the 290command "Configure". 291 292Configure will ask for the machine's hostname, domain name, and other 293network configuration information. 294 295Once you have supplied `Configure' all that it requests, your machine 296will be configured well enough that when you reboot it it will 297almost be a completely functional NetBSD system. 298 299>>> Copy the kernel from the miniroot filesystem at this point <<< 300 301Once you are done with `Configure', halt the system with the "halt" 302command (wait for "halted" to be displayed) and reboot. Then again 303boot NetBSD this time with the command: 304 305 306 loadbsd netbsd 307 308You need to do your final tweeks now. First mount your file systems 309like so: 310 311 mount -av 312 313Your system is now complete but not completely configured; you 314should adjust the /etc/sendmail.cf file as necessary to suit your 315site and/or disable sendmail and other network related programs. 316These things can be found in /etc/netstart. Use vi, if you installed 317the man pages you can type `man vi' or `man ed' for instructions 318on how to use these somewhat non-intuitive editors. 319 320You should also put a copy of the netbsd kernel in your root partition. 321This can be done easily by mounting the AmigaDOS partition containing 322the kernel you used to start NetBSD and copying the "netbsd" file to 323the root: 324 mount -r -t ados /dev/sd0d /mnt 325 cp /mnt/netbsd / 326(where /dev/sd0d is the AmigaDOS partition where you have netbsd, and 327/mnt/netbsd is the appropriate path of the netbsd file). 328 329Once you are done with the rest of configuration unmount your file 330systems and halt your system, then reboot: 331 332 cd / 333 umount -av 334 halt 335 <reboot> 336 337Finally you can now boot your system and it will be completely 338functional: 339 340 loadbsd -a netbsd 341 342When it boots off of the hard drive, you will have a complete 343NetBSD system! CONGRATULATIONS! (You really deserve them!!!) 344