xfer revision 1.12 
1	$NetBSD: xfer,v 1.12 1998/01/09 18:46:46 perry Exp $	
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3Installation is currently only supported from the local Macintosh hard
4drive or from an AppleShare volume (however, you may upgrade a system from
5within NetBSD; see the section on upgrading for more details).  This means
6that you'll need at least enough room for the largest file that you will
7have to install.  This is the 8.6M base.tgz file.  There has been talk of
8allowing an install from split files.  If you have the time, desire, and
9knowledge, please feel free to add that functionality.
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11If the install is being done from an AppleShare-mounted volume, the install
12utility must be in the same folder as the binary distribution sets.
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14Each distribution file is in "raw" archive format.
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16    -	Distribution files must be downloaded in binary mode.  Common web
17	browsers may not be suitable for this task; FTP clients such as
18	Fetch and Anarchie work fine, but be sure to specify a binary file
19	transfer.
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21    -	The files should not be unpacked.  If you have the Internet Config
22	extension installed, you can disable this in the "Helpers" dialog
23	by removing the entry associated with ".tgz" files.  Other FTP
24	clients may require separate changes; consult your package's
25	documentation.
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27You will also need to collect the MacOS installation tools from the
28"mac68k/installation/misc" subdirectory of the NetBSD _VER distribution:
29Mkfs, NetBSD/Mac68k Installer, and NetBSD/Mac68k Booter.  These three are
30in binhexed, self-extracting archives as Mkfs.sea.hqx, Installer.sea.hqx,
31and Booter.sea.hqx, respectively.  Extract them as you would any other
32Macintosh application.
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