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authorMiod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org>2001-10-06 19:27:22 +0000
committerMiod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org>2001-10-06 19:27:22 +0000
commit44562525e09033034596b2ee2454a0aede1603a0 (patch)
tree368936e40c3cc51bd4e659b691ef857924032792 /distrib/notes/vax/xfer
parent724121417db21192615f1533b4d31d50d450167b (diff)
- use the new m4.common shared instructions.
- try to have consistent order, across arches, in the list of possible installation media. - alpha can't install over nfs, but macppc can.
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Installation is supported from several media types, including:
+ CD-ROM
FFS partitions
Tape
Remote NFS partition
- CD-ROM
FTP
HTTP
+OpenBSDXferPrelude
-The steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets for installation
-depend on which method of installation you choose. Some methods
-require a bit of setup first that is explained below.
-
-
-To install or upgrade OpenBSD using a tape, you need to do the following:
-
- To install OpenBSD from a tape, you need to make a tape that
- contains the distribution set files, each in "tar" format or
- in "gzipped tar format". First you will need to transfer the
- distribution sets to your local system, using ftp or by mounting
- the CD-ROM containing the release. Then you need to make a tape
- containing the files.
-
- If you're making the tape on a UN*X-like system, the easiest way
- to do so is make a shell script along the following lines, call it
- "/tmp/maketape".
-
- #! /bin/sh
- tape=/dev/nrst0
- mt -f ${tape} rewind
- for file in base etc comp game man misc xbase xfont xserv xshare
- do
- dd if=${file}OSrev.tgz of=${tape} obs=8k conv=sync
- done
- tar cf ${tape} bsd
- mt -f ${tape} offline
- # end of script
-
-
- And then:
-
- cd .../OSREV/sparc
- sh -x /tmp/maketape
-
- If you're using a system other than OpenBSD or SunOS, the tape
- name and other requirements may change.
-
-
-To install OpenBSD using a remote partition, mounted via
-NFS, you must do the following:
-
- NOTE: This method of installation is recommended only for
- those already familiar with using BSD network
- configuration and management commands. If you aren't,
- this documentation should help, but is not intended to
- be all-encompassing.
-
- Place the OpenBSD distribution sets you wish to install into a
- directory on an NFS server, and make that directory mountable
- by the machine on which you are installing or upgrading OpenBSD.
- This will probably require modifying the /etc/exports file
- of the NFS server and resetting its mount daemon (mountd).
- (Both of these actions will probably require superuser
- privileges on the server.)
-
- You need to know the numeric IP address of the NFS server,
- and, if the server is not on a network directly connected to
- the machine on which you're installing or upgrading OpenBSD,
- you need to know the numeric IP address of the router closest
- to the OpenBSD machine. Finally, you need to know the numeric
- IP address of the OpenBSD machine itself.
-
- Once the NFS server is set up properly and you have the
- information mentioned above, you can proceed to the next step
- in the installation or upgrade process. If you're installing
- OpenBSD from scratch, go to the section on preparing your hard
- disk, below. If you're upgrading an existing installation, go
- directly to the section on upgrading.
-If you are upgrading OpenBSD, you also have the option of installing
-OpenBSD by putting the new distribution sets somewhere in your existing
-file system, and using them from there. To do that, you must do the
-following:
+OpenBSDXferBareTape
- Place the distribution sets you wish to upgrade somewhere in
- your current file system tree. At a bare minimum, you must
- upgrade the "base" binary distribution, and so must put the
- "base{:--:}OSrev" set somewhere in your file system. If you wish,
- you can do the other sets, as well, but you should NOT upgrade
- the "etc" distribution; the "etc" distribution contains system
- configuration files that you should review and update by hand.
+OpenBSDXferNFS
- Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next step in
- the upgrade process, actually upgrading your system.
+OpenBSDXferFFS