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author | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2001-06-25 00:30:15 +0000 |
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committer | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2001-06-25 00:30:15 +0000 |
commit | 49f0016c787332d702633eda5b645c337968cf74 (patch) | |
tree | 70b24f53ba91dbe3dbed1b8dd706b4c92c7ce463 /distrib/notes | |
parent | 636833b8add154b20e7cbadd00e2a907962184d7 (diff) |
pmax bye bye bye
Diffstat (limited to 'distrib/notes')
-rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/Makefile | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/pmax/contents | 35 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/pmax/hardware | 65 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/pmax/install | 424 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/pmax/prep | 29 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/pmax/upgrade | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/pmax/whatis | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/pmax/xfer | 73 |
8 files changed, 1 insertions, 634 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/Makefile b/distrib/notes/Makefile index c77279f08ae..f7df38346c6 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/Makefile +++ b/distrib/notes/Makefile @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.11 2001/03/28 21:11:50 miod Exp $ +# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.12 2001/06/25 00:29:45 deraadt Exp $ NOPROG= NOMAN= @@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ allarchs: make MACHINE=i386 MACHINE_ARCH=i386; \ make MACHINE=mac68k MACHINE_ARCH=m68k; \ make MACHINE=mvme68k MACHINE_ARCH=m68k; \ - make MACHINE=pmax MACHINE_ARCH=mips; \ make MACHINE=powerpc MACHINE_ARCH=powerpc; \ make MACHINE=sparc MACHINE_ARCH=sparc; \ make MACHINE=sun3 MACHINE_ARCH=m68k; \ diff --git a/distrib/notes/pmax/contents b/distrib/notes/pmax/contents deleted file mode 100644 index cf68a44d252..00000000000 --- a/distrib/notes/pmax/contents +++ /dev/null @@ -1,35 +0,0 @@ -TopPart - -OpenBSDdistsets - - simpleroot* pmax boot and installation - simpleroot files; see below. - -There is a pmax simpleroot image named simpleroot{:--:}OSrev.fs (it is usually -compressed using gzip - simpleroot{:--:}OSrev.fs.gz - so you need gunzip first -to uncompress it) subdirectory of the OpenBSD OSREV distribution. This -file you can dump onto a disk and boot from it to start the installation -of OpenBSD/pmax. Also there is a simpleroot{:--:}OSrev.tgz file there. It -can be used as root area on the NFS server if you plan to install via -network. - -DistributionDescription - -OpenBSDbase(20.9M,69.6M) - -OpenBSDcomp(17.6M,69.2M) - -OpenBSDetc(162.4K,730.0K) - -OpenBSDgame(2.7M,7.0M) - -OpenBSDman(3.4M,13.1M) - -OpenBSDmisc(1.6M,5.4M) - -OpenBSDxbase - -OpenBSDxfont - -OpenBSDxserv - diff --git a/distrib/notes/pmax/hardware b/distrib/notes/pmax/hardware deleted file mode 100644 index 13f13e6069f..00000000000 --- a/distrib/notes/pmax/hardware +++ /dev/null @@ -1,65 +0,0 @@ -OpenBSD/MACHINE OSrev runs on the following classes of machines: - - Decstation 2100 and 3100, also known as "pmin" and "pmax" - - Personal Decstations (5000/20, and /25) also known as "MAXINE" - - Decstation 5000/120, /125, and /133, also known as "3MIN" - - Decstation 5000/200, also known as "3MAX" - - Decstation 5000/240, also known as "3MAXPLUS" - -OpenBSD/MACHINE OSrev does *not* (yet) run on these machines: - - Decstation 5100 (an r2000-based cousin of the Decstation 3100) - - Decsystem 5400 and 5500 (Qbus-based systems, similar to a - Vax 'Mayfair' and 'Mayfair II', but with an r2000a or r3000 - cpu instead of a CVAX cpu.) - - Decsystem 5800 (xbi-based multiprocessor, a Vax 8800 with - Vax CPU boards replaced with Mips cpu boards) - -The minimal configuration requires 8M of RAM and ~60M of disk space. -To install the entire system requires much more disk space, and to run -X or compile the system, more RAM is recommended. (OpenBSD with 8M of -RAM feels like Ultrix with 8M of RAM.) Note that until you have -around 16M of RAM, getting more RAM is more important than getting a -faster CPU. - -Supported devices {:-include-:}: - Decstation 2100 and 3100 baseboard video: - pm one-bit mono or 8-bit pseudocolor frame buffers. - - Decstation 5000 series TurboChannel video: - PMAG-DV Personal Decstation baseboard 1024x768 frame buffer. - PMAG-BA 1024x768 8-bit color frame buffer. - PMAGB-BA 1024x768 8-bit color frame buffer. - PMAG-AA 1280x1024 four-bit greyscale frame buffer. - - NOTE: All supported DECstation video produces sync-on-green. - Be sure to use either a DEC-compatible fixed-sync monitor - or a multisync monitor that supports sync-on-green. - - serial ports: - ttya and ttyb (can be used as console if needed) - - ethernet: - on-board AMD Lance ethernet ("le0"), - TURBOchannel AMD Lance ethernet cards. - - SCSI: - on-board DEC "sii" SCSI controller (2100 and 3100) - on-board "asc" SCSI controller (5000 series machines) - TurboChannel "asc" SCSI controller, - - NOTE: If you want to connect a tape to the machine which - you plan to use under OpenBSD/pmax make shure that the - scsi id of the tape is either 5 or 6 because tape support - is hardcoded to those ids in the kernel. - - DEC (LK-201 or compatible) keyboard - DEC ("hockey puck" or compatible) mouse. - - -Hardware that we do NOT currently support: - Q-bus Decsystem machines - Decstation 5100 machines - PrestoServe NVRAM on Decstation 5100 machines - audio drivers for Personal Decstation machines - floppy driver for Personal Decstation machines - TurboChannel audio hardware (LoFi) - PMAG-C 2-D accelerated framebuffers with onboard i860 processors diff --git a/distrib/notes/pmax/install b/distrib/notes/pmax/install deleted file mode 100644 index e1b6df6a39a..00000000000 --- a/distrib/notes/pmax/install +++ /dev/null @@ -1,424 +0,0 @@ -Installing OpenBSD is a relatively complex process, but if you have -this document in hand it shouldn't be too much trouble. - -Also i wanted to note that the installation procedure via install -script is new for the pmax and i had only the chance of limited -testing for it - so if you run into any problems with it or if this -documentation is somehow unclear - please send me a mail and I'll try -to help you or to fix the problem. - -There are several ways to install OpenBSD onto a disk. The easiest way -in terms of preliminary setup is to use the OpenBSD simpleroot that can -be booted off your local disk. Alternatively, if your Decstation is -hooked up in a network you can find a server and arrange for a diskless -setup which is another convenient way to install OpenBSD/pmax. - - -Installing using the OpenBSD simpleroot. - -The simpleroot is a self-contained OpenBSD filesystem holding a complete -OpenBSD/pmax root filesystem plus all utilities necessary to install -OpenBSD on a local disk. It is distributed as a plain file designed to -be transferred to a raw disk from which it can be booted using the -appropriate PROM command. - -Loading the simpleroot onto your raw partition is simple. You can do -this on any machine you can hang on the disk which you plan to put -onto the pmax which allows you to write to the raw disk - i.e. on all -UN*X like operating systems it should work using "dd". On OpenBSD -as well as SunOS you use a command like: - - {:-#-:} dd if=simpleroot{:--:}OSrev.fs of=/dev/rsd0c bs=20b - -Especially on OpenBSD/pmax you'll have to use /dev/rrz0c or something -like that instead of /dev/rsd0c. - -Keep in mind that this will overwrite the contents of that disk! - -After transferring the simpleroot to disk, bring the system down by: - - # halt - -and hang the disk onto the pmax you want to install OpenBSD/pmax on. -Then boot the simpleroot by typing the appropriate command at the PROM: - - >> boot rz(0,0,0)/bsd # for Decstation 2100/3100 - - >> boot 5/rz0a/bsd # for Decstation 5000/2xx - - >> boot 3/rz0a/bsd # for Decstation 5000/1xx - -If you've loaded the simpleroot onto some other disk than `rz0' adapt -the boot specifier accordingly. - -This will cause the kernel contained in the simpleroot to be booted. -After the initial probe messages you'll asked to choose a shell with -sh as default. Simply type Return here and you are in single user -mode. For further instructions please read on in the "Continuing the -installation from single user mode" below. - -If the boot hangs without loading the kernel on a Decstation 5000, -the SCSI controller may be in a strange state. This can happen if -you interrupt the self-test during boot or after hitting the reset -button. To fix this, hit ^C to get back to the ROM monitor and -enter "init". You should now be able to boot as described above. - -Note: if booting the kernel in the miniroot should not work - there are - two kernels part of the distribution - look at the place you got - the distribution from - the kernels are there also - so you can - see which kernels there are - usually there should be 3 of them - - * bsd - a generic kernel which should ask for the root device - * bsd.rz0 - generic kernel with root and swap fixed to rz0 - don't ask me why - but this should be usable then - installing from a simpleroot on a zip disk (which - is usually rz5 or rz6 - bsd crashes here :-) - * bsd.nfs - a generic kernel with root and swap configured - to be on nfs (also this kernel is in ecoff and not - in a.out format so that it can be netbooted with a - pmax) - - -Installing using a diskless setup. - -First, you must setup a diskless client configuration on a server. If -you are using a OpenBSD system as the boot-server, have a look at the -diskless(8) manual page for guidelines on how to proceed with this. -If the server runs another operating system, you'll have to consult -documentation that came with it (on SunOS systems, add_client(8) is a -good start). - -One part of the distribution of OpenBSD/pmax is a file called -simpleroot{:--:}OSrev.tgz which is a good start for the root filesystem area on -the NFS server then you want to install via network. - -A few configuration files need to be edited: - - <root>/etc/hosts - Add the IP addresses of both server and client. - - <root>/etc/myname - This file contains the client's hostname; use the same - name as in <root>/etc/hosts. - - <root>/etc/fstab - Enter the entries for the remotely mounted filesystems. - For example: - server:/export/root/client / nfs rw 0 0 - -Now you must populate the the `/dev' directory for your client. If you -have an intelligent tar command on the NFS server the /dev directory -inside the simpleroot{:--:}OSrev.tgz should be usable (i.e. containing -special devices and not only files) - else you'll have to remake the -devices on the server using - - cd /export/root/client/dev - mv MAKEDEV* .. - rm -rf * - mkdir fd - mv ../MAKEDEV* . - ./MAKEDEV all - -This may not not work correctly on some operating systems. - -Ok here is in short form what you have to do on the Server to prepare a -diskless installation of OpenBSD/pmax assuming the Server is an -OpenBSD machine (for instance a PC running OpenBSD/i386). As said -above for other systems you'll have to look into the supplied -documentation for that systems. All the following should apply also -without any major changes to an FreeBSD or NetBSD server. - -If the following instructions are not enough - you may look at the -man pages for the following commands: - -* tftpd -* rarpd -* bootpd -* rpc.bootparamd - -Ok - now let's see what to do to set up the server: - -* set up a file /etc/ethers containing the ethernet hardware address - of the pmax you want to boot via net and its hostname (the hardware - address you should get via PROM commands) - - example: - --- snip --- - 08:00:2b:1a:4b:41 summer - --- snip --- - -* add an entry to /etc/bootptab which looks like the following: - --- snip --- - .ris.dec:hn:vm=rfc1048 - summer:ht=ethernet:ha=08002b1c4d51:ip=10.0.0.5:bf=/bsd - --- snip --- - -* make sure that the following line in /etc/inetd.conf is not - commented out: - --- snip --- - tftp dgram udp wait root /usr/libexec/tftpd tftpd -s /tftpboot - --- snip --- - if it is commented out (which is the default on OpenBSD for security - reasons) - uncomment it and send the inetd process and HUP signal - - kill -HUP `cat /var/run/inetd.pid` - - so that it rereads the /etc/inetd.conf file - -* untar the simpleroot{:--:}OSrev.tgz on the server in an nfs exported - directory - for instance /export/root - so /etc/exports should - contain a line like (OpenBSD syntax !) - --- snip --- - /export -alldirs -root=0:0 summer - --- snip --- - for the example above - on OpenBSD the tar should be intelligent - enough to unpack the /dev directory correctly - on other systems you - may look at the comment about /dev above. So what you have to do in - this example you have to do: - - mkdir /export/root - cd /export/root - tar xvpzf /some_path/simpleroot{:--:}OSrev.tgz - vi /etc/exports (to add the above line) - kill -HUP `cat /var/run/mountd.pid` (so that mountd rereads exports) - - Note: also make sure that the server is configured as nfs server - - i.e. for OpenBSD "option NFSSERVER" for the kernel and the - following set in /etc/netstart: - --- snip --- - nfs_server="YES" - nfs_client="YES" - --- snip --- - -* create an swapfile using (example 16 mbytes): - - cd /exports - dd if=/dev/zero of=swap bs=1024k count=16 - -* copy the kernel from the /export/root area to the tftp area: - - mkdir /tftpboot - cp /export/root/bsd_nfs /tftpboot - -* create a /etc/bootparams file - for example: - --- snip --- - summer root=prospero:/export/root \ - swap=prospero:/export/swap - --- snip --- - prospero is the hostname of the server in this example - -* start the required daemons on the server: - - /usr/sbin/rpc.bootparamd - /usr/sbin/rarpd -a - - and bootpd - either by uncommenting the entry in /etc/inetd.conf and - sending inetd an HUP signal like above or by starting it explicitly - - /usr/sbin/bootpd - -* now you should be able to boot the pmax using: - - >> boot -f tftp()/bsd_nfs - - for 2100/3100 systems or - - >> boot 6/tftp - - for a 5000/200 - look into the manual of your pmax for details how - to boot via tftp - -If you plan to use OpenBSD/pmax on a diskless system in the future - -keep in mind that the Decstations can only boot ecoff format kernels -via net - so you have to convert them explicitly after the kernel -compilation to ecoff - therefor in the kernel compile dir you can do -the following after the kernel compile has finished - - elf2ecoff bsd.elf bsd.ecoff - -then you can use the bsd.ecoff for netbooting - as a starting point for -the kernel config file you may choose GENERIC_NFS. - -After you have set up everything correctly you can boot your system -over the network into singleuser mode and continue the installation. - - -Continuing the installation from single user mode - -If you have reached single user mode either via booting the -simpleroot image or via booting over the network you will have to -relabel/label your disk and put filesystems on the partitions. - -So here's what you have to do after going into single user mode: - -- simpleroot image (assuming you have the simpleroot on rz0 and want - to install on that disk too - everything behind the ";" is comment) - - # fsck /dev/rrz0a ; check the filesystem - # mount /dev/rz0a / ; mount / read write - # ./install - -- network boot - - # ./install - -This script should bring you to a completely installed OpenBSD/pmax -system (in theory :-) - if you should run into any problems while -installing - please first look at - - http://www.OpenBSD.org/pmax.html - -I'll try to collect there any hints, fixes and so on. If your problem -can't be solved that way just send me a mail to graichen@OpenBSD.org -and I'll try to help you fixing it. - -If you should somehow fail using the install script and want to -restart - you may have to umount any filesystems mounted while running -the install script (so all except /) and clean /tmp using: - - rm /tmp/.??* /tmp/??* - -then it should be possible to rerun it again. - -Now some more notes about labeling the disk - which you will have to -do in the process of running the install script. - -Here follows an example of what you'll see while in the disklabel editor. -Do not touch any of the parameters except for the `label: ' entry and -the actual partition size information at the bottom (the lines starting -with `a:', `b:', ...). - -If you are using the simpleroot image and want to install onto the -same disk you put the simpleroot on you'll also have to change the -sector, track, cylinder, etc. entries to match the values for your -disk. The Problem is to get those values for your disk :-) - you can -either look into the /etc/disktab file for an matching entry or boot -another verbose system like OpenBSD/i386 with your disk attached an -see what it prints out about the geometry of the disk. Also you can -get the total size of your disk from the bootup output of the -Decstation - look for lines like: - -rz0 at sii0 drive 0 slave 0 SEAGATE ST1480 rev 7336, 832527 512 byte blocks - -here 832527 is the number of total sectors on that disk. - -The size and offset fields are given in sector units. Partitions on -which you intend to have a mountable filesystem, should be given -fstype `4.2BSD'. Remember, the `c' partition should describe the whole -disk. The `(Cyl. x - y)' info that appears after the hash (`#') -character is treated as a comment and need not be filled in when -altering partitions. - -Special note: the line containing `8 partitions:' is best left alone, -even if you {:-define-:} less then eight partitions. If this line displays -a different number and the program complains about it (after you leave -the editor), then try setting it to `8 partitions:'. - -Ok - now lets see how the default disklabel of the simpleroot image -looks like: - -<BEGIN SAMPLE DISKLABEL SCREEN> -OpenBSD# disklabel rz0 - # /dev/rrz0c: -type: SCSI -disk: simpleroot -label: -flags: -bytes/sector: 512 -sectors/track: 32 -tracks/cylinder: 64 -sectors/cylinder: 2048 -cylinders: 96 -total sectors: 196608 -rpm: 3600 -interleave: 1 -trackskew: 0 -cylinderskew: 0 -headswitch: 0 # milliseconds -track-to-track seek: 0 # milliseconds -drivedata: 0 - -8 partitions: -# size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] - a: 65536 0 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 0 - 32*) - b: 131072 65536 swap # (Cyl. 32*- 96*) - c: 196608 0 unused 1024 8192 # (Cyl. 0 - 96*) -<END SAMPLE DISKLABEL SCREEN> - -ok - and now let's see how it looks like if it is adapted for the rz0 -disk above (SEAGATE ST1480). - -<BEGIN SAMPLE DISKLABEL SCREEN> -OpenBSD# disklabel rz0 - # /dev/rrz0c: -type: SCSI -disk: SEAGATE ST1480 r -label: -flags: -bytes/sector: 512 -sectors/track: 63 -tracks/cylinder: 11 -sectors/cylinder: 693 -cylinders: 832527 -total sectors: 832527 -rpm: 3600 -interleave: 1 -trackskew: 0 -cylinderskew: 0 -headswitch: 0 # milliseconds -track-to-track seek: 0 # milliseconds -drivedata: 0 - -8 partitions: -# size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] - a: 65536 0 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 0 - 94*) - b: 131072 65536 swap # (Cyl. 94*- 283*) - c: 832527 0 unused 1024 8192 # (Cyl. 0 - 1201*) - d: 635919 196608 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 283*- 1201*) -<END SAMPLE DISKLABEL SCREEN> - -I hope you got the idea now - maybe it'll take some experiments until -you get it right :-). One thing to note here is that you can't change -the a and b partitions if you are relabeling the disk you are running -the simpleroot on - you'll have to accept the simpleroot values here -for those 2 partitions. - -Note: if you have finished the disklabeling and exited the editor for -editing the label in the process of the installation and if you then -get a message like: "no disklabel on disk - use the -r option to write -one" you should ignore it and answer no to the question if you want to -re-edit the disklabel - this is due to a problem with the pmax -disklabel code and it should be worked around by the install script. - -So what does the install script explicitly do ? - -These script will do most of the work of transferring the system from the -tar files onto your disk. You will frequently be asked for confirmation -before the script proceeds with each phase of the installation process. -Occasionally, you'll have to provide a piece of information such as the -name of the disk you want to install on or IP addresses and domain names -you want to assign. - -The installation script goes through the following phases: - - - determination of the disk to install OpenBSD on - - checking of the partition information on the disk - - creating and mounting the OpenBSD filesystems - - setup of IP configuration - - extraction of the distribution tar files - - installation of boot programs - -If the installation worked fine we can go on. - -Now try a reboot. (If needed, swap your scsi id's first). Initially -I'd suggest you "boot" (Decstation 2100/3100) or "boot/rz0a/bsd", then -try multiuser after that. if you boot single-user the OpenBSD -incarnation to make the root filesystem writable is - - OpenBSD# fsck -p - OpenBSD# mount -u /dev/rz0a / - -assuming your rootdisk is rz0. - -OpenBSDCongratulations - diff --git a/distrib/notes/pmax/prep b/distrib/notes/pmax/prep deleted file mode 100644 index 8bf45805c43..00000000000 --- a/distrib/notes/pmax/prep +++ /dev/null @@ -1,29 +0,0 @@ -Before you start you should familiarize yourself with the boot PROM -of your machine. The older Decstation 2100 and 3100 cannot select -a kernel from the command line. You need to set the bootpath -environment variable to point to the disk and kernel you intend to boot. - -You should also examine the guide on the OpenBSD/pmax web site, which -will hopefully soon have more complete and more up-to-date -instructions than are given in the install document. I will try to -put there all the corrections to this document in the future. - -If you're installing OpenBSD/pmax for the first time it's a very good idea -to look at the partition sizes of disk you intend installing OpenBSD on. -Changing the size of partitions after you've installed is difficult. -If you do not have a spare bootable disk, it may be simpler to re-install -OpenBSD again from scratch. - -But if you don't have a second disk or plan to do an installation via -netbooting you don't have any choice about the partition sizes (at -least not for the root and the swap partitions) because they are set -in the simpleroot image to 40M for root and 64M for swap. About the -rest of your disk you can still decide yourself. - -Assuming a classic partition scheme with root (`/') and /usr filesystems, -a comfortable size for the OpenBSD root filesystem partition is about 32M; -a good initial size for the swap partition is twice the amount of physical -memory in your machine (though, unlike Ultrix, there are no restrictions on -the size of the swap partition that would render part of your memory -unusable). A full binary installation, without X11 or other additional -software, takes about 130MB in `/usr'. diff --git a/distrib/notes/pmax/upgrade b/distrib/notes/pmax/upgrade deleted file mode 100644 index a62194904e2..00000000000 --- a/distrib/notes/pmax/upgrade +++ /dev/null @@ -1,2 +0,0 @@ -Because this is the first release of OpenBSD for the pmax - there is no -upgrade option in this release. diff --git a/distrib/notes/pmax/whatis b/distrib/notes/pmax/whatis deleted file mode 100644 index 40d04838a81..00000000000 --- a/distrib/notes/pmax/whatis +++ /dev/null @@ -1,4 +0,0 @@ -OpenBSD OSREV is the first public release of OpenBSD for the DECstation -and DECsystem family of computers. This release includes kernel -support for ELF shared libraries and uses them throughout the -userland. diff --git a/distrib/notes/pmax/xfer b/distrib/notes/pmax/xfer deleted file mode 100644 index 21a5f30410f..00000000000 --- a/distrib/notes/pmax/xfer +++ /dev/null @@ -1,73 +0,0 @@ -Installation is supported from several media types, including: - NFS partitions - FTP - Tape - -The steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets -for installation depend on which method of installation -you choose. The various methods are explained below. -Those are only the preparations required before you start -the installation. - -To prepare for installing via an NFS partition: - - Place the OpenBSD software you wish to install into - a directory on an NFS server, and make that directory - mountable by the machine which you will be installing - OpenBSD on. This will probably require modifying the - /etc/exports file of the NFS server and resetting - mountd, acts which will require superuser privileges. - Note the numeric IP address of the NFS server and of - the router closest to the the new OpenBSD machine, - if the NFS server is not on a network which is - directly attached to the OpenBSD machine. - - If you are using a diskless setup to install OpenBSD on - your machine, you can take advantage of the fact that - the above has already been done on your machine's server. - So, you can conveniently put the OpenBSD filesets in your - machine's root filesystem on the server where the install - program can find them. - - Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next - step in the installation process, preparing your - system for OpenBSD installation. - -To prepare for installing via FTP: - - The preparations for this method of installation - are easy: all you have to do is make sure that - there's some FTP site from which you can retrieve - the OpenBSD installation when it's time to do - the install. You should know the numeric IP - address of that site, the numeric IP address of - your nearest router if one is necessary - - Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next - step in the installation process, preparing your - system for OpenBSD installation. - -To prepare for installing via a tape: - - To install OpenBSD from a tape, you need to somehow - get the OpenBSD filesets you wish to install on - your system on to the appropriate kind of tape, - in tar format. - - If you're making the tape on a UN*X system, the easiest - way to do so is: - - tar cvf <tape_device> <files> - - where "<tape_device>" is the name of the tape device - that describes the tape drive you're using (possibly - something like /dev/nrst0, but we make no guarantees 8-). - Under SunOS 5.x, this would be something like /dev/rmt/0mbn. - Again, your mileage may vary. If you can't figure it out, - ask your system administrator. "<files>" are the names - of the "set_name.nnn" files which you want to be placed - on the tape. - - Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next - step in the installation process, preparing your - system for OpenBSD installation. |