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+# $Id: README,v 1.1 1995/10/18 08:38:01 deraadt Exp $
+
+Initial test versions of a NetBSD/sparc binaries install are available
+at
+	ftp.iastate.edu:/pub/netbsd/NetBSD-current/binaries/sparc
+	sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu:pub/NetBSD/arch/sparc
+	ftp.wonderland.org:NetBSD/arch/sparc		[UK]
+	ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de:\
+	    /pub/comp/os/bsd/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/binaries/sparc
+and many other NetBSD mirror sites. Some mirror sites may take a day
+or two to catch up.
+
+The NetBSD/sparc port runs on sun4c class machines, ie. the
+SS 1, 1+, 2, IPC, IPX, SLC, and ELC. it does not run on the
+server-series machines, or the SS10-series machines.
+
+The ftp directory contains a number of very large .tar.gz files in there,
+as well as this document and a helper install script.
+
+NOTE: THESE INSTRUCTIONS MAY CHANGE WITH EACH SNAPSHOT.
+
+Until there are better instructions written, here's a rough idea:
+
+1.  format and partition the disk using sunos. yup, NetBSD/sparc uses
+    sunos disk labels. i am running a quantum 105 with these partition
+    sizes:
+    a:    28140        0    4.2BSD     1024  8192    16   # (Cyl.    0 - 133)
+    b:    16170    28140    unused        0     0         # (Cyl.  134 - 210)
+    c:   204540        0    unused        0     0         # (Cyl.    0 - 973)
+    g:   160230    44310    4.2BSD     1024  8192    16   # (Cyl.  211 - 973)
+
+    Filesystem               512-blocks    Used   Avail Capacity  Mounted on
+    /dev/sd0a              26090   18846    4634    80%    /
+    /dev/sd0g             149444  131496    3002    98%    /usr
+    amd:43                     0       0       0   100%    /home
+    gecko:/usr/src       1549722  851783  542966    61%    /usr/src
+    komodo:/usr/local     269346  243428   -1016   100%    /usr/local
+    newt:/newt.usera     1128328  836910  178584    82%    /tmp_mnt/newt/newt.usera
+
+2.  newfs it using sunos. yup, the filesystem format is identical.
+    UFS hasn't changed much over the years. (If you can, there is
+    a performance benefit from newfs'ing using NetBSD.)
+
+    If you newfs using the NetBSD newfs command, be sure to use -O
+    to specify the `4.3BSD filesystem format' for your / partition,
+    otherwise you will not be able to boot. The SunOS boot blocks do
+    not understand the extended 4.4 filesystem format.
+
+3.  put a SunOS /boot program in the root partition, and use
+    "installboot" to cause it to work. the "installboot" man page
+    says to do something like this: say you are running SunOS, and
+    the drive you are installing NetBSD/sparc on is currently at
+    /dev/sd1. You have made the filesystems on that drive already.
+	# mount /dev/sd1a /mnt
+	# cp /boot /mnt/boot
+	# /usr/mdec/installboot -vlt /mnt/boot /usr/mdec/bootsd /dev/rsd1a
+
+4.  extract the provided *.tar.gz files onto the disk. the file
+    "install.sh" will help you do this.
+
+    mount your partition(s) in a proper tree starting at /mnt. In the
+    same directory as your *.tar.gz files are, run "./install.sh".
+    (Now you may cut the head off the chicken and spray the blood over
+    your walls and ceiling. :-)
+
+5.  copy /mnt/etc/fstab.sd to /mnt/etc/fstab and edit to match your
+    disk layout.
+
+6.  the install script copies the kernel called "netbsd.scsi3" to
+    /mnt/netbsd. Two sample kernels are supplied: "netbsd" and
+    "netbsd.scsi3".
+
+    Unlike SunOS and the ROM, NetBSD numbers scsi drives sequentially
+    as it finds them. The drive with the lowest scsi-id will be called
+    sd0.  SunOS and the ROM map normally map sd0 to scsi-id 3. Thus, if
+    you have two drives, it's quite likely that NetBSD will disagree with
+    the ROM.
+
+    The "netbsd.scsi3" kernel gets around this problem, by hard-wiring
+    scsi-id#3 to sd0. The remaining drives will be dynamically mapped
+    to other sd* numbers.  If you have more than one drive you will
+    want to use this kernel.
+
+    the "netbsd" kernel expects your root drive to be at the standard
+    SunOS sd0==scsi-id#3 location. If you have a second drive at any
+    of scsi-id's 0, 1, or 2, this kernel will NOT work for you. If you
+    know what you are doing, you could use this kernel.
+
+7.  your ROM may need some setup. make sure you boot from `new command mode'.
+    If your machine comes up and gives you a `>' prompt instead of `ok', type:
+        >n
+        ok setenv sunmon-compat? false
+        ok
+    this is needed because netbsd cannot handle the old-mode yet,
+    and will firework on you.
+
+    you cannot use the security modes of the sparc ROM. sorry, same
+    problem as above.
+	ok setenv security-mode none
+
+8.  if needed, swap your scsi id's. now try a reboot. initially I'd
+    suggest you boot "-bs", then try multiuser after that. if you boot
+    single-user the netbsd incantation for making root read-write
+    is "mount -u /dev/sd0a /". alternatively, the command reboot is
+    found in /sbin.
+
+9.  to boot from netbsd by default, tell something like this to your
+    ROM.
+	>n
+	ok setenv boot-from sd(0,0,0)netbsd
+	ok
+
+please let me know of any errors in these instructions or in the
+archives. if so i'll correct them.
+
+good luck.
+
+<deraadt@fsa.ca>