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@@ -6,19 +6,16 @@ Installation is supported from several media types, including:
FTP
No matter which installation medium you choose, you'll need to have
-two floppy disks available (either 1.2M or 1.44 will work, though
-both should be the same type). On the first, you'll put the
-kernel-copy image that's appropriate for your system. On the second,
-you'll put the install or upgrade floppy image, depending on whether
-you're installing NetBSD for the first time, or upgrading a previous
-installation.
-
-If you are using an Adaptec AHA-154x or Buslogic BT-54x SCSI host
-adapter, you need the kcaha-10.fs kernel-copy image. If you're using
-a Buslogic BT-445, BT-74x, or BT-9xx SCSI host adapter, you'll need
-the kcbt-10.fs image. If you're using a disk controller other than
-those mentioned above, either kernel-copy disk image will work for
-you.
+two floppy disks (either 1.2M or 1.44 will work, though both should be
+the same type). On the first, you'll put the kernel-copy image that's
+appropriate for your system. On the second, you'll put the install or
+upgrade floppy image, depending on whether you're installing NetBSD
+for the first time, or upgrading a previous installation.
+
+If you are using an Adaptec SCSI host adapter, you need the kcadp11.fs
+kernel-copy image. If you're using any other SCSI host adapter,
+you'll need the kcoth11.fs image. If you're using a non-SCSI disk
+controller, either kernel-copy disk image will work for you.
If you are using a UN*X-like system to write the floppy images to
disks, you should use the "dd" command to copy the file system images
@@ -93,14 +90,14 @@ following:
(If you can't figure it out, ask your system administrator.)
In the above example, "<dist_directories>" are the
distribution sets' directories, for the distribution sets you
- wish to place on the tape. For instance, to put the "base10"
- and "etc10" distributions on tape (in order to do the absolute
+ wish to place on the tape. For instance, to put the "base11"
+ and "etc11" distributions on tape (in order to do the absolute
minimum installation to a new disk), you would do the
following:
- cd .../NetBSD-1.0 # the top of the tree
+ cd .../NetBSD-1.1 # the top of the tree
cd i386/binary
- tar cf <tape_device> base10 etc10
+ tar cf <tape_device> base11 etc11
(Note that you still need to fill in "<tape_device>" in the
example.)
@@ -176,7 +173,7 @@ following:
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
- "base10" set somewhere in your file system. If you wish,
+ "base11" 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.