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diff --git a/distrib/notes/mvme68k/xfer b/distrib/notes/mvme68k/xfer index 24076e049e5..f157639ab9d 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/mvme68k/xfer +++ b/distrib/notes/mvme68k/xfer @@ -3,79 +3,116 @@ Installation is supported from several media types, including: FFS partitions Tape Remote NFS partitions + CD-ROM FTP HTTP -The steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets -for installation depend on which method of installation -you choose. The various methods are explained below. - -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: - - NOTE: this method of installation is recommended - only for those already familiar with using - the BSD network-manipulation commands and - interfaces. If you aren't, this documentation - should help, but is not intended to be - all-encompassing. - - 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. +The steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets for installation +depend on which method of installation you choose. The various methods +are explained below. + +The variety of options listed may seem confusing, but situations vary +widely in terms of what peripherals and what sort of network arrangements +a user has, the intent is to provide some way that will be practical. + + +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 + if test $# -lt 1 + then + dd if=stboot of=${tape} obs=512 + dd if=bootst of=${tape} obs=512 + dd if=bsd.rd of=${tape} obs=8k conv=sync + fi + for file in base etc comp game man misc xbase xfont 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/MACHINE + sh -x /tmp/maketape + + + Note that this script creates a bootable tape. If you only want to + fetch the OpenBSD files from tape, but want to boot from another + device, you can save time and space creating the tape this way: + + cd .../OSREV/MACHINE + sh -x /tmp/maketape noboot + + + 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 on + 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: + + 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. + + Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next step in + the upgrade process, actually upgrading your system. |