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+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.
+
+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
+ make a boot tape on the appropriate kind of tape.
+ The files needed for this are:
+
+ stboot - The Motorola VID block
+ bootst - The bootstrap program
+ bsd.rd.gz - The ramdisk installation kernel
+
+ If you're making the tape on a UN*X system, the easiest
+ way to do so is:
+
+ dd obs=512 if=stboot of=<no-rewind tape_device>
+ dd obs=512 if=bootst of=<no-rewind tape_device>
+ dd conv=sync obs=512 if=bsd.rd.gz of=<no-rewind tape_device>
+
+ where "<no-rewind 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-).
+
+ Now you need to 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 again, 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.