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diff --git a/distrib/notes/pmax/xfer b/distrib/notes/pmax/xfer new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..221c6cb9f4a --- /dev/null +++ b/distrib/notes/pmax/xfer @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ +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 + 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. |