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diff --git a/distrib/notes/sun3/xfer b/distrib/notes/sun3/xfer index 41517d9254e..cdf778df381 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/sun3/xfer +++ b/distrib/notes/sun3/xfer @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ Installation is supported from several media types, including: + CD-ROM (with PROM versions >= 3.0) FFS partitions Tape Remote NFS partition - CD-ROM (with PROM versions >= 3.0) FTP HTTP @@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ FTP mirrors over the internet, you may wish to transfer the sets to a local FTP or NFS server, or copy them to a partition on the target system's disk or onto a SCSI tape. -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. - Creating a bootable hard disk using SunOS or other Un*x-like system: @@ -63,111 +59,11 @@ Creating a network bootable setup using SunOS or other Un*x-like system: by the netboot setup. +OpenBSDXferPrelude -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. - -The installation allows installing OpenBSD directly from FTP mirror -sites over the internet, however you must consider the speed and -reliability of your internet connection for this option. It may save -much time and frustration to use ftp get/reget to transfer the -distribution sets to a local server or disk and perform the installation -from there, rather than directly from the internet. - - -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. 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". +OpenBSDXferBootTape(,tapeboot obs=8k conv=sync,bsd.rd obs=8k conv=sync) - #! /bin/sh - tape=/dev/nrst0 - mt -f ${tape} rewind - if test $# -lt 1 - then - for file in tapeboot bsd.rd - do - dd if=${file} of=${tape} obs=8k conv=sync - done - fi - for file in base etc comp game man misc - do - dd if=${file}OSrev.tgz of=${tape} obs=8k conv=sync - done - tar cf ${tape} bsd - mt -f ${tape} offline - # end of script +OpenBSDXferNFS - - 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 - 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. +OpenBSDXferFFS |