$NetBSD: INSTALL,v 1.1 1995/09/16 12:00:21 ragge Exp $ How to install NetBSD/vax ------------------------- 1. Device conventions. NetBSD standalone system addresses devices like 'devicename(adapter, controller, unit, partition)' Known devicenames are: tms - TMSCP tape. ts - TSV05/TS11 tape. ra - RA??/RD?? disks/floppies. hp - RP??/RM?? disks. You can omit parameters; ra(0,0) refers to disk 0 partition a on default controller. On tapes partition refers to file # on the tape. Example: DUB1 (DEC syntax) swap partition will be referred as ra(1,0,1), DRA2 root partition is hp(2,0). 2. Installation. This document only covers installation of a miniroot filesystem on the swap partition of a disk. Installation of the remaining system is best done over network or from tape, but this is your own decision. The installation principle is to label the root disk, copy a miniroot filesystem onto the swap partition, boot up from that miniroot filesystem, then create root and the other wanted partitions and put system to it. You will have to deal with 2 files, one is just a boot filesystem containing 3 files: boot, copy and edlabel, the other is an image of a miniroot filesystem and can be split into several pieces depending of what you are going to install from. 2.1 INSTALLATION 2.1.1 Installation from TK50. (MicroVAX II) You will need a file called tk50-file1-???.fs and a file called tk50-file2-???.fs, where ??? is the revision og NetBSD. These files must be written on tape in sequential order; file 1 first and then file2. _Blocksize_must_be_512!_ Otherwise the tape will not be bootable. Then type: >>> B/3 MUA0 This means that you will bring upp boot for asking from TK50. (MUA0 is DEC naming). It will come up something like 2..1..0.. howto 0x3, bdev 0x12, booting... 9852+456+34916 start 0x0 Nboot : At the prompt you type edlabel to label the disk, see README.edlabel about how to use it. When labeling is finished, halt the computer, bring up the Nboot prompt again and this time load copy, see README.copy about how to use it. Remember that you are copying from file 1 on the tape. Now go to step 3. 2.2 Installation from RX33/RX50. (MicroVAX II) The difference between RX33 and RX50 is its size. RX50 is 400k and RX33 is 1200k. You will need a file called rxDD-bootdisk-???.fs and a couple of files called rxDD-copy?-???.fs, where DD is 33 or 50 and ??? is the revision of NetBSD. The RX33 installation will be 3 floppies and RX50 installation will be 7 floppies. To boot from floppy type: >>> B/3 DUxy where x is the controller number and y is device number. You will now get up a prompt like Nboot : At the prompt you type edlabel to label the disk, see README.edlabel about how to use it. When labeling is finished, halt the computer, bring up the Nboot prompt again and this time load copy, see README.copy about how to use it. Remember that you are copying from partition 0 when using floppies. Now go to step 3. 2.3 Installation from TU58. (VAX 11/750). Not yet :-( But will be... 3. Booting up miniroot. When copying is ready, bring the boot program up a third time, and this time bring up a real system by telling boot where you put your miniroot _and_ also the generic kernel name. Example: ra(0,1)gennetbsd, boots gennetbsd from swap partition on ra0. When kernel is loaded, you will after a while get a question about Root device?. Respond to this with xx?*, where xx is the device name, ? is the unit number and * tells that the system shall use the swap partition as root partition. Example: Root device? ra0* After that a second question: Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for sh: Just type return. Now you will be in a normal single-user shell, and it's just to newfs your partitions, and start installation. A few things that you must remember to do from miniroot: disklabel -B <diskname> to install boot blocks. MAKEDEV devices in the newly created root filesystem. Copy gennetbsd and boot from miniroot filesystem to the newly created root filesystem. Good luck! (You may need it) Ragge