1Installing NetBSD is a relatively complex process, but, if you have 2this document in hand and are careful to read and remember the 3information which is presented to you by the install program, it 4shouldn't be too much trouble. 5 6Before you begin, you must have already prepared your hard disk as 7detailed in the section on preparing your system for install. 8 9The following is a walk-through of the steps necessary to get NetBSD 10installed on your hard disk. If you wish to stop the installation, 11you may hit Control-C at any prompt, but if you do, you'll have to 12begin again from scratch. 13 14 Transfer the install miniroot file system onto the hard disk 15 partition used by NetBSD for swapping, as described in the 16 "Preparing your System for NetBSD Installation" section above. 17 18 * Booting from AmigaOS, using loadbsd: 19 20 You then need to have "ixemul.library" in your LIBS: directory 21 on AmigaDOS. You also need to have the "loadbsd" program 22 in your command path. If AmigaDOS complains about loadbsd 23 not being an executable file, be sure that the "Execute" 24 protection bit is set. If not, set it with the command: 25 Protect loadbsd add e 26 27 Next you need to get yourself into NetBSD by loading the 28 kernel from AmigaDOS with loadbsd like so: 29 30 loadbsd -b netbsd 31 32 If you have an AGA machine, and your monitor will handle 33 the dblNTSC mode, you may also include the "-A" option to 34 enable the dblNTSC display mode. 35 36 If your machine has a fragmented physical memory space, as, 37 e.g., DraCo machines, you should add the "-n2" option to 38 enable the use of all memory segments. 39 40 * Directly booting NetBSD, with boot blocks installed: 41 42 [This description is for V41 (OS 3.1) ROMs. For older ROMs, 43 there might be small differences. Check your AmigaOS documentation 44 to learn about the exact procedure.] 45 46 Reboot your machine, holding down both mouse buttons if you 47 have a 2-button mouse, the outer mouse buttons if you have 48 a 3-button mouse. On the DraCo, press the left mouse button 49 instead, when the boot screen prompts you for it. 50 51 From the boot menu, select "Boot Options". 52 Select the swap partition with the miniroot, and then "ok". 53 Select "Boot" now. The machine will boot the bootblock, which 54 will prompt your for a command line. You have a few seconds time 55 to change the default. Entering an empty line will accept the 56 default. 57 58 The bootblock uses command lines of the form: 59 60 file options 61 62 where file is the kernel file name on the partition where the 63 boot block is on, and options are the same as with loadbsd. 64 E.g., instead of "loadbsd -bsSn2 netbsd" use "netbsd -bsSn2". 65 66 * Once your kernel boots: 67 68 You should see the screen clear and some information about 69 your system as the kernel configures the hardware. Note which 70 hard disk device(s) are configured (sd0, sd1, etc). Then 71 you will be prompted for a root device. At this time type 72 'sd0b', where '0' is the device which contains the swap 73 partition you created during the hard disk preparation. 74 75 If the system should hang after entering the root device, try 76 again with 77 78 loadbsd -I ff -b netbsd 79 80 This disables synchronous transfer on all SCSI devices. 81 82 The system should continue to boot. For now ignore WARNING: 83 messages about bad dates in clocks. Eventually you will be 84 asked to enter the pathname of the shell, just hit return. 85 After a short while you should see a welcome message and a 86 prompt, asking if you wish to proceed with the installation. 87 88 If you wish to proceed, enter "y" and then return. 89 90 If you have configured your hard drive[s] correctly it 91 should find the drive and partition that you selected to 92 use as your root. You will be prompted for which device 93 you want to use for your root. If you have multiple disks 94 present with root partitions defined, you will need to be 95 sure you enter the device name of the correct partition you 96 want to install NetBSD on. 97 98 YOU ARE NOW AT THE POINT OF NO RETURN. If you confirm that 99 you want to install NetBSD, your hard drive will be modified, 100 and perhaps its contents scrambled at the whim of the install 101 program. 102 103 If you are sure you want to proceed, enter "yes" at the 104 prompt. 105 106 The install program will now make the root file system you 107 specified. There should be only one error in this section 108 of the installation. It will look like so: 109 110 newfs: ioctl (WDINFO): Invalid argument 111 newfs: /dev/rsd0a: can't rewrite disk label 112 113 If there are any others, restart from the the beginning of 114 the installation process. This error is ok as the Amiga 115 does not write disklabels currently. You should expect 116 this error whenever using newfs. 117 118 Next the install program will ask you which drive and 119 partition you wish to use as /usr. First it will list the 120 available drives. Choose one. Next it will give you a 121 list of the partitions on that disk along with their sizes, 122 types, etc.. Choose the letter that corresponds to the 123 partition you wish to use for /usr. If you are doing a 124 full install this should be at the very least 45M-50M large. 125 If everything is ok the install program will then format 126 and mount your /usr. If not then it will ask again for a 127 drive and partition. 128 129 When this completes your root partition will be mounted on 130 /mnt and your /usr partition on /mnt/usr. An fstab will 131 have been created and initialized to correctly mount these 132 two file systems. This fstab will be in /mnt/etc. 133 134 What you do from this point on depends on which media you're 135 using to install NetBSD. Follow the appropriate instructions, 136 given below. 137 138 To install from an AmigaDOS partition: 139 140 You first need to mount the AmigaDOS partition 141 using the mount_ados command. If e.g. your AmigaDOS 142 partition is the first partition on sd0 you could 143 type: 144 145 mkdir /mnt/ados 146 mount_ados -o ro /dev/sd0d /mnt/ados 147 148 You can use `disklabel sd0' to find out what types 149 of partitions are on the disk `sd0'. 150 151 Next goto the directory in which you stored the 152 distribution sets. If e.g. you stored them in the 153 root directory of the partition: 154 155 cd /mnt/ados 156 157 When there, run "Set_tmp_dir" and choose the default 158 temporary directory, by hitting return at the 159 prompt. 160 161 Run the "Extract" command, giving it as its sole 162 argument the name of the distribution set you wish 163 to extract. For example, to extract the base 164 distribution, use the command: 165 166 Extract base12 167 168 and to extract the games distribution: 169 170 Extract game12 171 172 If the distribution sets are in different directories, 173 you will need to cd to each directory in turn, running 174 "Set_tmp_dir" and the appropriate "Extract" command(s). 175 176 Continue this process until you've finished installing 177 all of the sets which you desire to have on your 178 hard disk. Once you have extracted all sets and 179 are at the "#" prompt again, proceed to the section 180 "Configuring Your System," below. 181 182 To install from tape: 183 184 The first thing you should do is pick a temporary 185 directory where the distribution files can be stored. 186 To do this, use the command "Set_tmp_dir" and enter 187 your choice. The default is /mnt/usr/distrib. 188 189 After you have picked a temporary directory, 190 you should issue the load command: 191 192 Load_tape 193 194 Next, you will be told to insert the media into 195 the appropriate drive, and hit return. Continue 196 to follow instructions until you are returned to 197 the "#" prompt. 198 199 Go to the directory which contains the first 200 distribution set you wish to install. This is 201 either the directory you specified above, or possibly 202 a subdirectory of that directory. 203 204 When there, run "Set_tmp_dir" again, and choose 205 the default temporary directory, by hitting 206 return at the prompt. 207 208 Run the "Extract" command, giving it as its sole 209 argument the name of the distribution set you 210 wish to extract. For example, to extract the base 211 distribution, use the command: 212 213 Extract base12 214 215 and to extract the games distribution: 216 217 Extract game12 218 219 After the extraction is complete, go to the location 220 of the next set you want to extract, "Set_tmp_dir" 221 again, and once again issue the appropriate 222 extract command. Continue this process until 223 you've finished installing all of the sets which you 224 desire to have on your hard disk. 225 226 After each set is finished, if you know that you 227 are running low on space you can remove the 228 distribution files for that set by saying: 229 230 rm set_name.?? 231 232 For example, if you wish to remove the distribution 233 files for the game09 set, after the "Extract game09" 234 command has completed, issue the command: 235 236 rm game12.?? 237 238 Once you have extracted all sets and are at the "#" prompt 239 again, proceed to the section "Configuring Your System," 240 below. 241 242 To install via FTP or NFS: 243 244 First, use Set_tmp_dir to pick a temporary directory 245 for the installation files. /mnt/usr/distrib is 246 suggested. 247 248 Configure the appropriate Ethernet interface i.e. le0 249 if you have a 2065 or ed0 if you have a AMIGNET from 250 Hydra Systems. 251 252 ifconfig <ifname> <ipaddr> [netmask <netmask>] 253 254 where <ifname> is the interface name (e.g. ed0, etc.), 255 and <ipaddr> is the numeric IP address of the interface. 256 If the interface has a special netmask, supply 257 the word "netmask" and that netmask at the end of the 258 command line. For instance, without a special netmask: 259 260 ifconfig ed0 129.133.10.10 261 262 or with a special netmask 263 264 ifconfig ed0 128.32.240.167 netmask 0xffffff00 265 266 You should also be able to use SLIP or PPP as the network 267 connection. 268 [XXX instructions for ppp or slip would be usefull 269 perhaps the next release] 270 271 If the NFS server or FTP server is not on a directly- 272 connected network, you should set up a route to it 273 with the command: 274 275 route add default <gate_ipaddr> 276 277 where <gate_ipaddr> is your gateway's numeric IP address. 278 279 If you are NFS-mounting the distribution sets, 280 mount them on the temporary directory with the command: 281 282 mount -t nfs <serv_ipaddr>:<dist_dir> <tmp_dir> 283 284 where <serv_ipaddr> is the server's numeric IP address, 285 <dist_dir> is the path to the distribution files on 286 the server, and <tmp_dir> is the name of the local 287 temporary directory. 288 289 Once this is done, proceed as if you had loaded the 290 files from tape, "cd"ing to the appropriate directories 291 and running "Set_tmp_dir" and "Extract" as appropriate. 292 293 If you are retrieving the distribution sets using ftp, 294 cd into the temp directory, and execute the command: 295 296 ftp <serv_ipaddr> 297 298 where <serv_ipaddr> is once again the server's 299 numeric IP address. Get the files with FTP, 300 taking care to use binary mode to transfer 301 all files. 302 303 Once you have all of the files for the distribution sets 304 you wish to install, you can proceed using the instructions 305 above as if you had installed the files from a tape. 306 307 308Configuring Your System: 309----------- ---- ------ 310 311Once you have finished extracting all of the distribution sets that 312you want on your hard drive and are back at the "#" prompt, 313you are ready to configure your system. 314 315The configuration utility expects that you have installed the base 316system. If you have not, you will not be able to run it successfully 317(nor will you have a functional system regardless of configuration). 318 319To configure the newly installed operating system, run the 320command "Configure". 321 322Configure will ask for the machine's host name, domain name, and other 323network configuration information. 324 325Once you have supplied `Configure' all that it requests, your machine 326will be configured well enough that when you reboot it it will 327almost be a completely functional NetBSD system. 328 329Configure will also copy the generic kernel from the miniroot onto your 330root partition, and will install a bootblock. 331 332Once you are done with `Configure', halt the system with the "halt" 333command (wait for "halted" to be displayed) and reboot. Then again 334boot NetBSD this time with the command: 335 336 loadbsd netbsd 337 338or select the root partition from the boot menu, and tell it to boot 339 340 netbsd -s 341 342You need to do your final tweaks now. First mount your file systems 343like so: 344 345 mount -av 346 347Your system is now complete but not completely configured; you 348should adjust the /etc/sendmail.cf file as necessary to suit your 349site and/or disable sendmail and other network related programs. 350These things can be found in /etc/netstart. Use vi, if you installed 351the man pages you can type `man vi' or `man ed' for instructions 352on how to use these somewhat non-intuitive editors. 353 354You should also put a copy of the netbsd kernel in your root partition. 355This can be done easily by mounting the AmigaDOS partition containing 356the kernel you used to start NetBSD and copying the "netbsd" file to 357the root: 358 mount -r -t ados /dev/sd0d /mnt 359 cp /mnt/netbsd / 360(where /dev/sd0d is the AmigaDOS partition where you have netbsd, and 361/mnt/netbsd is the appropriate path of the netbsd file). 362 363Once you are done with the rest of configuration unmount your file 364systems and halt your system, then reboot: 365 366 cd / 367 umount -av 368 halt 369 <reboot> 370 371Finally you can now boot your system and it will be completely 372functional: 373 374 loadbsd -a netbsd 375 376When it boots off of the hard drive, you will have a complete 377NetBSD system! CONGRATULATIONS! (You really deserve them!!!) 378