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# $Id: README,v 1.1.1.1 1995/10/18 08:38:01 deraadt Exp $ |
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# $Id: README,v 1.2 1995/11/08 07:12:52 deraadt Exp $ |
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Initial test versions of a NetBSD/sparc binaries install are available |
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Initial test versions of a OpenBSD/sparc binaries install are available |
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at |
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ftp.iastate.edu:/pub/netbsd/NetBSD-current/binaries/sparc |
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sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu:pub/NetBSD/arch/sparc |
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ftp.wonderland.org:NetBSD/arch/sparc [UK] |
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ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de:\ |
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/pub/comp/os/bsd/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/binaries/sparc |
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and many other NetBSD mirror sites. Some mirror sites may take a day |
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or two to catch up. |
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The NetBSD/sparc port runs on sun4c class machines, ie. the |
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ftp.openbsd.org:/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/sparc |
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Some mirror sites may take a day or two to catch up. |
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The OpenBSD/sparc port runs on sun4c class machines, ie. the |
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SS 1, 1+, 2, IPC, IPX, SLC, and ELC. it does not run on the |
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server-series machines, or the SS10-series machines. |
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Until there are better instructions written, here's a rough idea: |
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1. format and partition the disk using sunos. yup, NetBSD/sparc uses |
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1. format and partition the disk using sunos. yup, OpenBSD/sparc uses |
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sunos disk labels. i am running a quantum 105 with these partition |
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sizes: |
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a: 28140 0 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 0 - 133) |
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2. newfs it using sunos. yup, the filesystem format is identical. |
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UFS hasn't changed much over the years. (If you can, there is |
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a performance benefit from newfs'ing using NetBSD.) |
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a performance benefit from newfs'ing using OpenBSD.) |
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If you newfs using the NetBSD newfs command, be sure to use -O |
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If you newfs using the OpenBSD newfs command, be sure to use -O |
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to specify the `4.3BSD filesystem format' for your / partition, |
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otherwise you will not be able to boot. The SunOS boot blocks do |
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not understand the extended 4.4 filesystem format. |
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3. put a SunOS /boot program in the root partition, and use |
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"installboot" to cause it to work. the "installboot" man page |
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says to do something like this: say you are running SunOS, and |
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the drive you are installing NetBSD/sparc on is currently at |
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the drive you are installing OpenBSD/sparc on is currently at |
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/dev/sd1. You have made the filesystems on that drive already. |
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# mount /dev/sd1a /mnt |
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# cp /boot /mnt/boot |
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5. copy /mnt/etc/fstab.sd to /mnt/etc/fstab and edit to match your |
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disk layout. |
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6. the install script copies the kernel called "netbsd.scsi3" to |
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/mnt/netbsd. Two sample kernels are supplied: "netbsd" and |
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"netbsd.scsi3". |
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6. the install script copies the kernel called "bsd.scsi3" to |
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/mnt/bsd. Two sample kernels are supplied: "bsd" and |
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"bsd.scsi3". |
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Unlike SunOS and the ROM, NetBSD numbers scsi drives sequentially |
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Unlike SunOS and the ROM, OpenBSD numbers scsi drives sequentially |
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as it finds them. The drive with the lowest scsi-id will be called |
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sd0. SunOS and the ROM map normally map sd0 to scsi-id 3. Thus, if |
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you have two drives, it's quite likely that NetBSD will disagree with |
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you have two drives, it's quite likely that OpenBSD will disagree with |
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the ROM. |
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The "netbsd.scsi3" kernel gets around this problem, by hard-wiring |
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The "bsd.scsi3" kernel gets around this problem, by hard-wiring |
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scsi-id#3 to sd0. The remaining drives will be dynamically mapped |
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to other sd* numbers. If you have more than one drive you will |
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want to use this kernel. |
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the "netbsd" kernel expects your root drive to be at the standard |
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the "bsd" kernel expects your root drive to be at the standard |
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SunOS sd0==scsi-id#3 location. If you have a second drive at any |
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of scsi-id's 0, 1, or 2, this kernel will NOT work for you. If you |
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know what you are doing, you could use this kernel. |
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>n |
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ok setenv sunmon-compat? false |
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ok |
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this is needed because netbsd cannot handle the old-mode yet, |
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this is needed because bsd cannot handle the old-mode yet, |
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and will firework on you. |
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you cannot use the security modes of the sparc ROM. sorry, same |
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8. if needed, swap your scsi id's. now try a reboot. initially I'd |
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suggest you boot "-bs", then try multiuser after that. if you boot |
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single-user the netbsd incantation for making root read-write |
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single-user the bsd incantation for making root read-write |
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is "mount -u /dev/sd0a /". alternatively, the command reboot is |
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found in /sbin. |
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9. to boot from netbsd by default, tell something like this to your |
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9. to boot from bsd by default, tell something like this to your |
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ROM. |
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>n |
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ok setenv boot-from sd(0,0,0)netbsd |
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ok setenv boot-from sd(0,0,0)bsd |
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ok |
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please let me know of any errors in these instructions or in the |
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@ -115,4 +110,4 @@ archives. if so i'll correct them. |
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good luck. |
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<deraadt@fsa.ca> |
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<deraadt@openbsd.org> |
deraadt
28 years ago