suits for ext2fs and use-cases not designed by the installer
boot your prefered NetBSD install media and exit sysinst
language : english exit install system
Note. if you ever wish to return to sysinst, no need to (re)execute it. Simply exit the shell or type sysinst.
And define a handy variable for the purpose of this guide,
dmesg | grep ^wd dmesg | grep ^sd dmesg | grep ^xbd dmesg | grep '] ld' disk=xbd0 disk=ld0 cdrom=xbd1 cdrom=cd0
x86
initialize the MBR and make an empty DOS partition table
dd if=/usr/mdec/mbr_com0 of=/dev/rld0d
create the first partition using the whole disk (offset: sector 63)
fdisk -u -0 $disk (defaults & empty boot menu disables it) Should we write new partition table? [n] y
make the first partition ‘active’ and check
fdisk -a -0 $disk Do you want to change the active partition? [n] y active partition: [0..4 default: 0] 0 Are you happy with this choice? [n] y Should we write new partition table? [n] y
On all hardware plateforms, create a disk label,
disklabel -i $disk
E -- print disk label and current partition table
e -- unused 0 0
a
Filesystem type [unused]: 4.2BSD --or-- Linux Ext2
Start offset ('x' to start after partition 'x') [0c, 0s, 0M]: 63
Partition size ('$' for all remaining) [0c, 0s, 0M]: $
verify, write the label and quit,
P -- print current partition table W Q
(optional) on i386 or amd64, enable swap straight away
#swapctl -a /dev/sd0b #swapctl -l
on all hardware plateforms, make an FFS file system and mount the root partition
newfs /dev/r${disk}a
newfs_ext2fs /dev/r${disk}a
mount /dev/${disk}a /mnt
mount_ext2fs -o rw /dev/${disk}a /mnt
mount the install media
mount_cd9660 /dev/${cdrom}a /mnt2
cd /mnt2/amd64/binary/sets
mount -t nfs x.x.x.x:/var/data/netbsd61sparc /mnt2 cd /mnt2/
cd /mnt/ ifconfig vioif0 192.168.122.9/24 up ftp 192.168.122.1 bin cd /data/kernels get netbsd100.pfaltq cd /data/netbsd100/ prompt mget * ^D
finally proceed with the installation
#tar xvzphfe kern-GENERIC.tgz -C /mnt
#tar xvzphfe kern-GENERIC.MP.tgz -C /mnt
mv netbsd100.pfaltq netbsd
for set in base comp etc man misc modules text; do
echo -n $set...
tar xJpf $set.tar.xz -C /mnt && echo done
done; unset set
#tar xzphfe
# tests
rm -f *.tar.xz
install the boot loader
on sparc
cp -i /usr/mdec/boot /mnt/ installboot -v /dev/rsd0a /usr/mdec/bootxx /boot
note - no timeout option available on sparc note - third argument needed
on x86
cp -i /usr/mdec/boot /mnt/
# ffsv1 vs. ffsv2
dumpfs -s /dev/r${disk}a | grep ^format
ls -lhF /usr/mdec/bootxx*
installboot -v -m amd64 -o console=com0,speed=115200,timeout=3 /dev/r${disk}a /usr/mdec/bootxx_ffsv2
installboot -v -m amd64 -o console=com0,speed=115200,timeout=3 /dev/r${disk}a /usr/mdec/bootxx_ext2fs
using vi in the chrooted environment
generate the device files
chroot /mnt cd dev/ ./MAKEDEV all
further configure the system
cd /etc/ #ln -sf ../usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Paris localtime ln -sf ../usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Moscow localtime mv -i rc.conf rc.conf.dist vi rc.conf
for kvm
. /etc/defaults/rc.conf rc_configured=yes wscons=no #no_swap=yes #savecore=no grep on /etc/ttys # ==> no ttyE*
for bare-metal
wscons=yes
and eventually fix the wscons keyboard layout,
cd /etc/ cp wscons.conf wscons.conf.dist vi wscons.conf #encoding fr
don’t forget to setup the fstab (using vi in the chrooted environment)
cd /etc/ ls -lF fstab # no exist cat > fstab <<EOF /dev/ld0a / ffs rw,log 1 1 #/dev/ld0a / ext2fs rw,async 1 1 #/dev/ld0b none swap sw 0 0 EOF
note - add /kern if you want kernfs
exit the chroot, finish up and reboot
^D cd / umount /mnt umount /mnt2 #reboot halt -p
Appendix B. Installing without sysinst http://www.nibel.net/nbsdeng/ap-inst.html
fdisk – MS-DOS partition maintenance program http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?fdisk++NetBSD-current
disklabel – read and write disk pack label http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?disklabel++NetBSD-current