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FLOPPY INSTALLATION NOTES
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FreeBSD
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Release 1.1
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Welcome to FreeBSD! This document has been put together in an effort
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to make initial installation of the system from floppy as easy as possible.
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1. To install FreeBSD you will need 3 (or 4 if you choose to add the optional
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DOS floppy) floppies, as well as the bulk of the distribution on some
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other medium (floppy, tape, CD, etc). If you've retrieved this release
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from the net, you'll first have to make the floppies yourself using
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the supplied images.
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Due to the differences in PC configurations, we've found it necessary
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to provide multiple initial boot images that provide kernels for
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different types of systems.
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If your disk controller is one of:
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MFM / RLL / IDE / ST506
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Adaptec 154x series
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Adaptec 174x series
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Buslogic 545S
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Then please use the disk image: kcopy_ah.flp
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to construct your boot floppy.
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If your disk controller is one of:
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Bustek 742a
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UltraStore 14F or 34F
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Then please use the disk image: kcopy_bt.flp
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to construct your boot floppy.
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Next, make a second floppy from the disk image: filesyst.flp
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You'll need this for the second stage of the boot process.
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Finally, make a third floppy from the disk image: cpio.flp
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You'll need this for the last stage of the boot process.
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If you want to use any of the optional tools in the tools
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subdirectory of the ftp distribution site, these should be
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copied directly to a DOS formatted disk (using, either mcopy
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or mount -t pcfs). This disk is referred to later as the
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optional "dos" floppy.
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If installing more than one operating system on a disk, then
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it is recommended that the dos floppy at least include the
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os-bs boot manager. If downloading files via a modem and SLIP
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is not available, then the dos floppy should include kermit.
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You'll have the option of loading the programs that are on
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the dos floppy in the last stage of the boot process.
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2. Boot the first floppy. When it asks you to insert the file system floppy,
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insert the second floppy ``filesyst.flp.'' Follow the instructions
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that floppy gives you. If partitions already exist on the hard disk,
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then by default FreeBSD attempts to install itself at the end of these.
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Before rebooting, note the type of disk it says to copy the kernel
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to: ``sd0a'' or ``wd0a'' (``sd0a'' is for SCSI systems, ``wd0a'' is
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for all others.) When the system halts, go on to the next step.
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3. Boot the first floppy again, but this time when it asks
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you to insert the file system floppy, just press the return key.
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Follow the instructions that the floppy gives you. When you see
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the ``kc>'' prompt, type ``copy'' (without quotes). At the next prompt,
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``copy kernel to>'', type either ``sd0a'' or ``wd0a'' as given in
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the previous step. When the system halts, go on to the next step.
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4. Making sure that there's no floppy in the drive, press return to boot
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from the hard disk. After it has booted and is asking what drive the
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cpio floppy is in, insert the third floppy ``cpio.flp'' into a
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floppy drive and answer the question about what drive it is in.
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Note that 0 is the same as DOS drive A:, and 1 is the same as DOS
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drive B:
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5. After the cpio floppy has been copied to the disk, remove it from the
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drive. If there are programs on the dos-floppy that you would like
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installed, then insert this disk in a floppy drive, again specifying
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the drive to read from.
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6. After the cpio (or optional dos) floppy has been copied to the disk,
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enter `halt' at the command prompt.
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7. When the system asks you to press the return key to reboot, first
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remove the floppy and then press the return key to boot from the hard
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disk.
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8. At this point you will get 4 errors from the fsck on boot, these
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are normal and are caused by files that were open when the
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/dev entries were built - just ignore them. The system will
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correct these errors and then halt, after which you should press
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the return key again to reboot with a clean system.
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9. Congratulations, you've got the mini FreeBSD system on your disk!
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10. Follow the instructions about set_tmp_dir and extract that
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will come on your screen after you've pressed the return key.
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11. Run the configure command to set up some of the /etc files by
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typing ``configure''. You will have to edit /etc/netstart after
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this if you have a networking interface.
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12. Reboot so that the system comes up multiuser by typing ``reboot''.
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13. You are now running FreeBSD! Congratulations! You may now continue
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with installing the source distribution, or stop here for now.
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14. The file /magic contains the special sh commands used during
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installation. Should you need to use them you can do the following.
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/bin/sh
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. /magic
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15. If your disk has several operating systems, you may want to
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install the Thomas Wolfram's os-bs boot manager for selecting
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which system to boot. This works well with DOS, OS/2, FreeBSD
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and other systems. To install it, boot the system with MS-DOS
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and insert the dos-floppy of the FreeBSD install suite in
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floppy drive A:. Then enter the DOS commands:
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> A:
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> os-bs135
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> cd os-bs
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> os-bs
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A menu should now appear on the screen. Use the cursor keys
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to highlight the install option and hit ENTER. Simply follow the
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instructions from there.
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For more information about the ob-bs program, including its
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capabilities and limitations, see the file `readme.1st' in the
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os-bs directory.
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If you choose not to install os-bs, then fdisk can be used to
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change the boot system. This is done by making the primary
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partition for the boot system active. FreeBSD has an fdisk
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command that can be used for this purpose as well.
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16. In addition to the FreeBSD source and binary distributions, many
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additional packages, such as X11 and TeX, may be obtained from
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freebsd.cdrom.com - please have a look around! You may also find
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this a good time to read the release notes in RELNOTES.FreeBSD.
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End of $Id: floppy.install_notes,v 1.14 1994/05/15 01:09:23 rgrimes Exp $
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