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27 The miniroot's install program is very simple to use.
28 It will guide you through the entire process, and is well automated.
29 If you need to restart the installer, hit
31 which will return you to a shell prompt.
32 From there, just start it over:
37 The experimental RAM disk-based installer is not described here, but is
38 very self-explanatory.
40 The miniroot's install program will:
42 Allow you to place disklabels on additional disks.
43 Note that partition sizes and offsets are expressed in sectors.
44 When you fill out the disklabel, you will
45 need to specify partition types and file system parameters.
46 If you're unsure what these values should be, use the
55 If the partition will be a swap partition, use the following:
63 You will also need to specify the number of partitions.
64 The number of partitions is determined by the
67 the last partition letter, where
75 Therefore, if the last filled partition is partition
77 there are 7 partitions.
78 Any partitions with size of 0 may be removed from the list.
84 The following is an example disklabel partition map:
87 # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg]
88 a: 30912 448 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 1 - 69)
89 b: 130816 31360 swap # (Cyl. 70 - 361)
90 c: 1296512 0 boot # (Cyl. 0 - 2893)
91 e: 81984 162176 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 362 - 544)
92 f: 102592 244160 4.2BSD 1024 4096 16 # (Cyl. 545 - 773)
93 g: 949760 346752 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 774 - 2893)
97 Create file systems on target partitions.
100 Allow you to set up your system's network configuration.
101 Remember to specify host names without the domain name
107 If, during the process of configuring
108 the network interfaces, you make a mistake, you will
109 be able to re-configure that interface by simply selecting
110 it for configuration again.
113 Mount target file systems.
114 You will be given the opportunity to manually edit the resulting
118 Extract binary sets from the media of your choice.
121 Copy configuration information gathered during the
122 installation process to your root file system
126 Make device nodes in your root file system under
130 Copy a new kernel onto your root partition
134 Install a new boot block.
137 Check your file systems for integrity.
140 First-time installation on a system through a method other than the
141 installation program is possible, but strongly discouraged.