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3 There are currently two installation methods available for initial
4 installation of NetBSD on Apple Macintosh 68000-based systems. Neither
5 supports all installation media types at this time, so the one you select
6 must be compatible with the media you have available on your system.
10 method of installation uses an Installation Kernel which
11 is a minimal NetBSD system with a memory resident set of utilities
12 that are capable of partitioning the disk, initializing the file systems,
13 and loading them from the archive files. Since the installation
14 kernel does not currently support access to Mac OS HFS file systems this
15 method requires that the Binary Distribution Sets be accessible from
16 CD-ROM, remote NFS partition, or via FTP access.
18 The Traditional method of installation uses Mac OS hosted utilities
19 to partition your disk, initialize the partitions for use by NetBSD,
20 and load the file systems from archive files stored on the Mac OS HFS
21 file system. This method requires that the Binary Distribution Sets
22 reside on a local Macintosh hard drive, a CD-ROM, or an AppleShare
26 The Traditional method of installation is currently supported from the local
27 Macintosh hard drive, from a CD-ROM, or from an AppleShare volume
28 (however, you may upgrade a system from within NetBSD; see the
29 .Sx Upgrading\ a\ previously-installed\ NetBSD\ System
30 section for more details).
31 If you are installing from a local hard drive, this means that you'll need
32 at least enough room for the largest file that you will have to install.
34 If the install is being done from an AppleShare-mounted volume, the
36 Installer must be in the same folder as the binary distribution sets.
38 Each distribution file is in
39 .Em raw No archive format.
41 Distribution files must be downloaded in binary mode. Common web
42 browsers may not be suitable for this task; FTP clients such as
43 Fetch and Anarchie work fine, but be sure to specify a binary file
46 The files should not be unpacked. If you have the Internet Config
47 extension installed, you can disable this in the
50 by removing the entry associated with
53 clients may require separate changes; consult your package's
56 If you are installing from a CD-ROM, the distribution sets are
57 already in the proper format. No special handling is required.
60 You will also need to collect the
62 installation tools from the
63 .Pa \*M/installation/misc No subdirectory of the
70 Booter. These three are
71 in BinHexed, self-extracting archives as Mkfs.sea.hqx, Installer.sea.hqx,
72 and Booter.sea.hqx, respectively. Extract them as you would any other
73 Macintosh application.
75 The Booter is the only
77 application needed if the
79 method of installation is used. The Traditional method of installation
80 is deprecated and will be removed in a future release, and the Mkfs and
81 Installer tools will be retired.