1 .\" $NetBSD: prep,v 1.10 2008/09/06 21:41:44 tsutsui Exp $
3 A \*M machine usually needs little or no preparation before installing
5 other than the usual, well advised precaution of
6 .Em backing up all data
7 on any attached storage devices.
10 .Ss2 Available Boot Media
12 Currently the \*M Cyclone firmware allows for system booting using:
14 Ethernet (netboot) using DHCP, BOOTP, TFTP, or NFS.
16 Local hard disk or CD-ROM with the following file systems:
22 ISO9660 CD-ROM file system
28 Booting from floppy disk is not currently supported.
30 .Ss2 Preparing the Bootable Media
32 This section describes how to get a
34 install kernel onto a CD-R.
38 mirror sites and download CD-R image from the
41 .Lk http://www.NetBSD.org/mirrors/#iso
43 Get and install cdrecord.
44 This is available in the packages collection under pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
45 Systems not supported by the packages
46 collection should get it from the official website:
48 .Lk ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools/README.html
50 .Lk http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private/cdrecord.html
53 .No # Ic "cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=/dev/cd1d output.iso"
56 You will need to substitute the correct name of the disk image file,
57 speed for your CD writer, and the
58 correct device for your system (for i386 it would be
61 .Ss2 Booting from CD-ROM
63 To boot from a CD-ROM simply issue the following command
66 .No boot\*[Gt] Ic "boot cd0:/netbsd"