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-version 1.7, 2018/11/19 21:18:08
+version 1.14, 2018/11/19 22:44:51
  Line 4  In this document we will see step by ste
  external media (SATA hard disk, USB stick or (u)SD card) using
  [[!template id=man name="sysinst" section="8"]].
+ We will start by installing NetBSD/evbarm via `armv7.img` on a
+ (u)SD card.  Then we will use
+ [[!template id=man name="sysinst" section="8"]] to install
+ NetBSD/evbarm on a SATA hard disk. The (u)SD card populated via
+ `armv7.img` will then be used only in the early boot phase for u-boot.
  As practical example a BananaPI and a SATA hard disk will be used.
  However, the following instructions can be probably easily applied
  on other SoCs and medias with little adjustments.
- Line 12  on other SoCs and medias with little adj
+ Line 18  on other SoCs and medias with little adj
  # Populating (u)SD card with `armv7.img`
  - Download or build `armv7.img`, e.g.:
- ````
+ [[!template id=programlisting text="""
  $ ftp http://cdn.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-8.0/evbarm-earmv7hf/binary/gzimg/armv7.img.gz
  $ gunzip armv7.img.gz
- ````
+ """]]
- - Write the image to (u)SD card:
- ````
- $ dd if=armv7.img of=/dev/rsd0d bs=1m conv=sync
- ````
- - Write u-boot to (u)SD card. `u-boot` images are provided by
- `sysutils/u-boot-&lt;boardname&gt;` packages, for example for Allwinner SoC:
- ````
- $ dd if=/usr/pkg/share/u-boot/&lt;boardname&gt;/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=/dev/rld0d bs=1k seek=8 conv=sync
- ````
- *TODOleot*: Adjust/provide u-boot incantantions to boot on a BPI
- # Installing via sysinst(8)
+ - Write the image to (u)SD card:
- *TODOleot*: Document all sysinst(8) "screenshot"!
+ [[!template id=programlisting text="""
+ # dd if=armv7.img of=/dev/rsd0d bs=1m conv=sync
+ """]]
- Now that the SD card is populated with `armv7.img` we can login as `root` (by
+ - Write u-boot to (u)SD card. `u-boot` images are provided by
- default the password is empty) and run `sysinst`:
+ `sysutils/u-boot-<boardname>` packages, for example for Allwinner SoC:
  [[!template id=programlisting text="""
- # sysinst
+ # dd if=/usr/pkg/share/u-boot/&lt;boardname&gt;/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=/dev/rld0d bs=1k seek=8 conv=sync
  """]]
- The first menu is about the system type (Respberry PI or Other), we select the
+ NetBSD/evbarm 8.0 does not automatically boot on the BananaPI.
- latter ("Other"):
+ We can use the following commands to boot from the (u)SD cards in u-boot:
  [[!template id=programlisting text="""
+ mmc dev 0
+ setenv kernel netbsd-BPI.ub
+ fatload mmc 0:1 82000000 $kernel
+ bootm 82000000 root=ld0a console=fb
+ """]]
+ Or, to avoid typing them at every boot we can prepare an u-boot script via
+ [[!template id=man name="mkubootimage" section="1"]].
+ [[!template id=programlisting text="""
+ $ cat boot.cmd
+ mmc dev 0
+ setenv kernel netbsd-BPI.ub
+ fatload mmc 0:1 82000000 $kernel
+ bootm 82000000 root=ld0a console=fb
+ $ mkubootimage -A arm -n armv7 -T script boot.cmd boot.scr
+ """]]
+ ...and copy it on the populated (u)SD card:
+ [[!template id=programlisting text="""
+ # mount /dev/sd0e /mnt
+ # cp /mnt/boot.scr /mnt/boot.scr.orig
+ # cp boot.scr /mnt/
+ """]]
+ # Installing via sysinst(8)
+ Now that the SD card is populated with `armv7.img` we can login as `root` (by
+ default the password is empty) and run `sysinst`:
+ [[!template id=programlisting text="""
+ # sysinst
+ """]]
+ The first menu is about the system type (Respberry PI or Other), we select the
+ latter ("Other"):
+ [[!template id=programlisting text="""
                      +-------------------------------------+
                      | What kind of system do you have?    |
                      |                                     |
                      | a: Raspberry PI                     |
                      |>b: Other                            |
                      +-------------------------------------+
  """]]
  We want to install NetBSD/evbarm on the hard disk so let's select
- Line 499  The installation will proceed as usual a
+ Line 536  The installation will proceed as usual a
  please give a look to
  [The NetBSD Guide](https://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-exinst.html#exinst-choose-media).
- *TODOleot*: add information how to populate `/boot` and prepare `boot.cmd`,
+ When the installation is completed, back to the shell we can populate
- `boot.scr`.
+ `/boot` partition of the hard disk ("wd0e") by just copying all
+ files of the `/boot` partition of the (u)SD card (`armv7.img`):
  [[!template id=programlisting text="""
  # mount /dev/wd0e /mnt
  # cp -r /boot/* /mnt/
+ # umount /mnt
+ """]]
+ Finally we can prepare a u-boot script (`boot.scr`) to load the kernel from the
+ SATA hard disk and boot it:
+ [[!template id=programlisting text="""
+ $ cat boot.cmd
+ scsi scan
+ scsi dev 0
+ setenv kernel netbsd-BPI.ub
+ fatload scsi 0:1 82000000 $kernel
+ bootm 82000000 root=wd0a console=fb
+ $ mkubootimage -A arm -n armv7 -T script boot.cmd boot.scr
+ """]]
+ ...and copy them to the (u)SD `/boot`:
+ [[!template id=programlisting text="""
+ # cp boot.scr /boot
  """]]
+ Please remember that in the early boot phase, u-boot and `boot.scr`
+ are loaded from the (u)SD card and it loads the kernel present in
+ the `/boot` partition of the hard disk.
  # References
- *TODOleot*: add a reference to the instructions shared via PR port-evbarm/50806.
+ - [Installing NetBSD to HD/SSD on the Banana Pi](http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=9652)
+   shows how to install NetBSD/evbarm 7.0 on a SATA hard disk by copying the
+   contents of (u)SD.
+ - [Chapter 3. Example installation, The NetBSD Guide](https://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-exinst.html)
+   describes in details every steps of the NetBSD installation.

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