Annotation of wikisrc/ports/evbarm/install_using_sysinst.mdwn, revision 1.5
1.1 leot 1: [[!meta title="NetBSD/evbarm install via sysinst(8) on a SATA hard disk, USB stick or (u)SD card"]]
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3: In this document we will see step by step how to install NetBSD/evbarm on an
4: external media (SATA hard disk, USB stick or (u)SD card) using
5: [[!template id=man name="sysinst" section="8"]].
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8: # Populating (u)SD card with `armv7.img`
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10: *TODOleot*: (mostly) copy-paste instructions from allwinner.mdwn
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12: *TODOleot*: Adjust/provide u-boot incantantions to boot on a BPI
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15: # Installing via sysinst(8)
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1.2 leot 17: *TODOleot*: Document all sysinst(8) "screenshot"!
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1.3 leot 19: Now that the SD card is populated with `armv7.img` we can login as `root` (by
20: default the password is empty) and run `sysinst`:
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1.4 leot 22: [[!template id=programlisting text="""
1.2 leot 23: # sysinst
1.4 leot 24: """]]
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1.3 leot 26: The first menu is about the system type (Respberry PI or Other), we select the
27: latter ("Other"):
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1.4 leot 29: [[!template id=programlisting text="""
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41: | What kind of system do you have? |
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43: | a: Raspberry PI |
44: |>b: Other |
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1.3 leot 58: We want to install NetBSD/evbarm on the hard disk so let's select
59: "Install NetBSD to hard disk":
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1.4 leot 61: [[!template id=programlisting text="""
1.2 leot 62:
63: NetBSD/evbarm 8.0
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65: This menu-driven tool is designed to help you install NetBSD to a hard disk,
66: or upgrade an existing NetBSD system, with a minimum of work.
67: In the following menus type the reference letter (a, b, c, ...) to select an
68: item, or type CTRL+N/CTRL+P to select the next/previous item.
69: The arrow keys and Page-up/Page-down may also work.
70: Activate the current selection from the menu by typing the enter key.
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72: If you booted from a floppy, you may now remove the disk.
73: Thank you for using NetBSD!
74: +-----------------------------------------------+
75: | NetBSD-8.0 Install System |
76: | |
77: |>a: Install NetBSD to hard disk |
78: | b: Upgrade NetBSD on a hard disk |
79: | c: Re-install sets or install additional sets |
80: | d: Reboot the computer |
81: | e: Utility menu |
82: | f: Config menu |
83: | x: Exit Install System |
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1.3 leot 90: Before proceeding with the installation, if the hard disk had any important data
91: it is better to stop and doing a backup before proceeding. If it is empty and/or
92: we can safetely remove its data we can proceed:
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1.4 leot 94: [[!template id=programlisting text="""
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96: You have chosen to install NetBSD on your hard disk. This will change
97: information on your hard disk. You should have made a full backup before
98: this procedure! This procedure will do the following things:
99: a) Partition your disk
100: b) Create new BSD file systems
101: c) Load and install distribution sets
102: d) Some initial system configuration
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104: (After you enter the partition information but before your disk is changed,
105: you will have the opportunity to quit this procedure.)
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107: Shall we continue?
108: +---------------+
109: | yes or no? |
110: | |
111: | a: No |
112: |>b: Yes |
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1.3 leot 123: Now we can see all the available disks. The hard disk attached via SATA is a
124: 120GB SSD recognized as `wd0`:
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1.4 leot 126: [[!template id=programlisting text="""
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128: On which disk do you want to install NetBSD?
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132: | Available disks |
133: | |
134: |>a: wd0 (112G, SanDisk SDSSDA120G) |
135: | b: Extended partitioning |
136: | x: Exit |
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1.3 leot 155: We now need to edit MBR partition table. We will create two MBR partitions: the
156: first one a FAT32 for `/boot` and the other for NetBSD. We select "Edit the MBR
157: partition table":
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1.4 leot 159: [[!template id=programlisting text="""
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161: We are now going to install NetBSD on the disk wd0.
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163: NetBSD requires a single partition in the disk's MBR partition table, this is
164: split further by the NetBSD disklabel. NetBSD can also access file systems
165: in other MBR partitions.
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167: If you select 'Use the entire disk' then the previous contents of the disk
168: will be overwritten and a single MBR partition used to cover the entire disk.
169: If you want to install more than one operating system then edit the MBR
170: partition table and create a partition for NetBSD.
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172: A few hundred MB is enough for a basic installation, but you should allow
173: extra for additional software and user files.
174: Allow at least 5GB if you want to build NetBSD itself.
175: +---------------------------------+
176: | Which would you like to do? |
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178: |>a: Edit the MBR partition table |
179: | b: Use the entire disk |
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1.4 leot 186: """]]
1.2 leot 187:
1.3 leot 188: First we select the second entry ("b"), set the "type:" to "NetBSD":
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1.4 leot 190: [[!template id=programlisting text="""
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192: The Current MBR partition table is shown below.
193: Flgs: a => Active partition, I => Install here.
194: Select the partition you wish to change:
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196: Total disk size 114473 MB.
197: +-----------------------------------------------------------+
198: Start( MB) |>a: type: unused |
199: ---------- | b: start: 0 MB |
200: a: | c: size: 0 MB |
201: >b: | d: end: 0 MB |
202: c: | e: active: No |
203: d: +-----------------------------------+ |
204: e: Change in| a: Don't change |linders/MB) |
205: x: Partition| b: Delete partition | |
206: |>c: NetBSD |-------------------------+
207: | d: Extended partition, LBA |
208: | e: FreeBSD/386BSD |
209: | f: OpenBSD |
210: | g: Linux native |
211: | h: Linux swap |
212: | i: DOS FAT12 |
1.5 ! leot 213: | <: page up, >: page down |
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1.4 leot 217: """]]
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1.3 leot 219: We reserve for the NetBSD MBR partition all the end of the disk,
220: starting at 92MB (1MB that will be empty and 91MB that will be for
221: the FAT32), we also select to make it active ("active: Yes") and
222: we will use it to install NetBSD ("install: Yes"):
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1.4 leot 224: [[!template id=programlisting text="""
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226: The Current MBR partition table is shown below.
227: Flgs: a => Active partition, I => Install here.
228: Select the partition you wish to change:
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230: Total disk size 114473 MB.
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232: Start( MB) | a: type: NetBSD |
233: ---------- | b: start: 92 MB |
234: a: | c: size: 114381 MB |
235: >b: | d: end: 114473 MB |
236: c: | e: active: Yes |
237: d: | f: install: Yes |
238: e: Change inpu| g: Change input units (sectors/cylinders/MB) |
239: x: Partition t|>x: Partition OK |
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1.3 leot 253: We now select the first partition ("a") and create a "Windows FAT32", starting
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1.4 leot 257: [[!template id=programlisting text="""
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259: The Current MBR partition table is shown below.
260: Flgs: a => Active partition, I => Install here.
261: Select the partition you wish to change:
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263: Total disk size 114473 MB.
264: +-----------------------------------------------------------+
265: Start( MB) | a: type: Windows FAT32 |
266: ---------- | b: start: 1 MB |
267: >a: | c: size: 91 MB |
268: b: 92 | d: end: 92 MB |
269: c: | e: active: Yes |
270: d: | f: install: No |
271: e: Change inpu| g: Change input units (sectors/cylinders/MB) |
272: x: Partition t|>x: Partition OK |
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1.3 leot 286: Here the final MBR partition table:
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1.4 leot 288: [[!template id=programlisting text="""
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290: The Current MBR partition table is shown below.
291: Flgs: a => Active partition, I => Install here.
292: Select the partition you wish to change:
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294: Total disk size 114473 MB.
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296: Start( MB) Size( MB) Flg Kind
297: ---------- ---------- --- ----------------
298: >a: 1 91 a Windows FAT32
299: b: 92 114381 I NetBSD
300: c: unused
301: d: unused
302: e: Change input units (sectors/cylinders/MB)
303: x: Partition table OK
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1.2 leot 316:
1.3 leot 317: Now that the MBR partition table is written we can proceed to set
318: sizes of NetBSD partitions:
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1.4 leot 320: [[!template id=programlisting text="""
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322: NetBSD uses a BSD disklabel to carve up the NetBSD portion of the disk into
323: multiple BSD partitions. You must now set up your BSD disklabel.
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325: You can use a simple editor to set the sizes of the NetBSD partitions, or
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328: You will then be given the opportunity to change any of the disklabel fields.
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330: The NetBSD part of your disk is 114381 Megabytes. A full installation
331: requires at least 288 Megabytes without X and at least 348 Megabytes if the X
332: sets are included.
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334: | Choose your installation |
335: | |
336: |>a: Set sizes of NetBSD partitions |
337: | b: Use existing partition sizes |
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1.3 leot 349: We set the swap size to 4G and we reserve the rest of the space for "/":
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1.4 leot 351: [[!template id=programlisting text="""
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353: You can now change the sizes for the system partitions. The default is to
354: allocate all the space to the root file system. However, you may wish to
355: have separate /usr (additional system files), /var (log files etc) or /home
356: (users' home directories) file systems.
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358: Free space will be added to the partition marked with a '+'.
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360: MB Cylinders Sectors Filesystem
361: a: 2208(110284) 4488 4523904 + /
362: b: 4096 8323 8389584 swap
363: c: 0 0 0 /tmp (mfs)
364: d: 0 0 0 /usr
365: e: 0 0 0 /var
366: f: 0 0 0 /home
367: g: Add a user defined partition
368: h: Change input units (sectors/cylinders/MB)
369: >x: Accept partition sizes. Free space 108076 MB, 13 free partitions.
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1.2 leot 379:
1.3 leot 380: The summary of the current BSD disklabel is:
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1.4 leot 382: [[!template id=programlisting text="""
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384: We now have your BSD disklabel partitions as:
385: This is your last chance to change them.
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387: Start MB End MB Size MB FS type Newfs Mount Mount point
388: --------- --------- --------- ---------- ----- ----- -----------
389: >a: 92 110375 110284 FFSv1 Yes Yes /
390: b: 110376 114472 4096 swap
391: c: 0 114472 114473 Whole disk
392: d: 0 0 0 unused
393: e: 1 91 91 Boot partition
394: f: 0 0 0 unused
395: g: Show all unused partitions
396: h: Change input units (sectors/cylinders/MB)
397: x: Partition sizes ok
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1.3 leot 411: We can adjust the disklabel, for example we can use FFSv2 for "/"
412: and for the disklabel "e" set its mount point to "/boot" in order
413: that an `/etc/fstab` entry will be populated (please note
414: that "/boot" will not be automatically mounted by default):
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1.4 leot 416: [[!template id=programlisting text="""
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418: We now have your BSD disklabel partitions as:
419: This is your last chance to change them.
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421: Start MB End MB Size MB FS type Newfs Mount Mount point
422: --------- --------- --------- ---------- ----- ----- -----------
423: a: 92 110375 110284 FFSv2 Yes Yes /
424: b: 110376 114472 4096 swap
425: c: 0 114472 114473 Whole disk
426: d: 0 0 0 unused
427: e: 1 91 91 Boot partition /boot
428: f: 0 0 0 unused
429: g: Show all unused partitions
430: h: Change input units (sectors/cylinders/MB)
431: >x: Partition sizes ok
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1.2 leot 444:
1.3 leot 445: We have finally ready to proceed with
446: [[!template id=man name="sysinst" section="8"]] as usual and install
447: the installation sets. If you choose to install via FTP/HTTP please
448: note that the "Binary set directory" needs to be adjusted from
449: `/evbarm/binary/sets` to `/evbarm-earmv7hf/binary/sets` (it's
450: missing an `-earmv7hf' due different evbarm-s):
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1.4 leot 452: [[!template id=programlisting text="""
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454: The following are the http site, directory, user, and password that will be
455: used. If "user" is "ftp", then the password is not needed.
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457: a: Host ftp.NetBSD.org
458: b: Base directory pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-8.0
459: >c: Binary set directory /evbarm-earmv7hf/binary/sets
460: d: Source set directory /source/sets
461: e: User ftp
462: f: Password
463: g: Proxy
464: h: Transfer directory /usr/INSTALL
465: i: Delete after install No
466: j: Configure network
467: k: Exit
468: x: Get Distribution
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1.4 leot 479: """]]
1.2 leot 480:
1.3 leot 481: The installation will proceed as usual and for more information
482: please give a look to
483: [The NetBSD Guide](https://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-exinst.html#exinst-choose-media).
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485: *TODOleot*: add information how to populate `/boot` and prepare `boot.cmd`,
486: `boot.scr`.
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1.4 leot 488: [[!template id=programlisting text="""
1.2 leot 489: # mount /dev/wd0e /mnt
490: # cp -r /boot/* /mnt/
1.4 leot 491: """]]
1.1 leot 492:
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494: # References
495:
496: *TODOleot*: add a reference to the instructions shared via PR port-evbarm/50806.
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