Added install documentation for pc98.

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<sect2>
<title>Hardware Requirements</title>
<para arch="i386">&os; for the &arch.print; requires a 386 or better
<para arch="i386,pc98">&os; for the &arch.print; requires a 386 or better
processor to run (sorry, there is no support for 286 processors)
and at least 5 megs of RAM to install and 4 megs of RAM to
run. You will need at least 100MB of free hard drive space for the
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supports bootable CDROMs, the steps outlined in this section will
not be needed and can be skipped.</para>
<para>For a normal CDROM or network installation, all you need to
<para arch="i386,alpha">For a normal CDROM or network installation, all you need to
copy onto actual floppies from the <filename>floppies/</filename> directory are the
<filename>kern.flp</filename> and <filename>mfsroot.flp</filename>
images (for 1.44MB floppies).</para>
<para arch="pc98">For a normal CDROM or network installation, all you need
to copy onto actual floppies from the <filename>floppies/</filename>
directory are the <filename>kern.flp</filename> and <filename>mfsroot.flp</filename>
images (for 1.44MB floppies) or <filename>kern-small.flp</filename> and
<filename>mfsroot-small.flp</filename> images (for 1.2MB floppies).</para>
<para>Getting these images over the network is easy. Simply fetch
the
<replaceable>release</replaceable><filename>/floppies/kern.flp</filename>
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<ulink url="http://www.freebsdmirrors.org/"></ulink> Web pages.
</para>
<para>Get two blank, freshly formatted floppies and image copy
<para arch="i386,alpha">Get two blank, freshly formatted floppies and image copy
<filename>kern.flp</filename> onto one and <filename>mfsroot.flp</filename> onto the other. These images are
<emphasis>not</emphasis> DOS files. You cannot simply copy them to a DOS or UFS floppy
as regular files, you need to <quote>image</quote> copy them to the floppy with
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<filename>tools</filename> directory on your CDROM or &os; FTP
mirror) or the &man.dd.1; command in UNIX.</para>
<para arch="pc98">Get two blank, freshly formatted floppies and image copy
<filename>kern.flp</filename> onto one and <filename>mfsroot.flp</filename> onto the other. These images are
<emphasis>not</emphasis> DOS files. You cannot simply copy them to a DOS or UFS floppy
as regular files, you need to <quote>image</quote> copy them to the floppy with
<filename>rawrite.exe</filename> under DOS (see the
<filename>tools</filename> directory on your CDROM or &os; FTP
mirror) or the &man.dd.1; command in UNIX.</para>
<para>For example, to create the kernel floppy image from DOS, you'd
do something like this:</para>
<screen><prompt>C></prompt> <userinput>fdimage kern.flp a:</userinput></screen>
<screen arch="i386,alpha"><prompt>C></prompt> <userinput>fdimage kern.flp a:</userinput></screen>
<screen arch="pc98"><prompt>A></prompt> <userinput>rawrite</userinput></screen>
<para>Assuming that you'd copied <filename>fdimage.exe</filename> and <filename>kern.flp</filename> into a directory
<para arch="i386,alpha">Assuming that you'd copied <filename>fdimage.exe</filename> and <filename>kern.flp</filename> into a directory
somewhere. You would do the same for <filename>mfsroot.flp</filename>, of course.</para>
<para arch="pc98">Assuming that you'd copied <filename>rawrite.exe</filename> and <filename>kern.flp</filename> into a directory
somewhere. You would do the same for <filename>mfsroot.flp</filename>, of course.</para>
<para>If you're creating the boot floppy from a UNIX machine, you
may find that:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=floppies/kern.flp of=/dev/rfd0</userinput></screen>
<screen arch="i386,alpha">&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=floppies/kern.flp of=/dev/rfd0</userinput></screen>
<screen arch="pc98">&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=floppies/kern.flp of=/dev/rfd0.1440</userinput></screen>
<para>or</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=floppies/kern.flp of=/dev/floppy</userinput></screen>
<screen arch="i386,alpha">&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=floppies/kern.flp of=/dev/floppy</userinput></screen>
<screen arch="pc98">&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=floppies/kern-small.flp of=/dev/rfd0.1200</userinput></screen>
<para>work well, depending on your hardware and operating system
environment (different versions of UNIX have different names
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</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para arch="pc98">The easiest type of installation is from
CDROM. If you have a supported CDROM drive and a &os;
installation CDROM, there is a next way of starting the
installation from it:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Build a set of &os; boot floppies from the
<filename>floppies/</filename> directory in every &os;
distribution. Read <xref linkend="floppies"> for more
information on creating the bootable floppies under
different operating systems. Then you simply boot from
the first floppy and you should soon be in the &os;
installation.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para arch="i386">If you don't have a CDROM (or your computer does not
support booting from CDROM) and would like to simply install
over the net using PPP, SLIP or a dedicated connection.
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<xref linkend="ftpnfs"> for additional tips on installing
via FTP or NFS.</para>
<para arch="pc98">If you don't have a CDROM and would like to
simply install over the net using PPP, SLIP or a dedicated connection.
You should start the installation by building
a set of &os; boot floppies from the files
<filename>floppies/kern.flp</filename> and
<filename>floppies/mfsroot.flp</filename> using the instructions
found in <xref linkend="floppies">. Restart your computer using
the <filename>kern.flp</filename> disk; when prompted, insert
the <filename>mfsroot.flp</filename> disk. Then, please go to
<xref linkend="ftpnfs"> for additional tips on installing
via FTP or NFS.</para>
<para arch="alpha">The easiest type of installation is from
CDROM. If you have a supported CDROM drive and a &os;
installation CDROM, you can boot &os; directly from the
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<quote>Floppy</quote> and you'll be prompted for the rest.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 arch="i386">
<sect3 arch="i386,pc98">
<title>Installing from a DOS partition</title>
<para>To prepare for installation from an MS-DOS partition you
<para arch="i386">To prepare for installation from an MS-DOS partition you
should simply copy the files from the distribution into a
directory called <filename>FREEBSD</filename> on the Primary DOS partition (<devicename>C:</devicename>). For example, to do a minimal installation of &os; from
DOS using files copied from the CDROM, you might do something
like this:</para>
<screen><prompt>C:\></prompt> <userinput>MD C:\FREEBSD</userinput>
<para arch="pc98">To prepare for installation from an MS-DOS partition you
should simply copy the files from the distribution into a
directory called <filename>FREEBSD</filename> on the Primary DOS partition (<devicename>A:</devicename>). For example, to do a minimal installation of &os; from
DOS using files copied from the CDROM, you might do something
like this:</para>
<screen arch="i386"><prompt>C:\></prompt> <userinput>MD C:\FREEBSD</userinput>
<prompt>C:\></prompt> <userinput>XCOPY /S E:\BIN C:\FREEBSD\BIN</userinput></screen>
<screen arch="pc98"><prompt>A:\></prompt> <userinput>MD A:\FREEBSD</userinput>
<prompt>A:\></prompt> <userinput>XCOPY /S E:\BIN A:\FREEBSD\BIN</userinput></screen>
<para>Assuming that <devicename>E:</devicename> was where your CD was mounted.</para>
<para>For as many distributions as you wish to install from DOS (and
<para arch="i386">For as many distributions as you wish to install from DOS (and
you have free space for), install each one in a directory under
<filename>C:\FREEBSD</filename> - the <filename>BIN</filename> dist is only the minimal requirement.</para>
<para arch="pc98">For as many distributions as you wish to install from DOS (and
you have free space for), install each one in a directory under
<filename>A:\FREEBSD</filename> - the <filename>BIN</filename> dist is only the minimal requirement.</para>
<para>Once you've copied the directories, you can simply launch
the installation from floppies as normal and select <quote>DOS</quote> as
your media type when the time comes.</para>
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</sect4>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<sect3 arch="i386,alpha">
<title>Tips for Serial Console Users</title>
<para>If you'd like to install &os; on a machine using just a