files from a MS-DOS partition.
Minor cleanup:
fixed spelling error in inst1.install
capitalized sentences in kc.profile
reworded initial load_fd options
partition of the boot disk. So we have yet another medium via
which to load the FreeBSD distribution files. load_fd() has
options for listing and (if reading from the C: drive) changing
directories.
load_fd's notation assumes that the first Primary partition on
disk is the DOS drive C: (since this and only this one is mounted
by install). Otherwise, the notation may be a bit confusing.
We'll know the assumption is bad if people complain about
not finding files on their "C:" drive...
Added a device file existence check to kc.profile.
first) Primary (un-Extended) DOS partition, providing /dev/xx0h
is available. It is mounted on /dos by default. The /etc/fstab
entry omits the dump and fsck fields, i.e.:
/dev/xx0h /dos pcfs rw
The Secondary DOS partition is not used (System ID 0xF2), because I don't
know what that is.
2) Fixed default sizes so that if someone attempts to install BSD on a 24 Mb
partition by accepting defaults, they don't end up with a 1 Mb /usr
partition (up to USRMIN Mb's). In this case, all space is split between
swap and root.
TODO:
1) Extend load_fd() to support loading distribution files directly from
the DOS partition of the hard disk.
2) Provide translated parameters to the install program (maybe
add an option to fdisk). Currently, the true geometry is used as
default, which is inappropriate for coexistence with DOS.
3) Support installing on multiple or secondary disks.
>Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1993 23:35:48 -0700 (PDT)
There is a typo in disktab in the NetBSD-0.9 distribution. This may be
already fixed in NetBSD-current, but it's not in any of the source that I've
sup'ed.
line 9 reads:
# sc #sectors/cylinder, nc*nt default
should read:
# sc #sectors/cylinder, ns*nt default
Before starting, it is important to know your hard disk's geometry
(i.e., number of cylinders, heads and sectors/track). If installing
FreeBSD on the same disk as another operating system, then the
two systems should use the same geometry. In particular, FreeBSD's
default geometry is inappropriate for MS-DOS. So in this case, the
DOS geometry should be used instead.
[This seems to be true for SCSI disks. What about IDE? With the new
boot blocks, can we ignore the disks true geometry??]
offsets and sizes in units of cylinders. This will help
those who want to install FreeBSD between two existing
partitions.
Faked notes on installing via Kermit
any way I can. Converted all echo "" to be just echo
Removed sync call that seems to hang due to fd/wd driver interaction..
Now rm /.profile before the cpio floppy is copied in, this should fix
a bugger I was having with an open shell script that gets over written.
after all. Removed it from DOS floppy.
Added COPYRIGHT to DOS floppy since it does have *BSD binaries on it!
Fixed missing ; \ when creating dev entries on filesystem floppy
Fixed rm in wrong directory, please don't rm in the DESTDIR area!!
Subject: Install.notes for FreeBSD-1.0-G
Here is the hacked install notes file for FreeBSD-1.0-GAMMA.
Please get someone to check the few points marked <<please check>>.
From: rgrimes
Checked the <<please check>>, and cleaned up some details.
and miscellaneous programs which get installed into /usr/distbin.
Install now recognizes existing DOS partitions and attempts to install
after them. Theoretically, it also remaps badblocks.
N.B.: The fourth install floppy must have a clean DOS FAT.
Building the new distribution floppies is untested
TODO: Build a disktab entry for existing DOS partitions (except extended
partitions). This would allow loading and/or extracting the distribution
files directly from the DOS hard disk partition.
