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From: fridlund@mermaid.micro.umn.edu (Jim Fridlund)
Subject: Re: Incorrect Install Procedure in FAQ
In-Reply-To: sxjcb@orca.alaska.edu's message of 31 Aug 92 01:33:10 GMT
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> In the 386BSD 0.1 FAQ revision date 09 Aug 92 there is an error in one of
> the installation procedures. In section 2.04, 'How do I get 0.1 installed
> with "real" partitionning?', there is a description of how to install BIN01
> without using the happy fun EXTRACT program. The procedure neglects to
> mention that you have to run a device install script after step 21, the
> decompression of the bin01.* files. The result of this is that /dev/kmem
> doesn't get created, the rc script complains of its absence, and telnetd
> refuses to allow incoming telnet sessions.
If I remember correctly, I had to run MAKEDEV.
> The original discussion on installing 386BSD 0.1 on a 40 mb hard drive by
> using the script:
> # (for i in /tmp/bin01.*; do
> > cat $i && rm $1
> > done
> > ) | uncompress | cpio -iadm
> also negelcts to mention this.
I remember posting something like this back in July.
Here's how I did it:
My solution after reading the cpio (yuk) man page and getting some
help with my Bourne Shell from my friend David Zuhn was:
- Install Tiny 386BSD on the hard drive.
- Boot from the hard drive
- The extraction procedure:
% cd /tmp
% loadfd # copy all the bin01.* to /tmp. Ctrl-C when done.
% cd /
% (for i in /tmp/bin01.*; do
> cat $i && rm $i
> done
> ) | uncompress | cpio -iadm
That should extract each bin01.?? file and remove it. The '%' and '>'
are shell prompts. Note: the $i instead of $1. Try this again.
This is how I unpacked 386BSD bindist on a 40 meg Seagate ST-251 MFM
drive. Hope this helps.
--
Jim Fridlund U of MN - Computer Science
fridlund@mermaid.micro.umn.edu Institute of Technology