Module Name: src
Committed By: riz
Date: Fri Aug 17 19:55:15 UTC 2012
Modified Files:
src/distrib/notes/common: postinstall sysinst
Log Message:
More MI release notes updates, particularly around installing.
This could use more love!
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.75 -r1.76 src/distrib/notes/common/postinstall
cvs rdiff -u -r1.101 -r1.102 src/distrib/notes/common/sysinst
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files:
Index: src/distrib/notes/common/postinstall
diff -u src/distrib/notes/common/postinstall:1.75 src/distrib/notes/common/postinstall:1.76
--- src/distrib/notes/common/postinstall:1.75 Sat May 26 05:51:13 2012
+++ src/distrib/notes/common/postinstall Fri Aug 17 19:55:14 2012
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: postinstall,v 1.75 2012/05/26 05:51:13 tsutsui Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: postinstall,v 1.76 2012/08/17 19:55:14 riz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2004 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -346,28 +346,25 @@ Precompiled binaries can be found at
usually in the
.Pa \*M/\*V/All
subdir.
-You can install them with the following commands under
-.Xr sh 1 :
+If you installed
+.Xr pkgin 1
+in the
+.Ic sysinst
+post-installation configuration menu, you can use it to automatically install
+binary packages over the network.
+Assuming that
+.Pa /usr/pkg/etc/pkgin/repositories.conf
+is correctly configured, you can install them with the following commands:
.Pp
.Bd -unfilled
-.Ic # PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/\*M/\*V/All
-.Ic # export PKG_PATH
-.Ic # pkg_add -v tcsh
-.Ic # pkg_add -v bash
-.Ic # pkg_add -v perl
-.Ic # pkg_add -v apache
-.Ic # pkg_add -v kde
-.Ic # pkg_add -v firefox
+.Ic # pkgin install tcsh
+.Ic # pkgin install bash
+.Ic # pkgin install perl
+.Ic # pkgin install apache
+.Ic # pkgin install kde
+.Ic # pkgin install firefox
\&...
.Ed
-.Pp
-If you are using
-.Xr csh 1
-then replace the first two lines with the following:
-.Pp
-.Bd -unfilled
-.Ic # setenv PKG_PATH ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/\*M/\*V/All
-.Ed
.(Note
Some mirror sites don't mirror the
.Pa /pub/pkgsrc
@@ -378,21 +375,12 @@ The above commands will install the Tene
the Perl programming language, Apache web server, KDE desktop
environment and the Firefox web browser
as well as all the packages they depend on.
-.(Note
-In some cases the
-.Xr pkg_add 1
-command will complain about a version mismatch of packages with a message
-like the following:
-.Dl Warning: package `foo' was built for a different version of the OS:
-.Dl NetBSD/i386 M.N (pkg) vs. NetBSD/i386 \*V (this host) ,
-This warning is harmless if the formal major release numbers are the same
-between the pkg and your host.
-Please refer to the NetBSD release glossary and graphs at
-.Lk http://www.NetBSD.org/releases/release-map.html
-for more information about NetBSD's release numbering scheme.
-.Note)
.It
-The framework for compiling packages can be obtained by
+If you did not install it from the
+.Ic sysinst
+post-installation configuration menu, the
+.Xr pkgsrc 7
+framework for compiling packages can be obtained by
retrieving the file
.Lk ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/pkgsrc.tar.gz .
It is typically extracted into
Index: src/distrib/notes/common/sysinst
diff -u src/distrib/notes/common/sysinst:1.101 src/distrib/notes/common/sysinst:1.102
--- src/distrib/notes/common/sysinst:1.101 Fri May 27 17:50:41 2011
+++ src/distrib/notes/common/sysinst Fri Aug 17 19:55:14 2012
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: sysinst,v 1.101 2011/05/27 17:50:41 tsutsui Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: sysinst,v 1.102 2012/08/17 19:55:14 riz Exp $
.\"
-.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2004 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
+.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2012 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -390,7 +390,11 @@ progress as this may leave the keyboard
The main menu will be displayed.
.\} \" \n[mac68k]
.ie \n[alpha]:\n[amd64]:\n[i386] \{\
-Insert the CD into the drive and boot the computer.
+Insert the CD into the drive
+.if \n[amd64]:\n[i386] \{\
+or the USB memstick into an available USB port
+.\}
+and boot the computer from it.
.if \n[alpha] \{\
Type
.Pp
@@ -438,6 +442,7 @@ After language selection, the main menu
* c: Re-install sets or install additional sets *
* d: Reboot the computer *
* e: Utility menu *
+ * f: Config menu *
* x: Exit Install System *
.***********************************************.
. cs \n(.f
@@ -499,7 +504,13 @@ The CD-ROM device is usually cd0 and the
.\}
.el \{\
.Me CD-ROM
-as the medium.
+as the medium
+.if \n[amd64]:\n[i386] \{\
+if booted from CD-ROM, or
+.Me Local directory
+if booted from USB memstick
+.\}
+\&.
The default values for the path and device should be ok.
.\}
.It
@@ -1603,11 +1614,32 @@ the device node files will be created.
If you have already configured networking, you will be asked if you want to
use this configuration for normal operation.
If so, these values will be installed in the network configuration files.
-The next menu will allow you to select the time zone that you're in,
-to make sure your clock has the right offset from UTC.
-Finally you will be asked to select a password encryption algorithm
-and can then set a password for the "root" account, to prevent
-the machine from coming up without access restrictions.
+.It
+.To 2 "Configure additional items"
+.Em Configure additional items
+.Pp
+The next menu will allow you to select a number of additional items
+to configure, including the time zone that you're in,
+to make sure your clock has the right offset from UTC,
+the root user's shell, and the initial root password.
+.Pp
+You can also enable installation of binary packages, which installs the
+.Xr pkgin 1
+tool for managing binary packages for third-party software.
+This will
+feel familiar to users of other package tools, such as
+.Ic apt-get
+or
+.Ic yum .
+Or, you can install the
+.Xr pkgsrc 7
+tree for installing third-party software from source.
+.Pp
+Finally, you can enable some daemons such as
+.Xr sshd 8 ,
+.Xr ntpd 8 ,
+or
+.Xr mdnsd 8 .
.if \n[sparc64] \{\
.It
.To 2 "Ensure you have the correct kernel installed"
