On Tue, 12 May 1998 17:23:24 -0700, John Refling writes:

[need Ultrix gunzip  binary]

OK, then. Assume there's a CD in the same format as release(7), and
there's a RISC Ultrix 4.2 gunzip binary in
./NetBSD-1.3.2/pmax/installation/misc/gunzip

How does this look as a "Guide for the Impatient":?
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NetBSD 1.3.2 includes the install materials on CD.  However, we cannot
make a single CD bootable on a dozen systems, so the CD cannot be
booted directly. but If your DECstation already has an OS installed
and has a CD, you can install NetBSD by  mounting the CD and copying
a miniroot to your swap partition.

Assuming your CD is on rz4c and your root at rz0, Under Ultrix, do:

      # single-user root prompt
      mkdir /cdrom
      mount -r -t cdfs -o nodefperm,noversion /dev/rz4c /cdrom
      PATH=$PATH:/cdrom/NetBSD-1.3.2/pmax/installation/misc; export PATH
      # check for space on swap
      chpt -q /dev/rz0c		
      cp  /cdrom/NetBSD-1.3.2/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd.ecoff.gz /
      gunzip  /netbsd.ecoff.gz
      gunzip -c /cdrom/NetBSD-1.3.2/pmax/installation/diskimage/diskimage.gz \
          dd of=/dev/rrz0b

      # ... halt and follow install from instructions for booting
        diskimage from swap partition.


>From an earlier version of NetBSD (or OpenBSD), do:

      # single-user root prompt
      mkdir /cdrom
      mount -r -t cd9660 /dev/rz4c /cdrom
      PATH=$PATH:/cdrom/NetBSD-1.3.2/pmax/installation/misc; export PATH

      # check for space on swap
      disklabel /dev/rz0c
      cp  /cdrom/NetBSD-1.3.2/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd.gz \
          /netbsd-1.3.2.gz/
      gunzip  /netbsd-1.3.2.gz
      gunzip -c /cdrom/NetBSD-1.3.2/pmax/installation/diskimage/diskimage.gz \
          dd of=/dev/rrz0b

      # ... halt and follow install from instructions for booting
      #  diskimage from swap partition, using netbsd-1.3.2 as the kernel name