Re: NetBSD 4.0 Restore CD for Cobalt

[Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>]

brian-list%comcast.net@localhost wrote:

> Is there a good way to put this on a working system without doing the  
> whole reinstall?

There is no automated way (yet), but you could try
the following procedure (untested):

1. prepare *.tgz binary sets for NetBSD/cobalt 4.0
   (see also README in restorecd.tar.gz)
2. rename your old kernel for recovery
 # mv /netbsd /netbsd.0
3. extract a new 4.0 kernel
 # cd / ; tar zxpf [path to prepared *.tgz files]/kern-GENERIC.tgz
4. reboot system and see how the new kernel works
5. if it seems to work fine, extract userland binary sets except etc.tgz
   (CAUTION: extracting etc.tgz will overwrite your local settings)
 # cd / ; tar zxpf [path to prepared *.tgz files]/base.tgz
 # cd / ; tar zxpf [path to prepared *.tgz files]/comp.tgz
 # cd / ; tar zxpf [path to prepared *.tgz files]/man.tgz
 # cd / ; tar zxpf [path to prepared *.tgz files]/misc.tgz
 :
 (note don't forget to specify "p" otherwise you have permission trouble)
6. reboot and see how things go
7. update the native bootloader in your Linux partition (if you want)
 # gzip -9c /usr/mdec/boot > /tmp/boot.gz
 # cp /tmp/boot.gz [path to old boot.gz in your linux partition]
8. reboot again and see if it works
9. update and merge misc files in /etc by etcupdate(8)
   (see installed etcupdate(8) man page for details)

Of course it's reccomended to use serial console for trouble shooting.
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Izumi Tsutsui