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NetBSD 5.2.1 Cobalt RestoreCD/RestoreUSB



NetBSD 5.2.1 has been released recently, so I've built and put
5.2.1 based NetBSD/cobalt RestoreCD/USB images:

 http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/cobalt/restore-cd/5.2.1/

No visible functional changes in RestoreCD/USB script itself,
and only NetBSD binaries (and CHANGES file) are updated from
the previous 5.2 ones. See release announcements for 5.2.1 changes:
http://www.NetBSD.org/releases/formal-5/NetBSD-5.2.1.html
 
restorecd-5.2.1-20131019.iso.gz is a gzipped RestoreCD ISO9660 image.

restoreusb-5.2.1-20131019.img.gz is a gzipped RestoreUSB image
for >=512MB USB memory sticks on USB bootable PCs.

You can write the image using gzip(1) + dd(1) on Unix like OSes:
 NetBSD:
  # gzcat restoreusb-5.2.1-20131019.img.gz | dd of=/dev/rsd0d bs=64k
    (replace the device name as per your kernel dmesg)
 FreeBSD:
  
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/install-pre.html#install-boot-media
 Linux:
  # fdisk -l
    (check a device name of your USB memory)
  # gunzip restoreusb-5.2.1-20131019.img.gz
  # dd if=restoreusb-5.2.1-20131019.img of=/dev/sdX oflag=direct bs=1048576
 or use imageWriter etc.
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-imagewriter
 Mac OS X:
  see http://a2c.hatenablog.com/entry/20100601/1275318432
  
You can also use "Rawrite32" utility on MS Windows:
http://www.NetBSD.org/~martin/rawrite32/index.html

See also "Restore CD/USB Howto" for actual installation procedures:
 http://www.NetBSD.org/ports/cobalt/restorecd-howto.html
and see files in .tar.gz archive for more details.

Have fun,
---
Izumi Tsutsui


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