I've made a few more files available in the sparc ftp directory, and
improved the instructions a little bit.

here's a copy for now. this file is sun-lamp:pub/NetBSD/sparc/README.

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Initial test versions of a NetBSD/sparc binaries install are available
at
	sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu:pub/NetBSD/sparc

The NetBSD/sparc port runs on sun4c class machines, ie. the
SS 1, 1+, 2, IPC, IPX, SLC, and ELC. it does not include the
server-series machines, or the SS10-series machines.

There are a number of very large .tar.gz files in there (which
I might split up... I've not decided yet).

For those who just want to take an initial look there is a starting
"netbsd" kernel binary. This is the TDR2 kernel in the src tree -- it
uses sd0 as it's root device by default. If you are not sure about
the entire process of installing, you can fetch the kernel and play
around with it a bit beforehands.

Until there are better instructions written, here's a rough idea:

1. format and partition the disk using sunos. yup, NetBSD/sparc uses
   sunos disk labels. i am running a quantum 105 with these partition
   sizes:
   a:    28140        0    4.2BSD     1024  8192    16   # (Cyl.    0 - 133)
   b:    16170    28140    unused        0     0         # (Cyl.  134 - 210)
   c:   204540        0    unused        0     0         # (Cyl.    0 - 973)
   g:   160230    44310    4.2BSD     1024  8192    16   # (Cyl.  211 - 973)

   Filesystem               512-blocks    Used   Avail Capacity  Mounted on
   /dev/sd0a                     26090   18342    5138    78%    /
   /dev/sd0g                    149444  118072   16426    88%    /usr
   gecko:/usr/src              1549722  349195 1045554    25%    /usr/src
   gecko:/usr/src/obj.sparc    1549722  349195 1045554    25%    /usr/obj
   komodo:/usr/local            269346  244084   -1672   101%    /usr/local
   newt:/newt.usera/staff      1128328  858302  157192    85%    /home/staff
   newt:/newt.usera/other      1128328  858302  157192    85%    /home/other

2. newfs it using sunos. yup, the filesystem format is identical.
   UFS hasn't changed much over the years.
3. put a SunOS /boot program in the root partition, and use
   "installboot" to cause it to work. the "installboot" man page
   says to do something like this: say you are running SunOS, and
   the drive you are installing NetBSD/sparc on is currently at
   /dev/sd1. You have made the filesystems on that drive already.
	# mount /dev/sd1a /mnt
	# cd /usr/mdec
	# ./installboot -vlt /mnt/boot bootsd /dev/rsd1a
4. copy the provided kernel onto that disk.
5. untar the provided .tar.gz files onto the disk. the XXX.tar.gz
   files are rooted at /, and the usr.XXX.tar.gz files are rooted
   at /usr. you'd be best off doing a "tar tvf" on them first to
   see what the paths in them are.
   the etc.tar.gz and var.tar.gz archives were created in a hurry,
   and may be somewhat broken.
6. ensure that you have created a world-writable /tmp directory
   on the root filesystem. i didn't my first time. duh.
8. swap your scsi id's and try a reboot. initially I'd suggest
   you boot "-bs", then try multiuser after that.

please let me know of any errors in these instructions or in the
archives. if so i'll correct them.

good luck.

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