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commit 785c2a4a44ecd9f24cb47c8ec34e2340b9b5ca1a
parent 1ad8b1d518b22c3cad8ed227ed6a33680ae1d071
Author: sin <sin@2f30.org>
Date:   Mon,  1 Sep 2014 09:55:42 +0100

Add guide for installing NetBSD on Linode

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Makefile
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guides.md
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3 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ PAGES = $(MENUPAGES) \
         guides/sunsparc.html \
         guides/proxy.html \
         guides/trunk.html \
-        guides/ipsec.html
+        guides/ipsec.html \
+        guides/netbsd-linode.html
 EXTRA = css divzerokey.png favicon.ico index.html \
         lectures/resources
 
diff --git a/guides.md b/guides.md
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ Just some notes on various useful tasks.
   * [proxy](guides/proxy.html): Accessing firewalled services using PF on OpenBSD
   * [trunk](guides/trunk.html): Trunk failover setup on OpenBSD
   * [ipsec](guides/ipsec.html): Securing services with IPsec tunnels
+  * [netbsd-linode](guides/netbsd-linode.html): Installing NetBSD on Linode
diff --git a/guides/netbsd-linode.md b/guides/netbsd-linode.md
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+### Installing NetBSD on Linode
+
+In this short guide I will show you how to install NetBSD amd64
+6.1.4 on a Linode VPS.
+First you will have to create a 64MB ext3 disk image to hold
+the DomU kernels.  Create a second raw disk image to be used as
+your NetBSD root partition.
+
+Prepare to reboot into rescue mode and allocate the kernel disk
+accordingly:
+
+    /dev/xvda: kernel # your small ext3 disk image
+
+Now boot into Finnix and copy the DomU kernel images:
+
+    # mkfs.ext3 /dev/xvda
+    # mount /dev/xvda /mnt
+    # curl -O ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-6.1.4/amd64/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL_XEN3_DOMU.gz
+    # curl -O ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-6.1.4/amd64/binary/kernel/netbsd-XEN3_DOMU.gz
+    # gzip -d netbsd-INSTALL_XEN3_DOMU.gz
+    # gzip -d netbsd-XEN3_DOMU.gz
+    # mv netbsd-INSTALL_XEN3_DOMU /mnt/kernel-install
+    # mv netbsd-XEN3_DOMU /mnt/kernel
+    # umount /mnt
+
+Once that's done, you can shutdown Finnix.
+
+Create a new configuration profile, call it NetBSD
+select the `pv-grub-x86_64` kernel.  Allocate the disks
+as shown below:
+
+    /dev/xvda: root   # your rootfs disk image
+    /dev/xvdb: kernel # the kernel disk image
+
+Set the root device to `/dev/xvda`.
+
+Boot your new configuration profile.  You will be presented with a
+a pv-grub command line.  Boot into your NetBSD DomU install kernel:
+
+    grubdom> kernel (hd1)/kernel-install
+    grubdom> boot
+
+Install NetBSD as usual and choose the target disk to be
+`/dev/sdb0`.  Once you are done, shutdown the machine.
+
+Reboot your configuration profile and select the NetBSD DomU kernel.
+
+    grubdom> kernel (hd1)/kernel
+    grubdom> boot
+
+You should be presented with the login prompt.
+
+At this point, you may consider mounting the kernel disk under
+/extboot.  You should also be able to set up a GRUB configuration file
+to allow the system to boot without human intervention.
+
+Cheers!
+
+sin@