Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 09:44:32 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Jim King <jim.king@mail.sstar.com> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing Message-ID: <199810281744.JAA03801@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 28 Oct 1998 07:49:22 CST." <199810281349.HAA19410@oasis.zycor.lgc.com>
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> Has anybody had any luck using boot.flp on a Zip drive? Mine stopped and > asked for the "floppy containing mfsroot.gz", then complained it couldn't > find /mfsroot.gz, then hung. (This is off the 10-27 snapshot on > mirrors.rcn.com.) That's the kern.flp image you're booting there. You need a disk with the mfsroot.gz image on it to. > Is the procedure for installing using the NetBSD boot floppy documented > anywhere? I don't have any problem booting it and going through the file > system setup, but I don't know what to do next. I detailed it a few days back. But if the snapshot you're installing is up to date, I would go back and put the mfsroot.gz file on a disk and work with that. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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