From owner-freebsd-alpha  Mon May 10  9:15:16 1999
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To: Pedro Almeida <pedro@qui.uc.pt>
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Subject: Re: installing on alpha 
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From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 09:14:21 -0700
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On Mon, 10 May 1999 10:27:26 +0100 (WET) 
 Pedro Almeida <pedro@qui.uc.pt> wrote:

 > How may I boot the initial (pre-install) kernel without a floppy?

Boot from CD-ROM, or netboot, or dd a disk image to another disk, or
boot from tape.  All of these are options for NetBSD.

NetBSD 1.4 is mere days from being announced as released.  Check the
NetBSD/alpha install notes.

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>



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