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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!wang!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!demon!skate.demon.co.uk!skate.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: plunky@skate.demon.co.uk (Iain Hibbert) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Help with Sparc install Date: 17 Nov 1995 08:47:53 -0000 Organization: The Bath Room Lines: 26 Message-ID: <48hi7p$c2v@skate.demon.co.uk> References: <48foqd$ne6@rob.inetdirect.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: skate.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: skate.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] mrw@inetdirect.net <mrw@inetdirect.net> writes: > I'm trying to install NetBSD 1.0 on a sparc 1 that currently > has sunos 4.1.3. The INSTALL file seems vague to me on how do > get it to boot. Do I have to boot off a floppy in order to > mount /dev/sd1a to /mnt/ or /dev/sd1g to /mnt/usr. I obviously > can't mount them booting off the drive because they're already > mounted. I tried booting off of the sunos cdrom but this is no > help. Is there a more descriptive FAQ available? you need to be able to boot and have the local disk clear for deleting everything, and have access to the tarfiles.. difficult to do on a standalone system with only one drive! I did it by using a spare 100Mb drive that I plugged into the machine temporarily, installing to there first and then installing to my main drive when I was comfortable with the setup. but if you are on a network then you should be ok booting (cd or net), mount the drive with the tar files on over the net, clean the local one and extract the tarfiles.. btw, 1.1 should be out shortly so you might like to wait for that before investing too much work in 1.0 ? there will be a 1.1 CD available from somebody (I forget who) soon after the release, though I don't think we will be able to boot from it directly. -- ]ain