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From: Jining Tian <jtian@cs.ubc.ca>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Network installation
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 1996 00:28:52 -0700
Organization: University of British Columbia
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CC: crn@netix.org.uk

Hi,

I know how to extract the source tree now. We do have an expert here. The answer I got
is: run	

cat ksrc11.?? | gzip -d | tar xf - whatever_files_you_want

in the source/ksrc11 directory on any ftp site.

> 
> You say that you have done the ifconfig, but have you also done the 'route add'
> command. You need both.
> 
> There are many possible causes of this problem, but assuming that everything is
> set up correctly I would suspect that the board is being clobbered by a probe
> for another type of board. This is a regular problem with generic kernels
> which have support built in for too many boards. The standard solution is to
> rebuild the kernel with support for only the board that you have.

I think I should be able to build a netbsd kernel on a freebsd box from a netbsd source
tree.

> : Actually what I need is just a netbsd source tree. Can I somehow obtain
> : it without installation?
> 
> It is all on the BS-CDRom, or maybe you could download it via floppy disks
> and a sneakernet.
> 
> Is there an expert in the house, my experience is mainly with Linux and SCO,
> although the basics should be the same.

Thanks a lot!

-- Jining