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From: O. Hartmann <ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: NetBSD for DS5000/1xx without HELPER MACHINE?
Date: 11 Jul 1997 11:17:31 GMT
Organization: Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz, Germany
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Hello.
Is there any possibility of getting NetBSD installed on DEcstation 5000/133
without the need of the helper machine? I have a standalone DS with only
one CDROM attached to it. There is no network ...

Is it possible to create a bootable CDROM from which NetBSD could be
installed?

-- 
Gruss O. Hartmann
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Oliver Hartmann

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