Subject: installing on two HDDs
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Saverio Perugini <sperugin@csgrad.cs.vt.edu>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/20/2000 12:15:42
Hello all,

Can NetBSD 1.4.2 run on two HDDs?

I am installing NetBSD 1.4.2 via ftp on a Sun SparcStation 10.
The system has two SCSI HDDs (sd0 and sd1).

sd0 has 258 MB and sd1 has 520 MB

I am using the installation floppy from
/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.4.2/sparc/installation/bootfs/syboot-142.fs.gz

What is the difference between syboot-142.fs.gz and boot-142.fs.gz in
that directory?

I'd like to put the root and and /var filesystems, as well as the
swap partition on sd0 and put the /home and /usr filesystems on sd1.

However, after the first two preliminary questions at the beginning of the
installation process, the tools indicates to me:

"I have found the following disks: sd0 sd1"

"On which disk do you want to install NetBSD? [sd0]:"

I want to answer this question with both drives, however the tool
only lets me enter one or the other.

How do I go about doing what I describe above.

Thanks!

Best,

Saverio Perugini
email: sperugin@vt.edu