Subject: Re: how to perform NetBSD installation to CF card
To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
From: Russell McManus <russell.mcmanus@morganstanley.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 12/10/2001 13:23:54
Thanks, I should have figured this out on my own.  I'll try tonight.

-russ


Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr> writes:

> On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 12:05:53PM -0500, Russell McManus wrote:
> > 
> > I'm trying to perform a NetBSD installation to a CF card that is
> > plugged into my laptop via a PCMCIA adapter.  I am trying to use the
> > INSTALL kernel and sysinst as they appear on the 1.5.1 boot floppy
> > that I used to install NetBSD on to the laptop.
> > 
> > When I reboot from the boot floppy, the INSTALL kernel does not
> > recognize wd1, which is the CF card.
> > 
> > wd1 is recognized when I boot the laptop using the 1.5.1
> > GENERIC-LAPTOP kernel.  I've verified that the CF card works; I can
> > mount filesystems on the card, copy files, etc.
> > 
> > Does the INSTALL kernel have PCMCIA support included?  (I would guess
> > that it does).
> 
> Maybe you have to try the INSTALL-LAPTOP floppy set then.
> The difference is that INSTALL has pcmcia support and INSTALL-LAPTOP has
> cardbus support.
> 
> --
> Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
> --
> 

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