On Wed, 14 Aug 2002 @ 5:03pm (+0100), David Brownlee wrote:

DB> On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Brian A. Seklecki wrote:
DB>
DB> > DB> > I know that NetBSD(/i386) can boot from a raid 1 device, but what is the best
DB> > DB> > way to install onto one? Should I make some custom install floppies, or is
DB> > DB> > there a better way?
DB> > DB>
DB> > DB> 	You can install as normal on one disk, get everything running and
DB> > DB> 	use the following to switch to RAID. I've used this on systems
DB> >
DB> > ...any idea if this will work on non-i386? i may have to try this.
DB> >
DB> 	It _should_ work for any platform. The only differences would be
DB> 	making sure the bootblocks work correctly. In some cases you'll
DB> 	need to put the bootblocks and kernel on a small 'boot' partition.

sparc.  i'll try it tonight.  i managed to fubar my install again by improper
use of build.sh.  I'll let you know.

-lava

DB>
DB> 	What platform?
DB>
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