On onsdag, aug 21, 2002, at 17:28 Europe/Copenhagen, Jeremy C. Reed 
wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Daniel Eggert wrote:
>
>> I finally managed to get 1.5.2 on my machine. Now I need to upgrade to
>> 1.5.3, because it has drivers for my RAID card. I can't boot from the
>
> Are those drivers in the default GENERIC and/or INSTALL kernel images?

I'm not shure, but I know, that 1.5.3 adds support for the Mylex dac960.

> If not, you could use cvs (or other) to fetch the kernel source for 
> 1.5.3
> (or netbsd-1-5 which is newer). And configure for your particular 
> hardware
> and build your custom kernel.

I actually managed a workaround. With a bit of cheating: I boot from 
the 1.5.2 CD, and when ir asks me from where I want to install 
(ftp/nfs/cd/...) I pop in the 1.5.3 CD, and off I go. Works like a 
charm.

>> 1.5.3 installer CD. If I do, I get some error about 'no init'.
>
> What port is this? (i386?)

No. It's macppc. I made my own iso-image, but I mussed have messed up 
somewhere. It boot nicely, but just before the sysinst it hang with 
that error.

>> So now I want to update while I'm booted into 1.5.2. Is that possible?
>
> I have simply used the tar sets as available via FTP sites many times.
> Untar from / while preserving all attributes.

>> My /stand dir is empty -- I have no idea why, because I didn't delete
>> anything (I just installed NetBSD half an hour ago). Can I copy the
>
> Mine are always empty too.

I've been using FreeBSD quite a bit on my i386 (I hope I don't offend 
anybody). FreeBSD usially has the sysinst placed in the /stand dir, so 
I has puzzled when I found it empty.

>> sysinst from the CD? If yes, how?
>
> I don't think so (at least not easily). I think the sysinstall is 
> crunched
> and packed into the kernel itself in the memory file system.
>
> It would be useful to have sysinst available.
> I placed one temporarily at
>  http://pilchuck.reedmedia.net/jeremy/tmp-xt487x4tc387t54fc/sysinst
> It is 452279 bytes and I built it on July 25 from netbsd-1-5 code.
> It is untested.

Thanks. I've downloaded it. I hope it works.


Thanks for all the help. I hope I get my RAID card working.
Daniel