On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, dkphoto wrote:

> I think I can tell you the precise location of the problem:
> 
> THIS(!) IS LABELED "QUITE SIMPLE":
> 
> >You might point out that, with the exception of disk partitioning,
> >bringing up a NetBSD system using command line utilities is actually
> >quite simple. My method, briefly summarised, is this:
> >
> >    1. Boot the machine from a boot floppy or from the net.
> >
> >    2. Use sysinst to install i386 DOS partition table and MBR, if on
> >       an i386 machine.
> >
> >    3. Set up the partitions on the disk:
> >       disklabel sd0 >/tmp/foo && ed /tmp/foo && disklabel -r -R sd0 /tmp/foo
> >       (the -r should be removed on sparc machines).
> >
> >    4. newfs the partitions and mount them under /mnt.
> >
> >    5. Unpack the distribution:
> >       cd /mnt && for i in /wherever/*.tgz; do
> >	   echo $i;
> >	   tar -xpzf $i
> >       done
> >
> >    6. Make the devices: cd /mnt/dev && ./MAKEDEV all
> >
> >    7. Make the disk bootable with /usr/mdec/installboot.
> >
> >    8. Reboot.
> >
> >    9. Mount all my paritions, create an /etc/fstab, vipw to clean up
> >       the pw file and add myself, passwd root and me, edit /etc/rc.conf,
> >       /etc/resolv.conf (if not using DHCP), /etc/ntp.conf, and anything
> >       else that strikes my fancy. I put my network interface definitions
> >       in /etc/rc.conf as `ifconfig_le0="inet 1.2.3.4 etc.".
> >
> >    10. Reboot and I'm working.

hmmm, this is a lot more work than my last install:

1) boot from floppy which automatically runs sysinst which does steps 1-8
   above

2) step 9 above


-Dan