On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 10:35:11AM -0800, Aaron J. Grier wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 08:04:31AM -0500, Eric Ekong wrote:
> > SO what would one use then for an initial install of NetBSD?
> 
> boot to a shell (CD, floppy, netboot, tape)
> 
> disklabel (for each drive, don't forget bootblocks on boot device)
> newfs (for each partition)
> lather, rinse, and repeat for all disks
> 
> mount all partitions
> 
> extract the NetBSD sets with pax or tar

You forgot:
use installboot to install the boot block on the boot disk :)

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