On Thursday 12 August 2004 19:39, Zafer Aydogan wrote:
> Hello Newsgroup,
>
> How can I get the DMESG Output from a new Notebook, which does not
> recognize any Network Cards without Installing NetBSD?
>
> I regularly get new Notebooks, to set them up (Windows XP).
> But I like to see the boot messages on them all.
> Though, normally I boot with the 1.6.2 installation CD and exit in the Main
> Menu. Then enter dmesg on the shell. If the network is recognized, i can
> transfer the output to another machine.
> But what should I do, if the Network is not recognized?
> And I'd rather like to boot with a 2.0 Kernel, because much more new
> Hardware is detected. Where do I get a 2.0 Live CD ?
> Any Hint to get the message without installing NetBSD?

Don't know about Live CD but you can get NetBSD -release-2.0 installation boot 
CD from http://ianzag.megasignal.com/ftp/pub/NetBSD/iso/release-2-0
 ATM there's only i386 target. I built this CD for myself and installed NetBSD 
on several notebooks and my workstation just fine.

// wbr