Re: NetBSD/amiga sysinst (Was: Video of NetBSD/amiga 10.0_BETA network install in real Amiga 1200)

[Daniel Doran <danielktdoranie%icloud.com@localhost>]

Even better yet… a hard drive image file hosted on Google Drive so one could just image their own hard drive with it ;-)

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> On 26 Feb 2023, at 15:38, David Brownlee <abs%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 26 Feb 2023 at 07:00, Carlos Milán Figueredo
> <cmilanf%hispamsx.org@localhost> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi!
>> 
>> I told in a previous message I was pending to repartition my Amiga hard drive and perform a new clean install of NetBSD/amiga. As David Brownlee suggested to try current netbsd-10 build, it was a perfect timing to do so on real hardware, so I went ahead.
>> 
>> What has been very different from my previous NetBSD install, is that this one has been done over the network, using FTP with nyftp.netbsd.org (what does the "ny" from "nyftp" or "nycdn" stands for?). I must say the experience has been excellent; very similar to the one I would have in a modern system.
>> 
>> I have published a full video capture of the install process, so it can be a reference for anyone.
> 
> Nice :) I wonder if it would be worth adding the necessary bits to
> have sysinst on the miniroot?
> 
> sysinst provides a text UI for selecting install options and
> installing - If you have an additional disk you should be able to run
> "sysinst" on a NetBSD system and run through a full install to see how
> it works.
> 
> Adding the binary, and an option to select it on miniroot boot should
> be ~trivial, but there may be some extra glue to handle any amiga
> specific disk handling.
> 
> David