On Jan 23,  8:25pm, Kim G. S. \yhus wrote:
> Subject: Re: NetBSD 1.3 arm32 problems
> > On Fri, 23 Jan 1998, Kim G. S. yhus wrote:
> >
> > > And why is there so much fuss about CD-ROM, FLOPPY, TAPE, and NET
> > > installation? I would guess that most people get the sets with
> > > modem, and thus it would be easiest to use UnixFS to transfer
> > > the sets. Floppies are pure torture.
> >
> > I'd think most people buy the CD or in the case of students use a zip
> > drive (then unixfs) or floppies to get the files.
>
> Then we agree on the usefulnes of unixfs. A pity it is not in "INSTALL".
>
> I thought that those who bought CDs had so much trouble, that they
> more or less gave up, and that those who use NetBSD arm32 are diehard
> Unix fans who make it work by installing those patches not available on
> the CD, and listening for advice and discussion on this mailist.
>
> Thats at least a proper description of myself. I have had plenty
> problems installing it, and at work, I singlehandedly manage all the
> Unix machines in Norways national cellular phone company, planning division.
>
> Well, thats my view, and my honest wish for NetBSD 1.3 arm32, is
> that will be stable, work well, and be installable by people able
> to use it, and friendly enough that they will use it. So far, it
> has been too marginal. It is not there yet.
>
> A more realistic wish, is that it becomes totally self-compilable,
> so that us Unix wizards can contribute to it.

Right, comments noted.

I suspect that there are two camps of people. Those who get the install to work
first time and those who spend ages getting very frustrated and chasing round
the bushes. We obviously need to minimise the 2nd group.

Cheers

Rob