Subject: Re: Install problem
To: David Forbes <david@flossy.u-net.com>
From: Chris Gilbert <chris@paradox.demon.co.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 05/21/2001 00:03:29
On Sunday 20 May 2001  5:47 pm, David Forbes wrote:
> > I bought a pair of CDs at the Wakefield show yesterday. I have copied
> > !BtNetBSD (v2.92 14 Feb 2001) into a new NetBSD directory with the misc
> > and unixfs directories in the same NetBSD directory. When I drag the
> > RiscPC install kernel (NETBSD_RPCINST.GZ dated 17 May 2001 on the CD)
> > from the CD
>
> I'm not sure, because I haven't tried this recently: I think you might
> have to unzip the kernel first?  I seem to remember that there was a RISC
> OS !Gzip application years ago that would do the trick.

Yes, seems I missed that when checking the CD.  The images are compressed, so 
they do need to be uncompressed, I think sparkplug might be capable of doing 
so.  Otherwise gzip should be able to:
http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~arcangel/files/
should work.

What's the best way to disemminate this info?  CSA.announce?

Cheers,
Chris