Hi Benjamin,

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> 
> Problem is Linux handles ufs filesystems readonly, so I cannot
> untar under Linux. And I cannot do it under NetBSD because I dont know
> how to laod the ramdisk (rd0 always accesses the first floppy drive?!)

It took me some thought, but I think I found a way to start the installer
without floppies. This method requires a recent kernel, but I think the
i'-current' kernels I uploaded in '/pub/NetBSD/arch/atari' are recent
enough. What you need to do is put the images of the install floppies
onto an empty partition (The one that you want to use for swap?). If
you put (or have) an AHDI partitioning on a disk, the kernel can find
the partition. You can put the images on the partition using dd, like
    dd if=floppy-image1 of=/dev/<raw-partition> bs=18b
    dd if=floppy-image2 of=/dev/<raw-partition> bs=18b seek=80

Now boot the kernel like the installer doc. says. Instead of the root
device 'md0' you use 'sd...' (swap+fstype take the defaults). The 'sd...'
depends on the partition you prepared of course. I can't help you without
knowing the disklayout ;-)

Well, the above is a bit tricky. But I never thought about trying to
install without a floppy drive ;-)

Leo.