> > Doesn't this mean that the Installer program that runs in MacOS needs to
> > be updated to build ttyE0 by default?
> >
> > I had this problem, too.
>
> yes it does.  we would like as many people as possible to switch to the
> sysinst-based install, tho.  that method would avoid this little problem.

Just to be clear: the sysinst program is the same thing that netbsd-i386
and others use? Does it work like the Amiga installer where you dd it into
a swap partition and boot it?

I'd like to try out the sysinst program, but I am curious about another
option: I'd like to figure out how to upgrade a system from 1.4.2 to 1.5
without physical access to it.

The reason is that I have decked out Amiga running NetBSD 1.4.2 that's
colocated, with somewhere around 50 virtual domains and just as many
users; I'd love to be able to do the upgrade quickly, while there's the
least usage (like 3:00am), and perhaps without physical access to the
machine.

So to test how, I've set up two Quadra 800s (about which I've posted
before), one with NetBSD 1.4.2 and one with 1.5; I already have all of my
configuration files set to go for 1.5, and I'm wondering if the following
is possible:

(1) bring the 1.4.2 system into single user mode; could I then run sysinst
over the network?

or, (2) bring it into single user, untargzip all of the binary sets for
1.5 over the 1.4.2 stuff (making sure I still have basic tools like tar,
sh, gzip, et cetera), replace the kernel, then reboot?

or, (3) someone else's suggestion? Anyone?

Thanks,
John Klos