At 7:02 AM -0500 9/25/01, Peter Eisch wrote:
>on 9/25/01 1:41 AM, gabriel rosenkoetter at gr@eclipsed.net wrote:
>  > That CD-ROM you burned isn't totally useless. Drop it in another
>>  machine, NFS share it, and install via NFS.
>
>There's no nic in it, it was only used over dial previously.  I figured that
>once I had it loaded I figure out how it might find a new life.  (eg. NAT/FW
>at a mac-only shop like I'd use a sparc classic, LX or i386/P133 in a
>PC-only office.)  I'll try a floppy next.
>
>What are the rules for picking nic's for it?  Do I really want to pick up a
>stock Mac PCI nic or can I use a 3C905 or Dec tulip (fxp) in it?  I was
>prepared to roll a new kernel when I put the those nic's in it already but
>I'm pretty sure the ofw didn't like it so NFS install wasn't an option.

If you are booting the installation kernel from floppy then it 
doesn't matter if OF supports the NIC.  Just so long as NetBSD 
supports it.
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