On Jun 14, 11:34am, pts@bom.gov.au ("Paul (NCC/CS).") wrote:
-- Subject: Re: brand new 3.0 install has data fault: kernel panic:

| > I guess so. Hmm. Are there any other kernels in the install CD?
| >
| > christos
| 
| -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  1761001 Dec 19 15:08 netbsd-GENERIC.MP.gz
| -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  1733753 Dec 19 15:08 netbsd-GENERIC.gz
| -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  1734346 Dec 19 15:08 netbsd-GENERIC_SCSI3.gz
| -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  2994692 Dec 19 15:08 netbsd-GENERIC_SUN4U.gz
| -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  1070976 Dec 19 15:08 netbsd-KRUPS.gz
| -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   963503 Dec 19 15:08 netbsd-MRCOFFEE.gz
| -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   963656 Dec 19 15:08 netbsd-MRCOFFEE_OFW.gz
| /mnt/cdrom_dummy/sparc/binary/kernel
| 
| 
| mmm.
| 
| perhaps cd boot uses GENERIC and install puts netbsd-GENERIC_SUN4U.gz
| on the disk.
| 
| is it possible to elect which kernel to install during install?
| 
| or hang on, perhaps i could boot from the cd,
| then in a shell mount the disk,
| then change the kernel.  derr.   good idea?

Yes, you can definitely do this.

christos