Subject: Re: Installation woes on i386
To: Reinoud Zandijk <reinoud@netbsd.org>
From: Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@informatik.fh-regensburg.de>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 01/03/2002 02:40:59
On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Reinoud Zandijk wrote:
> 1) The program `dosboot' does run on win98's DOS mode but crashes as soon
> as the control is transfered to NetBSD's kernel. The bootfloppies worked OK
> but are a nuisance.

Make sure no himem.sys and emm386.sys is loaded, see #4 of
http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/network/netboot/intro.i386.html


> 2) The `sysinst' program doesn't add the other partitions on the same disk
> you would like to use for NetBSD, making it impossible to use install sets
> from the other partitions nor from the other harddiscs without hacking
> around with `mbrlabel -w' etc.... Isn't it a good idea to add the other
> partitions standard to the disklabel for installing? and what about the
> same for installing from other harddiscs ?

Sure, just add the code! :-)
The same goes for adding a /cdrom entry & mountpoint when installing from
CD or detecting one.


 - Hubert

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