In article <1023823784.9b291260lwang0@uky.edu>,
Lili Wang <lwang0@uky.edu> wrote:

If it supports network boot such as PXE boot, then you can
do that. Otherwise you need to yank the disk out and install
it in a machine where you can build NetBSD. Alternatively,
you can boot from the first partition FreeBSD, then install
NetBSD in the second partition by copying the sets; finally
you'll need to install the NetBSD bootblocks on FreeBSD.
You can probably do that, but it will require some tweaking.

christos

> I want to install netbsd 1.5.1 on a remote machine.
> There are two partitions on the remote machines: one is
> for FreeBSD and one is for linux. I can overwrite linux
> fs and install NetBSD on the second partiton. I installed
> NetBSD on my local machine with a bootable floppy disk before.But I do
>not know how to install NetBSD on a remote machine without bootable
>floppy or cdrom.
>I would really appreciaate it if anyone could help on this .
>
>Thanks.
>