On Wednesday 29 January 2003 11:19 am, Jake Baillie wrote:
> At 03:58 PM 1/29/2003 +1300, Matthew Luckie wrote:
> > > Thanks for the quick response.  Since I'm *new* at this, what would=
 be
> > > the next few steps to using that iso? :)
> >
> >burn it to cd and then boot from it on an i386 machine
>
> Right:
>
> 1. Burn the ISO to CD.
> 2. Boot the CD in an i386 machine.
> 3. Netboot the cobalt (hold Left and Right buttons together when poweri=
ng
> on - status will read "Net Booting")
> 4. Telnet to the machine, away you go, follow the FAQ. Prepare to do th=
e
> disk partitioning several times if you've never done a BSD install befo=
re -
> keep the NetBSD Guide handy for tips.
>
> Let us know if it works!

It was even easier than that.  The cd is similar to the Cobalt restore cd=
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that you just use a cross-connect to the server you want to install NetBS=
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onto.  It formatted everything, and if I had put the real cable back on i=
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it probably would have rebooted properly.  This was *really* slick.  My o=
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suggestion is for on the cd instructions to explain what is going to happ=
en. =20
I wasn't sure when it said 'Press q for login' that was not going to let =
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login on the installation server or scroll back over the instructions. =20
However, the fact that the LCD on the raq2 quickly told me what steps it =
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on was enough for me to go to lunch and see it finish in ~10 minutes!

Kudos to everyone who worked on that.

Thanks for the help.

-doug