On 7/18/07, Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp> wrote:
> You can extract boot binary from base.tgz of 4.0_BETA2:
> ---
> % ftp ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-4/200707160000Z/cobalt/binary/sets/base.tgz
>  :
> % tar zxf bast.tgz ./usr/mdec/boot
>  :
> % gzip boot
> % cp boot.gz somewhere/boot/vmlinux.gz
>
> ---
>
> I'm not sure how it could be used on restorecd installation, but
> "Using a boot loader as /boot/vmlinux.gz" section in the FAQ
> http://www.netbsd.org/ports/cobalt/faq.html#preparehd
> might help.

Thank you for replying.

Quoting:

http://netbsd.org/ports/cobalt/restorecd-howto.html#creating-dirs

| The only files that need to be replaced are old install sets. They
| are located in the following directory cobaltcd/nfsroot/cobalt  .
| Before deleting them, you probably want to save the boot
| loader unless you compiled your own. The boot loader is
| located in the file  cobaltcd/nfsroot/cobalt/binary/kernel/boot.gz

We are speaking of the same thing?