Subject: 1.4 install without repartitioning?
To: Port-i386 <port-i386@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Jukka Marin <jmarin@pyy.jmp.fi>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/13/1999 18:05:08
Hi,

I want to do a fresh install of NetBSD 1.4 on my laptop.  I newfs'ed the
hard disk partitions and booted off the 1.4 install floppy.  How do I
install 1.4 on the existing partitions?  I tried the Upgrade option, but
it whined that it couldn't find my old fstab (no wonder, after newfs).
Then I tried the fresh install option, but it wants me to repartition
the disk which I do not want to do.

Is there any other way but to do everything manually?  (No, it's not all
that difficult, but I'd like to see how the installer program works now
(it looks more advanced than before :-))

Thanks,

  -jm