Hi,

I'm new to NetBSD and wondering if anyone can point me to good
install quides/faqs (other than those linked from netbsd.org)?

It would be even better if anyone had time to advise me on my
problem:

I'm installing NetBSD on an IBM Thinkpad A20m, formerly running
Win98. I created the 2 install floppies using bootlap1.fs and bootlap2.fs.
Starting the laptop with these failed on reading the 2nd disk. This was
also the case for using boot1.fs and boot2.fs. The only one that working
for me was using boot-small.fs on a single floppy.

Install failed with this error: "Failed: openpty() failed" because the install 
kernel doesn't have /dev/pty*. The way to fix this according to  a posting,
(http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=18630),
is to add /bin/dd to boot-small.fs, or add following to /.profile

 (cd /dev; ./MAKEDEV opty)

How do I do this? Bear in mind I can no longer boot Windows on my machine
since the botched install and when I boot up with boot-small there is no editor
to make changes to .profile. Anyone have any other ideas for a fix???

Michael




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