Subject: Re: quickest way to load netbsd on a linux machine?
To: Garrett D'Amore <garrett_damore@tadpole.com>
From: Pavel Cahyna <pavel.cahyna@st.mff.cuni.cz>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/22/2006 12:25:45
On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 10:11:46PM -0800, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
> okay. sorry if this is a noob question, but i didn't see an easy way to
> do this in the INSTALL document:
>
> i've got a machine with linux loaded on it (Java Desktop), VIA C3
> processor. i've cleared up the old /home partition which is plenty big
> enough for NetBSD. Boot loader is GRUB.
Put the install kernel in your ext2fs filesystem, reboot, open the command
line in GRUB, type
"kernel --type=netbsd (hdX,Y)/path/to/netbsd-INSTALL.gz"
and "boot".
Pavel