Re: INSTALL kernel

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 06:22:59PM +0200, Alan Barrett wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Sep 2008, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> > I've been used to install NetBSD on test boxes by tftp booting the
> > INSTALL kernel. It seems there's no suitable INSTALL kernel for
> > this in -current now (INSTALL_FLOPPY doens't have ahci for example).
> > How is one supposed to install NetBSD in such an environnement these days ?
> 
> The i386 INSTALL kernel was retired on 2008-05-02; see the following log
> messages:
> 
> ----------------------------
> revision 1.326
> date: 2008/05/02 23:13:05;  author: ad;  state: dead;  lines: +2 -2
> Put the GENERIC kernel onto i386 installation CDs and load a kernel module
> from the boot loader to provide the miniroot.
> ----------------------------
> revision 1.325
> date: 2008/05/02 15:26:38;  author: ad;  state: Exp;  lines: +3 -3
> - Give x86 BIOS boot the ability to load new style modules and pass them
>   into the kernel. Based on a patch by jmcneill@, with many fixes and
>   improvements by me.
> 
> - Put MEMORY_DISK_DYNAMIC and MODULAR into the GENERIC kernels, so that
>   you can load miniroot.kmod from the boot blocks and boot into the
>   installer!
> ----------------------------
> 
> I am not sure how you would load miniroot.kmod in a netboot environment,
> but perhaps pxeboot(8) can do it.

I couldn't find informations about it in boot(8) or pxeboot(8). If there's a
way to do it from boot prompt it should be documented.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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