Re: netboot install of current

[jnemeth%victoria.tc.ca@localhost (John Nemeth)]

On Sep 18,  8:01am, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
}
} so, how is one supposed to do a netboot install of NetBSD current these
} days ? I'm doing:
} load tftp:miniroot.kmod
} boot tftp:netbsd
} 
} with i386 GENERIC, the kernel can't exec init because it doesn't have
} EXEC_ELF32 included. With MONOLITHIC, the kernel doesn't mount the

     The obvious answer here is "load tftp:exec_elf32.kmod"

} ramdisk because modules are not enabled ...

     MONOLITHIC should have options MODULAR.  Just because most modules
are included doesn't mean it shouldn't have the ability to load
modules.  I would call the fact that it doesn't have options MODULAR to
be a bug.

}-- End of excerpt from Manuel Bouyer