Hi,

If you have memory to spare I've found it much much faster to install
only the kernel, base, and etc from sysinst, boot into NetBSD and then
untar the rest of the sets you want from the install media.

Listening to my slow powerbook disks it seems that sysinst isn't 
caching very much where full up NetBSD caches nicely.  Though
the other affect is that I mount / and /usr noatime and softdep so 
that might be the biggest help.

cheers

bruce

On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 10:27:11AM -0600, Tim & Alethea Larson wrote:
> f f wrote:
> >I've come to the conclusion that OpenBSD is just too
> >unsupportive, and buggy, and I will erase the
> >partition and install NetBSD. Any tips for doing so?
> >What's the minimum partition size I should use for a
> >good, functioning system?
> >Also, OpenBSD took me (see my last message) about 12
> >to 15 HOURS. NetBSD only takes about 5. I've been
> >trying to load a unix variant on a IICX for a long
> >time, so install speed is a plus.
> >Also, hat version on NetBSD do you reccommend for a
> >IICX? (8mb ram)
> 
> I agree with the others, increase RAM if you can.  You can find old SCSI 
> drives for nearly free now (Quadras are giveaways, and they often have 
> 500-1000 MB drives) so you should be able to get a decent HD too.  But 
> you should still be able to install the essential stuff on a 200MB drive 
> with some to spare.
> 
> I've installed several times on my SE/30, and the basic install only 
> takes 2-3 hours IIRC.  Total time depends on what extras you decide to 
> install and the speed of your install media.  I used a 12x CD and I've 
> got a big (9GB) disk and decent (80MB) RAM, so maybe that helped.
> 
> Tim
> -- 
> Tim & Alethea
> christtrek.org

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