Subject: Re: creating a netbsd/sgimips bootable cdrom
To: Fabian Wenk <fabian@wenks.ch>
From: Paolo Supino <vrkid0@gmail.com>
List: port-sgimips
Date: 12/28/2004 11:36:19
Hi Fabian 

  I wish I could do that: The freebsd/i386 is my office computer and
the indy computer is my home computer. Currently I have no
connectivity to anywhere or anything at home.





Paolo 



On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 20:52:12 +0100, Fabian Wenk <fabian@wenks.ch> wrote:
> Hello Paolo
> 
> Paolo Supino wrote:
> 
> >   In my stupidity I didn't read the README file in the iso directory
> > to find out that the sgimips image isn't bootable (duh!). So now I
> > want/need to create a bootable cdrom to install netbsd on my indy
> > systems (I have 4 :)  but I don't have a running netbsd/sgimips
> 
> I did setup it without the bootable CD-ROM on two SGI O2 R10000.
> The steps I have done are documented here [1], it was done with a
> NetBSD 2.0-BETA, but did also work with 2.0-RELEASE, just take
> the files from your CD (instead from the links in my docu) and
> put them on your FreeBSD System.
> 
>         [1] http://www.wenks.ch/fabian/NetBSD-SGI-O2.txt
> 
> I hope, that this steps also work for the Indy.
> 
> bye
> Fabian
>