Subject: Re: NETBSD on uVAX 630QB
To: Jan <charly@Fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de>
From: Michel van der Laan <michel@nijenrode.nl>
List: port-vax
Date: 07/20/1995 16:09:37
> >
> > Maybe it would be best to remove the actual version of microroot.nfs
> > from the archives. I think nobody is using it and nobody will miss it.
>
> Oh - please - don't remove it! As TK50s tend to be broken (I have only
> one working TK50 but many which just *eat* the tape :-) one needs to be
> able to install NetBSD from RX50. Then you need microroot.nfs!
You can split miniroot.fs into smaller parts on RX50, can't you ?
Maybe it's possible to squeeze in a few more tools in the microroot.nfs ?
> Once one installed microroot.nfs you can mount a nfs file system with
> root.cpio already unpacked (it's crazy but it works really fine ;-)
> The server does not have to be a BSD Machine!!
That is true.. hadn't even thought of that.
Besides, who needs 'ls' when you have 'echo *' =)
Regards,
Michel.