So I could make my VAXstation 3100/30 boot perfectly well over network
from
a Linux PC. It wouldn't boot from the cdboot.fs image written to a CD-R
(though
I can never be sure if I got the image right, I used "cdrecord dev=0,0,0
speed=2 file").
The bootfs image written to an HD floppy didn't work either (I have
RX23).

Now: how do I get to use that friendly sysinst program everybody keeps
telling
about? I understand it is some sort of a standalone program that is
stored on the
bootfs images so that it could be used if I booted from a disk or a
tape. But I have
to boot over network.

Or would it be better just to partition the hard disks I intend to use
and copy the system
there manually? The disklabel program doesn't quite seem to be made for
people
with serious problems with mathematics.

I intend to put the system on an RZ23 and swap and probably /var, /tmp
or something
on a 50-meg Quantum, whose geometry is unknown. I'll probably hook it up
to
a Linux box so's I'll see what it looks like. Worked fine on a Mac.

I'll RTFM, allright, but I had to write this message in order to get
over hesitating :)
And when I soon screw the system up royally, there will probably be some
good
advice in the mailbox already...


- hautis