Re: Two questions about the Vax installation guide...

[Anders Magnusson <ragge%tethuvudet.se@localhost>]

Morning Perry,

Den 2025-08-03 kl. 22:17, skrev Perry Metzger:
> 1. The installation guide says to get a mopd from 
> ftp.stacken.kth.se:/pub/OS/NetBSD/mopd -- however, this machine is 
> long dead. (I know how to build myself a mopd, but it's nice if the 
> install documents tell the truth for a new user.)
Hm, that is the master distribution.  Need to check with Stacken where 
it has gone today.

> 2. The netboot/ directory that gets built these days has four files in 
> it, boot, boot.mop, install.ram.gz, and install.ram.symbols.gz — it is 
> unclear what install.ram.gz etc. are for. The install docs mention a 
> netbsd.ram.gz but that's not in the directory and it isn't clear if 
> these are the same, or what the "ram" in the name indicates.
Heh, that is probably an ancient typo.  They are the same, yes.

> 3. The guide claims that there is a a directory called 
> installation/misc that contains "Miscellaneous vax installation 
> utilities; see installation section below." -- this directory does not 
> appear to exist and no further reference is made to it.
That directory have never existed.  I assume that text have appeared in 
some aligning of the install docs with some other port.

-- R