Re: dhcpcd support in sysinst

[Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>]

abs@ wrote:

> On 4 November 2012 06:35, Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost> 
> wrote:

> > Currently x68k sysinst in install floppies doesn't include DHCP support.
> > The attached patch adds it, but it requires a bit larger ramdisk size.
> >
> > I think nowadays DHCP is almost mandatory (especially for XM6i users)
> > and there is few possbile users who will try NetBSD/x68k on 4MB machines.
> >
> > Any comments/objections?
> 
> I think that makes perfect sense.

Thanks, committed.

> For easy install on lower memory machines one options might be to have
> the kernel use a compressed miniroot directly from a floppy or other
> device. Would limit the compressed filesystem size to a floppy disk,
> but that should be enough.

NetBSD/x68k now supports netboot so manual installation
over NFS would be easy enough :-)
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Izumi Tsutsui