[rescue] NetBSD Install or OpenBSD CD / Sparc

Jonathan C. Patschke jp at celestrion.net
Fri Apr 26 16:55:18 CDT 2002


>             Is there any chance someone knows how to make an OpenBSD
> bootable disc that'll do nothing more than let me install over the net?
> I understand OpenBSD wants money for full ISO's, so figure it'd be clean
> to just get a net-install booting image.

I had no luck getting OpenBSD to boot on my Classic.  Other people's
milage my vary.  NetBSD "just worked".

> A: Get Solaris 8 to ignore the 64M RAM requirement to install.

Solaris 8 only requires 24 MB of RAM to install/run.  Boot off "Solaris
Software 1" instead of the "Installation disc".

> B: Properly get NetBSD to stop choking with "Device not configured" when
> it tries to mount sd0a.

Is the hard disk properly labeled?

--Jonathan



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