RE: installing on F40/E30

Tim Rightnour <[email protected]> Wed, 23 Aug 2006 11:32:01 -0700 (MST)
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.prep
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 23-Aug-2006 Mauricio Lima Pilla wrote:
>  * Which image should I serve to them on the tftp server?

You want the sysinist_com0 image (for serial port)

>  * Must I provide a nfs root?

Not required for installation.

>  * Should my S3 Virge graphics card work on console mode (at least), or do I 
> really need a serial console?

Theoretically it might work with the non-com0 image, but I wouldn't hold my
breath.


Once you netboot the sysinst_com0.fs image, it will just boot straight into the
installer, and you can begin the steps to install normally.

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