Steve Bellovin wrote:
> I just got a machine with no floppy or cd.  the hard drive has Linux on 
> it.  I could temporarily move a cd from some other machine, but that's 
> a hassle.  Is there any easy way to install NetBSD starting from a 
> Linux root prompt?
> 
> 		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb
> 

The funny thing is, I just got done doing this on one of my highschool's 
lab computers. I had Slackware installed, and felt the need to switch. I 
wasn't about to ask for a couple of floppies from my teacher, and I 
don't regularly carry a NetBSD install CD (maybe I should...could come 
in handy). So I tried these things, in this order:

Plan A: Installed grub, tried to boot from a dd'd linux swap slice. ``No 
NetBSD Partition.'',or somesuch, see Plan B.

Plan B: Tried to load NetBSD floppy on the linux drive using grub's 
chainloading feature (also tried to load as a kernel; yeah, I knew it 
wouldn't work, but _anything's_ worth a try when you NEED NetBSD :) ). 
Resets the computer instantly using either method, see Plan C.

Plan C: Simply boot linux, do `cat floppy > /dev/hda`, hit the reset 
button. Works. :)

I'm now proud to say that I'm the first person there running 
NetBSD-current consistently at home *and* work/school/(other place at 
which you spend a third of the day). 8-D

Happy hacking!
-Bruce
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