Subject: Re: Installing NetBSD on a laptop (but wait, the complications
To: Arlen Cuss <acuss@optusnet.com.au>
From: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 03/10/2003 12:56:22
On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Arlen Cuss wrote:

> c) There is no method of transport that I know of for files. I have
> downloaded the files from the FTP (/netbsd-1.6-release/tar/src...) and
> extracted them to a folder on my desktop computer, however: my laptop has no
> network port, has a disk drive, but no cd-rom.

Does it have a serial port?

I have used slip to install NetBSD a few times.

I had to modify sysinst to allow for "sl" as an accepted interface.

Plus I used included slattach command to configure it.

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://bsd.reedmedia.net/