Subject: How I installed 1.3 NetBSD arm32
To: Kjetil B. Thomassen <kjetil@thomassen.priv.no>
From: Kim G. S. \yhus <kim@pvv.ntnu.no>
List: port-arm32
Date: 01/23/1998 14:30:18
I downloaded the sets (such as base.tgz) and the loader
from the net, using ANT internet suite.
I then formatted my 4.3GB IDE disc to RiscOS, but only on
the 300 first sectors.
Then I ran the program bb_riscbsd (from the loader) to make
the rest of it accessible to NetBSD.
Then I uncompressed the kernels with gunzip, before I
downloaded them. You must set their datatype to "data",
since this is what the bootloader unnecessarily demands.
Then I started the bootloader, put the RISCPCINST kernel into it,
and started.
I formatted 2 partitions. 1 root partition, from track 300 onwards,
and 1 swap partition.
Then I typed "reboot" to get back to riscos, and used unixfs to
put the sets to the NetBSD disk, on /tmp.
Then I rebooted NetBSD, and mounted the disc with
mount /dev/wd0a /mnt
cd /mnt
and extracted the sets with the command:
tar xvzpf tmp/base.tgz a.s.o.
(Note absence of /, and presence of p and z in tar options.)
(The "inst" program did not see the *.tgz files.)
Then I booted it with kernel RISCPC and /dev/wd0a
It appears to work fine, except I get the message:
/etc/rc.conf is not configured. Multiuser boot aborted.
The "INSTALL" guide was not of much use.