In message <4a7fc71375dave_daniels@argonet.co.uk>
          Dave Daniels <dave_daniels@argonet.co.uk> wrote:

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> 
> When I installed NetBSD 1.5, it seemed to me that the
> documentation for installing the software on Acorn machines was
> not very good. I made notes as I went along with the intention of
> writing them up to give people an example they could follow. In
> the end I did not do this, but assuming I can find my notes, it
> might be worth me doing it now for NetBSD 1.5.1. I could describe
> a sample installation from CD and also what to do if you just
> download all the files from the NetBSD site, which is much more
> interesting when you do not have a working Ethernet card! I would
> not write an installation manual, just an account of what I did.
> Do you think that would be of use?
> 
> Dave Daniels
> 
> 
I think any of this would be useful with the current lack of a complete
guide.  I first used BSD on Arm32 as RISC BSD 1.2 and this had quite a good
document for how to set up discs etc.  Only having done this, did I have the
confidence to attempt the NetBSD/arm32 version 1.5T which I have.

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