At 08:12 AM 6/26/2002, stefan.wuerthner@uni-tuebingen.de wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I want to install NetBSD on my netwinder.
>
>I already have another ARM-based NetBSD system up and running.
>
>Is it sufficient to put a new harddisc in my Shark, disklabel and newfs it 
>and
>unpack the netwinder snapshot on it and move it afterwards in my netwinder
>box?

Well, if you install the partition tables, add EXT2FS and
NetBSD MBR partition, and ...

>Or: do I need an ext2fs boot partition for the netwinder?

You will need ext2fs boot parition since the netwinder rom
doesn't know about UFS.

>Are there any other problems associated with this way of installation?

To tell you the truth, I've only booted over the network so far.


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