Subject: Re: 1.6 kernel binary with IBM z50 PCIC fix is available
To: Bernd Sieker <bsieker@freenet.de>
From: Andrew Diller <dillera@sudanacid.com>
List: port-hpcmips
Date: 09/25/2002 09:12:07
--On Wednesday, September 25, 2002 10:12 AM +0200 Bernd Sieker 
<bsieker@freenet.de> wrote:

> it back to Windows CE, always remember to lock the latch after inserting
> the batteries. (I do not have the backup batteries installed at

I'll have to try this specific step.

>>
>> Also, what's the chance of getting a 1.6 kernel with sysinst image so
>> that  we can install 1.6 on some systems?
>
> It's been some months since I installed it from scratch, but isn't
> NetBSD/hpcmips installation sysinst-based, just like i386?
>
> I remember having done a quite normale installation from SCSI-CDROM,
> worked fine.
>
Yes, normally there was a 1.5.x kernel with sysinst image, and with that on 
a small partition on a memory card, and a pcmcia nic plugged in I could 
install netbsd in about an hour.

That's what I'm (and probally others) are looking for.

-andy