Subject: Re: Installing from dos-formatted ZIP drive
To: Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
From: Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com <michaelv@HeadCandy.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/29/1996 21:40:53
>> for pc's - and I've installed NetBSD/FreeBSD/Linux - unless you have SCSI
>> and a SCSI cd-rom or an ethernet card that matches NetBSD's kernel config.
>> NetBSD has been a _real_ hassle :-/
>> I _had_ to use floppies for it - just like DOS/Windows!
>You guys *really should* merge in the kernel `userconfig' stuff that
>Michael Smith and I did. It's been a serious life-saver for more
>people than I can count, and easier than heck to implement. You just
[...]
Agreed! (How come I agree with you so much, Jordan? Say something
wrong, dammit!)
That userconfig sounds like such cool stuff, I can't believe nobody
has expressed interest in it, yet. I think it would be exceptionally
useful. Would there be any potential machine-independent problems?
Problems using the keyboard on non-intel boxes during boot?
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Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com
--< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >--
NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, HP300, Sun3, Sun4,
DEC PMAX (MIPS), DEC Alpha, PC532
NetBSD ports in progress: VAX, Atari 68k, others...
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