Subject: Re: 1.5 serial boot floppies?
To: Arto Huusko <arto.huusko@maailma.yok.utu.fi>
From: Jeff Rizzo <riz@boogers.sf.ca.us>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/07/2000 09:18:16
On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 03:39:23PM +0300, Arto Huusko wrote:
> 
> Has anyone created boot floppies where console is on the serial port?
> 
> If such are not available how much stuff do I need to create the standard
> installation floppy with serial console? I have a machine with no video
> card nor monitor, but I do have another NetBSD machine on which I could
> build if it does not require massive amounts of source on the machine.
> 
> Alternatively, how hard would it be to upgrade NetBSD 1.4.2 to 1.5 without
> any boot floppies?


I've put my serial bootfloppies up for ftp:

ftp://boogers.sf.ca.us/pub/NetBSD/i386/1.5-serial/

Be warned that the bootblocks installed by sysinst are also
serial bootblocks.

+j

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Jeff Rizzo                                         http://boogers.sf.ca.us/~riz