Subject: Re: failure to boot 1.6 install cdrom on Thinkpad 600E
To: John Kohl <jtk@kolvir.arlington.ma.us>
From: Juha Hyttinen <jthyttin@lce.hut.fi>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/14/2003 10:30:31
On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, John Kohl wrote:
>
> The ThinkPad 600E doesn't grok booting from 2.88MB floppy images
> embedded in CDs. I have the same problem :(
>
> When I update, I copy the installation kernel (includes filesystem) onto
> the real root file system and boot from that. If this is your first
> time, you need to build a 2-floppy set.
I recently installed NetBSD 1.6 into Sony Vaio PCG-C1XD without any
CD/floppy drive, only a working NIC:
- boot into W98
- download dosboot.com to hard drive from:
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.6/i386/installation/misc/
- download INSTALL_LAPTOP kernel to hard drive from:
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.6/i386/binary/kernel/
- uncompress the INSTALL_LAPTOP kernel (I actually uncompressed it
on other NetBSD, but should be possible on W98 with some tools)
- boot W98 into "Safe mode with command prompt" (to avoid
himem.sys or something to be loaded)
- dosboot the NetBSD kernel (pointer for details below)
- check that networking is OK (I used kue0(4), and NetBSD
installer provides you a nice interface)
- install the NetBSD using installer, and a FTP server on local
network (CD drive on 600E propably works at this point)
(- upgrade to current)
This document provided me some useful hints on dosboot:
http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/network/netboot/intro.i386.html
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> ==John Kohl <jtk@kolvir.arlington.ma.us>, <john_kohl@alum.mit.edu>
> Home page: <http://john.kohl.home.attbi.com/>
>
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