Re: netbsd-INSTALL Kernel gone?

[Karin Willers <karin%visti.de@localhost>]

The document I am referring to is:

http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-5.0.2/i386/INSTALL.ps 

I will try the INSTALL_Floppy kernel and look into the miniroot
documents.

On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:27:40 +0200
Jean-Yves Migeon <jeanyves.migeon%free.fr@localhost> wrote:

> 
> On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:25:55 +0200, Karin Willers <karin%visti.de@localhost>
> wrote:
> > Greetings!
> > 
> > I'm about to do a NetBSD 5.0.2 install on an i386 machine via
> > netboot. All the references on the internet propose to use a
> > 'netbst-INSTALL' kernel. However, on the iso-image and also in the
> > internet repositories, there is no netbsd-INSTALL kernel and the
> > INSTALL configuration file is also missing. The man page for
> > INSTALL(8) claims the kernel to exist in the distribution, which
> > seems not to be true. Am I missing something?
> 
> What INSTALL(8) are you referring to, for i386? I can't find any.
> 
> FWIW, for a netboot install, I would try with the INSTALL_FLOPPY
> kernel.
> 
> Or have a look at pxeboot(8), especially the part that deals with
> boot.cfg.
> 
> > Another question: what makes a NetBSD kernel an install-kernel? Just
> > the size?
> 
> Generally, an install kernel is a GENERIC kernel, with some options
> removed (like binary emulation layers for other operating systems).
> It also comes with a memory disk image (either directly embedded via
> mdsetimage(8), or loaded from bootloader: "load /miniroot.kmod") so
> it can mount the volume containing the installation binaries.
> 
> This mail and its follow-ups gives some help at understanding the
> miniroot stuff (see Manuel answer about tftp):
> 
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-install/2008/11/22/msg000086.html
> 
> No, I don't know why i386 and amd64 diverge. The new modular world has
> changed many things, and documentation is probably not on par with
> that.
>