>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Bill Studenmund [SMTP:wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu]
>Sent:	Friday, March 27, 1998 06:27
>To:	kenn@eden.rutgers.edu
>Cc:	nigel@ind.tansu.com.au; jimk@is01.wvpa.com; port-mac68k@netbsd.org
>Subject:	Re: root disk image for netbsd
>
>On Sun, 22 Mar 1998, Ken Nakata wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 22 Mar 1998 11:18:12 +1100 (EST),
>> nigel@ind.tansu.com.au wrote:
>> > >
>> > > On Wed, 18 Mar 1998 10:50:50 -0500,
>> > > Jim Kidd <jimk@is01.wvpa.com> writes:
>> > > > Does netbsd 1.3 have a root disk image that can be used to tar stuff
>> > > > from tape or CD-ROM on to brand new file systems?
>> > >
>> > > It is possible.  See Booter manual for the details on how to do this.
>> >
>> > 	Actually, this was changed recently.  From the Booter changelog:
>>
>> Oops!  Thanks for the correction.  Should have checked before opening
>> my big mouth.  BTW, what the heck is an "in-kernel root filesystem"?
>> Does it mean the kernel file has a built-in root filesystem image in
>> it?
>
>Yes. You just boot the kernel, and you automagically get a ramdisk as root
>with whatever you wanted on it. It makes installing easy. :-)
>
>I've not used it w/ mac68k, though.
>
>Take care,
>
>Bill

I am at home and have had a chance to try the 'built-in root filesystem'.
When I boot a kernel in MacOS it boots up okay to a point.  When finished
it issues a n error message about "boot device unknown".  It then asks for
a root device.  The only possible choices are sd0a-g or cd0a-g.  It then
asks for a dump device, which defaults to sd0b.  Its third and final
question: what kind of file system.

I never could make it to the 'built-in root filesystem'.  How do you do it?

have a UNIX on me.