Thanks  Paul, I got everything working finally!  Hah!  Merideth, pay
attention to Paul's tips and to that previous link, everything will install
properly from that point on.

km
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Sander" <paul@wakawaka.com>
To: <kmayson@viconet.com>
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: Improper cylinder configuration


> I install all of the packages; they'll fit into 250 MB.
>
> Before creating your second filesystem, I recommend verifying the
partition
> labels with the disklabel program.  My notes say that the disk device name
> is used on command line, e.g. "disklabel sd0".
>
> Then invoke newfs with the block special file path, which for me is
usually
> /dev/sd0g.  For example:  "newfs /dev/sd0g".
>
> Next, create the mount point.  I use /usr2.  The command is "mkdir /usr2".
>
> Edit the /etc/fstab file to make it aware of the new filesystem.
Following
> my example, you would do something like this:
>
> echo "/dev/sd0g /usr2 ffs rw 1 2" >> /etc/fstab
>
> Finally, mount the new filesystem:  "mount /usr2".  The new filesystem
> is now available, and is mounted automatically when NetBSD is booted.
>
> --- Forwarded mail from kmayson@viconet.com
>
> No I haven't Paul, and thanks very much for the tip.  When I install onto
> the root, do I install all packages or just the base?  When I newfs form
> within NetBSD what do I do exactly?
>
> --- End of forwarded message from kmayson@viconet.com
>
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