On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 12:15:24PM -0400, Debros, Frederic M.,Md wrote:

> ok now that i can load netbsd 1.6  on a dec5000/200, i'll reload 1.6.1. 
> 
> Q: No gain?

what is running on it now?

> I have 1gb hdd, and I want x, 
> 
> Q: will it fit? 

good questions...  I've been running 1.4.x literally for years
on my /240 and I'm definitely looking to upgrade.  I'm starting to have
to manually tweak pkgsrc to get software updated which is not a good
sign.  :P

I have a /200 which I use for testing purposes, and while I was planning
on putting the latest 1.5.x on it, I'm going to try 1.6.1.  it only has
a single 700MB drive, so I expect things will be tight.

> Q: Which files  should  I take down from where? binaries i guess, i
> really dont want to compile, unless i have to because it works better.

I don't see any packages on ftp.netbsd.org for 1.6.1 yet.  I assume the
bulkbuilds are still in progress on a /260 somewhere?  ;)
 
> Q:  is there a file/iso  that has everything i need on it?  i want to
> put pgm files  on cd's and then let sysinst run  the download/install
> via cd (rather than ftp which seems to konk out often)

there are ISO images (both single- and multi-arch) at
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/1.6.1/ .

Isildur wrote in a previous mail regarding his DEFTA:
> i have a lot of disagreement with many of the changes in 1.6 and dont
> want to run it unless i really have to.. :)

what specifically?

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