On Mon, 7 Feb 2000, Robert Gash wrote:

> Am I missing any crucial steps here required to get the machine to boot
> the system needed to do an install to a harddrive?

Doesn't look like it to me, except for making the device nodes, which
someone else mentioned.

> If I have to netboot
> this machine, is this the proper procedure, or should I have a much more
> stripped-down /root somewhere?

No, you can use a full root if you like. It doesn't really matter;
whatever gets you going so that you can partition the hard drive and
unpack the sets is fine.

I'd just go for it, and keep a copy of tcpdump handy so you can see
where it runs in to trouble, if you have any.

cjs
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