Well this is more of an FYI type...
I used sysinst to load 1.5.2, via ftp, onto my LX. Everything seemed to go
okay, once I put in the correct IP address for my box :-/ I noticed 2
differences from sysinst for port-Alpha...

1. Did not set Time Zone
2. Did not set root password

While not terribly important, they are good things to have. Otherwise one
may not remember to do that later...

---   David A Woyciesjes
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! -----Original Message-----
! From: David Woyciesjes 
! Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:54 AM
! To: 'DP'; David Woyciesjes
! Subject: RE: SparcStation LX help
! 
! 
! So, here's the process, as far as I understand it...
! 
! I tweak the OpenBoot PROM with these commands...
! > n 
! ok setenv sunmon-compat? false 
! ok 
! ok setenv security-mode none
! 
! The I rawrite, and boot from the two floppies, and use 
! "sun-cgsix" as the termianl type, right?
! 
! I'll probably select to load everything, including X, which 
! should fit on my 2.1GB HDD.
! 
! "Now try a reboot. Initially we'd suggest you boot sd()netbsd 
! -bs, then try multiuser after that. If you boot single-user 
! the NetBSD incantation to make the root filesystem writable is 
!             # mount -u /dev/sd0a / 
! 
! Your PROM might have been setup to instruct the boot program 
! to load a file called vmunix. On OpenBoot PROM systems you 
! can change it to load netbsd instead using the following commands: 
! 
! - OpenBoot PROM 2
! ok setenv boot-file netbsd 
! ok setenv boot-device disk:a 
! ..."
! 
! I saw a note to add /usr/X11R6/bin to my path in my shell's 
! dot file, so that I can access the X binaries.
! 
! Then just add FVWM2 from pkgsrc, and be good to go. Then copy 
! the stuff you mentioned from the SunOS HDD. Just need apps 
! after that, right? Or am I better off, space-wise, to use the 
! precompiled binaries in the package system?
! 
! ---   David A Woyciesjes
! ---   C & IS Support Specialist
! ---   Yale University Press
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! 
! 
! ! -----Original Message-----
! ! From: DP [mailto:dp@recycled.net]
! ! Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 6:40 PM
! ! To: David Woyciesjes
! ! Subject: Re: SparcStation LX help
! ! 
! ! 
! ! Well, if you want to run Netscape, that'd be a Solaris 
! ! binary. :-) You'd run
! ! the Solaris version under emulation. Unless you're thinking 
! ! of compiling
! ! Mozilla, which would take days.
! ! 
! ! I'd probably just tar/gzip the original drive so then you 
! ! only have a single
! ! file to write to CD. You could use mkisofs to make an ISO 
! image of the
! ! drive, as well. mkisofs isn't included with Solaris, but you 
! ! can certainly
! ! find installable packges on sunsite.unc.edu's ftp site under
! ! /pub/solaris/freeware.
! ! 
! ! X is -easy- to get running -- there's really nothing to 
! ! configure. Unlike
! ! XFree86, the console of a sunbox is -always- graphical, so X 
! ! requires no
! ! configuration whatsoever to get the server to come up. What 
! ! you do with it
! ! after that, though... :-)
! ! 
! ! I don't know much about gnome, as I'm a KDE fan myself. On an 
! ! LX though, I
! ! probably wouldn't run either. The onboard cgsix on the LX 
! ! will only do 8-bit
! ! color, and KDE or GNOME would be hard to use in that. The 
! ! CPU's a little
! ! slow for a bulky windowmanager too... Might be better off 
! ! just using FVWM2
! ! which doesn't require much in the way of CPU and is very 
! ! configurable -- not
! ! hard to get it to look the way you want it to. Comes with 
! ! some interesting
! ! sample configs, etc. It's installable out of the NetBSD 
! ! packages collection.
! ! 
! ! HTH.
! ! 
! ! Dan
! ! 
! ! 
! ! ----- Original Message -----
! ! From: "David Woyciesjes" <DAW@yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu>
! ! To: "'DP'" <dp@recycled.net>
! ! Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 4:10 PM
! ! Subject: RE: SparcStation LX help
! ! 
! ! 
! ! > Dan ---
! ! > Thanks for volunteering. Right now, I don't know if I'll 
! be running
! ! > any Solaris binaries. I can't think of anything at the 
! ! moment. I'll just
! ! > keep the drive handy, maybe try to slap it onto a CD-ROM... 
! ! Use tar, then
! ! > gzip, probably. Wait, there's a utility to make an ISO image in
! ! SunOS5.5.1,
! ! > isn't there? That would be better...
! ! > Like I said, I'll get X running, then I need something 
! like Sawfish
! ! > (?) for Gnome (unless something else is better), then 
! ! probably Netscape,
! ! so
! ! > I can use IMAP to get my Exchange work e-mail.
! ! > After that, I'm guessing the WordPerfect stuff, and so on...
! ! >
! ! > ---   David A Woyciesjes
! ! > ---   C & IS Support Specialist
! ! > ---   Yale University Press
! ! > ---   mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu
! ! > ---   (203) 432-0953
! ! > ---   ICQ # - 905818
! ! >
! ! >
! ! > ! -----Original Message-----
! ! > ! From: DP [mailto:dp@recycled.net]
! ! > ! Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 4:59 PM
! ! > ! To: David Woyciesjes; NetBSD/Sparc Mail List (E-mail)
! ! > ! Subject: Re: SparcStation LX help
! ! > !
! ! > !
! ! > ! Keep a copy of the libraries on the Solaris installation if
! ! > ! you'd like to be
! ! > ! able to use emul-svr4 to run Solaris binaries. That'd 
! be /usr/lib,
! ! > ! /usr/openwin/lib, /usr/dt/lib, and the ldd command. You'll
! ! > ! need some subset
! ! > ! of those to run Solaris binaries under NetBSD.
! ! > !
! ! > ! I'm happy to assist you as time permits if you run into
! ! > ! problems; just drop
! ! > ! me a note.
! ! > !
! ! > ! Dan
! ! > !
! ! > !
! ! > ! ----- Original Message -----
! ! > ! From: "David Woyciesjes" <DAW@yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu>
! ! > ! To: "NetBSD/Sparc Mail List (E-mail)" <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
! ! > ! Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 3:57 PM
! ! > ! Subject: SparcStation LX help
! ! > !
! ! > !
! ! > ! > Well, I'm about to start the journey of loading NetBSD 
! ! on my LX, and
! ! > ! > get X running, so I can finally use it as a workstation. It
! ! > ! has 96 MB RAM,
! ! > ! > and I'll have at least 2GB of HDD space for it.
! ! > ! > It currently has SunOS 5.5.1 on a 500 (?) MB HDD. 
! ! First, is there
! ! > ! > anything from the SunOS I should keep? I'm not planning on
! ! > ! wiping the
! ! > ! > existing drive anyway. Not right now, atleast.
! ! > ! >
! ! > ! > Is there any install tricks or gotchas I should watch for?
! ! > ! >
! ! > ! > I've never set up X and Gnome on NetBSD before, so I 
! ! know I'll have
! ! > ! > questions about that. Is there anyone (or a group?) that
! ! > ! wouldn't mind
! ! > ! > having me send (sometimes silly) questions directly to
! ! > ! them? I don't mean
! ! > ! > someone to hold my hand, just someone handy to answer any
! ! > ! question, or
! ! > ! give
! ! > ! > me a hint where to look, when I can't find it. That way, I
! ! > ! don't cause
! ! > ! > unnecessary traffic here on the list...
! ! > ! >
! ! > ! > Thanks in advance...
! ! > ! >
! ! > ! > ---   David A Woyciesjes
! ! > ! > ---   C & IS Support Specialist
! ! > ! > ---   Yale University Press
! ! > ! > ---   mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu
! ! > ! > ---   (203) 432-0953
! ! > ! > ---   ICQ # - 905818
! ! > ! >
! ! > !
! ! >
! ! 
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