> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 18:42:26 -0400 (EDT)
> From: LANCE TOST <ltost@erols.com>

> Hi all, i recently became an owner of a Sun 3 with no hard drive.
> Currently i'm using it as an xterminal via Xkernel for linux.  I'm
> willing to buy a new hard drive if i can install netbsd on it.
> 
> Is it possible to create a bootable image on the drive w/o having the
> means to parition/format the drive first?? I think i read somewhere that
> i can boot diskless from nfs and install that way?  Please let me know
> asap as the computer show is this weekend and i'm gonna be shopping for a
> drive.

Sure.  Installing from a diskless booted environment works fine.