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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!nnrp.info.ucla.edu!unixg.ubc.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!cs.ubc.ca!usenet From: Jining Tian <jtian@cs.ubc.ca> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Network installation Date: Thu, 08 Aug 1996 00:28:52 -0700 Organization: University of British Columbia Lines: 34 Message-ID: <32099734.185D@cs.ubc.ca> References: <3205A7C6.398C@cs.ubc.ca> <4u6ba0$2sv@netix.telecall.co.uk> <320836DC.73A2@cs.ubc.ca> <4ub2mt$6jm@netix.telecall.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: cascade.cs.ubc.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 sun4u) CC: crn@netix.org.uk Hi, I know how to extract the source tree now. We do have an expert here. The answer I got is: run cat ksrc11.?? | gzip -d | tar xf - whatever_files_you_want in the source/ksrc11 directory on any ftp site. > > You say that you have done the ifconfig, but have you also done the 'route add' > command. You need both. > > There are many possible causes of this problem, but assuming that everything is > set up correctly I would suspect that the board is being clobbered by a probe > for another type of board. This is a regular problem with generic kernels > which have support built in for too many boards. The standard solution is to > rebuild the kernel with support for only the board that you have. I think I should be able to build a netbsd kernel on a freebsd box from a netbsd source tree. > : Actually what I need is just a netbsd source tree. Can I somehow obtain > : it without installation? > > It is all on the BS-CDRom, or maybe you could download it via floppy disks > and a sneakernet. > > Is there an expert in the house, my experience is mainly with Linux and SCO, > although the basics should be the same. Thanks a lot! -- Jining