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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!phaedrus.kralizec.net.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!ix.netcom.com!newsfeeds.sol.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!las1.iastate.edu!jonwelch From: jonwelch@iastate.edu (Jonathan D Welch) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Questions about i386 generic kernel & MSDOSFS??? Date: 10 Jan 97 04:49:09 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Lines: 58 Message-ID: <jonwelch.852871749@las1.iastate.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: las1.iastate.edu Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5120 I am trying to install NetBSD 1.2 hp-300 on my HP 433t using a 486 system running NetBSD 1.2 i386. I plan on net-booting the HP box from the 486 and installing from there. Inorder to get the HP binaries onto the 486 I have a MSDOS partiton and a MSDOS partion coexisting on the same drive. I would like to d/l the NetBSD 1.2 hp-300 binaries and NetBSD 1.2 i386 source onto the MSDOS partition and then mount the MSDOS partition under NetBSD and copy the binaries and source onto the NetBSD partition. This would eliminate the hassle of setting up either a SLIP or PPP connection under NetBSD, which doesn't look very fun. I have tried to mount the MSDOS partition but it doesn't want to work, here's what I've tried doing: #disklabel -e -r /dev/wd0d After editing the disklabel for 6 partitions rather than 5 and adding the MSDOS partion #mount -t msdos /wd0f /msdos I see msdos: mount: Device not configured What does this mean? Am I trying to mount the MSDOS file system correctly? What should I be doing if this is wrong? Does the generic kernel image at ftp.iastate.edu/pub/netbsd/NetBSD-1.2/i386/floppies/kcadp12.fs have MSDOSFS system support? Or will I need to re-build my own kernel if I want this option? Does the generic install kernel support SLIP or PPP connections? If the generic kernel does not support these option can someone build me a kernel with the MSDOSFS option; it would have to fit on a 1.44meg floppy)? Does NetBSD 1.2 come with any term software, something like KERMIT? How does one get the NetBSD 1.2 sources onto a i386 machine without a ethernet connection(I'm home on Christmas break from school), SLIP or PPP? I am not in the mood to setup SLIP or PPP, but it looks that's what I'll end up doing, unless I get the MSDOS partion mounted? Any feedback or information will help, I'm stuck. Thanks much, Jon Welch jonwelch@iastate.edu -- Jon Welch jonwelch@iastate.edu