Jason M. Donahue wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I'm in the process of trying to install NetBSD 3.1 on
my MobilePro
> 880, and am running into difficulty once I get to the
point where the
> installer wants to know where to find the rest of the
installation
> files (specifically the contents of
/hpcmips/binary/sets/).
>
> FTP, HTTP and NFS don't work for me, since I don't have
a wired NIC
> for this device, and can't find anywhere to input SSID
or WEP key for
> WiFi.
>
> Local drive isn't working either, since that's looking
on the FFS
> partition of the CF card, which I can't write the files
to (I don't
> currently have a running NetBSD or Linux box, and all
the FFS
> solutions I've found for Windows are read-only). I've
set it up so
> the CF card has a 94 MB FAT16 partition, and left the
binary files
> there, figuring I could use the "Unmounted
fs" option to install, but
> I have no idea what the correct settings for this
option are.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can get
this running?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> --Jason
I do something similar on a nec mobilepro 780 (install from
unmounted
file system, msdosfs, on CF
but not the one containing kernel and bootloader).
I don't remember exaclty the partition table, but, if you
try mount and
search all the possible (from a to f i think), you will
succesed!
Bye Giacomo
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