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List:       netbsd-port-alpha
Subject:    Re: NetBSD from scratch
From:       Ben Collver <collver () peak ! org>
Date:       2006-05-03 15:03:06
Message-ID: 20060503150306.GQ824 () sanctum ! terrorpin ! net
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On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 08:49:07AM +0200, Christoph Kaegi wrote:
> I don't think this is the information the original poster was after.
> 
> LFS is (IIRC) essentially a Howto about how to install linux to your
> computer *without* just putting a CD into your drive and boot. e.g. 
> how to partition your harddisk, install kernel, userland, tools, 
> etc. by hand.
> 
> So I think he wanted to know if there is information about how to 
> install netbsd without sysinst or build.sh

Lubomir answered how to go without sysinst.  One step I would add to
Lubomir's post is to run /dev/MAKEDEV with the right arguments.

I have built individual components of NetBSD, for example:
cd /usr/src/bin/cat
make USETOOLS=no
./cat cat.c

I guess it would be a matter of reading the Makefiles and deciding how
low a level you want to do things by hand.  Do you build each component
under src/bin by hand, or do you build bin all at once?  And so forth.

One of the things I loved about NetBSD was that you get the source to
everything AND there is a trend toward automation.

Ben
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