You can download the USB installer from
ftp://f...@ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/images/6.1.5/NetBSD-6.1.5-amd64-install.img.gz
. Uncompress it and dd it onto a USB stick.
I don't quite get your setup; although I have a few systems installed and
booting from RAID1 I tend now to consider the OS an easy bit to recover and
leave the more complex configurations for the data disks. You can get a
shell prompt while doing the installation; various bits and pieces have
been changed through the years as to what is actually available and usable
at this stage - this being one of the reasons I prefer simple setups.
Chavdar Ivanov
On Mon, 11 May 2015 at 23:47 William A. Mahaffey III w...@hiwaay.net wrote:
Howdy, list :-). A (another ?) noob here. I am preparing to install
NetBSD 6.1.5 on a new server, AMD C32 based, 4256EE CPU, Supermicro
H8SCM mbd, 6 X 1 TB 2.5 HDD's, to be partitioned/RAIDed (software).
Firstly, is this the correct list to post what could be a blizzard of
noob-ish install questions ? If not, where, please ? Either way, I
downloaded both of the 6.1.5 boot ISO's. The online docs mention
installing from a CD or floppy, but no mention of a USB stick network
install, my preference. Is this in fact feasible ? If so, is it
documented anywhere ? Does the installer provide for possibly complex
partitioning during install via shell access or something similar ? For
reference, I am writing this on a FreeBSD 9.3Rp13 box, setup (last
summer) similarly to what I want to do w/ this NetBSD server. This box
has 4 X 1 TB 2.5 HDD's, partitioned into /boot, swap, /, /usr, /home,
with /usr /home RAID0-ed. The installer had a point where you could
pop into a shell execute shell commands (or script) to complete the
partitioning w/o any fat-fingering of delicate, tedious, repetitive
commands. I am planning on /boot, swap, /, /usr, /var, /home for the
server (5 slices per drive, with / RAID1-ed from 2 partitions, /usr
RAID1-ed from the other 4 of that size, /boot RAID1-ed from 6 slices, 1
per drive, /home /var RAID5-ed from 6 slices, 1 per drive). Thanks
in advance for any all input.
--
William A. Mahaffey III
--
The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war
ever devised by man.
-- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
