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          For those complaining that Linux is too easy to install …

Well, the first of two HPs is now online and running NetBSD, thanks to the
help of Mark. [1] It seems I needed to have bootparamd running, as well as
NFS. Also, the documentation neglected to mention that you might, just might,
need to hook a terminal up to the machine.

Lo, there was SYS_INST, running not on the console (the wonderful 21"
monitor) but on the serial port. Sigh. After that it was a painfully long
process of transfering the installation program via NFS (although that may be
due to the logging we were doing) then the actual install process (via FTP,
much faster).

Slackware Linux was a breeze to install compared to this. The whole disk
labeling is confusing—I find the PC scheme much easier to deal with (although
Mark finds the PC scheme too braindead and likes the added complexity that
disk labels bring. Go figure). We still haven't figured out how to get the
system to boot off the drive, but it is running.

More on the exact steps later …

[1] http://www.conman.org/people/myg/

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