NetBSD hdd-boot

sandpoint/installation/altboot.img and sandpoint/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz

Time to time there is no sandpoint directory. In this case use google to find some alternative mirrors.

1. Flash altboot.img u-boot image as kernel using this guide.
2. Setup tftp server to serve netbsd-INSTALL file.
3. Reboot.
4. Enter altboot interactive mode by interrupting altboot.
5. Boot installation kernel using tftp:netbsd-INSTALL command.
6. Install NetBSD to wd0a device.
7. Reboot.
8. Set sshd=YES in /etc/rc.conf to make sshd automatically start at boot-up.
9. /etc/rc.d/sshd start

1. export PKG_PATH=“http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/sandpoint/5.1_2011Q2/All/”
2. pkg_add -v gettext-lib
3. ln -s /usr/pkg/lib/libintl.so.8 /usr/pkg/lib/libintl.so.0
4. pkg_add -v bash

Official guide

First steps