NetBSD/amiga FAQ
List of Frequently Asked Questions and Answers for NetBSD/amiga
February 12th, 1996
by Hubert Feyrer, et al.
1 Introduction
1.1 About this document
1.1.1 History
1.1.2 Copyright
1.1.3 Distribution
1.2 Introduction to the FAQ
2 What is NetBSD?
2.1 The name of the game
2.2 Who is working on the port?
3 What do I need to run NetBSD/amiga
3.1 Which CPU is needed?
3.2 How much memory do I need?
3.2.1 Non contiguous memory
3.3 How much diskspace do I need?
3.4 What other hardware requirements are there?
3.5 What hardware is supported by NetBSD/amiga V1.1, anyways?
3.6 Things currently
not
supported by NetBSD/amiga
4 Where can I find more information on NetBSD?
4.1 UseNet News
4.2 Anonymous FTP
4.3 World Wide Web
4.4 Internet Relay Chat
4.5 Electronic Mailing Lists
4.6 Useful books
4.6.1 Basic System Administration
4.6.2 Advanced System Administration
4.6.3 Programming under Unix
4.6.4 Introductions to Unix Internals
5 Where to get sources?
5.1 Release
5.2 NetBSD-current with tar-balls
5.3 NetBSD-current with SUP
6 How do I build a kernel myself?
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Getting the kernel source
6.3 Configuring the kernel
6.4 Compiling your kernel
6.5 Installing your kernel
7 NetBSD - Linux - Amix - Minix
8 Frequently Asked Questions and their answers
8.1 Installing a new system
8.1.1 How do I get NetBSD?
8.1.2 How do I install NetBSD?
8.1.3 How can I autoboot into MultiUser mode
8.1.4 NetBSD always asks me for a root device
8.1.5 Where can I find ixemul.library version >= 39.46
8.1.6 NetBSD hangs while booting into MultiUser mode
8.1.7 I keep getting cksum errors when I try to install!
8.1.8 Which distribution should I use?
8.1.9 Does NetBSD run with the PROTO-Chip?
8.1.10 My A2000 is recognized as A1200
8.2 Hardware, drivers and binpatching
8.2.1 How do I get a serial terminal to work correctly?
8.2.2 Does NetBSD work with the Retina video card?
8.2.3 How do I use binpatch?
8.2.3.1 Introduction
8.2.3.2 Patching the kernel
8.2.3.3 Other binpatch options
8.2.3.4 List of all binpatchable symbols
8.2.4 Tapedrive problems
8.2.4.1 Problem 1
8.2.4.2 Problem 2
8.2.5 Reading Sun tape cartridges
8.2.5.1 But the Sun has an Archive Viper drive
8.2.6 How to deal with silo-overflows?
8.2.7 How can I run X on the A2410 TIGA board?
8.3 Teething troubles
8.3.1 Why can't I su to root?
8.3.2 What packages can I install to enhance NetBSD?
8.3.2.1 What about X-Windows?
8.3.2.2 And networking?
8.3.3 Can I access AmigaOS files from NetBSD?
8.3.4 Can I access NetBSD files from AmigaOS?
8.3.5 How do I create device files?
8.3.6 How do I create accounts and change user information?
8.3.6.1 Introduction
8.3.6.2 Adding a new user
8.3.6.3 But - isn't there an adduser-command?
8.3.7 How can I reboot straight into NetBSD?
8.3.8 Why doesn't the
ps
command work?
8.3.9 Is there a debugger for NetBSD?
8.3.10 How do I report bugs?
8.3.11 How do I get a Meta-Key for Emacs?
8.3.12 My keymap is all wrong!
8.3.12.1 Fixing the console's keymap
8.3.12.2 Fixing the keymap under X
8.3.13 Xcl reports "Cannot open screen"
8.3.14 Where do I get Motif? XView? OpenGL?
8.3.14.1 Motif
8.3.14.2 XView
8.3.14.3 OpenGL
8.3.15 What's all this stuff about binary emulation?
8.3.16 How can I boot NetBSD without keeping an AmigaOS partition?
8.3.17 Where can I find an archive of the mailing lists?
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