💻 NetBSD Installation

This page was created before 2020

Please refere to NetBSD: The NetBSD Guide for up to date installation instructions

To use CD sets for full installation

• dd if=/dir/NetBSD-(version)-amd64-install.img of=/dev/sdX bs=8M; sync

• vi /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

  ++ network={
  ++ ssid="yourssid"  
  ++ scan_ssid=1  
  ++ key_mgmt=WPA-PSK  
  ++ psk="yourpsk"  
  ++ }
  

• vi /etc/rc.conf

  ++ dhcpcd_flags="-q -b"  
  ++ wpa_supplicant="YES"  
  ++ wpa_supplicant_flags="-B -i ath0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf" 
  

• vi /etc/ifconfig.ath0

  ++ up
  ++ dhcp
  

• /etc/rc.d/wpa_supplicant start

• /etc/rc.d/network restart

• NetBSD Wiki: How To Use WPA Supplicant

• fdisk

  Prints disk names

• /sbin/mount -u -w /dev/sd0a /

  Remove leading r .e.g. s/rsd0a/sd0a/g

• /sbin/mount -u -w /dev/sd0a /

• export TERM=vt220

• vi /etc/fstab

• magical incantations (sd1a to sd0a)

  I can’t remember why I wrote this line

• vi /etc/rc.conf

  -- rc_configured=NO
  ++ rc_configured=YES
  

Self verified certifications

• git config --global http.sslVerify false