FRench article on: https://it-log.fr.eu.org/fr/revues/2026/10/30/alpinebsd/

i declare netbsd!

It seems to change URL; See: https://bsd.passthejoe.net/blog/netbsd-vps/

Nice, I cannot get to

https://bsd.passthejoe.net/blog/netbsd-vps-md/

but will try later on,

https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/emudhra_tls_ssl_ca_compromise

I pressed 1 and it got stuck at a prompt for root device.

so this: https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-11.0/images/NetBSD-11.0-amd64-install.img.gz

did you gunzip it before you dd'd it to the usb? :')

when you boot into the usb, all you should be getting is

• "press 1 to install netbsd"
• "press 2 to drop into a shell"

or something like that, i don't remember exactly

Oh yeah. That could be related. Can't say I ran into that myself personally, however.

Yes, I used amd64 IIRC.

I flashed it to /dev/sda (my USB) and not a partition in DD, so that can't be it. If it matters, I used a block size of 1M the second time and didn't specify the first time. Something I have observed is with a few Linux installers in the past is that sometimes when the boot gets stuck I have to unplug and replug the USB for it to detect it and finish booting. Maybe that's related?

Under normal circumstances, yes, the installer should start on its own.

My first thought is, as I've seen quite a few people do this on Mastodon (and I've done this myself once by accident!), if you had flashed it to a partition rather than the whole disk? (i.e. on Linux flashing to /dev/sdb1 rather than /dev/sdb)

I've also flashed amd64 install media for a machine that would run the i386 port of NetBSD, so pmjv's question is also worth looking into.

did you download the right file? for the right architecture?

It's been like this for a while.

Already symtartibg to see NetBSD 11 entries on NYC*BUG dmesgd

Launched in 2004, dmesgd aims to provide a user-submitted repository of searchable *BSD dmesgs. The dmesg(8) command displays the system message buffer's content, and during boot a copy is saved to /var/run/dmesg.boot. This buffer contains the operating system release, name and version, a list of devices identified, plus a whole host of other useful information. We hope others find this resource useful and further contribute to its growth. Contact us at [ admin at lists dot nycbug dot org ]. Note that this site is not a substitute for sending the dmesg directly to the respective project. 

Submit your dmesg here:

https://dmesgd.nycbug.org/dmesgd?do=submit

And if a handy script is what you are looking for, this Perl script from AFresh1 has long been the go-to for many submitters:

https://gist.github.com/afresh1/99cdd481184147f0e8c0

Nice Article, but to me, NetBSD is not '90s' like. It and the other BSDs went down a different path than Linux, or actually stayed on the same path. Instead of going down a Windows Path, they stayed on a UNIX path.

In general, the bootstrap relies on a binary package of the previous version. This is unacceptable for an otherwise source-only, self-contained distribution like the NetBSD sources.

But how is C different in this regard?

And SDF.org https://wiki.sdf.org/doku.php?id=sdf_virtual_private_server_service

There's also https://panix.com/v-colo/plans.html

Nice article, and yes, I agree with cgd(8) and the installer :)

I was able to setup cgd(8) but that was not easy. I had tp print out that chapter and scribble some notes for install on a 2nd device. But as another article said, you get a great sense of accomplishment once you get NetBSD up and running !

They were dropped by the firewall

No love for OpenBSD?

Ecc really should be the standard in all hardware now!