NetBSD-5.0.2/distrib/notes/landisk/prep

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Landisk NAS appliances come preinstalled with Linux on the internal
hard disk or, in case of USL-5P that has no dedicated storage, Compact
Flash card.
.Nx
installation will erase Linux, so if you want to be able to return to
using Linux, it's a good idea to make a backup of the Linux
installation first.
.Pp
As SH\~IPL+g firmware doesn't provide a way to boot off of an external
media or over network you will have to disassemble the machine to take
the hard drive out and attach it to some other computer to transfer
installation kernel or to perform an off-line installation directly on
another machine.