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From: paul@triton.demon.co.uk (Paul Medcalf)
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Subject: NetBSD Install Bug
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Date: Sat, 8 May 1993 11:25:17 +0000
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Could someone point me at the solution to installing NetBSD....
I had 386BSD installed fine. After the debates etc of the last few
weeks I decided to install NetBSD. System is a 20Mhz 386DX clone,
7Mb memory. The drives are two Maxtors, the boot drive being a Maxtor
2190. The bios is set for 1024 cyls, 15 heads and 26 sectors. With
this setup, 386BSD installs and runs fine.
The disk is prepared using diskmanager to set up a 40 cyl dos partition
with the remainder of the disk as a 165 type partition for NetBSD.
I booted the KC-AHA floppy (new version) and went used the install1.fs2
floppy next. Entered, 1024, 15,26 for disk params. Total NetBSD
size of 383760 with offset 15810 (allowing 40 cyls for initial DOS
bootable partition). Root was 15990. At this point the install
program bombs with
install 136: Syntax Error.
I have been able to get it to the section on asking for swap size by
changing the values for root, but at the swap point (after I enter
31980 for swap size) it bombs (garbage appears and the screen scrolls
a couple of pages) with the final message
error 63
mount: 2:Syntax Error: ")"unexpected
./install cannot create /etc/disktab: read-only file system
The Maxtor 2190 is a 1224 Cyl, 15 Head 17 Sector drive according to the
manual. Using these setting in the bios, disk manager wont see the drive
and nor will dos, hence the values used above (that work with 386BSD...)
The install program bombs as before.
I have tried installing on the whole disk instead of leaving the initial
dos partition, but the install still aborts.
Any thoughts or hints would be gratefully recieved because I really
would like to get NetBSD installed.
Cheers,
Paul
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