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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
Subject: Re: Installing 386bsd
Message-ID: <1992Oct5.160510.26443@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
Keywords: install boot 386bsd
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Organization: Weber State University (Ogden, UT)
References: <Bvn4H4.5Fz@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 92 16:05:10 GMT
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In article <Bvn4H4.5Fz@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> prkoch@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Peter Koch) writes:
>now my Problem:
>===============
>
>the system-kernel is found (Message: 386BSD ...) but then appears
>the message
>
> wd0: no disk label
> can't mount wd0a as root
>
>and then the system reboots.
>
>then i've booted from the fixit.fs and tried to "mount /dev/wd0a /mnt"
>but the 'no disk-label' message has also been shown.
>
>When running 'install' again and break (CNTRL-C) at the reboot-message,
>the "mount /dev/wd0a /mnt" works and i can see, that the system is
>installed in the partition.
>
>my technical datas
>------------------
>
> 386 25MHz
> AMI-BIOS
> 8 MB RAM
> 1.2 MB and 1.44 MB floppys
> 205 MB Seagate AT-Bus disk
> - 33MB DOS 3.3 - System Partition
> - 70MB DOS 3.3 - Extended Partition
The DOS partition should follow the 386BSD partition on the disk; the
386BSD partition has to be first.
The use of a 33Meg primary DOS partition is good; it means that the
"shutdown -todos" will work for you.
You didn't say if you are using IDE; if you were, select drive type 45
in the CMOS setup and enter in the actual number of heads/cylinders/etc.;
this may mean that you can't use all your drive, since DOS is dumb about
greater than 1024 cylinders.
Alternately, you can use the whole disk for 386bsd, in install sufficiently
to rebuild asboot and disklabel, and move the 386BSD partition to later
on the disk. This will take a lot of work; installing 386BSD *and* DOS
on the same IDE drive is difficult.
Terry Lambert
terry@icarus.weber.edu
terry_lambert@novell.com
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