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From: zoltan@bendor.com.au (Zoltan Kocsi)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Install problem
Date: 20 Sep 1996 12:32:08 GMT
Organization: Bendor Research Pty. Ltd.
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Distribution: world
Message-ID: <ZOLTAN.96Sep20223208@vackor.bendor.com.au>
NNTP-Posting-Host: hutsg8p21.hutch.com.au

Hi,

I want to install NetBSD-1.1 to my Amiga 3000.
I have created the necessary partitions:
root	20M
usr		110M
swap	20M		(I only have 4M fast)

I set their dostype according to the install FAQ.
I also have 2 Amiga native partitions there.

I transferred the inst-11.fs to the swap partition, again, according to the
FAQ. When I say loadbsd -b netbsd it boots up and asks for the root device.
When I say sd0 or sd0* (the disk is on SCSI ID 0) it says that it can't
find rdb on device sd0 and dies (actually it drops into a debugger).
What goes wrong ?

The machine is a stock A3000/25MHz with its own SCSI, 4M fast 2M chip,
plus a Picasso-II w/ 2M RAM and an A2065. The kernel finds both cards.
The distribution I use is the Gateway! CD. I can't boot from the CD but
I copied the distribution over from my Linux box (which has a CD and runs
NFS that's visible from the Amiga).

Any help would be appreciated, please send answers in e-mail (as well).

Thanks in advance,

Zoltan

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* Zoltan Kocsi                      *    I don't believe in miracles but    *
* Bendor Research Pty. Ltd.         *    I rely on them.                    *
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