Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 06:28:55 +0000 From: curtis <ufkartfm@pacific.net> To: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> Cc: "freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: installing boot? Message-ID: <366E18A7.2C793061@pacific.net>
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Hi Wilko,
>
>> > What I need to figure out now is why it did not find the harddisks
>> > (at least that is what
>> > sysinstall tells me, and it is bogus).
>>
>> What disks, what controller?
> AXPpci33 builtin NCR810, see dmesg.boot excerpt below
I think the problem is in this area:
> dering UFS root f/s.
> da1: invalid primary partition table: no magic
> da1: raw partition size != slice size
> da1: start 0, end 4110479, size 4110480
> da1c: start 0, end 4092479, size 4092480
because, the system does see the following:
> da0: <DEC RZ28 (C) DEC T436> Fixed Direct Access SCSI2 device
> da1: <DEC RZ28B (C) DEC 0006> Fixed Direct Access SCSI2 device
> cd0: <DEC RRD45 (C) DEC 1645> Removable CD-ROM SCSI2 device
? - During your install, and when you were setting up the disks, did you
set the "Disk Geomerty" for each drive?
In looking at your previous posts, I noticed you were doing:
> axp33# disklabel -B -b /boot/boot1 da1c
> axp33# disklabel -B -b /boot/boot1 /dev/rda1c
and some other 'stuff' ....and stated:
> For the rest everything works just fine using the NetBSD boot-bits.
? - When you attempted your new install, did you clean all of the NetBSD
'stuff' off your disks?
? - What does your fstab say in /etc?
I get the impression you are trying to disklabel the 2nd scsi disk and
it has no partition table.
? - Have you tried: disklabel -B -b /usr/mdec/boot1 /dev/da0c on your
1st scsi disk?
> cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, [snip]
(smile) As you probably know, the above line is saying there is no disk
in the cdrom.
hope some of this helps, if not, email me,
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