From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Dec 3 13:16:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA24818 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Thu, 3 Dec 1998 13:16:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from silver.gn.iaf.nl (silver.gn.iaf.nl [193.67.144.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA24813 for ; Thu, 3 Dec 1998 13:16:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wilko@yedi.iaf.nl) Received: from uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (osmium.gn.iaf.nl [193.67.144.12]) by silver.gn.iaf.nl (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA01757; Thu, 3 Dec 1998 22:15:50 +0100 Received: by uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl with UUCP id AA08374 (5.67b/IDA-1.5); Thu, 3 Dec 1998 22:12:25 +0100 Received: (from wilko@localhost) by yedi.iaf.nl (8.8.8/8.6.12) id WAA02614; Thu, 3 Dec 1998 22:09:00 +0100 (CET) From: Wilko Bulte Message-Id: <199812032109.WAA02614@yedi.iaf.nl> Subject: Re: installing boot? In-Reply-To: from Doug Rabson at "Dec 2, 98 11:38:10 pm" To: dfr@nlsystems.com (Doug Rabson) Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 22:08:57 +0100 (CET) Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG X-Organisation: Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem, The Netherlands X-Pgp-Info: PGP public key at 'finger wilko@freefall.freebsd.org' X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org As Doug Rabson wrote... > On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > NetBSD/Alpha Primary Boot > > Jumping to entry point... > > > > halted CPU 0 > > > > halt code = 5 > > HALT instruction executed > > PC = 200017dc > > >>> > > > > I have the distinct feeling (somehow ;-) that I need to re-install the boot > > blocks/bits but I seem to be too dim to get it right. > > > > Pointers on a how-to appreciated, > > You should be able to make the disk bootable by doing this: > > # disklabel -B /dev/da0c (or /dev/da1c etc.) The problem is that this needs a FreeBSD disklabel, not a NetBSD one. The only thing I can currently boot is a NetBSD install flop. If I try to run the FreeBSD disklabel I get an error (bad system call ?? forgot the exact nature of the error). > or maybe: > > # disklabel -B -b /usr/mdec/boot1 /dev/da0c > > Make sure that /boot/loader exists in the root partition of the disk being > booted (installworld should have made it). /boot/loader was there, but it was empty. If I understand correctly the boot2 that FreeBSD built becomes /boot/loader. Correct? So, I put boot2 in /boot under the name loader NetBSD natively uses: $DONTDOIT /usr/mdec/installboot /mnt/boot /usr/mdec/bootxx \ /dev/r${drivename}c (taken from the NetBSD install script) to install the bootblocks. I tried to installboot a boot1 from FreeBSD in this way but that does not seem to work, I still get the same error. I admit that I don't know if that is even supposed to work at all :( NetBSD's disklabel is different, it does not seem to be able to install a bootblock like FreeBSD does. So, I took another angle: grabbed kern.flp and mfsroot from FreeBSD SNAP251198. Kern.flp boots OK, then asks for the MFSroot floppy. The .gz of mfsroot is: 835517 Dec 3 21:11 mfsroot.gz Ungzipping and vnconfig gives: /dev/vn0c 2839 2065 774 73% /mnt So: well over 1.44 Mb floppy size. Question: can the kernel use a gzipped mfsroot? Or what is the deal here (short of buying a jaz or netbooting)? Suggestions? TIA, Wilko _ ______________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl |/|/ / / /( (_) Arnhem, The Netherlands WWW : http://www.tcja.nl ______________________________________________ Powered by FreeBSD __________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message