Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 22:08:57 +0100 (CET) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: dfr@nlsystems.com (Doug Rabson) Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installing boot? Message-ID: <199812032109.WAA02614@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9812022335120.367-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> from Doug Rabson at "Dec 2, 98 11:38:10 pm"
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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
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