Subject: Re: some questions
To: None <port-sparc64@netbsd.org>
From: Karl Pitrich <pit@root.at>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 09/14/2002 22:37:27
> On Sat, Sep 14, 2002 at 09:48:31PM +0200, Karl Pitrich wrote:
> > root is mountend on root_device, not on /dev/wd0a,
> > so i did a
> > mount -u /
> > at top of /etc/rc.

On Sat, 2002-09-14 at 22:02, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> What does your /etc/fstab looks like ?

the fstab is correct. (afaik from openbsd and linux)
all devices correspond to intended mount points.

when it tries to remount rw at boot time, it complains that fstab and
real mount device differ. (i forgot the exact msg)
 
> > i cant get into dev config mode with -c
> > openfirmware shows the boot params i pass,
> > but the kernel seems to ignore them.

On Sat, 2002-09-14 at 22:02, Martin Husemann wrote:
> I don't understand this question.

hm, sorry. it seems the kernel ignores the -c boot parameter,
so i canot start the device configuration.


> > when starting init:
> > 
> > init: Creating mfs /dev
> > chgrp: not found (many times)
> > set{u,g}id pid 238 (df) was invoked by uid 0 ppid 237 (sh) with fd 0
> > closed (also many times)


On Sat, 2002-09-14 at 22:02, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> It really seems you have a partial (aborted) installation.
> How did you install ?

i burnt a cdrom.

install seemed fine, except man and misc packages were missing.

then i booted single user and did installboot, configured the system
(rc.conf, etc)