Subject: Installing -current on Ultra 5 via miniroot (Was: X on Ultra5 running 32bit sparc 3.0)
To: Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org>
From: Amadeus Stevenson <amadeus.stevenson@gmail.com>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 04/14/2006 12:16:32
On 4/12/06, Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org> wrote:
>
> > Or can I use:
> >
> > /NetBSD-daily/HEAD/200604100000Z/sparc/binary/sets
> >
> > with
> >
> > /NetBSD-daily/HEAD/200604100000Z/sparc64/installation/miniroot/miniro
> > ot.fs.gz
> >
> > and
> >
> > /NetBSD-daily/HEAD/200604100000Z/sparc/binary/sets/kern-GENERIC_SUN4U
> > .tgz
>
> I think you can.

I just tried with 20060410 20060408 20060407 from releng and each time
I run the miniroot installer, and get to the newfs part of install I
get "program ended on signal" when sysinstalll runs:

/sbin/newfs -V2 -O 1 -b 8192 -f 1024 /dev/rwd0a (paraphrased)

I find a core dump for newfs. Trying disklabel gives me "root system
full /" and core dumps. cd'ing to "mnt" then cd'ing *back* to "/"
gives me db> and when trying "con" the system resets.

I have tried doing various things after repeated boots, but there is
always a problem with the disklabel and/or formatting the disk.

I wonder if anyone else has come across this?

Amadeus