Pinebook and NetBSD 8.99.39 [UPDATE]

[Ron Georgia <netverbs%gmail.com@localhost>]

Instead of creating the image with dd, I followed the suggestion of building the image with "highly recommend" Etcher. I am now able to login as root! Not sure what happened. I am documenting every step of the way in order to make my journey, mistakes and all, available to other "not so savvy" Pinebook users.

How do I install NetBSD directly onto my Pinebook? Do I use sysinst (per https://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/evbarm/install_using_sysinst/)?
Before I "wreck" my Pinebook, do I select ld2 as the drive to partition and install?

=========== MISC DATA ===========
arm64# disklabel ld0
# /dev/rld0:
type: SCSI
disk: STORAGE DEVICE
label: fictitious
flags: removable
bytes/sector: 512
sectors/track: 32
tracks/cylinder: 64
sectors/cylinder: 2048
cylinders: 1641
total sectors: 31116288
rpm: 3600
interleave: 1
trackskew: 0
cylinderskew: 0
headswitch: 0           # microseconds
track-to-track seek: 0  # microseconds
drivedata: 0

8 partitions:
#        size    offset     fstype [fsize bsize cpg/sgs]
 a:  30657536    458752     4.2BSD      0     0     0  # (Cyl.    224 -  15193*)
 b:    262144    196608       swap                     # (Cyl.     96 -    223)
 c:  31116288         0     unused      0     0        # (Cyl.      0 -  15193*)
 d:  31116288         0     unused      0     0        # (Cyl.      0 -  15193*)
 e:    163840     32768      MSDOS                     # (Cyl.     16 -     95)

arm64# disklabel ld2
# /dev/rld2:
type: ld
disk: ld2
label: default label
flags:
bytes/sector: 512
sectors/track: 63
tracks/cylinder: 32
sectors/cylinder: 2016
cylinders: 1040
total sectors: 2097152
rpm: 3600
interleave: 1
trackskew: 0
cylinderskew: 0
headswitch: 0           # microseconds
track-to-track seek: 0  # microseconds
drivedata: 0

3 partitions:
#        size    offset     fstype [fsize bsize cpg/sgs]
 a:   2097152         0     4.2BSD      0     0     0  # (Cyl.      0 -   1040*)
 c:   2097152         0     4.2BSD      0     0     0  # (Cyl.      0 -   1040*)
disklabel: boot block size 0
disklabel: super block size 0
disklabel: partitions a and c overlap

arm64# gpt show ld0
GPT not found, displaying data from MBR.

     start      size  index  contents
         0         1         MBR
         1     32767         Unused
     32768    163840      1  MBR part 12 (active)
    196608    262144         Unused
    458752  30657536      2  MBR part 169

arm64# gpt show ld2
gpt: /dev/rld2: map entry doesn't fit media: new start + new size < start + size
(1 + 1fffff < a000 + 1d50000)

arm64# dmesg | grep ld
[     1.000016] axpreg5 at axppmic0: eldo2
[     2.737735] sdmmc1: autoconfiguration error: couldn't enable card: 60
[     2.811871] ld2 at sdmmc2: <0x45:0x0100:DF4016:0x00:0xfe875b0b:0x000>
[     2.811871] ld2: 1024 MB, 1040 cyl, 32 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 2097152 sectors
[     2.828746] ld0 at sdmmc0: <0x03:0x5344:SS16G:0x80:0x42ce3d51:0x122>
[     2.848748] ld0: 15193 MB, 7717 cyl, 64 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 31116288 sectors
[     2.848748] ld2: mbr partition exceeds disk size
[     2.848748] ld2: 8-bit width, 200.000 MHz
[     2.876482] ld0: 4-bit width, High-Speed/SDR25, 50.000 MHz
[     7.617842] ld2: mbr partition exceeds disk size
[     7.627841] boot device: ld0
[     7.627841] root on ld0a dumps on ld0b
[   424.699875] ld2: mbr partition exceeds disk size
[   424.709875] ld2: mbr partition exceeds disk size
[   431.049997] ld2: mbr partition exceeds disk size
[   431.059997] ld2: mbr partition exceeds disk size
[   431.059997] ld2: mbr partition exceeds disk size
[   431.149999] ld2: mbr partition exceeds disk size
[   442.320213] ld2: mbr partition exceeds disk size
[   746.325984] ld2: mbr partition exceeds disk size
[   746.335984] ld2: mbr partition exceeds disk size
[  1592.422047] ld2: mbr partition exceeds disk size
[  1592.422047] ld2: mbr partition exceeds disk size
[  1679.653695] ld2: mbr partition exceeds disk size
[  1679.673697] ld2: mbr partition exceeds disk size
[  1684.513788] ld2: mbr partition exceeds disk size
[  1684.513788] ld2: mbr partition exceeds disk size
[  1684.563793] ld2: mbr partition exceeds disk size
[  1684.583793] ld2: mbr partition exceeds disk size
[  1684.583793] ld2: mbr partition exceeds disk size
[  1761.785290] ld2: mbr partition exceeds disk size
[  1778.945617] ld2: mbr partition exceeds disk size
[  1993.819664] ld2: mbr partition exceeds disk size

arm64# mount
/dev/ld0a on / type ffs (noatime, local)
/dev/ld0e on /boot type msdos (local)
kernfs on /kern type kernfs (local)
ptyfs on /dev/pts type ptyfs (local)
procfs on /proc type procfs (local)
tmpfs on /var/shm type tmpfs (local)

# sysinst
========================================
What kind of system do you have?

 a: Raspberry PI                                  
>b: Other                                             

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NetBSD/evbarm 8.99.39

 This menu-driven tool is designed to help you install NetBSD to a hard disk, or upgrade an existing
 NetBSD system, with a minimum of work.
 In the following menus type the reference letter (a, b, c, ...) to select an item, or type
 CTRL+N/CTRL+P to select the next/previous item.
 The arrow keys and Page-up/Page-down may also work.
 Activate the current selection from the menu by typing the enter key.

 If you booted from a floppy, you may now remove the disk.
 Thank you for using NetBSD!

NetBSD-8.99.39 Install System 

>a: Install NetBSD to hard disk                
b: Upgrade NetBSD on a hard disk              
c: Re-install sets or install additional sets 
d: Reboot the computer                       
e: Utility menu                               
f: Config menu                                
x: Exit Install System     
   
========================================
On which disk do you want to install NetBSD?

┌──────────────────────────┐
│ Available disks                              │
│                                                         │
│>a: ld2                                             │
│ b: Extended partitioning             │
│ x: Exit                                              │
└──────────────────────────┘
========================================

I do not see ld0.

On 5/14/19, 8:59 AM, "Ron Georgia" <netverbs%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:

    I just received my new 1080P 11inch (27.94 cm) Pinebook. It was pre-loaded with Ubuntu and KDE. While I like KDE, it seems a bit heavy. Ubuntu is ... ok, but I would rather have NetBSD and LXDE or Mate. I attempted to install NetBSD but ran into some problems. Most likely due to my incomplete understanding (see tag line below). 
    
    1. I downloaded the Pinebook image (NetBSD-evbarm-aarch64-201905120950Z-pinebook.img) from https://www.invisible.ca/arm/ 
    2. dd the image to my microSD card.
    3. Inserted the micro SD into the SD slot of the Pinebook and booted.
    
    The first boot ended in a ==> prompt. Not sure what that was all about.
    Reboot produced the NetBSD "arm" boot processes; however, there was a problem. When presented with the login prompt I tried to type "root" but the right side of the keyboard acts like a number pad. Pressing "o" gives me the escape sequence for a "6" without the numlock engaged. Pressing shift "o" gets me a capital O while Fn + o gets me a "6."
    
    Questions:
    1. Is there a way to make the keyboard a standard keyboard?
    2. Once booted, now do I "reflash" the internal drive to boot NetBSD without having to boot from the micro SD card?
    
    
    Ron Georgia
    “90% of my problems are due to ignorance, the other 10% is because I just don’t know any better.”