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Re: Pinebook and NetBSD 8.99.39 [UPDATE]
When I dd from a terminal on my Mac, I get an error printed to the console, "ld2: mbr partition exceeds disk size"
On 5/14/19, 3:38 PM, "Jared McNeill" <jmcneill%invisible.ca@localhost> wrote:
You have to write the image to the “entire disk” partition (rld2c), which will overwrite the disk label anyway.
> On May 14, 2019, at 4:27 PM, Ron Georgia <netverbs%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> Question: if I disklabel -eI ld2 and remove partition e, then dd the image again to /dev/rld2e, will that work or will I have a Pinebrick?
>
> On 5/14/19, 1:54 PM, "Ron Georgia" <netverbs%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> Well... I did both
>
> arm64# dd if=arm64.img of=/dev/rld2c bs=1m conv=sync
> dd: /dev/rld2c: Input/output error
> 30+0 records in
> 29+0 records out
> 30408704 bytes transferred in 9.927 secs (3063231 bytes/sec)
>
> And
>
> arm64# dd if=NetBSD-evbarm-aarch64-201905120950Z-pinebook.img of=/dev/rld2c bs=1m conv=sync
> dd: /dev/rld2c: Input/output error
> 30+0 records in
> 29+0 records out
> 30408704 bytes transferred in 11.143 secs (2728951 bytes/sec)
>
> Both commands generated a ton of "ld2c: error writing fsbn..." errors. When I reboot I get a blank screen. ( Any thoughts on what I can do?
>
> Disklabel looks like this:
> 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
>
> 5 partitions:
> # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg/sgs]
> c: 2097152 0 4.2BSD 0 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 1040*)
> e: 163840 32768 MSDOS # (Cyl. 16*- 97*)
> disklabel: boot block size 0
> disklabel: super block size 0
> disklabel: partitions c and e overlap
>
> I will surmise that overlapping partitions are not good?
>
> On 5/14/19, 12:53 PM, "Jason Thorpe" <thorpej%me.com@localhost> wrote:
>
>
>
>> On May 14, 2019, at 9:33 AM, Ron Georgia <netverbs%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>>
>> If I understand correctly:
>> 1. boot Pinebook from microSD loaded with Pinebook NetBSD ARM Bootable Images from https://www.invisible.ca/arm/
>> 2. download arm64.img from ftp://nyftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/201905140810Z/evbarm-aarch64/binary/gzimg/ to microSD card.
>
> You can dd the invisible.ca imagine to the eMMC as well. It's just a standard arm64.img with u-boot helpfully added by Jared; no need to download a second one (to which you would then need to add u-boot).
>
>> 3. dd image to /dev/rld2c
>> 4. Power down, remove SD card and reboot.
>>
>> Correct?
>> For YES, press 1
>> For NO, press 2
>>
>> On 5/14/19, 10:15 AM, "Jared McNeill" <jmcneill%invisible.ca@localhost> wrote:
>>
>> Easiest way is to download the image to the SD card, then dd it to the
>> eMMC:
>>
>> # dd if=arm64.img of=/dev/rld2c bs=1m conv=sync
>>
>> You can't "wreck" your Pinebook this way as it will always try to boot
>> from SD card first. So after writing the image to eMMC, shutdown the
>> computer, remove the SD card, and power it back on. If something goes
>> wrong, plug the SD card back in and it will boot from that device when you
>> power it back on.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 14 May 2019, Ron Georgia wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> ========================================
>>> 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.”
>>>
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