On Tue, 27 Jan 1998, Fujie Zhang wrote:

> i have installed NetBSD 1.3. my computer has a AMD 200 MHz MMX cpu and a
> Western Digital UDMA 3.2 GB hard disk. i initially had windows 95 residing
> on my primary partition of 2 GB. there is 1.2 GB extended partition on the
> disk. i installed NetBSD on a 1.5 GB partion split out fromt the primary
> partition. i installed NetBSD using floppies. installation ran fine. i
> modified the /etc/rc.conf changing the line rc.conf=NO to re.conf=YES.
> however, when i rebooted the machine, i did not get a login prompt. in
> stead, i had the prompt for the login shell path which i gave as either:
> /bin/sh(default) or /bin/csh. i could use mount_msdos to mount my floppy
> disk drive. but i do not know how to mount my hard disk. i can not even
> find out what they are called anymore. i tried some of the name in the
> directory: /dev such as wd0a(b, c, d, e, etc). but it did not work. i got
> a message saying either the device is busy or not configured. BTW, my hard
> disk is controlled by an of IDE type. has anybody come across similar
> problems? pls help. 
> 
	Can you list the messages given directly before the prompt for the
	login shell?

> Also, there does not seem to be a boot manager as Linux and FreeBSD does.
> i have to change the active drive using fdisk in order to boot to my
> windows 95. any idea why is this. this is a big hassel. or maybe i did not
> get the installation right. finally can somebody mail me a copy of his/her
> /etc/rc.conf file. appreciated. thx any help on any of these problems in
> advance. forgive me for the to some trivial questions. i am new to NetBSD.
> your help can make a big difference in my using NetBSD.
> regards,
> 
	Try using

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.3/i386/installation/misc/osbsbeta.exe

> Fujie Zhang
> 


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