Re: NetBSD 6 amd64 Beta ISO - sysinst halts

[christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

In article <20120329223346.1b83e1bd%slackware.abalta.dnsalias.net@localhost>,
Gerard Lally  <gerard%netmail.ie@localhost> wrote:
>On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:11:38 +0000 (UTC)
>christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas) wrote:
>
>> In article <20120329174905.33ef7009%slackware.abalta.dnsalias.net@localhost>,
>> Gerard Lally  <gerard%netmail.ie@localhost> wrote:
>> >On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:09:03 +0200
>> >Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 05:02:39PM +0100, Gerard Lally wrote:
>> >> > boot device: unknown
>> >> > root device: aibs0: warning under limit on 'CHASSIS FAN speed'
>> >> 
>> >> can you enter 
>> >> 
>> >>   ?
>> >> 
>> >> at this point and check what devices it offers?
>> >
>> >
>> >The first time I tried this I had no response. I shut down (power
>> >button works OK) and tried again and I got the following error:
>> >
>> >pckbport_start: command error
>> >
>> >Numlock responds but I can't type anything when this message appears.
>> >
>> >I then paged back through the boot messages and found this (I wrote
>> >it all down):
>> >
>> >
>> >ACPI Error: [\_PR_.CPU1._PSS] Nmaespace lookup failure, AE_NOT_FOUND
>> >(20110623/PSARGS-392)
>> >
>> >ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_PR_.CPU2._PSS](Node
>> >0xfffffe810e9a7260), AE_NOT_FOUND (20110623/psparse-560)
>> >
>> 
>> Can you try boot -1 (disable acpi)?
>> 
>> christos
>> 
>
>
>Thanks. I got a bit further this time.
>
>When it stops at root: I typed ? as Martin advised and this is what I
>got:
>
>Use one of: age0 wd0[a-p] wd1[a-p] wd2[a-p] fd0[a-p] ddb halt reboot
>
>I chose wd0a (which is currently Slackware root) and I got the
>following error:
>
>vfs_mountroot: can't open root device
>Cannot mount root, error=6
>
>I have tried this with two disks which are both in healthy condition
>running Slackware.
>
>Perhaps I should zero out the disk and partition with gparted before
>running install? Or do I even have a NetBSD install disk?
>
>I downloaded the ISO from here:
>
>http://nyftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-6/201203270630Z/iso/
>
>Is this an install ISO?

Does not seem to work properly; it is supposed to find its root automatically
(the memory filesystem). I'll burn one tonight or this weekend and test it.

christos