Re: Can't install NetBSD to ffs2 partition, no errors

[Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012%yahoo.com@localhost>]

On Wed, 5 Oct 2022 at 16:34, Ottavio Caruso
<ottavio2006-usenet2012%yahoo.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 5 Oct 2022 at 16:13, Ottavio Caruso
> <ottavio2006-usenet2012%yahoo.com@localhost> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > 1) I have dd'ed the UEFI usb image of NetBSD 9.3/amd64 to a USB drive
> > and booted  from it.
> >
> > 2) From the utility menu, I have created a FFSv2 partition from 35GB
> > unused space
> > https://i.ibb.co/XxVy1M9/gpt-show-wd0.jpg
> > https://i.ibb.co/4sSCXmw/partition-manager.jpg
> >
> > 3) Then I went back into the install menu:
> > https://i.ibb.co/JCBX1p1/prompt-1.jpg
> >
> > 4) Accepted the warning to make changes on disk:
> > https://i.ibb.co/6Pzvmvw/prompt-2.jpg
> >
> > 5) Selected NetBSD (dk6@wd0)
> >
> > 6) The menu goes back to point 3 without any apparent errors.
> >
> > I would have expected the menu would offer to create a disklabel from
> > there, but it didn't.
> >
> > No apparent warnings in dmesg.
> >
> > Any hint?
>
> EDIT:
>
> Output of "dkctl wd0 listwedges"
> https://i.ibb.co/2PH6wBN/dkctl-wd0-list-wedges.jpg
>
> I can see a "dk6 [...] type="
> This doesn't look good.
>
> "dmesg fgrep wd0"
> https://i.ibb.co/0V8BXB6/dmesg-grep-fd0.jpg
>
> I can see an "autoconfiguration error" but I don't know what to make of it.
> And a "dk6 at wd0" type <unknown>
>
> Again, any hints?


EDIT again.

Re-reading the screenshots above. Why is NetBSD partition dk4 instead of dk6?

I must have missed something somewhere.



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