hi !

that did it. i changed bsize/fsize to 32768/4096 then it worked.

regards,  markus

--On Montag, 11. M=E4rz 2002 09:11 +0100 Lars <cryptr@cryptr.net> wrote:

>
>
> prolly need to change the blocksize and stuff, the default is
> 4096 and 1024 change it to 32768 and 4096 then it will work.
>
> got the same error on my alpha eb164 but after the changes in fdisk
> the installaton ran smoothly.
>
> lars
>
> On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Markus Bangerter wrote:
>
>> i'm fairly new to netbsd
>>
>> try to install netbsd 1.5.2 on my alphastation 500.
>>
>> i bo boot dka600 to boot from cd-rom. this works fine.
>>
>> in the 'utility menu' i configured my network settings, then
>> i select 'install netbsd to harddisk', choose hd 'sd0' with
>> 'standard installation'
>>
>> after that, i get an error message:
>>
>> status: failed
>> command: /sbin/newfs /dev/rsd0a
>>
>> and it says something about block-size and stuff like this.
>>
>> i want to have really basic partitioning on a 4gb drive like:
>>
>> 256mb  swap
>> 3800mb /
>>
>> is there an fdisk in the shell, to do it manually ?
>>
>> many thanks
>>
>> markus
>>
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