Subject: bb_riscbsd problem?
To: None <port-arm32@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Mike Clark <mrc7@cam.ac.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 03/10/1997 11:23:27
Hi,
I've recently installed RiscBSD version 1.2 and although it now seems to
be running I did encounter some installation problems which didn't seem to
be covered in the install guide or the FAQ.

I have installed RiscBSD v1.2 on a RiscPC SA110 with 24MBytes of RAM and
2Mbytes VRAM. Before installing the software I had recently upgraded the
original Conner 420HD to a Quantum Fireball 3.2 GByte 3200A on the IDE 
interface. I also have an original Cumana CDROM on the IDE interface with 
it's own driver board and the Acorn ATAPI drivers *unplugged.

I formatted the drive with the beta HForm driver and of the 6232 cylinders
I created a partition for adfs of 4969 cylinders. The problem cam when I
ran bb_riscbsd

This reported that there were 98DAE000 bytes -3352 cylinders (0--3353)!!!

I ignored these details and instead used the value 4969 which fortunately
I had written down during the formatting. 
Is bb-riscbsd misreading the drive information and if so is this likely to
have caused problems for me later? Forcing it to 4969 seemed to let me
go ahead and RiscBSD does seem to be working at least with a base 
configuration.

Mike Clark, mrc7@cam.ac.uk          http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/~mrc7/
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