Re: bootloader issue

["David Ross" <dross%pobox.com@localhost>]

Also, in response to "Could it be so simple issue that bootloader does not 
find kernel ?"
..I don't think we even get to that point yet.  I don't even see the banner 
from the second stage bootloader.  I just see "Halting..."

When I ran installboot from 1.6.1 on top of the HEAD install, I could get to 
the second stage bootloader.  But the second stage bootloader crashed, I 
think probably trying to load /boot.atari, the third stage, which was still 
the version from HEAD.  I wanted to try replacing that one with the 
/boot.atari from a working 1.6.1 install, I just haven't had time yet.

David Ross
dross%pobox.com@localhost


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Ross" <dross%pobox.com@localhost>
To: "T. Makinen" <tjamaloo%gmail.com@localhost>; "Izumi Tsutsui" 
<tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>; "David Brownlee" <abs%netbsd.org@localhost>
Cc: <port-atari%netbsd.org@localhost>
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: bootloader issue


> That problem was the one that David's fix covered.  The fix was tested to 
> the point that we knew it unblocked the install, but we never got to the 
> point where we could test the actual bootloader until now.
>
> With regard to loadbsd -- what's the full command line you're using? 
> According to docs Frank Lukas sent me, the -a option just loads to 
> multi-user mode.  I haven't tried it yet, but I assume you'll need to 
> somehow specify that the root filesystem should be loaded from the hard 
> drive.
>
> The loadbsd method sounds like a good workaround, but it would be great if 
> we can get to a point where it's possible to boot NetBSD directly off of 
> the HD.
>
> David Ross
> dross%pobox.com@localhost
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "T. Makinen" <tjamaloo%gmail.com@localhost>
> To: "Izumi Tsutsui" <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>; "David Ross" 
> <dross%pobox.com@localhost>
> Cc: <port-atari%netbsd.org@localhost>
> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 4:26 PM
> Subject: Re: bootloader issue
>
>
> > On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost> 
> > wrote:
> > > David Ross wrote:
> > >
> > > > But the BOOT kernel does boot.  And I successfully installed the sets 
> > > > via
> > > > CD-ROM!  The install completes successfully, but when the system is 
> > > > rebooted
> > > > I just get "Halting..." after the memory test.  This is probably from 
> > > > the
> > > > very first stage of the netbsd bootloader but I'm not really sure.  I 
> > > > didn't
> > > > try doing a complete zero of the disk before the install -- it's 
> > > > conceivable
> > > > that might help.
> > >
> > > Just FYI, I've replied to the PR:
> > > (old firmware might not support >2GB partition on bootstrap)
> > >
> > > http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-bugs/2009/01/03/msg008106.html
> >
> > I installed NetBSD 4 (base, etc and comp) installation sets without 
> > kernel
> > (Gemdos 8+3 file name restriction messes up it's name and I'm using 
> > loadbsd.ttp
> > to launch NetBSD kernel from TOS). I was able to boot up system by using
> > loadbsd.ttp with -a flag.
> >
> > I'm wondering if there's still following problem?
> > http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-atari/2008/11/11/msg000109.html
> >
> > Could it be so simple issue that bootloader does not find kernel ?
> >
> > -Tuomo