Re: Need help getting started

[Stefan Niestegge <beetle%abbuc.de@localhost>]

Thanks for the reply, Alex


Am 10.03.2014 00:20, schrieb Alexander Bochmann:
> ...on Sun, Mar 09, 2014 at 10:44:47PM +0100, Stefan Niestegge wrote:
>
>   > > There are six atari floppy images to be found in the
>   > >     atari/installation/floppies subdirectory of the NetBSD 6.1.2 distribu-
>   > >     tion.
>   > This directory does not exist any more. I guess the directory
>   > atari/installation/miniroot contains what i need.
>
> It's been quite some time since I installed NetBSD from scratch on my
> Atari TT the last time, but I don't remember using installation disks...
>
> I think I had a harddisk prepared with three partitions, one small GEMDOS
> to hold the tools and installation sets, one for NetBSD, and another smaller
> one for swap. Even though I have enough RAM, I used the file2swp method
> to copy sysinst.fs to the swap partition - in the install docs, that part
> starts from:
> http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-6.1.3/atari/INSTALL.html#Booting%20the%20installer%20on%20new%20systems
>
> ...and then using the swap partition with sysinst.fs as root device.

I am going to try this, then.
>   > When i boot the kernel, it ask me for root device. I tried md0a and fd0a
>   > but nothing worked.
>
> That should work too - although from the docs, with the 1.44MB sysinst image,
> you'll have to use "md2a" - guess there is some magic to automatically load the
> installer floppy image into a matching RAM disk depending on the device name?

I get a floppydrive timeout or a recalibration error displayed.
i read in the mailinglist that the md2a approach is broken, and fd0a 
should be used instead. There was a patch suggested, too
> Did the kernel say anything about detecting your floppy drive? You should be
> fine then... On the TT it's something like:
>
>   > fdc0 at mainbus0
>   > fd0 at fdc0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
>
> (That's copied from an old dmesg, but I don't think the message has changed 
> much.)

Yes, i get these info, too.


Thanks so far,
Stefan