Subject: Re: SE/30 install woes
To: Skeetter <skeetter@thebestisp.com>
From: None <jffortier@cgocable.ca>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/06/2000 21:50:27
Hi Skeetter,
The installer tool has problem dealin with big HD (+1000M). Look at the faq:
http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/mac68k/faq/faq-4.html#ss4.12
Skeetter wrote:
>
> Hi All !
>
> I hope I am posting this to the right place.
>
> I am trying to install NetBSD 1.4.1 on my Mac SE/30. This machine is
> equipped with 32 MB ( Mode 32 is ON and Virtual mem is OFF ), a Seagate
> ST32430N 2.1 GB hard drive, and an Ethernet card.
>
> I originally had problems with the unit until I discovered that there was an
> extra FPU on the ethernet card....I yanked that out of the socket and now
> the MAC OS part of it seems to work great.
>
> I am istalling from CD-Rom which is the only exterernal SCSI device in the
> system. Everything is terminated correctly ( AFAIK ).
>
> The hard drive has been partitioned into a 145 MB Mac OS 7.5.3 partition, a
> 300MB SWAP partition, and "ROOT & USR" is everything else....a curious thing
> though,....I used Apple's HD setup ( patched ) and I can't seem to get it to
> accept the last 11 meg of the last partition. WIERD ?!
>
> I have formatted all the partitions, and did the BUILD DEVICES thingy.
>
> Up to this point, everthing has gone fine....then I start to install
> BASE.TGZ. I get about 3/4 through the install, then the system starts
> having problems....I get this error message:
>
> --------- snip--------
> Error on ScsiRead(), #5
> Error on ScsiWrite(), #5
> Error on ScsiRead(), #5
> Error on ScsiRead(), #5
> Error on ScsiWrite(), #5
> Error on ScsiRead(), #5
> pos = 0 , i = 60 , fs = 1
> alloccgblk: can't find blk in cyl
> --------- snip--------
>
> After this, ....it's all over but the shouting.
>
> I have also repeated the whole install again ( including the partitioning
> step ), except I copied all of the install files onto the MAC OS partition
> so I could eliminate the CD-Rom as a source of the problem.......the same
> error occured.
>
> I have sucessfully done an install on my IIci.....20Megs ram and 700 MB hard
> drive,...so I can't understand what I am doing wrong.
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated. THANKS !!!!
>
> SKEETTER ( Jon C. )