Subject: Re: booting ... "no init", no "init.bak" ???
To: Marco Trillo <toad@arsystel.com>
From: Raw Power <rawpower@tele2.be>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/08/2006 17:27:53
Op 8-jan-06 om 12:50 heeft Marco Trillo het volgende geschreven:

> Hi,
>
> It depends on your disklabel, but it is normally:
>
> /dev/sd0a --> root (/)
> /dev/sd0b --> swap
> /dev/sd0g --> user (/usr)
>
> Are you using the 3.0 release?
> Its sysinst-based installer is currently broken. As an example, it =20
> does not write a valid /etc/fstab file.
>
> I recommend booting the INSTALL kernel, opening a shell, and writing a =
=20
> valid /etc/fstab.
>
> # Mount the root device
> $ mount /dev/sd0a /mnt && cd /mnt
> $ cat > etc/fstab
> # fstab example for the above scheme
> /dev/sd0a / ffs rw 1 1
> /dev/sd0b none swap sw 0 0
> /dev/sd0g /usr ffs rw 1 2
> ^D

file too large ?????

it says ...

I cannot write or copy to the mounted system, always get file too large =20=

...
(mount -rw does the same ...)

and when I try to mount it in /targetroot as is indicated in
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0/mac68k/INSTALL.html#NetBSD/=20=

mac68k%20sysinst%20Bug%20Alert
it is the same ...

what can I do then ???

If the sysinst in 1.6 was OK to upgrade and now is broken  ... ???

> $ cd /
> $ umount /mnt
> $ exit
>
> Of course you should write a fstab according to your disk.
> I.e.; if you have a partition /dev/sd0e which should be mounted in =20
> /home,
>
> /dev/sd0e /home ffs rw 1 2
>
> If you don`t remeber the mount points of each partition, you can use =20=

> the "Install NetBSD to hard disk" to see the partition table and then =20=

> abort the installation.
>
> --
> Marco.
>
>
> On Jan 8, 2006, at 10:19 AM, Raw Power wrote:
>
>> the root&usr is on the fifth partition.
>>
>> =CCS
>> that  /dev/sda5  or /dev/sd0e   ??
>>
>> The booting process reads & execs kernel, then
>> says
>> booting from /dev/sd0a, swap on /dv/sd0b   ...
>>
>> Marc
>