Subject: Root device not found / SYSINST BUGs
To: None <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: Grant Stockly <gussie@stockly.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 08/08/1999 22:57:18
I found sysinst to be completely useless on my G3 300 (OF 2.0f1). It won't
configure the network properly.
I filled in:
Domain: stockly.com
Hostname: computer
IP: 24.237.5.4
netmask: 0xfffff800
dns: 208.138.130.16
gateway 24.237.0.1
media: 10BT
and then it tried to ping my gateway and it said ping: no route to host.
I thought that was odd since I've done this exact same prodedure many times
before on i386 based machines.
Then I ^C'd twice to get to the shell. ifconfig bm0 wasn't touched at all.
It was set to 0.0.0.0 and route had nothing in it either.
After I configured ifconfig and route:
ifconfig bm0 inet 24.237.5.4 netmask 0xfffff800 broadcast 24.237.7.255
route add default 24.237.0.1
route add 24.237.5.4 127.0.0.1
I mounted over nfs the computer I had the install on and de-tarr'd the
files onto my filesystem:
/dev/sd1a on /mnt
/dev/sd1g on /mnt/usr
Then typed:
Then I installed boot blocks on sd1a.
When I boot, it says:
no active packageopen scsi/sd@2:0=/dev/sda5
Boot:
and at that point I have to press enter.
it loads the kernel untill it says:
Boot device <unknown>
Root device: and then asks me for sd1a...