Subject: installing NetBSD 1.6 on an Indigo2
To: None <port-sgimips@netbsd.org>
From: Bernhard Erdmann <be@berdmann.de>
List: port-sgimips
Date: 09/29/2002 15:57:14
Hi,

I tried to install NetBSD 1.6 on an Indigo2 (IP 22, 200 MHz) using a 
local CD-ROM drive without success.

The CD-ROM drive is on the external connector (controller 1) having ID 2 
on the bus. Is is possible to install IRIX from this CD-ROM drive.

cdrecord was used to burn sgimipscd.iso.

setenv osloader boot
setenv osloadfilename netbsd
setenv osloadoptions auto
setenv systempartition scsi(1)disk(2)rdisk(0)partition(8)
setenv osloadpartition scsi(1)disk(2)rdisk(0)partition(0)
boot
dks1d2s8: volume header not valid
Unable to load scsi(1)disk(2)rdisk(0)partition(8)/boot: no recognizable 
file system on device.