Subject: Re: Can't disklabel (was Re: New-and-improved snapshot available)
To: sgimips NetBSD list <sgimips@mrynet.com>
From: Christopher SEKIYA <wileyc@rezrov.net>
List: port-sgimips
Date: 09/07/2003 21:46:19
On Sat, Sep 06, 2003 at 07:48:01PM -0500, sgimips NetBSD list wrote:

> Apparently NetBSD's sysinst program will not deal with a drive other
> than sd0 (I was attempting an install on sd1).

Interesting.  That bloody "out of space" error must actually mean "something
happened that doesn't happen on i386, so I'm giving up".  This means that
I was looking in the wrong direction with the final, end-of-install error.

BTW, I'd like to see your bootloader enhancements.  I've decided against
making IP28/IP30 kernels 64-bit, opting instead to use a 64-bit bootloader
that loads 32-bit kernels (and thus faking out the PROM).  This means that
the new bootloader would need to grok bootp() and suchlike, and I don't
want to reinvent the wheel.

(the reasons I don't want 64-bit kernels are: the 64-bit ABI pretty much
requires gcc-3.3.1 {unless one wants to use a separate toolchain target}, and
the mips MI code won't deal with mips64 without significant changes)

-- Chris
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