Subject: Install over two disks + QIC tape problems
To: None <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: None <Chris.Smith@raytheon.co.uk>
List: port-sparc
Date: 01/15/2001 09:39:09
Hi,

I've managed to get NetBSD onto my Classic at last, but I'm
going to trash it and start again now I know a bit more about
the hardware and OS.  Can anyone answer a couple of evil
questions please, so I can do it properly this time :)

I have two SCSI disks in this set up, one 205Mb internal and
an external 1.05Gb disk.  Can I install NetBSD over the two
disks as in NetBSD-1.5 it assumes you are only installing on
one disk?  The OpenBSD installer allows labelling and writing
mount-points of sd0 *and* sd1 before committing the
installation.  Any ideas.  I'd ideally like this but
disklabel and the installer doesn't like it:-

sd0a /
sd0b swap
sd0e /tmp

sd1a /usr
sd1e /var
sd1f /home

FYI sd0 = 205Mb, sd1 = 1Gb

Can I drop out of the installer to edit a manual disklabel
for example on both drives, write the fstab and then
continue?

Also, I have a Sun Archive QIC-150 tape that I might as well
use to back the box up occasionally.  When it boots it
reports:-

st0: Archive......etc etc (SCSI/1)
st0: rouge drive empty

or something similar both when there is a tape and isnt a
tape in it.  Using any `mt' command on any /dev/*st0 does
absolutey squat and pops up with an IO error.  It says the
tape is a SCSI-1 device - could this do it or is it a duff
tape drive?  Rewinding a tape would be a massive step at
the moment :P  FYI - At the ok prompt, using probe-scsi
*does* show that the tape drive exists and is connected!

Cheers,

Chris.