Subject: Re: Installation problems on Sun 3/80
To: Scott Johnston <johnston@mit.edu>
From: marsmellow <md4mars@mdstud.chalmers.se>
List: port-sun3
Date: 09/09/1998 12:23:01
hey!
i just recently had the same problem, though i managed to boot with:
root device: le0
dump: <enter>
file system: nfs
which will bring the system up, both with netbsd-gen and netbsd-rd.
no welcome-screen, though :)
furthermore there are some other errors/inconsitencies in the installation
notes, regarding what to call the netboot-file that gets tftp'd etc. minor
things, though they can be a real pain when you're a novice to
sun-networking like me. i'll try to make a list (2-3 things) if anyone's
interested.
btw, what are the md0x devices? ramdisks??
/martin
On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, Scott Johnston wrote:
> Thank you for your prompt response. However, this doesn't seem to help.
> I neglected to mention that I tried this before I e-mailed the list...
> what happens is:
>
> root device (default md0a): md0
> dump device (default md0b): <enter>
> file system (default ffs): <enter>
> root on md0a dumps on md0b
> cannot mount root, error = 22
> root device (default md0a):
>
> I can't seem to find an explanation of the error number.
>
> Thanks,
> Scott
>
> ---
> On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, Jeremy Cooper wrote:
>
> > Just so you don't have to go find it:
> >
> > [port-sun3x]
> >
> > The RAMDISK kernel used during the install process (netbsd-rd.gz)
> > is missing a section of code which allows it to automatically detect
> > that it has an embedded filesystem. At boot, it will fail to find the
> > ``md0'' device on its own (which contains the filesystem) and will
> > prompt for the name of a different device to query. The default,
> > ``le0'', is incorrect and if chosen, will cause the machine to hang.
> > Instead, enter ``md0'' and the boot process will continue as normal.
> > (You will be prompted for the dump device and filesystem type as
> > well. Select the default in both cases.)
> >
> >
> >
>
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