Subject: Re: Is there an ULTRIX version of the NetBSD/vax disklabel program?
To: Matt Thomas <matt@lkg.dec.com>
From: Anders Magnusson <ragge@ludd.luth.se>
List: port-vax
Date: 04/04/1996 11:33:27
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> I have 4 RD54s on the system I want to install NetBSD/VAX and
> ULTRIX is already running on it. I'd like to just disklabel
> (and write boot blocks to) one of the idle RD54s and then dd the
> miniroot on to it...
>
There are (almost) no Ultrix support in the miniroot at all,
but you can do something like this to do an easy installation:
- chpt the disk under Ultrix with some reasonable partition sizes.
Remember the exact offsets of all partitions.
- Grab the two TK50 install files.
- dd the first file onto the a partition and the second file onto
the b partition.
- Boot up from this newly created disk, B/3 DUA2 or whatever.
- When you get the Nboot prompt, give edlabel as argument.
Now label the disk with _exactly_ the same parameters as you
gave under Ultrix, so that you get the same disk offsets.
- Boot up again, now give ra(2,1)gennetbsd, or something, and you
should be in the miniroot. Voila!
I haven`t tried this, but it should work :-)
-- Ragge