Hi! On Sun, 2026-01-18 21:43:39 +0100, Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw%lug-owl.de@localhost> wrote: > First I thought that maybe the PiSCSI broke, but by now, I think > NetBSD somehow is broken. These are the observations / symptoms: > > * Building the release (of which I use the ISO) works well on amd64 > Linux as well as NetBSD. > > * Linux will happily loop-mount the ISO image and access it as > expected. > > * Both the Alpha 3000/600 as well as multiple tested VAXen > (3100/106, 3100/95, 4000/60) will boot off the simulated RRD42. > > * The systems can mount the ISO from the simulated RRD42. `cd`ing > into the mount point result in this message: "RRIP without PX field?" > > * Accessing files results in "Invalid argument". This is from a > shell ran after aborting the installation as no set could be > extracted: [...] > > As I suspected some issues with PiSCSI, I burned the CD to a CD-R and > fetched some real SCSI CD-ROM drives. Turns out, old drives have a > hard time recognizing the CD-R, but finally Plextor PX-W1210TS works > well. Firmware easily boots off the burned CD, installer starts, but > shows the exact same issue extracting the sets. It is the same for > Alpha as well as for VAX, so I think something is really broken here. > > I've uploaded a sample image here: > https://lug-owl.de/~jbglaw/upload/20260118213312_NetBSD-11.99.4-alpha.iso > > Could anybody please simply try to mount it and access all the files > on it on a NetBSD-current system? At least for Alpha and VAX, this > ain't work. I'd *love* to discuss some hints. All I'd to is try to > bisect to quite older versions, but maybe somebody has an idea on this > issue. At least there don't seem to be relevant changes in the SCSI CD > driver "recently". The cd9660 driver had some changes, maybe I'd > revert them and give it a try? I gave one of the CDs I tried to my wife to test them on a Windows systen, she's easily access all then content. So I am fairly confident that either the cd9660 fs driver or block access to CD drives ia broken. As I get some time, I'll try with a mass-produced CD and in addition copy the whole block device. MfG, JBG --
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: PGP signature