Re: install/42866: NetBSD 5.0.2 won't install on 1.5 TB hard drive

[Bernd Ernesti <netbsd%lists.veego.de@localhost>]

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From: Bernd Ernesti <netbsd%lists.veego.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: install/42866: NetBSD 5.0.2 won't install on 1.5 TB hard drive
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:06:16 +0100

 On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 07:55:02PM +0000, Randolf Richardson wrote:
 > 
 >      I hope this is the right way to add to my PR...
 
 It was :)
 
 >      I've now tried "daily-HEAD 201002210000Z," and sysinst will now 
 >  install on the 1.5 TB hard drive (and also automatically selects 
 >  FFSv2 which is really nice), but after reboot I get the following 
 >  errors on the green text pre-boot initialization screen:
 
 You could have tried the netbsd-5 branch which I would recommend in your
 case.
 
 >              WARNING: No file system modules have been loaded
 >              no file system for wd0 (dev 0x0)
 >              cannot mount root, error = 79
 >  
 >      Then I am prompted for the root device.  It doesn't work.  ASau in 
 >  IRC suspects that the boot loader needs to be fixed.
 
 Correct -current, if you use i386, needs a newer boot loader to load the 
modules.
 
 As I said above it would be better to use the netbsd-5 branch from
 http://nyftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-5/201002220000Z/
 
 Bernd