Re: port-sparc/57698: Installer utility partition disk segfaults

[Ramiro Aceves <ea1abz%gmail.com@localhost>]

Hi,

Just if helps (or adds more confusion, who knows ;-) ). Several weeks
before I installed NetBSD 9.3 in my amd64 IntelNuc 8i7. That machine
has got  a nvme disk with a Debian swap and root partitions. On NetBSD
that drive is "ld0". I had a spare hard disk drive lying around that I
removed from a Acer Aspire One laptop (I placed a new SDD unit on the
Acer) and I decided it was perfect to install NetBSD on it. That "wd0"
drive is the second disk on the Intel Nuc 8i7 now.

If I recall correctly, the installer said that could not detect a
proper disk geometry for wd0. I press enter several times accepting
default geometry values and start NetBSD install using MBR
partitioning. That ended with a segmentation fault. I recall trying it
several times, deleting everything and adding new partitions with no
luck ending in the same segfault.

I switched to GPT partitioning and I could install NetBSD 9.3 with no issues.

That is all that my poor memory remembers. I have several screen shots
on my phone just in case they are useful (I doubt it), I can put them
on my little WEB server.
Thanks you much.
Regards.

El jue, 16 nov 2023 a las 20:45, Martin Husemann
(<martin%duskware.de@localhost>) escribió:
>
> The following reply was made to PR port-sparc/57698; it has been noted by GNATS.
>
> From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
> To: Brandon Applegate <brandon%burn.net@localhost>
> Cc: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
> Subject: Re: port-sparc/57698: Installer utility partition disk segfaults
> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2023 20:40:58 +0100
>
>  On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 02:39:15PM -0500, Brandon Applegate wrote:
>  > I did wonder if it could be hardware issues (all hardware in the sparc port
>  > is pretty old by definition of course).  But I think it's strange it happens
>  > on my SS20 + real HDDs as well as the SS10 + Zuluscsi (emultated "drives").
>
>  I'll try in an emulator next - not yet giving up!
>
>  Martin
>