Subject: None
To: Robert Rak <rakr@felix.univ.szczecin.pl>
From: Rob Windsor <windsor@punk.weru.ksu.edu>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 06/07/1995 22:18:59
Verily did Robert Rak write:
> Labeling disk wd0...cannot find label (no disk label)
> done.
This is normal for a first-time install...
> Than everything goes fine.
> When I try to copy the kernel, system tells me:
> Checking wd0a partition: please wait.
> wd0a: cannot find label (no disk label)
> Can't open /dev/rwd0a: Invalid argument
> /dev/rwd0a: CAN'T CHECK FILE SYSTEM
> /dev/rwd0a: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY.
> File system check failed or aborted
> Copy canceled.
> On the disk I have two partitions. First BIGdos partition second prepared
> for NetBSD (following the instructions). Could somebody tell me what am I
> doing wrong or what's wrong with my configuration (486DX4/100MHz, 4MB RAM,
> 850MB HDD).
Did you use "pfdisk" to mark the second (NetBSD) partition as type 165?
I just helped a guy install with a leading DOS partition on his system,
and didn't have any problems (like this) at all..
Just a thought...
-- Rob
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