At 03:43 PM 5/10/03, Lubomir Sedlacik <salo@Xtrmntr.org> wrote:

>it seems that you hit the "sysinst doesn't install GENERIC kernel on
>sparc"-issue.  you can verify it by checking whether your / filesystem
>has /netbsd file on it.  it's fixed in 1.6.1.  you can either copy the
>kernel manually at this point with ftp to your hard drive or just
>install 1.6.1.

Lubomir:

Thanks for the reply. I am working with 1.6.1 :

     ok boot floppy
     Boot device: /obio/SUNW,fdtwo  File and args:
     >> NetBSD/sparc Secondary Boot, Revision 1.12
     >> (autobuild@tgm.daemon.org, Wed Apr  9 02:46:11 UTC 2003)
     Booting netbsd
     1358056+761892+128012=0x234e8c
     OBP version 3, revision 2.15 (plugin rev 2)
     Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
     The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
     Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
     The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

--> NetBSD 1.6.1 (INSTALL) #0: Wed Apr  9 03:17:43 UTC 2003
     autobuild@tgm.daemon.org:/autobuild/netbsd-1-6/sparc/OBJ/autobuild/netbsd-1-6/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/INSTALL

     .  .  .


If I boot from the install Disk1 floppy and continue to Disk2 floppy where
I can get to a working shell:

     This installer now uses the new `sysinst' installer tool by default.  To
     use the old install or upgrade shell scripts instead, enter the options
     (OI) for Old Install or (OU) for Old Upgrade.

     The script-based installers may be removed in a future release.

     (I)nstall/Upgrade, (H)alt or (S)hell? s

     # ls

     .profile     dist         install.md   mnt          sysinst      usr
     bin          etc          install.sub  mnt2         tmp          var
     dev          install      kern         sbin         upgrade
     #

     # ls -l
     total 4494
     -r--r--r--   1 root  wheel     3349 Sep  9  2002 .profile
     drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel      512 Sep  9  2002 bin
     drwxr-xr-x   3 root  wheel    12288 Sep  9  2002 dev
     drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel      512 Sep  9  2002 dist
     drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel      512 Sep  9  2002 etc
     -r-xr-xr-x   1 root  wheel    11997 Sep  9  2002 install
     -r--r--r--   1 root  wheel    10526 Sep  9  2002 install.md
     -r--r--r--   1 root  wheel    34610 Sep  9  2002 install.sub
     drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel      512 Sep  9  2002 kern
     drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel      512 Sep  9  2002 mnt
     drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel      512 Sep  9  2002 mnt2
     drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel      512 Sep  9  2002 sbin
     -r-xr-xr-x  70 root  wheel  2191896 Sep  9  2002 sysinst
     drwxrwxrwt   2 root  wheel      512 Sep  9  2002 tmp
     -r-xr-xr-x   1 root  wheel    11382 Sep  9  2002 upgrade
     drwxr-xr-x   6 root  wheel      512 Sep  9  2002 usr
     drwxr-xr-x   6 root  wheel      512 Sep  9  2002 var
     #


Regards,
Will
The Old Bear