Subject: Re: Installing & Booting NetBSD 1.2 under SVR4
To: None <bsd%blkhole.resun.com@foxtail.com>
From: Ignatios Souvatzis <ignatios@cs.uni-bonn.de>
List: port-amiga
Date: 06/06/1997 11:54:00
   AmigaDOS is version 2.x or 1.3.  Without a tremendous amount of work, the
   only method that I have of transferring files to the AmigaDOS partition is
   to use a comm program that only supports X modem, and does not properly
   truncate files.  I have to post-process the file to get it to be the 
   correct length.

   Partition information for HD for NetBSD:
   #    Name               Start   Blocks   Size      Flags

    1:  Unix_Root           1144   615472   300 MB    mb P0 C0 F0x554e4901
    2:  Unix_SwAp         616616   205920   100 MB    mb P0 C0 F0x72657376
    3:  Unix_Boot         822536     4576     2 MB    MB P2 C2 F0x554e4900
    4:  BSD_Root          827112   811096   396 MB    mb P0 C0 F0x4e425207
    5:  BSD_SwAp         1638208   205348   100 MB    mb P0 C0 F0x4e425301
    6:  BSD_Boot         1843556     4576     2 MB    MB P0 C0 F0x554e4900
    7:  WB_1.3           1848132     4576     2 MB    Mb P0 C0 F0x444f5301
    8:  WB_2.x           1852708    12584     6 MB    MB P0 C0 F0x444f5301
    9:  Work             1865292   244244   119 MB    Mb P0 C0 F0x444f5301

   I've read the procedures that specify that you also need a user 
   partition, but I've got fond hopes that I can make it work with 
   the above configuration.  If necessary, I can probably arrange to 
   sacrifice Unix_SwAp and turn it into the root partition.  I'll worry 
   about that if I can get far enough so that it matters.

Why don't you use that BSD_Boot as Root... errr... no its too small.

I suggest you make one partiton with about 30MB as BSD root, one with
some 50MB as BSD swap, and use the remaining space in your "BSD hole"
as /usr.

   Procedures:

   I've used HDToolBox to set up the above configuration.  I used 'dd' under 
   SVR4 to transfer the miniroot file system to the BSD_SwAp partition.  The 
   BSD_SwAp partition was quiet at the time.

   I've tried using loadbsd version 2.13 & 2.14.  Both want version 37 of 
   the expansion.library.  AmigaDOS 2.x is version 33, if my memory serves.

no, you probably have V36 in the ROMs, and V37 in the re-kicked kickstart.
It should just work.

   I've tried using gobsd-1.04, after having loaded the miniroot to the swap 
   partition, but haven't been able to get it to open the kernel file.  
   'gobsd test' reports two lines of memory information, then fails trying 
   to find the kernel.

Hm... strange... but maybe it just wants NBR\7 partitions for kernels.

   I've tried putting bootblock-1.2 onto a floppy under SVR4.  No joy for 
   that method either.

That would be the "real" bootblock, and it (that is: "xxboot") is
intended for RDB partitions. (Floppies would need "fdboot").

You need to put it onto the beginning of your miniroot partition
(_after_ you copied the miniroot there), use HDTOOLBOX to mark it as
bootable and "16 boot blocks", then use the early startup menu to
select that partition to boot. (it's all in the docs, I hope).

Regards
	Ignatios