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Re: Installing & Booting NetBSD 1.2 under SVR4
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
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