Re: Resolved: amiga-1.2.1 install fails: /bin/sh terminated

[Guenther Grau <Guenther.Grau%bk.bosch.de@localhost>]

Hi,

someone should add some information in the installation documentation
about this problem. Maybe it should be worth a send-pr.

  Guenther


> In article <5smj2t$gnc%saluki-news.it.siu.edu@localhost>,
>         jimd%dutton4.it.siu.edu@localhost (Jim Dutton) writes:
> 
> Hmmm - my problem seems to have been because of two HD's on two SCSI
> controllers, and the formatting of the drives was not quite kosher.
> 
> HDToolBox writes out a "sys:tools/drive specifications" (or something like
> that). Using HDToolbox for each device (for each SCSI controller) winds up
> rereading this file, which has an effect on HDToolbox and how it perceives
> each HD.
> 
> In the end, going back and forth between HDToolbox, deleting the old
> HDToolbox drive specs and rereading each drive, reformatting each drive,
> and saving out the changes, finally appeared to have gotten things
> formatted properly (since each drive/controller has a different number of
> blocks per cylinder, this is important).
> 
> Now, calculating the beginning block of <swap>, using BFFS1.5beta/DCP to
> write out the INST-121.FS filesystem, and booting with -b, gets to the
> expected intallation prompt and process. (SIGH)
> 
> One new problem is that the 1.2 installation process is only recognizing
> one of the two HD's, so I can't chose the other HD to put /usr on.
> 
> The moral of the story appears to be that when multiple SCSI controllers
> are HDToolbox driven (ie; don't have their own, special formatting tool),
> that one needs to be careful about what DRIVE SPECS are used for each use
> of HDToolbox, EVEN THOUGH HDToolbox FINDS the correct device after
> scanning the SCSI bus (looking for the DEVICE= tool setting).
> 
> Each use of HDToolbox will reuse that "sys:tools/<whatever>" file, and if
> working with a different drive/controller than what is written in this
> file, formatting results may be wrong. (at least, that appears to be what
> happened to me)
> 
> SO - the problems below have been "fixed".
> 
> >ALL of the inst-fs/bin files are 876544 bytes - is this right?
> >
> >After using BFFS-1.5beta/dcp to copy inst-121.fs to the <swap>
> >partition and loadbsd -b netbsd is executed, NetBSD-1.2.1 starts up and
> >then appears to bomb out with something similar to:
> >
> >       <date> init: /bin/sh terminated
> >       Enter pathname ....
> >
> >over and over again.
> >
> >P.S. I canNOT use xstreamtodev because it is brain dead, and is not
> >able to handle more than one SCSI controller, so I have to use DCP.
> >
> >P.S.S. I have downloaded the install filesystem three times now, all
> >with the same results.