Am 19.08.2006 um 12:14 schrieb Ignatios Souvatzis:

> On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 12:45:41AM +0200, Matthias Muench wrote:
>> I really don't get it. I installed NetBSD on an A3000 without
>> problems but this A1200 makes me mad.
>>
>> I have a 20 GB HDD with 4 Partitions connected to internal IDE Port:
>>
>> IDH0 - AmigaOS
>> IDH1 - root
>> IDH2 - swap
>> IDH3 - usr
>>
>> After loading the kernel it writes:
>>
>> no file system for wd0 (dev 0x1100)
>> cannot mount root, error = 79
>> root device (default wd0a):
>>
>> Ok, wd0a would be my AmigaOS Partition so I changed it to wd0b and
>
> No.
>
> the NBR\7 is wd0a
> the NBS\1 is wd0b
>
> the whole disk is wd0c
>
> All others are ordered after that, I think in your case
>
> IDH0 -> wd0d
> IDH3 -> wd0e
>
> There's another consideration:
>
> when you boot the installer, it's probably on the swap partition  
> (if you
> did copy it there), so you'd need to boot from wd0b.
>
> Another minor suggestion: if you did boot it, and aborted the  
> installation
> for whatever reason, you should better copy the install file system  
> to the
> disk again; installation can modify it, because the installation fs
> is a real disk file system for NetBSD/amiga (and a few others).

Yes, I have the miniroot.fs on my swap, bootet from there and started  
the installer with 'netbsd'. If he asks now for the root device I  
should enter the 'wd0b' (swap partition), for dump device 'none' and  
file system 'generic' if I understand the install guide correct.

Cheers,
Matthias