Subject: Re: problems installing 1.4 on a riscpc
To: None <port-arm32@netbsd.org>
From: Jan-Uwe Finck <ju.finck@nord-com.net>
List: port-arm32
Date: 10/25/2000 18:26:34
On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 01:29:36PM +0100, M Pollard wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to install netbsd 1.4 on my riscpc's simtec idefs 8gb
> harddrive. I have partitioned the drive 2gb filecore and 6gb bsd. Trying
> to boot the installation kernel gets as far as the installer where it
> asks about where you are trying to install netbsd, then bombs out with a
> wd0 error (mainn harddisc) and another error from wd1 (no disc
> label) which is presumably the hard disc i am trying to install on.
> The hard drive has been set-up using bb_riscbsd (reporting negative
> values)
> 
> It was ages since i last installed netbsd 1.3. What have i forgotten to
> do??

Mayb you forgot to use bb_riscbsd, which modifies the disklabel out of
RISC OS ? It should be somewhere on the ftp site.

And why don't you try 1.5_BETA ? That works, but concerning 1.4 I have some
problems in the back of my head.. but maybe I'm just wrong.

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Greetings,	
	Jan-Uwe
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