--- snip ---When you didn't copy the installer to swap, need to use the RAMdisk, so remove the GEMDOS kernel boot floppy from the drive if present and insert the NetBSD install floppy 1. Now enter the name of the boot device depending on the floppy type you have inserted. Use:
* md0a for the old installer (1MB filesystem) on 720KB floppy's. * md1a for the sysinst installer on 720KB floppy's. * md2a for the sysinst installer on 1.44MB floppy's.The kernel will load the install file system into RAMdisk. While the kernel is loading, it will show a `.' for each track loaded. After loading 80 tracks, it will ask you to insert the next floppy. At this time, insert the NetBSD install floppy 2 and press any key. The kernel continues loading another 40 tracks before it continues to boot.
--- snip ---The sysinst image is on a single 1.44MB disk image. Now I'm wondering if I could split the file and write it out to two 720KB floppies, just to try md1a.
David Ross dross%pobox.com@localhost----- Original Message ----- From: "T. Makinen" <tjamaloo%gmail.com@localhost>
To: "David Ross" <dross%pobox.com@localhost> Cc: "David Brownlee" <abs%netbsd.org@localhost>; <port-atari%netbsd.org@localhost> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 7:01 AM Subject: Re: scsi freezing problem with NetBSD current
On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 11:56 PM, David Ross <dross%pobox.com@localhost> wrote:fd0a and md1a both give me: Floppy error: Recalibrate error vfs_mountroot: can't open root device cannot mount root, error=6 ..and then I'm back at the device selection prompt again. md2a still consistently results in a freeze-up after three dots, both with the 1.6.1 known-good sysinst and the 4.0 HEAD sysinst.Hmm, md2a should be correct device for installer and it will load it to ramdisk, but I was able to use fd0a to boot installer until sh shell load .profile file and complained about unterminated quoted string. -Tuomo