RE: Aranym

[David Ross <dross%pobox.com@localhost>]

"Is there anyone performing similar installation?"
 
Haven't tried Aranym, but I maintain detailed notes on my install procedure on 
a TT030 here:
http://netbsd-ataritt.wikia.com/wiki/Basic_walkthrough
 
This doesn't specifically address the issues you're seeing, but hopefully it 
can be of some use in general.
 
David Ross
dross%pobox.com@localhost

 
> Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 23:45:58 +0200
> Subject: Re: Aranym
> From: miro.kropacek%gmail.com@localhost
> To: tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost
> CC: port-atari%netbsd.org@localhost
> 
> Hello,
> 
> let's share some installation experiences... I can confirm current
> snapshot really works on CT60, it was really great to see netbsd
> booting. However, I was unable to install it because of that strange
> installer. I've followed installation steps very carefully but I
> always ended in one of following:
> 
> 1. Partitions, sizes, types etc everything done, question about disk
> label (for wd0, default value was manufacturer's name, i.e. Samsung
> something), enter, then I see command "disklabel ..." and under that
> error "disklabel: ioctl DIOCWDINFO: Device not configured"
> 
> 2. Once I was very lucky, I got as far as making filesystem, I've seen
> command for creation, then enter and I was back in startup screen
> 
> 3. Error, very early, cannot open /etc/disktab or so
> 
> I've used 'SWP' method although I have a lot of RAM, it's much easier
> to install it from gemdos hdd than floppy. My HDD is 150 GB, C: is
> gemdos (but later I gave up and tried everything, i.e. no AHDI
> partition support), D: is SWP, E: was later assigned as NBD ... Is it
> any important I overwrite whole disk during installation, i.e. also
> that 'SWP', i.e. root for installer ?
> 
> Is there anyone performing similar installation? Btw generally that
> installer isn't very stable, I've seen segmentation faults, floating
> point exceptions (by 'reboot' command!) etc... when I tried more
> advance usage.
> 
> 
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