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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 18:01:53 +0200 (CEST)
From: John Mackey <s0lman@phenix.rootshell.be>
To: Bob Bostwick <bobb@digitechsystems.com>
Subject: RE: Problems booting Cobalt Qube 2

Ok, this is what Im doing to "format" the partition. First off, I am using 
the original disk. I jsut happened to wipe everyhing before I started 
(silly me). Anyway, I format the partition by removing the HD and putting 
in into a PC that runs RH 6.2. It uses the old ext2fs (1.18 I think). I 
issue the the command "mke2fs -r 0 -O none /dev/hdb2" (hdb2 being the 
second drive in linux land). I mount it onthe RH 6.2 system with no 
problem and make a directory called boot.

I remove the drive and place it back into the Qube 2. Netboot with no 
problems. I try to mount the rive and I get this error ...

# mount /dev/wd0e /mnt
mount_ext2fs: /dev/wd0e on /mnt: Input/output error


I do fsck on it and I get this ...

# fsck /dev/wd0e
** /dev/rwd0e
BAD SUPER BLOCK: MAGIC NUMBER WRONG
fsck: /dev/rwd0e: Trace/BPT trap


Any ideas.

Thanks in advance.



Regards,

./john




On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Bob Bostwick wrote:

> I see that your wd0e partition is only 15MB.  This means that you are
> not using the original one that came with the Qube 2.  I am trying to do
> the same thing, as I don't need a big partition for the kernel.  I am
> wondering though, are you actually able to mount this partition?  If so,
> how did you "format" it with ext2fs?  I can't find any way to actually
> format the new small partition while netboot'd.  Can you run fsck on
> your wd0e partition?  If it gives you errors, I think you and I may be
> having the same problem.?...
> 
> B
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: port-cobalt-owner@netbsd.org [mailto:port-cobalt-owner@netbsd.org]
> On Behalf Of John Mackey
> Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 12:51 AM
> To: port-cobalt@netbsd.org
> Subject: Problems booting Cobalt Qube 2
> 
> 
> Hi ppl,
> 
> I have been struggling to install NetBSD on my cobalt Qube 2 .
> 
> I have followed the steps on
> http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/cobalt/faq.html.
> 
> Some details on my configuration 
> 
> # fdisk
> NetBSD disklabel disk geometry:
> cylinders: 8912 heads: 15 sectors/track: 63 (945 sectors/cylinder)
> 
> BIOS disk geometry:
> cylinders: 8912 heads: 15 sectors/track: 63 (945 sectors/cylinder)
> 
> Partition table:
> 0: sysid 131 (Linux native)
>     start 63, size 31328 (15 MB), flag 0x0
>         beg: cylinder    0, head   1, sector  1
>         end: cylinder   33, head   3, sector 17
> 1: sysid 169 (NetBSD)
>     start 42336, size 8379504 (4091 MB), flag 0x0
>         beg: cylinder   44, head  12, sector  1
>         end: cylinder  719, head  14, sector 63
> 2: <UNUSED>
> 3: <UNUSED>
> 
> 
> 
> partition> E
> # /dev/rwd0d:
> type: ESDI
> disk: QUANTUM FIREBALL
> label: cylinders: 8912
> flags:
> bytes/sector: 512
> sectors/track: 63
> tracks/cylinder: 15
> sectors/cylinder: 945
> cylinders: 8912
> total sectors: 8421840
> rpm: 3600
> interleave: 1
> trackskew: 0
> cylinderskew: 0
> headswitch: 0           # microseconds
> track-to-track seek: 0  # microseconds
> drivedata: 0
> 
> 8 partitions:
> #        size   offset     fstype   [fsize bsize cpg/sgs]
>   c:  8379504    42336     4.2BSD     1024  8192    16   # (Cyl.   44*- 
> 8911)
>   d:  8421840        0     unused        0     0         # (Cyl.    0 - 
> 8911)
>   e:    31328       63 Linux Ext2        0     0         # (Cyl.    0*- 
> 33*)
>   f:  8379504    42336     unused        0     0         # (Cyl.   44*- 
> 8911)
> 
> 
> # more fstab
> #       $NetBSD: fstab.wd,v 1.3 2000/06/19 18:32:08 soren Exp $
> 
> /dev/wd0c       /       ffs     rw              1 1
> /dev/wd0e       /stand  ext2fs  rw              1 2
> #/dev/wd0f      none    swap    sw              0 0
> 
> 
> 
> OK, is this problem related to partitioning  ?
> 
> I have put this  kernel 
> 
> ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/cobalt/snapshot/1.5.3_RC2-20020428/binary
> /kernel/ 
> netbsd.GENERIC.gz
> 
> into the /boot directory and renamed in to vmlinux_raq-2800.gz
> 
> 
> When I reboot I get the error bellow.
> 
> syncing disks... done
> rebooting...
> 
>  Cobalt Microserver Diagnostics - 'We serve it, you surf it'
> Built Tue May 25 15:58:41 PDT 1999
> 
>  1.LCD Test................................PASS
>  2.Controller Test.........................PASS
>  5.Bank 0:.................................16M
>  6.Bank 1:.................................0M
>  7.Bank 2:.................................0M
>  8.Bank 3:.................................0M
>  9.Serial Test.............................PASS
> 10.PCI Expansion Slot....................**EMPTY**
> 12.IDE Test................................PASS
> 13.Ethernet Test...........................PASS
> 16.RTC Test................................PASS
> BOOTLOADER ramcode: selected partition /dev/hda1
> Decompressing done
> Executing bootloader kernel...
> Jump_to_Real_Kernel: disk error, trying BFD again
> BOOTLOADER ramcode: selected partition /dev/hdc1
> Decompressing - done
> Executing bootloader kernel...
> Jump_to_Real_Kernel: disk error, trying BFD again
> get_root_dev: nr_boot_failures 0x00000002 exceeds maxtries 0x00000002
> for 
> boot_i
> ndex 0x00000000
> 
> 
>  *** halting ***
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Any ideas on this. I knoiw it'll be something  very simple.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> ./John
> 
>