Subject: Installation on 2.5'' disk fails
To: None <port-cobalt@NetBSD.org>
From: Carsten Pache <newsabo@gmx.info>
List: port-cobalt
Date: 07/21/2004 10:06:53
A few months ago I installed NetBSD 1.6.1 on my Qube (using the netboot cd
mentioned several times in this newsgroup). Before that I replaced the
originally installed harddisk with a bigger one (3.5'', 40 GB). No problems.

Inspired by Team Rushmere's TeraQube project (http://www.rushmere.net/) I
decided to install an old (but working!) 2.5'' harddrive instead of the
3.5'' drive. Trying to netboot the Qube, I get the following messages:


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:.................................64M
 6.Bank 1:.................................64M
 7.Bank 2:.................................64M
 8.Bank 3:.................................64M
 9.Serial Test.............................PASS
10.PCI Expansion Slot....................**Unknown Card**
12.IDE Test................................PASS
13.Ethernet Test...........................PASS
16.RTC Test................................PASS
Decompressing done
Executing bootloader kernel...
Jump_to_Real_Kernel: disk error, trying BFD again


(You can ignore "**Unknown Card**"; I get the same result when the card
(Promise Ultra100 TX2) is not installed)

Booting from the 3.5'' disk and using the 2.5'' disk as a second drive
(connected to the Promise Ultra100 TX2) works well, so I think the 2.5''
drive is okay.

Any chance to get the 2.5'' drive working as the boot drive?

Regards
Carsten