Subject: RE: NetBSD on Cassiopeia E-100?
To: Port-Hpcmips <port-hpcmips@netbsd.org>
From: Benjamin David Sexson <bensexson@earthlink.net>
List: port-hpcmips
Date: 10/31/2002 15:27:12
When I installed NetBSD on my z50 the device was wd0 and the dir was /DOS.
So I would say you should set the device to wd0 the file system should be
msdos and the dir should be /msdos/binaries/sets

> -----Original Message-----
> From: port-hpcmips-owner@netbsd.org
> [mailto:port-hpcmips-owner@netbsd.org]On Behalf Of Virágh Barnabás
> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 7:22 PM
> To: port-hpcmips@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: NetBSD on Cassiopeia E-100?
>
>
> I have made some progress on the field of bboting up NetBSD on E-100. It
> boots up, starts up the sysinst, I can partition my CF card, and
> here comes
> the problems!!!
>
> I have partitioned up my CF card the following way:
> 0 - 40 Megs msdos partition (with the installation binaries, and the boot
> kernel...)
> 41-123 Megs NetBSD partition
>
> In the partition label what so ever, I have set up the followings: (on
> device wd0)
>
> a: 41-120 4.2BSD type partition, mount point: root (/)
> b: 121-123 swap type partition
> c: seem to be the whole CF card
> d: seems to be a BSD partition
> e: 0-40 msdos type partition, mount point: /msdos
>
> after this I select custom install, and to install from an unmounted
> filesystem.
> At that point, I have tried everything! There are 3 parameters of
> this kind
> of install, the device (which should be wd0e, shouldn't be?), the file
> system (which is msdos) and directory, which is "binary/sets" (as it is in
> WinCE: "Storage Card/binary/sets").
>
> After these settings, it always drops an error that says: "can not be
> mounted ... direcotry on ... device".
>
> So what the heck could be done, in this case??? Please! HELP!!!
>
>
>