Subject: Re: Install 1.4.1 on a Compaq Contura Aero 4/33 C (SOLVED)
To: , <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Richard PLOIX <richard.ploix@fr.adp.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/28/1999 10:17:27
Hello Bill, how are you to day?
Me i'm fine.
Thousand of thank's to you for your help.
I have solved the problem by the same way the last night.
My solution was to make a 'fdisk wd0' command to see where
was my DOS partition. 
The second command was 'disklabel -i wd0' and add a partition 'f'.
The partition begin at 6552 and the size is 65520.
The unit in use was effectivly in sectors.
Then, I mount my partition by 'mount -t msdos /dev/wd0f /mnt2.
At this point, I see my set directory on my MSDOS disk.
All is riht for now.
Than's you again.
Bye.
Richard from PARIS in FRANCE.

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>Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 13:32:07 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@nas.nasa.gov>
>Reply-To: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@nas.nasa.gov>
>To: Richard PLOIX <richard.ploix@fr.adp.com>
>cc: port-i386@netbsd.org
>Subject: Re: Install 1.4.1 on a Compaq Contura Aero 4/33 C
>
>Nicely detailed! Unfortunatly you ran into some problems with sysinst.
>
>You said the kern.tgz, etc files are on your msdos partition? I'm going to
>assume so, and suggest a way to fix things up from this point.
>
>Unfortunatly you have to repeat the parts of the install you did. I'll
>show you where you need to make different answers.
>
>On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Richard PLOIX wrote:
>
>> >   -> partition table in sec.
>> >      No start(meg)	Size(meg)	End(meg)	Kind
>                  ^^^        ^^^            ^^^
>Did it really do that? Oops!
>
>> >       0	6552		65520		72072	Primary DOS 16-bit FAT > 32 MB
>> >       1	72072		615888		687960	NetBSD
>> >       2	52		6500		6552	unknow
>> >       3						unused
>
>Remember the start & size of your msdos partition: 6552, 65520.
>
>> >I say standard and return
>> >   -> BSD-disklabel partition as (size and offset in meg)
>
>I'd suggest doing it in sectors. Megabyte mode had some strange rounding
>issues. Just remember that a sector is 1/2 a K. So 2048 sectors = a
>megabyte. 36 MB = 73728 and 33 MB = 67584 sectors.
>
>> >      id	size	offset	end	fstype	bsize	fsize	mountpoint
>> >       a	36	35	71	4.2BSD	8192	1024	/
>> >       b	33	72	104	swap
>> >       c	300	35	335	unused
>> >       d	336	0	335	unused
>> >       e	230	105	335	4.2BSD	8192	1024	/usr
>> >     Partitons are ok? 
>> >I say yes and return
>
>Say no. Add an "f" partition, start 6552, size 65520 and type MS-DOS.
>
>Then say yes when it asks about partitions being ok.
>
>> >   -> name for netbsd disk 5mywd0]:   return
>> >      last chance.   return
>> >      newfs /dev/rwd0a
>> >      ---------------e
>> >      the next step is to fetch and unpack the distribution sets.
>> >I say yes and return
>> >I select custom installation kern, base, etc
>> >   -> do you want to see the files during extracting? no
>> >I select floppy medium
>
>At this point you want to select the "unmounted fs" option.
>
>You want to say "msdos" for Filesystem, and "wd0f" for device (it's the
>one we added above). If the files aren't in the top level of the dos
>drive, set the path to them in the Directory setting. Remember that UNIX
>uses "/" to seperate file names while windos uses "\". So a windows path
>of "Program Files\Downloads" would be "Program Files/Downloads" for UNIX.
>
>I think it should just work now.
>
>Take care,
>
>Bill
>
>
>