Hi,

The SCSI error #5 refers to a phase error (error #5), not an error on SCSI
device #5.  

I would recommend not messing with A/UX partitions. Here is how I set up
my Quantum HD using Silverlining. I wanted 1 MacOS (hfs) partition, a root
partition, a swap partition, and a Usr partition. 

1) I created 4 Mac partitions in Silverlining. I have 1 10MB partition
(MacOS), 1 80MB partition (root), 1 100MB partition (swap), and the rest
in the final partition (usr).

2) I used the Mkfs program to convert the 80MB partition into a Root
partition, the 100MB partition into a Swap partition, and the big
partition into a Usr partition.

3) In the Installer program, set the Preferred RAM size to a large number.
I would set it to as much as you can spare RAM-wise.

Hopefully, doing the above, you will have more luck installing NetBSD on
your LC630.

Mark

On Sun, 17 May 1998, mwalker wrote:

> Do I need the "How to Install NetBSD/mac68k for Dummies" book?
> 
> I wrote a message a few days ago regarding a problem I was having
> installing OpenBSD on a Quadra 630 with external LaCie2.1g HD.  I have
> received quite a few replies to my query. To those of you who responded,
> thank you. The solution to my problem seemed to revolve in two areas:
> 
> 1) I used the wrong partitioning parameters. I used A/UXv3 when I should of
> used A/UXv2.
> 2) I was using OpenBSD when I should of been using, according to Mac users,
> the tried and true NetBSD.
> 
> (The other problem was in my confusion regarding the boot kernel. I tried
> all every suggestion offered, to no avail. So I decided to forego OpenBSD
> and switch to NetBSD/mac68k because of the success of others.)
> 
> So, I decided to do the following:
> 1) Re-initialize and format my HD.
> 2) Set up 4 partitions as A/UXv2
> 3) Use Mkfs(1.45) to set the partitions to NetSBD types.
> 4) Install NetBSD 1.3.1 using the installer utility (1.1g).
> 
> Everything went smoothly, until I tried to install the base.tgz file. The
> installer stopped at the following:
> 
> -r-xr-xr-x  3/7   163840  Sun Mar 15 17:29 1998 ./sbin/fsck_ffs
> Error on SCSIRead(), #5
> pos = 0, i = 22, fs = /
> alloccgblk: can't find blk in cyl
> 
> So, using my trustworthy FAQ, I found, I think, the area where it describes
> the problem. It was in 4.12. I checked to see where my partitions were
> located, and indeed, they are on the last half of my HD. So, following the
> recommendations of the FAQ I continued to successfully install the
> kern.tgz. When installing the etc.tgz it stopped with this error:
> 
> -r--r--r-- 0/0   3147 Sun Mar 15 18:18 1998 ./etc/mtree/BSD.pkg.dist
> Error on SCSIRead(), #5
> Error on SCSIWrite(), #5
> Error on SCSIRead(), #5
> Error on SCSIRead(), #5
> Error on SCSIWrite(), #5
> Error on SCSIRead(), #5
> pos = 0, i = 22, fs = /
> alloccgblk: can't find blk in cyl
> 
> (SCSI #5 is my Zip drive.)
> So, okay. I then entered the mini shell and executed the command:
> > cpin base.tgz /file
> 
> About 5 minutes of disk activity, then:
> 
> Error on SCSIWrite(), #5
> Error on SCSIRead(), #5
> Error on SCSIWrite(), #5
> Error on SCSIRead(), #5
> pos = 0, i = 22, fs = /
> alloccgblk: can't find blk in cyl
> 
> Now, this is rather humbling! I have read, and also have a hard copy of
> these in front of me, the mini-FAQ, FAQ, and the HOWTOS on installation and
> building kernels. According to these instructions, I am performing every
> step correctly. In fact, I feel very comfortable with the steps that I am
> doing. The only step that I keep going back over, as to the cause of all my
> problems is the Silverlining partition program, or more correctly, my
> choice of selecting partitions.
> 
> After I send this message I plan to start over using Silverlining to
> initialize and re-partition. This time I am going to try to have all the
> partitions at the front of the HD.
> 
> In the mean time, does anyone have any suggestions as to what might have
> gone wrong?

   Mark Andres               E-mail: mark@giganet.net
          Running NetBSD, 100% Microsoft Free!
   Me & NetBSD: http://www2.giganet.net/~mark/NetBSD/