Tom,

It sounds like you forgot to select "Build Devices" from the File menu
before mounting your partitions.

Phil


On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Tom Reale wrote:

> Hi, I've installed the NetBSD 1.4.1 onto the following hardware:
> 
> Quadra 650, 40MB RAM, Quantum LP240S at scsi id 0
> 
> The drive is partitioned as follows:
> 
> sd0a - 45MB type Root partition
> sd0b - 80MB type Swap partition
> sd0c - does not appear in the MacBSD UFS Install utility, hmmm....
> sd0d - Apple "Patch" partition
> sd0e - 20MB type Usr partition
> sd0f - 9MB Mac_HFS partition (for booting to MacOS)
> sd0g - 80MB type Usr partition
> sd0h - "Apple Free" extra blocks
> 
> I've encountered two unexpected issues during this process:
>      1. After partitioning the drive and running the Install utility for
> the first time, I am able to use the Mini shell to create the /usr and
> /etc directories. However, all attempts to mount sd0g and sd0e to these
> points yield the message "/usr : No such file or directory" or "/etc: No
> such file or directory". The syntax I've employed is: "mount /dev/sd0g
> /usr". I've tried removing the directories and recreating them, and also
> using the other version of the installer that shipped with this version
> of NetBSD.
> 
>     2. So, I decided to attempt a minimum install of 1.4.1 on the 45MB
> Root partition. I installed base.tgz, etc.tgz, and kern.tgz (which is
> listed as netbsd.tgz in the install docs, by the way). When I boot, the
> kernel is recognized as executable and the system runs through its
> hardware init process. However, just after the root file system is
> recognized as type ffs, the boot process halts with the following
> message:
> 
> warning: no /dev/console
> 
> I attempted to boot from a copy of the kernel sitting on the HFS
> partition with the same results. I tried using the second kernel that
> comes with the system, with the same results. If I run the Mini shell, I
> can ls the /dev directory and sure enough there is no "console" file
> there.
> 
> Should that file be in the base.tgz package? Is it in another?
> 
> I appreicate your help with this.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tom Reale
> treale@mfi.com
>