Subject: Re: Sysinst seems broken for PB150
To: Bruce ONeel <edoneel@sdf.lonestar.org>
From: Gerardo Alvarez <gerardoalvarez@telefonica.net>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 05/21/2004 17:01:58
I tried with both the regular FPE install and the 030 one, same result.


El 21/05/2004, a las 17:43, Bruce ONeel escribi=F3:

> Oh, sorry, I have no idea.  Did you try the regular INSTALL
> kernel?  Maybe that would work.
>
> Cheers
>
> bruce
>
> p.s. I added port-mac68k to the CC in hopes someone else might
> know...
>
> Gerardo Alvarez <gerardoalvarez@telefonica.net> wrote:
>> Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 23:56:22 +0200
>> From: Gerardo Alvarez <gerardoalvarez@telefonica.net>
>> Subject: Sysinst seems broken for PB150
>> To: "Bruce O'Neel" <edoneel@sdf.lonestar.org>
>> content-length: 5028
>>
>> There are problems though.
>> msdos under bsd shows with the 8.3 naming, so kernels are not
>> recognized by installer (longer names get funny short names as:
>> !kern-03.tg0 and such).
>>
>>
>> When sysinst reaches the point of looking for the tgz files, I =20
>> indicate
>> "unmounted file system"
>> Then I say:
>> Device wd0e (my msdos partition)
>> file system: msdos
>> directory: / (all tgz are right at the root of that msdos partition)
>>
>> Then I see that /dev/wdoe mounts on /mnt2
>>
>> After that it complains /mnt2///kern-GENERIC.tgz does not exist
>> (because the 8.3 naming problem)
>>
>> Then tar -zxvepf /mnt2///base.tgz starts, but stops right after
>> extracting ./dev/fd with a message:
>> [1]	Illegal instruction (core dumped) sysinst
>>   a "df" shows that /dev/wd0a is mounted as /targetroot and /dev/wd0g =
=20
>> as
>> /targetroot/usr, being 7% and 8% full respectively
>>
>> At that point I can see the # for the prompt but my input is not =20
>> shown,
>> although the commands are understood !!??
>>
>> I guess I could hand-copy the tgz files to a local directory in BSD
>> partition and tar -zxvepf everything from there?
>> But I would rather use the installer, that is what it was made for in
>> the first place right?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> El 20/05/2004, a las 11:40, Bruce O'Neel escribi=84:
>>
>>> I had never thought about using MS-DOS for this, but, of course, it
>>> works.  I end up using some other system and nfs for installs and I
>>> use MacOS only to boot the mac68k systems.
>>>
>>> cheers
>>>
>>> bruce
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 11:35:04AM +0200,
>>> GERARDOALVAREZ@telefonica.net wrote:
>>>> Really? Thanks!
>>>> Or is there another partition format that can be used to share
>>>> documents (mountable read/write) between the Mac OS and the BSD =
OSs?
>>>> Maybe a CD-ROM, although I don=ABt have an external SCSI unit.
>>>> I am using the msdos partition system because it seems a pretty
>>>> straigthforward way to go, but I am open to suggestions...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Mensaje Original -----
>>>> De: "Bruce O'Neel" <edoneel@sdf.lonestar.org>
>>>> Fecha: Jueves, Mayo 20, 2004 10:34 am
>>>> Asunto: Re: Softfloat build of Beta 2.0 from 16/5/2004
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> No, the INST030FPE kernel does not have MSDOS enabled.  I'll build
>>>>> one
>>>>> for you though...
>>>>>
>>>>> cheers
>>>>>
>>>>> bruce
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 10:52:38PM +0200, Gerardo Alvarez wrote:
>>>>>> The install kernel boots OK, partitions OK (it used to hang
>>>>> there,
>>>>>> possibly because of the FPE thing). Great ;-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But then mount_msdos /dev/wd0e /mnt2 gives an "operation not
>>>>> supported
>>>>>> by device" error which I didn=ABt have in 1.6.2.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a big IDE disk in the PB150, with a 125 MB DOS partition,
>>>>> which
>>>>>> I mount in Mac OS and copy all the distribution sets there, and
>>>>> then I
>>>>>> mount later in BSD to grab that distribution for the installer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does the install kernel (030FPE) support MSDOS partition =
mounting?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If not, I am a bit out of luck, since I can=ABt access the
>>>>> distribution
>>>>>> sets any other way (the Mac OS installer does not "see" HFS
>>>>> partitions
>>>>>> right?)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>
>>>>>> El 19/05/2004, a las 16:22, Bruce ONeel escribi=84:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It *should* work...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> cheers
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> bruce
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gerardo Alvarez <gerardoalvarez@telefonica.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 19:22:19 +0200
>>>>>>>> From: Gerardo Alvarez <gerardoalvarez@telefonica.net>
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Softfloat build of Beta 2.0 from 16/5/2004
>>>>>>>> To: "Bruce O'Neel" <edoneel@sdf.lonestar.org>
>>>>>>>> Cc: port-mac68k@netbsd.org
>>>>>>>> content-length: 996
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Should I give it a shot with my Powerbook 150?
>>>>>>>> It is a 60830 no FPU with 24 Mb RAM
>>>>>>>> I will try right away
>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> El 18/05/2004, a las 11:22, Bruce O'Neel escribi=E3:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The above build from the tar files is at
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ftp://lain.ziaspace.com/pub/NetBSD/m68k/NetBSD-release-2.0-
>>>>> mac-
>>>>>>>>> softfloat
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Per usual it has been tested by loading on two different
>>>>> Powerbook> >>>540c machines.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Btw, the list has been very quiet.  Has anyone tried either =
the
>>>>>>>>> regular builds or the softfloat builds?  The time to test is
>>>>> now and
>>>>>>>>> not 2 days after the release announcement for 2.0 :-) For
>>>>> what it's
>>>>>>>>> worth it seems stable so I don't think you'd be risking much =
to
>>>>>>>>> upgrade.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The most recent official build is (I believe) at:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ftp://releng.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-2-0/=20
>>>>>>>>> 200405100000/
>>>>>>>>> mac68k/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks again to John Klos for CPU, diskspace, and network
>>>>> bandwith.> >>>
>>>>>>>>> cheers
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> bruce
>>>>>>>>> --=20
>>>>>>>>> edoneel@sdf.lonestar.org
>>>>>>>>> SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --=20
>>>>> edoneel@sdf.lonestar.org
>>>>> SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --=20
>>> edoneel@sdf.lonestar.org
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>>>
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