Subject: 20000620-1.5 with 7500/604e/160
To: None <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: Makoto Fujiwara <makoto@ki.nu>
List: port-macppc
Date: 06/29/2000 22:03:52
Hi,
I got 20000620-1.5 installed on PowerMac 7500 + 604e/160.
The Open Firmware version is 1.05.
Almost eveything is fine, except
-- ignores existing disklabel
-- I need to change real-base number at OF
-- newfs at sysinst shows 3 times large MB numbers
-- unable to change root passwd:
Then whole story is:
(1) make boot floppy at another NetBSD/i386 box with
dd if=boot.fs of=/dev/rfd0a bs=64k
(2) > boot fd:0
(3) scan order for internal or external
It scans external first, this makes a little bit
confusing because internal is always there but external
one is easy to be connected/disconnected and not necessarily
giving the same sd number to the internal one.
( This is not 1.5 specific though,)
(4) run sysinst
I did manually partition like ( in CYL numbers)
size start
a 100 0 / 50M
b 300 100 swap 170M
c 3707 0
d 308 400 /usr 170M
g 3000 708 /mount_union 1.7G
(5) partition size shown at newfs
The disk size shown at newfs seems to be too big.
I think about 3 times.
I have used HP 2G disk connected to the external SCSI
port.
(6) ignores existing disklabel
sysinst of macppc ignores the existing partion.
( at fresh install). I think NetBSD/sparc honors the
existing partition.
(7) boot with the command > boot scsi/sd@2:0
It stops like
-----------
>> NetBSD/macppc OpenFirmware Boot, Revision 1.2
>> (tsubai@moeko, Sun Feb 6 23:24:18 JST 2000)
2771516+228288 [100+101888+85618/
-----------
This hard copy is not the one with recent alpha,
instead with 20000606 and with StarMax. But thing is
very much similar at this time.
Tsubai san suggested Kernel loads extending over
the OF area which some model uses location at 4M,
start(1M) + kernel size(3M+) > OF area (4M)
(8) I typed at Open Firmware as
> setenv real-base F00000
> reset-all
> boot scsi/sd@2:0
Then I got single user boot
(9) At single user, when I type ed /etc/rc.conf,
/tmp/ed..... is read-only file system.
So I need to mount -a before doing so.
(10) After multi user booting,
with root, when I typed passwd, I got
passwd: failed to parse principal.
Configuration file does not specify default realm.
So I am running it with no root passwd :-) now.
That's the story so far,
Thanks Matt, Tsubai San, and all macppc folks,
---
Makoto Fujiwara