Many thanks,

Sorry to say, though, it didn't work: newfs on the 2.0.2 iso image=20
crashed and burned just the same on a partition created by Drive Setup.

Curiously, I got a little further with the 1.6.2 iso :- it at least=20
allowed my to format the smaller ('root') partition. It also core=20
dumped more gracefully when I tried to format the bigger ('usr')=20
partition; I'm guessing now that the reason the 2.0.2 iso blows up=20
quite so spectacularly is that there's not space for the core dump in=20
the installation cd's root partition (presumably some kind of ram=20
disk...)

Sadly, I'm not up to interpreting the core dump.

Interestingly, when I was installing OS9 in order to copy the boot=20
loader over to the hfs partition, I had some problems there, too.=20
Beginning to wonder if the darned machine isn't just broken...

Cheers
Jon

On 31 May 2005, at 15:12, Timo Schoeler wrote:

> Jonathan Essex schrieb:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Apologies and all, I have been until now a NetBSD virgin.
>>
>> I'm trying to install 2.0.2 on a G4 (sawtooth) from an CD blown from=20=

>> the
>> standard iso image as downloaded from /pub/NedBSD/iso/2.0.2 on
>> ftp.netbsd.org
>>
>> I have two IDE drives.
>>
>> The system boots fine off the CD, pdisk seems to create partitions =
OK,
>> but every time I try to run newfs on any of my freshly created
>> partitions (/dev/wd1a, for example) the system just restarts after a
>> couple of seconds. I can see some kind of error messages appear but=20=

>> they
>> are not visible for long enough to actually read them... :-(
>>
>> I have tried creating partitions of different sizes on my two drives,
>> but always with the same result (excepting one time where the system
>> just hung... no unusual messages beyond the unable to change label=20
>> name
>> which I gather is normal.
>>
>> I have been using 'newfs /dev/wd1a' as an example command line
>> (substituting wd0a, wd1g, or wd0g depending on cirumstances)
>>
>> It seems likely that I am doing something stupid. I would be humbly
>> grateful if anyone could point me in the right direction...
>>
>> Thanks
>> Jon.
>
> hi jon,
>
> maybe you can try my 'version' of putting NetBSD onto my G4 (yip, also=20=

> a
> Sawtooth); however, it requires a Mac OS <X boot cd to partition the=20=

> HD.
> afterwards, it works with NetBSD, Mac OS 9, and Mac OS X in multi-boot
> config.
>
> NetBSD/macppc Installation
>
> (OpenFirmware 3 =D1 all coloured Macs)
>
>
>
> =A5 boot from Mac OS 9 Install CD
>
> =A5 run 'Drive Setup' ('Laufwerke konfigurieren' in German) and create
> following enlistet partitions:
>
> - ~250MByte if you want to install Mac OS 9 (e.g. for maintenance) or
> ~10MByte for booting into NetBSD (HFS+ format)
>
> - a root partition for NetBSD (~60MByte, choose 'A/UX-Root' format)
>
> - a swap partition for NetBSD (=B2512MByte RAM swap should be RAM * 2,
> 'A/UX-Swap' format)
>
> - a /usr partition for NetBSD (if you want to build a system at least
> 2GByte rec'd, 'A/UX-User' format)
>
> - optionally, you might want to create own partitions for /var, /home
> etc. (all in 'A/UX-User' format)
>
> =A5 install a copy of 'ofwboot.xcf' (the bootloader for NetBSD) and
> 'netbsd' (the NetBSD Kernel) to the HFS+ partition; you may also=20
> install
> Mac OS 9
>
> =A5 enter the OpenFirmware by pressing 'Alt' + 'Option' + 'o' + 'f'
>
> =A5 having inserted the NetBSD iso CD, you are now able to boot from =
it:
> 'boot cd:,ofwboot.xcf' or 'boot hd:, ofwboot.xcf' to boot from HFS+
> partition
>
> =A5 being in the installer tool, choose 'execute /bin/sh' from Utility
> Menu and execute the following steps:
>
> - 'disklabel wd0' (or another HD ID such as wd1, sd0 etc., this =
depends
> on your machine) =D1 HD information is printed on the screen
>
> - do 'newfs /dev/wd0a' (or another partition ID, see above) for all
> 4.2BSD-type partitions (fyi: the 4.2BSDs are the former A/UX=20
> partitions)
>
> - now 'mount /dev/wd0a /mnt' (or whatever is intentioned to be / after
> installation)
>
> - create a fstab file according to your partition layout:
>
> - 'mkdir /mnt/etc'
>
> - 'cat > /mnt/etc/fstab' (enters interactive mode!)
>
> - '/dev/wd0a / ffs rw,softdep 1 1' [enter]
>
> - '/dev/wd0b none swap sw 0 0' [enter]
>
> - '/dev/wd0g /usr ffs rw,softdep 1 2' [enter]
>
> - '(...)' (quit interactive mode and write to fstab: 'ctrl + c')
>
> - now create the directories needed to mount your given mountpoints,
> e.g. 'mkdir /mnt/usr' (and, if you have them, the same for /var,=20
> /home=C9)
>
> - unmount all by doing 'cd /' and 'umount /mnt'
>
> - re-join the installer tool by exiting /bin/sh with 'ctrl' + 'd'
>
> =A5 now go ahead but use the option re-install to keep your current
> partition scheme!
>
> =A5 after installation again go into the shell and edit /etc/rc.conf =
the
> way that rc_configured *is* set to YES -- otherwise you will end up in
> single user mode because /etc/rc.conf says 'rc_configured=3DNO' which =
has
> to be changed to 'YES'
>
> =A5 after installation and rebooting, you may now boot directly into
> NetBSD via OpenFirmware by 'boot hd:,ofwboot.xcf'
>
> =A5 welcome to NetBSD/macppc :)
>
> NB: Compile a new kernel with 'options OFB_ENABLE_CACHE' set (it's =
#ed)
> to speed up console output!
>
> --=20
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