Subject: I made it (on DECstation 2100)!
To: None <port-pmax@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Martin Brennfleck <brma@krisal.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de>
List: port-pmax
Date: 05/12/1995 13:29:50
Hello Ted, 
Hello James, 
Hello all

Yesterday I installed the minirootsystem on a small Hard drive (Quantum 
LPS52S ). Is wasn't easy, but it wasn't impossible too. Wich partition 
shoul be the root partition? In the examples you gave me, it seemed to be 
the d partition. When I made the d - partition root partition I wasn't 
able to boot. So I overlayed a-partition to d-partition. That worked. With 
the rest of the drive I wanted to build an other filesystem. First I've 
choosen the b-partition, but then I wasnt able to make newfs (or to mount? 
I don't know anymore). Then I overlayed b and g partition and it worked.
 
You should give the hint, that the name of the kernel ist netbsd. Because 
I have to know that to boot the machine. 

Now some more questions: 

Is there an X System, that works on the DECstatin 2100 under NetBSD?
Can I compile the MIT sources under NetBSD? Is it better to take X11R5 or 
X11R6?

How do I subscribe to your mailing list port-pmax@NETBSD.ORG?

I hope my english is not too bad. Did you understand everything, I've 
written?
Thank's a lot for the help you already gave me, and thank's a lot for 
your future help.

Goodbye from Karlsruhe
 
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PS: 
here is my disklabel output:
# /dev/rrz1c:
type: unknown
disk: mi1578hack
label: 
flags:
bytes/sector: 512
sectors/track: 20
tracks/cylinder: 4
sectors/cylinder: 80
cylinders: 1277
rpm: 3600
interleave: 1
trackskew: 0
cylinderskew: 0
headswitch: 0		# milliseconds
track-to-track seek: 0	# milliseconds
drivedata: 0 

7 partitions:
#        size   offset    fstype   [fsize bsize   cpg]
  a:    10240       16    4.2BSD     1024  8192    16 	# (Cyl.    0*- 128)
  b:    91904    10256    4.2BSD     1024  8192     0 	# (Cyl.  128*- 1276*)
  c:   102160        0    unused     1024  8192       	# (Cyl.    0 - 1276)
  d:    10240       16    4.2BSD     1024  8192    16 	# (Cyl.    0*- 128)
  g:    91904    10256    4.2BSD     1024  8192     0 	# (Cyl.  128*- 1276*)
                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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