Subject: Re: Troubles installing NetBSD onto Decstation 5000/125
To: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU>
From: Michael Brown <michael@supermathie.dynip.com>
List: port-pmax
Date: 10/27/1998 23:30:25
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On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, Jonathan Stone wrote:
> then create the device entries for rz5 and rz6:
>      cd /dev  
>      /bin/sh MAKEDEV rz5 rz6
> 
> At that point it might be simplest to reboot and start again; i have
> no idea what mounting the root via kernfs/bootdev will do, tho' i hear
> its supposed to work.  Or you could just do the MAKEDEV on the NFS server.
Already done:
# mount
mbrown.supermathie.net:/dec on / type nfs

# ls -al /dev/rz5*
brw-r-----  1 root  operator  21, 40 Oct 27 20:34 /dev/rz5a
brw-r-----  1 root  operator  21, 41 Oct 27 20:34 /dev/rz5b
brw-r-----  1 root  operator  21, 42 Oct 27 20:34 /dev/rz5c
brw-r-----  1 root  operator  21, 43 Oct 27 20:34 /dev/rz5d
brw-r-----  1 root  operator  21, 44 Oct 27 20:34 /dev/rz5e
brw-r-----  1 root  operator  21, 45 Oct 27 20:34 /dev/rz5f
brw-r-----  1 root  operator  21, 46 Oct 27 20:34 /dev/rz5g
brw-r-----  1 root  operator  21, 47 Oct 27 20:34 /dev/rz5h

# disklabel rz5
rz5: WARNING: install diskimage, recomputing label.
# /dev/rrz5c:
type: SCSI
disk: install diskimag
label:
flags:
bytes/sector: 512
sectors/track: 38
tracks/cylinder: 8
sectors/cylinder: 304
cylinders: 1348
total sectors: 409792
rpm: 3600
interleave: 1
trackskew: 0
cylinderskew: 0
headswitch: 0           # milliseconds
track-to-track seek: 0  # milliseconds
drivedata: 0

3 partitions:
#        size   offset    fstype   [fsize bsize   cpg]
a:    65536        0      4.2BSD     1024  8192    16   # (Cyl.    0 - 215*)
b:   131072    65536     unknown                        # (Cyl.  215*- 646*)
c:   409792        0      unused        0     0         # (Cyl.    0 - 1347)

# disklabel rz6
rz6: WARNING: no disk label
rz6: WARNING: using ULTRIX partition information# /dev/rrz6c:
type: SCSI
disk:
label:
flags:
bytes/sector: 512
sectors/track: 38
tracks/cylinder: 8
sectors/cylinder: 304
cylinders: 1348
total sectors: 409792
rpm: 0
interleave: 0
trackskew: 0
cylinderskew: 0
headswitch: 0           # milliseconds
track-to-track seek: 0  # milliseconds
drivedata: 0

8 partitions:
#        size   offset    fstype   [fsize bsize   cpg]
  a:    40960        0      4.2BSD     1024     0     0   # (Cyl.    0 - 134*)
  b:   368832    40960        swap                        # (Cyl.  134*- 1347*)
  c:   409792        0      4.2BSD     1024     0     0   # (Cyl.    0 - 1347)
disklabel: warning, revolutions/minute 0
disklabel: boot block size 0
disklabel: super block size 0

> Just to be sure: you are installing 1.3.2 or a recent -current, right?
> the changes to support scsi disks at units 5 and 6 weren't in 1.3.0 or
> 1.3.1. 
Yes, installing 1.3.2

> Can you send the dmesg output?
Attached. 

Is the disklabel similar to the x86's MBR and Partition Table?

Thanks again for your time.

M.

-- 
Michael ``M.'' Brown
Computer Science, University of Waterloo
SIGSIG -- signature too long (core dumped)
This ASEXUAL PIG really BOILS my BLOOD ... He's so ... so ... URGENT!!

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