Subject: Re: DECsystem 5000/200
To: Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au>
From: Jeffrey A. Webb <mustang@eel.ufl.edu>
List: port-pmax
Date: 01/27/1999 17:08:10
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Thanks for the responses to my question.

> I guess for 1.3.4 too.  Jeff, if I get you a modified kernel can you try
> it out in the next few days?
> 

Sure, I'll give it a shot.

I tried using newfs to format /dev/rrz0a partition and it seemed to work.
I then mounted it on /mnt and was able to see it with df and also create
a file on it.  The disk shows activity and I can cat the file I just
wrote.  I was able to do this with my original disklabel as well as
the one you sent me.  When I proceed with sysinst, I get the same
problem after entering in the name for the label.  It just hangs with no
disk activity.

I tried boot the 5000/25 DECstation personal, and it has the same problem,
so I think the problem must have to do with the disk (and how I label it),
and not the driver.

The disk is a Seagate ST41200N 1.04GB disk.  NetBSD originally came up
with a disk label that looked close, but I added the RPM and Interleave
since it gave warnings about them.  I couldn't determine some of the
parameters that NetBSD wants for the Disklabel, so I left what it 
detected. (The bootup messages seem to be correct as well.)  I'm attaching
the NetBSD disklabel I've been using along with the disk datasheet.
Hopefully I've made a silly error that will be easy to see.  Let me know
if there's anything else I can do to narrow down the problem.

Jeff




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