Subject: Re: Problems installing NetBSD on DEC5000/125
To: Pmax Netbsd Mailing List <port-pmax@netbsd.org>
From: Trevor Callow <calt@diesel.net.au>
List: port-pmax
Date: 07/19/1999 18:58:39
Trevor Callow wrote:

> Hi,
> Am having a few problems installing NetBSD 1.4 and I hope somebody knows
> why? ;-)
>
> Each time that I boot the drive that the diskimage is installed onto I get
> the following.
>
> >boot 3/rz1/install
> >>NetBSD/pmax Secondary Boot, Revision 1.0
> >>(root@mona, Friday May 7 14:50:29 EST 1999
> boot 3/rz1/install
> open 3/rz1/install: no such file or directory
>
> I have tried the following commands writing to a Digital rz25e & Seagate
> st4766n drives and tried booting
> them at various scsi id's. etc.

>
> Dos > unzipped the diskimage file the tried to use rawrite that came with
> linux
>          "will only write to a floppy". Is there another version that will
> write to HD as suggested in
>           the install guide.
>
> RH Linux 5.2 > gunzip -c diskimage.gz | dd of=/dev/sdb bs=10240
>                    dd if=/files/diskimage of=/dev/sdb bs=10240
>                     cat diskimage > /dev/sdb
> Freebsd 2.1.5 > disklabel -W /dev/rsd1c
>                            gunzip -c diskimage.gz | dd of=/dev/rsd1c
> bs=10240
>                            dd if=/files/diskimage of=/dev/rsd1c bs=10240
>
> Ultrix V4.3 > gunzip -c diskimage.gz | dd of=/dev/rrz1c bs=10240
>                       dd if=/files/diskimage of=/dev/rrz1c bs=10240
>
> At the boot prompt >> I have only been able to use the "3/rz1/install"
> command  as it does not recognize the -f switch to be able to try " boot
> -f rz(0,x,0)install", only switches allowed are -z -n Prior to boot I get
> KN02-BA V5.7e (PC0x80710070) & SP 0x8070ff90 if that is any help.

> Any help on the above would be greatly appreciated.

>
> Trevor C.