Subject: Re: Installing netbsd/prep on ibm rs/6000 7043-43p
To: None <port-prep@netbsd.org>
From: Arpi <arpi@thot.banki.hu>
List: port-prep
Date: 06/06/2003 15:47:22
Hi,
> On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 12:57:38PM +0200, Arpi wrote:
> > I'm having trouble installing netbsd on $SUBJ system.
>
> I had it too :)
>
> > I've also tried to write generic.fs, generic_com0.fs and sysinst_com0.fs on
> > floppy and boot, with no success.
>
> When I tried, it hang on parallel port.
>
> > prepcd.iso cdrom. (readme says that there should be a file named INSTALL but
> > isn't)
>
> AFAIK there's no INSTALL/HOWTO: what I did is
> - dd the floppy image I got from Mr. Nonaka[1]
> - boot from that
thanks, your image file worked for me :)
(it's a -140 system anyway, 200mhz 604e cpu)
> - setup a nfs server
> - download and extract the tarfiles
done
> - mount the extracted root on rs6k via nfs
huh, how?
booting the image reults:
root device:
use one of: pcn0 sd0[a-h] sd1[a-h] cd0[a-h] sd2[a-h] sd3[a-h] ddb halt reboot
// i've tried cd0 (prepcd.iso cdrom is in the drive) but failed
// then i've tried pcn0:
root device: pcn0
dump device:
// what is 'dump' device? swap?
file system (default generic):
root on pcn0
nfs_boot: trying DHCP/BOOTP
nfs_boot: DHCP next-server: 192.190.173.33
nfs_boot: my_domain=banki.hu
nfs_boot: my_addr=192.168.243.187
nfs_boot: my_mask=255.255.255.0
nfs_boot: gateway=192.168.243.254
// fine, it got IP from my dhcp server
nfs_boot: getfh - no pathname
no file system for pcn0
cannot mount root, error = 79
// so, how/where can i tell it the IP address of NFS server and the path on it?
> - partition/newfs the disk(s)
> - extract the files again on disk(s)
> - boot from floppy and mount root from disk
>
> I still didn't complete the procedure (machine still boots from
> floppy/serial console) as it got rebooted only once, and I'm
> lazy.
>
> I think you'll find in the archives the wiser way to
> partition/format the disks.
I hope so :)
I'm new to bsd, i'm using and administrating linux and AIX since ages, but
never seen/use/install *bsd yet. Actually i've started thuis
let's-install-bsd-then thing for fun, and because this rs6k box is low for
aix 4.3 (64mb ram was always filled by aix's shit) so i wanted to try sth
else (linux/bsd, but linux is boring so i decided to try bsd)
A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team
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