Subject: FIFO errors after install
To: None <port-sparc@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Rajib Rashid <rajib@outcast.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 12/02/1995 09:26:28
Hello All:

	I just finished installing NetBSD/Sparc on my Sparcstation IPX, and
I "believe" I did everything according to the instructions. I am installing
it on my second external drive (/dev/rsd1) from an existing SunOS system,
and I managed to boot to netbsd without any problems. But I am getting a LOT
of this message on the console, and finally it kept on printing it non-stop:

dma0: errorempty FIFO of 1 empty FIFO of 16

The only thing I can think of is problem with partitioning the disk :} I am
not very femilier with the partition system using 'format'.. here is what I
have now (whihc may be totally wrong):

partition> pr
Current partition table (original sd1):
        partition a - starting cyl      0, # blocks    28140 (89/3/0)
        partition b - starting cyl     90, # blocks    44310 (140/6/0)
        partition c - starting cyl      0, # blocks   398160 (1264/0/0)
        partition d - starting cyl      0, # blocks        0 (0/0/0)
        partition e - starting cyl      0, # blocks        0 (0/0/0)
        partition f - starting cyl      0, # blocks        0 (0/0/0)
        partition g - starting cyl    141, # blocks   353850 (1123/3/0)
        partition h - starting cyl      0, # blocks        0 (0/0/0)

	I am also getting this message at boot time:

	dma0: erro /dev/rsd1g: CANNOT WRITE: BLK 16


	Can anyone please tell me what I am doind wrong, and how I can fix
it? 

	Thanks a lot

	- Rajib Rashid
	  Univ. of Rochester