Subject: dd miniroot.fs read-only
To: , <port-sparc@NetBSD.org>
From: None <mcesare@nc.rr.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 07/20/2005 23:04:44
The drive is an IBM DCAS-32160. What is the correct disk label for this
drive

Mark C

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mcesare@nc.rr.com>
To: <port-sparc@NetBSD.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: ss5 & blinking power led


> I'm having trouble using dd to put a miniroot.fs image on a new disk
(sd2).
> It keeps telling me its read-only, this disk is not mounted,
> it is not swap space and if I do mount it I can write to it !!!
>
> also,I CAN dd the miniroot.fs to my active swap space (rsd0b) with out
> dropping to sinlge user mode.
>
> Mark C
>
> (Sorry if this is a repeat question It looks like it did not get thru the
> first time.)
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dimitris Tsifakis" <w123@dodo.com.au>
> To: <port-sparc@NetBSD.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 8:56 PM
> Subject: ss5 & blinking power led
>
>
> > When I compiled 2.0.2 a few weeks ago on my ss5 (70MHz) and it worked
> well.
> > I got a blinking light, which was good to me because I could see
straight
> > away that the kernel is still alive (i don't have a console on that
box).
> >
> > Then I upgraded my ss5 to a TurboSPARC ss5. The kernel remained the
same.
> I
> > realised straight away that the led doesn't blink like it used to
anymore.
> I
> > though it might have something to do with the different clock speed.
> Anyway,
> > today I noticed that the led blinking quite fast. I logged in thinking
> that
> > there must be something that hogging the CPU or something else has gone
> > wrong. The server seemed to be fine, the load was minimal as usual. I
> didn't
> > spend more time as I had to leave for work.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > cheers
> > dimitris
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