Subject: Re: Problem booting from ra0b
To: Kevin McQuiggin <mcquiggi@sfu.ca>
From: Anders Magnusson <ragge@ludd.luth.se>
List: port-vax
Date: 07/25/1997 10:24:16
> Hi All:
> 
> This is probably a FAQ question, but the info in there is old!
> 
> I'm installing 1.2G onto my Microvax II. When I boot ":ra(0,1)netbsd" and
> get prompted for root device, I enter "ra0*". I then get prompted for dump
> device, default ra0b. I responded "none" as I don't want to overwrite the
> miniroot.
> 
> I'm then asked the filesystem type, accept the default "generic", and then
> the process bombs out with "no file system on ra0, error = 79".
> 
It sounds like you have failed writing the filesystem image to ra0b...

-- Ragge