Subject: Re: VAXstation 3100 questions
To: None <port-vax@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Carlsson, Anders <dal95acn@mds.mdh.se>
List: port-vax
Date: 02/03/1998 09:45:30
Ragge answered David Burrows' question:
>> I have tried "boot dka200" (104mb SCSI DISK), and it says:
>> "howto 0x0, bdev 0x2a, booting...Boot failed, saerrno 2"
> This means that there is no boot program in the root filesystem on
> the first partition on your disk. (or at least that the bootblocks
> can't find it)
I guess this is a proper procedure to follow:
1. Use disklabel -e to set up partitions, typically a for root, b for swap,
c for the whole disk, d for tmp, e for var and f for usr.
2. Use disklabel -B sdboot sd0a or whatever to write the primary boot block
3. Use newfs on the partitions a, d, e and f.
4. Copy the secondary boot program onto root partition, followed by netbsd
kernel.
5. Copy the rest of the system onto the partitions and MAKEDEV in /dev.
Now you can reboot. Please notice however you have to b/1 dka200 and enter
rom()netbsd at the new prompt, since the boot program yet doesn't handle
SCSI disks afaik. Then you'll have to answer a few questions during the boot.
/Anders Carlsson