Subject: Re: Floppy boot image testers wanted!
To: None <PORT-VAX@NETBSD.ORG>
From: Roger Ivie <IVIE@cc.usu.edu>
List: port-vax
Date: 08/18/1999 16:35:01
>> was killed because of a lack of swap. Punching ^C before sysinst does the
>> disklabel does allow me to manually label the disk, but it's all over
>> when I turn the swap on:
>>
>> # swapctl -a /dev/sd1b
>> sd1(ncr1:0:0): cannot allocate scsipi xs
>> sd1: not queued, error 12
>>
>> which is, at least, a new error message.
>
>We found that sysinst didn't handle the case where you try to boot from
>the same disk that you intend to install to.
I'm sorry for not being specific. I booted from sd0. Sd0 is the jaz
containing the miniroot and sd1 is a 1GB Conner to which I would like
to install.
Roger Ivie
ivie@cc.usu.edu