Subject: Installing 1.4.1 on microvax II
To: None <port-vax@netbsd.org>
From: Phlatlyn <phlatlyn@pacbell.net>
List: port-vax
Date: 12/22/1999 15:27:02
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I have been trying to install NetBSD on my VAX for awhile. I reduced the =
configuration to only the processor,memory,RQDX3 and QD21. After some =
troubleshooting I found a bad cable and now it boots off the 1.44 meg =
floppy. (it thinks it is a 1.2 and I set the bios on a FreeBSD PC the =
same way to create boot disks.) Everything checks out and I low level =
formatted two ESDI disks from the FRD on the QD21. When I boot the =
system with the 1.4.1 install disk and attempt to install NetBSD it =
fails telling me that my disks are full. After many failed attempts I =
tried a 1.3.2 install disk. After writing the disklabel with edlabel,it =
no longer fails with the disk full error. I then choose a standard =
installation on either rd0 or rd1 (rd0 is a 160 meg Seagate,rd1 is a 330 =
meg Micropolis). I accept the default partitions.Disklabel runs =
successfully. It then runs newfs on /dev/rra0a. This completes =
successfully. newfs then runs again on /dev/rra0d. This time it =
immediatly aborts with the following error message:
STATUS:Failed
Command:/sbin/newfs /dev/rra0dra0: invalid command (unknown subcode) =
(code)
Press any key to continue
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have been trying to install NetBSD on =
my VAX for=20
awhile. I reduced the configuration to only the processor,memory,RQDX3 =
and QD21.=20
After some troubleshooting I found a bad cable and now it boots off the =
1.44 meg=20
floppy. (it thinks it is a 1.2 and I set the bios on a FreeBSD PC the =
same way=20
to create boot disks.) Everything checks out and I low level formatted =
two ESDI=20
disks from the FRD on the QD21. When I boot the system with the 1.4.1 =
install=20
disk and attempt to install NetBSD it fails telling me that my disks are =
full.=20
After many failed attempts I tried a 1.3.2 install disk. After writing =
the=20
disklabel with edlabel,it no longer fails with the disk full error. I =
then=20
choose a standard installation on either rd0 or rd1 (rd0 is a 160 meg=20
Seagate,rd1 is a 330 meg Micropolis). I accept the default =
partitions.Disklabel=20
runs successfully. It then runs newfs on /dev/rra0a. This completes=20
successfully. newfs then runs again on /dev/rra0d. This time it =
immediatly=20
aborts with the following error message:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>STATUS:Failed</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Command:/sbin/newfs /dev/rra0dra0: =
invalid command=20
(unknown subcode) (code)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Press any key to =
continue</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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