> From daemon Thu Mar 28 11:32:00 1996
> >From gunnar@bitcon.no  Thu Mar 28 11:31:59 1996
> Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 12:31:24 +0100 (MET)
> From: Gunnar Helliesen <gunnar@bitcon.no>
> To: Dave Clarke x8048 <Dave.Clarke@swindon.gpsemi.com>
> cc: port-vax@NetBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: goes to debug on boot up
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> On Thu, 28 Mar 1996, Dave Clarke x8048 wrote:
> 
> > Hi ,
> > 	Well after some time trying to install all the bits of netbsd,I think,
> > I finally got round to booting up the system from disk. Unfortunately, 
> > it got as far as:- > setting tty flags
> > /: bad dir ino 1280 at offset 2080: i_size too small
> > panic bad dir
> > 		other messages appear and then then the db> prompt appears.
> > 
> > I followed Gunnar's install FAQ with the following setup:-
> > uVAXII/GPX in a BA123 with 9MB, 2 RD53's and 2 RX33's (one is 3.5") on 
> > a RQDX3, TK70.
> > The first RD53 is split for partition a (15840), b (20160), d rest of disk.
> > The second RD53 is set for the whole as partition e.
> 
> If you use the whole of the disk as one partition, you should use 
> partition c. I don't know if this is the cause of your problems, though...
> 
> Did you 'newfs' the partitions using the raw device? (/dev/rra0a etc.)
>
>                                                            ^^
> 
> > After installing all the bits of the system,made the devices, I 
> > mounted the miniroot as suggested write access and used ed to create 
> > /mnt/etc/fstab as follows:- >    /dev/ra0a  /  ffs  rw 1 1
> >    /dev/ra1e  /usr  ffs  rw 1 3
> > I double checked that it had written these files and proceeded to boot 
> > from DUA0:
> > 
> > Have I missed something out ?
> > 
> > Also, I have an RZ23-E, I found a disktab listing for this in the 
> > DECstation directory. The problem is which is the correct entry for this 
> > drive RZ23 or RZ23L ? Is there an obvious distinction between the two 
> > types ?
> 
> Yep. RZ23 is ~104MB and RZ23L is ~125MB.
> 
> > Many thanks,
> > Dave.
> 
> Gunnar
> 
> --
> Gunnar Helliesen   | Bergen IT Consult AS  | NetBSD/VAX on a uVAX II
> Systems Consultant | Bergen, Norway        | Jaguar Enthusiast/Ford owner
> gunnar@bitcon.no   | http://www.bitcon.no/ | Vicki who? What .sig virus?
> 
> 
Hi,	
	I did use the raw devices /dev/rra0a when I did newfs. 
I will try using the c partition instead of the e and see if it fires up.

Thanks,
	Dave.