On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 11:23:26PM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 04:20:35PM -0600, Jay Nelson wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 11:15:17PM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> > > On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 01:14:26PM -0600, Jay Nelson wrote:
> > > > I can't get a bootable install off one particular box and I'm hoping
> > > > someone can help.
> > > > 
> > > > The disk probe on boot is returning a mode sense "too large to make
> > > > sense" message (or similar -- I'm working from memory.) The number
> > > > cylinders picked up in sysinstall are, in fact, too large. (Something
> > > > in excess of 33,000) Changing the geometry in sysinstall has no
> > > > effect.
> > > 
> > > Can you try to post the NetBSD boot message here ?
> >  
> > I'll try tonite. (The machine is at home.) All I will have to work
> > with are the install floppies. Any suggestions on how best to save the
> > message buffer?
> 
> It's /kern/msgbuf on the boot floppy.
> The easiest would be to get network working, and copy it (nfs or ftp)
> somewhere else.
> Othewise if there are several OS installed you can try to mount a partition
> and copy it there.

I'll send it in about 3 hours. Thanks.

-- jay