Hi,
I'd like to make a test with NetBSD 1.5.2 but I can't
get to the and the installation procedure.

## PROBLE: NetBSD 1.2.5 installation failed.

## WHERE: on a Veridata XtraPro 486s/25 width 8 M
   of ram 350 M of HD, three partitions (DRdos 105 Mb) 
   swap for linux (now  of 9 Mb) the other for linux 
   laptop. The NetBSD Os would be installed instead of 
   linux (slackware 3.5)

## in advance I didn't make a partition of the HD for
   NetBSD, in order to use the linux partitions. I rightly
   got all over the partitons to unused, and then setted them
   to NetBSD, with their parameters. 
   
## the boot goes on without problems (floppy 1 and 2), the part
   of the installation actived by the sysinst arrives to the end
   with some allerts (see down), but then when the installation
   would really start it gives an error:

   status: failed
   command: /sbin/newsfs  /dev/rwd0a
   pres any key to continue
   -----
   newsfs /dev/rwd0: open: device not configured


## the installation would come from the NetBSD on
   the DRdos partition.

## during the installation I noticed that:
a) the physical geometry of the HD and of
   bios are lightly different (see down)

b) it says to me that there is an overlapping in the
   partitions but i can't see it on the screen

c) it creates an empty partition n 3 unused

d) it says to me that BSD partition is located beyond
   the 1024 cilinder (but because of the HD is smaller
   than 520 MB, and there is the boot manager, i think
   in doesn't matter, am i wrong?)

e) when I reeboot my pc, the boot manager appears correctly 
   installed, but clearly the f2 option for the BSD stops
   the machine
   

This is my fdisk output:

----
wd0: no disk label
NetBSD disklabel disk geometry:
cylinders: 682 headers: 16  sectors/track: 63 (1008
sectors/cylinder)
BIOS disk geometry:
cylinders: 681 headers: 16  sectors/track: 63 (1008
sectors/cylinder)
Partition table:
0: sysid 6 (Primary 'big' DOS 16-bit FAT (> 32MB))
    start 63, size 215649 (105 MB), flag 0x80
        beg: cylinder    0, head   1, sector   1
        end: cylinder  213, head  15, sector  63
1: sysid 169 (NetBSD)
    start 217728, size 19152 (9 MB), flag 0x0
        beg: cylinder  216, head   0, sector   1
        end: cylinder  234, head  15, sector  63
2: sysid 169 (NetBSD)
    start 237888, size 448560 (219 MB), flag 0x0
        beg: cylinder  236, head   0, sector   1
        end: cylinder  680, head  15, sector  63
3: <UNUSED>

Thanks in advance, and please write simply.

Arclele

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