Subject: Re: raidframe on sparc64
To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
From: Thierry Lacoste <th.lacoste@wanadoo.fr>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 01/05/2006 17:55:44
> > The wd1 disk on the guide has 1008 sectors/cylinder.
> > But when it is relabeled (15.3.7. Setting up kernel dumps)
> > the swap area is at offset 19015807 which is not at a cylinder boundary.
>
> Is it really a problem ? The NetBSD kernel shouldn't take care of cylinder
> boundaries. Only the sparc's openfirmware may, but as long as you don't
> want to boot from this partition it should not be an issue.
>
> Other than that, it's not a problem to have your dump partition start
> at a larger sector than raid0b + RF_PROTECTED_SECTORS. Just don't forget
> to adjust its size so that it's still inside raid0b
I was able to complete the installation but I now hit the problem
described in http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-docs/2005/08/16/0001.html
I can boot from sd1 but not from sd0 which renders the whole thing
rather pointless.
Does someone know a workaround?

Thierry.