Re: hp aio : netbsd won't boot ...

[Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh%kathe.in@localhost>]

On 2014-09-25 14:15, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 11:56:32AM +0530, Mayuresh Kathe wrote:
> > >>it says something along the lines of "disk busy, can't be used".
> > >
> > >This helps a bit (the exact error message would be better).
> > >Are your trying to install NetBSD current, or a release ?
> >
> > i am trying to install netbsd 6.1.4 amd64 via a cd.
>
> Strange; the "disk busy" could be a known problem with recent -current,
> but for 6.1.4 I can't see what it could be.
> What is the output of 'fdisk wd0' and 'disklabel wd0' ?

`fdisk wd0` output below.
Disk: /dev/rwd0d
NetBSD disklabel disk geometry:
cylinders: 969021, heads: 16, sectors/track: 63 (1008 sectors/cylinder)
total sectors: 976773168

BIOS disk geometry:
cylinders: 1023, heads: 255, sectors/track: 63 (16065 sectors/cylinder)
total sectors: 976773168

Partitions aligned to 16065 sector boundaries, offset 63

Partition table:
0: GPT Protective MBR (sysid 238)
    start 1, size 976773167 (476940 MB, Cyls 0/0/2-60801/80/63)
        PBR is not  bootable: Bad magic number (0x0000)
1: <UNUSED>
2: <UNUSED>
3: <UNUSED>
No active partition.


`disklabel wd0` output below.
# /dev/rwd0d:
type: ESDI
disk: WDC WD5000AAKX-6
label: fictitious
flags:
bytes/sector: 512
sectors/track: 63
tracks/cylinder: 16
sectors/cylinder: 1008
cylinders: 969021
total sectors: 976773168
rpm: 3600
interleave: 1
trackskew: 0
cylinderskew: 0
headswitch: 0          # microseconds
track-to-track seek: 0 # microseconds
drivedata: 0

5 partitions:
#        size    offset    fstype [fsize bsize cpg/sgs]
 d: 976773168         0    unused      0     0        # (Cyl.     0 - 
969020)
 e: 976773167         1   unknown                     # (Cyl.     0*- 
969020)
disklabel: boot block size 0
disklabel: super block size 0


well, that's all i got from the two commands you'd suggested.

i got them by dropping into the shell through the install menu.

thanks,

~mayuresh