Hi,

Having read a lot about NetBSD121 and wanting to get to grips with Unix,=
 I'm
trying to install NetBSD1.2.1 onto my Amiga 4000. However, untill now th=
ings
didn't go as they should, according to the INSTALL.doc

My configuration:

A4000 in Mikronik Tower
PROCESSOR: CPU 68040/68040fpu   =3D> Cyberstorm040
CUSTOM CHIPS:   AA PAL Alice (id=3D$0023), AA Lisa (id=3D$00F8)
VERS:   Kickstart version 40.68, Exec version 40.10, Disk version 40.42 =
=3D> 3.1
roms
RAM: Node type $A, Attributes $505 (FAST), at $8000000-$87FFFFF (8.0 meg=
)   =3D>
on the Cyberstorm
     Node type $A, Attributes $505 (FAST), at $7000000-$7FFFFFF (16.0 me=
g)  =3D>
on the motherboard
     Node type $A, Attributes $703 (CHIP), at $2000-$1FFFFF (~2.0 meg)  =
    =3D>
chipram

BOARDS:
 Board (unidentified):   Prod=3D8512/10($2140/$A)
     (@$40000000, size 64meg, subsize same)
 Board + ROM (HD?) (unidentified):   Prod=3D8512/11($2140/$B)
     (@$44000000, size 32meg, subsize same)
 Board (unidentified):   Prod=3D2195/5($893/$5)
     (@$46000000, size 2meg, subsize same)
 Board + ROM (HD?) (unidentified):   Prod=3D2195/6($893/$6) (@$E90000 64=
K)
=20

I currently have two boards in the system:
    1 - My Piccolo 24bit gfx-board
    2 - Fastlane SCSI2-controller

Devices:  Device: "z3scsi.device"
Unit: 0  Capacity: 1001.3 Megs
DiskVendor: DEC, DiskProduct RZ26, (C) DEC, DiskRevision: 392A
Cylinders: 2570  Heads: 14  Blks-p-Trk: 57 [Blks-p-Cyl: 798]
Total Blocks: 2050860  Block Size 512

--| Partition: "HD1" Capacity: 250.1 Megs
--| Start Block: 1596  End Block: 513911 Total Blocks: 512316
--| Block Size: 512

--| Partition: "HD4" Capacity: 250.5 Megs
--| Start Block: 513912  End Block: 1027025 Total Blocks: 513114
--| Block Size: 512

--| Partition: "HD5" Capacity: 367.0 Megs
--| Start Block: 1027026  End Block: 1778741 Total Blocks: 751716
--| Block Size: 512

--| Partition: "VMM" Capacity: 132.8 Megs
--| Start Block: 1778742  End Block: 2050859 Total Blocks: 272118
--| Block Size: 512

###

Device: "z3scsi.device"=20
Unit: 2  Capacity: 1020.8 Megs
DiskVendor: iomega, DiskProduct jaz 1GB, DiskRevision: J.83
Cylinders: 3508  Heads: 1  Blks-p-Trk: 596 [Blks-p-Cyl: 596]
Total Blocks: 2090768  Block Size 512

--| Partition: "root" Capacity: 25.6 Megs  =3D> configured as NetBSD roo=
t
--| Start Block: 1192  End Block: 53639 Total Blocks: 52448
--| Block Size: 512

--| Partition: "user" Capacity: 202.8 Megs =3D> configured as NetBSD use=
r  =20
--| Start Block: 53640  End Block: 469051 Total Blocks: 415412
--| Block Size: 512

--| Partition: "swap" Capacity: 132.9 Megs =3D> configured as NetBSD swa=
p
--| Start Block: 469052  End Block: 741423 Total Blocks: 272372
--| Block Size: 512

--| Partition: "local" Capacity: 558.4 Meg =3D> configured as NetBSD loc=
al
--| Start Block: 741424  End Block: 1885147 Total Blocks: 1143724
--| Block Size: 512

--| Partition: "IDH1" Capacity: 100.4 Megs =3D> currently used as workbe=
nch:
--| Start Block: 1885148  End Block: 2090767 Total Blocks: 205620
--| Block Size: 512

###

Device: "scsi.device"
Unit: 0  Capacity: 258.1 Megs
DiskVendor: QUANTUM, DiskProduct LPS270A, DiskRevision: A57.
Cylinders: 944  Heads: 14  Blks-p-Trk: 40 [Blks-p-Cyl: 560]
Total Blocks: 528640  Block Size 512

--| Partition: "root1" Capacity: 10.6 Megs =3D> second root for NetBSD
--| Start Block: 1120  End Block: 22959 Total Blocks: 21840 =20
--| Block Size: 512
(for trying without Fastlane)

--| Partition: "user1" Capacity: 15.3 Megs =3D> Second user for NetBSD
--| Start Block: 22960  End Block: 54319 Total Blocks: 31360
--| Block Size: 512
(for trying without Fastlane)

--| Partition: "swap1" Capacity: 10.6 Megs =3D> Second swap for NetBSD
--| Start Block: 54320  End Block: 76159 Total Blocks: 21840
--| Block Size: 512
(for trying without Fastlane)

--| Partition: "HD6" Capacity: 220.9 Megs =3D> EMPLANT Mac Partition
--| Start Block: 76160  End Block: 528639 Total Blocks: 452480
--| Block Size: 512

###

I downloaded and installed everyting as they should (I believe....)

    - All the binaries from the bin-dist dir
    - the kernel, utils, miniroot and security dirs
    - extracted everyting, copyied the loadbsd file into c:, the ixemul.=
lib in
libs:
    - created one dir in which I copied all the binaries
    - created the partitions on the harddrives, put in the right dostype=
s,
deselected
      automount and custom bootcode, put the end and start of the Reserv=
ed
blocks to 0.
    - streamed to miniroot-install-filesystem to the swap partitions (bo=
th of
them).

Now, when I try to boot NetBSD with the command Loadbsd -b netbsd (I hav=
e the
kernel in the rootdir of my workbench) My system switches to loading NetBSD.
This goes allright until:

idesc0 at manibus0 scsibus0 at idesc0 sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <qua=
ntum,
LPS270A, A57.> SCSI2 0/direct fixed sd0: 258Mb, 955 cyl, 14 head, 40 sec=
, 512
bytes/sec

Then the system just sits there with the cursor blinking at the next lin=
e. No
reaction on keyboard, except for [Cntrl, Amiga, Amiga]. It doesn't see t=
he
scsiboard, nor the drives attached to it, nor the gfx-card, nor the part=
itions
I created, nothing.

I tried everything I could think of:

    - removing scsiboard =3D> System hangs at exactly the same spot;   =20=

    - all the options in loadbsd =3D> system hangs at exactly the same s=
pot;
    - removed the IDEdrive (quantum lps270) =3D> system reports having f=
ound the
ide-controler,
      than just stops in exactly the same way;
    - removed the gfx-board =3D> doesn't make any difference either.

I know the Fastlane is not the most wonderful thing, but removing it doe=
sn't
help. Someone suggested that the ide-drive didn't release the system, bu=
t with
the drive removed from the system it doesn't go any further either.=20

Could it be there's something wrong with the EDI controler? Is there a way to
just ignore this controler and have NetBSD directly looking at the Fastl=
ane?

Please, I'm desperate....

Thanks in advance,

Job Hanssen