Subject: Re: Other installation problems
To: Vincent Lefevre <Vincent.Lefevre@ens-lyon.fr>
From: Ale Terlevich <A.I.Terlevich@durham.ac.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 11/12/1996 14:31:43
> Here are a few problems :(
Not as many as you think!
> 1) ps does not work. I get the following error:
> /netbsd: No such file or directory
/netbsd should be the kernel image you boot from/
Get a copy of the kernel you boot from, call it netbsd and stick it in
your top level directory (/)
I.e. if it's on a MSDOG floppy
as root...
mount_msdos /dev/fd0a /mnt
cp /mnt/[whatever-ytour-kernel-is-called] /netbsd
then reboot your machine or type
kvm_mkdb /netbsd
> 2) I don't have a /dev/audio (even after ./MAKEDEV all).
That's because there isn't any audio yet. I think.
I tried making a /dev/audio ny hand the other day, but copying to
it just hung the process.
> 3) My screen does not support 16bpp modes under X, whereas under RISC OS
> it's OK. Note: I have chosen the same MDF in RiscBSD and in RISC OS.
Are you using the latest Xarm (27)?
> 4) The X man pages are compressed. Why aren't they automatically
> uncompressed during the installation?
> What is the fastest way to uncompress them (in particular, the
> symbolic links)?
They're compressed to save space. If man comes across a compressed
manpage it uncompresses it on the fly. This means that they take a little
(not much) longer to display, but take up much less disk space.
Try it, you should find that you can use the compressed manpages.
Ale.