On Fri, 11 Sep 1998, David Forbes wrote:

> > I've tried A7INST kernel from
> > 
> > ftp://sunsite.org.uk/packages/netbsd/NetBSD-1.3/arm32/binary/kernel/
> > 
> > with the bootloader from
> > 
> > ftp://sunsite.org.uk/packages/netbsd/NetBSD-1.3/arm32/installation/
> > 
> > These are from January 1998.
> > 
> > However, I just get the first five lines at the top of the screen, then
> 
> Are these the colored bars, or lines of text?  ISTR that coloured bars
> implies trying a different kernel, or checking that you've got the right
> amount of Video DRAM configured.  (I haven't got my machine in front of me
> so I can't check this :-(
> 
> If it's text, could you send *exactly* what it says? 

It's the coloured bars. It gets to cyan then hangs.

> > the machine hangs. I presume that I'm supposed to set the root device
> > to wd0a for the internal IDE drive...
> 
> Root device for the install stage ought to be the memory disk, md0a.

Ah, yes, that was what it was by default.

Right. I fetched the kernel from ftp.netbsd.org as I was being a
little paranoid about not using any of the mirrors, and I've just got
the installation to arrange the filesystem onto the hard drive.

For information, the bootloader configuration options were:

Kernel:			ADFS::HardDisc4.$.RiscBSD.1-3.A7INST

Root device:		/dev/md0a
Extra options:		ehbug

Screen mode:		X1024 Y768 C256 F60
Video DRAM:		1024K

Max processes:		64
Memory disc:		1140K (the other option on the menu)

Load symbol table:	ticked

I've had some problems with the installation from CD ROM. The submenu
which is involved with mounting the CD ROM doesn't allow me to return
to the main menu, so CTRL-C takes me back to the shell, and "inst"
starts the install menu again. I had to set the distribution directory
manually to /cdrom/distrib. It's doing the installation now, so I'll
wait and see before passing judgement on how it went...

Thanks for the help,

David
-- 
David Boddie
Solar MHD Theory Group, St Andrews
http://www-solar.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~davidb/index.html