Re: Testing sysinst.fs

["David Ross" <dross%pobox.com@localhost>]

I think maybe you forgot to include the change for the unterminated quoted 
string issue?

(Or I might have somehow just switched up my sysinst files/disks, but I 
don't think so.)

David Ross
dross%pobox.com@localhost


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Brownlee" <abs%absd.org@localhost>
To: <dross%pobox.com@localhost>
Cc: <abs%NetBSD.org@localhost>; <tjamaloo%gmail.com@localhost>; 
<port-atari%netbsd.org@localhost>
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 6:23 AM
Subject: Re: Testing sysinst.fs


> From: David Ross <dross%pobox.com@localhost>
>
> > /usr/mdec/installboot -v /dev/rsd0c
> >
> > ..and I get:
> >
> > installboot: Cannot stat /netbsd, no bootversion check done
> > installboot: /dev/rsd0c: unknown: Device type not supported.
> >
> > I think the first message may just be a warning.  The second one is
> > certainly a critical failure and sysinst takes me back to the main menu
> > without continuing the install.
> >
> > If I start up a shell and try the command myself I get the same result.
> I
> > can also try /dev/sd0c instead of /dev/rsd0c and I get the same thing.
>
> http://mono.org/abs/sysinst4.fs.gz contains a modified mdec/installboot
> which uses the device name to determine whether to use the floppy, ide, or
> scsi bootblock install method.
>
> :)