Re: Need help getting started

[Stefan Niestegge <beetle%abbuc.de@localhost>]

Am 09.03.2014 19:29, schrieb Stefan:
> Hi there,
>
> my system is a Falcon with 060 CPU, 14 MB ST RAM, 512 MB TT RAM.
> Ethernec and IDE Hard Disk.
>
> I did transfer all the packages and files to my HD but i'm unable to
> mount the floppies as root.
>
> Is it possible to avoid the floppies and load the files from HD?
>
> Greetings,
> Stefan

To explain it in more detail:

The installation manual notes:

>  There are six atari floppy images to be found in the
>      atari/installation/floppies subdirectory of the NetBSD 6.1.2 distribu-
>      tion.

This directory does not exist any more. I guess the directory 
atari/installation/miniroot contains what i need.


>              The floppies meant for 720 KB disks are named miniroot.fs.1 and
>              miniroot.fs.2.  There is also an image for an 1.44 MB disk:
>              miniroot.fs.


I can find sysinst.fs.gz and prepare.fs.gz
is it correct to write these two to 720k disks using "rawrite.ttp"?


When i boot the kernel, it ask me for root device. I tried md0a and fd0a
but nothing worked.
The kernel also asks for dump device and filesystem -  the installation 
notes say nothing about it. Are the defaults safe to use?

Anyway, floppies are incredibly unreliable these days. I have a CF card 
on the IDE bus, Netbsd kernel sees this as wd1, where my target HD is wd0.

Isn't there an image i can dd to that CF disk on a pc, so i can mount it 
as root on the Atari?

Greetings,
Stefan