Re: Need help getting started

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

Hi again,

i can now install the NetBSD system almost to my needs, but it fails
to boot .

During install (via ftp) i see that only /binary/sets/kern-ATARITT.tgz 
is fetched.
shouldn't i see kern-FALCON.tgz downloaded?

How do i change the kernel after the installation finished?
I can boot the new system just like before, with "loadbsd.ttp -b netbsd"
and then pointing to my harddisk wd1a, i guess?

And then i need to install nano for having an editor i can work with
(vi isn't mine)...

Greetings,
Stefan


Am 11.03.2014 07:10, schrieb Stefan Niestegge:
> Okay, i got the installer started and did a default quickinstall to the
> CF card. My HD is partitioned using HD Driver, which seems to do
> extended partitions different than AHDI.
>
> Greetings,
> Stefan
>
> Am 10.03.2014 07:05, schrieb Stefan Niestegge:
> > Thanks for the reply, Alex
> >
> >
> > Am 10.03.2014 00:20, schrieb Alexander Bochmann:
> > > ...on Sun, Mar 09, 2014 at 10:44:47PM +0100, Stefan Niestegge wrote:
> > >
> > >   > > 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.
> > >
> > > It's been quite some time since I installed NetBSD from scratch on my
> > > Atari TT the last time, but I don't remember using installation disks...
> > >
> > > I think I had a harddisk prepared with three partitions, one small
> > > GEMDOS
> > > to hold the tools and installation sets, one for NetBSD, and another
> > > smaller
> > > one for swap. Even though I have enough RAM, I used the file2swp method
> > > to copy sysinst.fs to the swap partition - in the install docs, that
> > > part
> > > starts from:
> > > http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-6.1.3/atari/INSTALL.html#Booting%20the%20installer%20on%20new%20systems
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ...and then using the swap partition with sysinst.fs as root device.
> >
> > I am going to try this, then.
> > >   > When i boot the kernel, it ask me for root device. I tried md0a
> > > and fd0a
> > >   > but nothing worked.
> > >
> > > That should work too - although from the docs, with the 1.44MB sysinst
> > > image,
> > > you'll have to use "md2a" - guess there is some magic to automatically
> > > load the
> > > installer floppy image into a matching RAM disk depending on the
> > > device name?
> >
> > I get a floppydrive timeout or a recalibration error displayed.
> > i read in the mailinglist that the md2a approach is broken, and fd0a
> > should be used instead. There was a patch suggested, too
> > > Did the kernel say anything about detecting your floppy drive? You
> > > should be
> > > fine then... On the TT it's something like:
> > >
> > >   > fdc0 at mainbus0
> > >   > fd0 at fdc0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
> > >
> > > (That's copied from an old dmesg, but I don't think the message has
> > > changed much.)
> >
> > Yes, i get these info, too.
> >
> >
> > Thanks so far,
> > Stefan