Subject: Second round of first install.
To: None <port-i386@NetBSD.ORG>
From: David Gilbert <dgilbert@mars.pci.on.ca>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/09/1996 21:52:00
OK. Second round. I still havn't been able to boot the
system from the HD yet. I have installed the netbsd-oth kernel on the
disk (as netbsd). I have been able to get the network up and running
--- using this, I populated the filesystem from the install sets for
1.1. The only one I didn't install was the 'misc11.tar.gz' (no room).
Anyways, I have the following symptoms.
1. If I use the boot floppie's boot block and specify 'wd(0,a)/netbsd'
to it, the system loads the kernel as expected and then fails
after the first line of output. This line of output flies by
quick enough that I can't really see what it is.
2. If I use the bootblock that I installed on the disk myself, the
machine yo-yo's just after it tries to boot of the hard disk.
I have, however, managed to run a number of binaries from the
disk. I managed to link /mnt/usr to /usr so that all the shared
libraries appeared. I could then run most things happily.
I am perplexed.
FYI, I really, really, really (... really!) want to get this
(rather minimal) system working as a modem server for the other two
NetBSD machines that I have (Amiga, Sun4) to which I will be adding a
Sun3 in the near future.
The approximate config of the machine is:
386/40
8Meg RAM
VESA xide controller w/ 2x 16550's, parallel and 2x 40 meg drives
NE2000 Network card.
VGA graphics card (old, but with 1 meg).
This is a real minimal system.
Dave.
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