> I finally figured out what to do, and NetBSD is now dreamily installing
> itself on my LCIII.   I had a bad block configuration: was 133 when it
> should have been zero.   A couple of other minor problems were present too.
> They've all been fixed and everything is now working as expected:
> beautifully.
>

Well, apparently beauty really is only skin deep.   At least in this
particular instance.   What appeared to be a successful FTP install of
NetBSD 2.0 on my LCIII, was really anything but.  Oh, it boots up, no doubt
about that.   It most certainly boots up and dumps me at the shell prompt,
but that's about as useful as this installation will ever be.

The first tell-tale sign that something was awry, was when, during the boot
process, I was prompted for a terminal type and the default provided was
'Unknown'.   Hmmm, that's different.   Usually I'll be given a default of
vt220 and I'll just press the enter key.

Okay, so that's no biggie.  I'll just press the enter key anyway and
everything should work fine.   Besides, I could always go back and enter
vt220 or vt100 at that prompt on successive boots should I encounter any
problems.

No problems were encountered.   At least not with anything "terminal"
related, but the file system was a whole other ballgame.   As you know, a
fresh installation of BSD will boot into a "read only" file system and the
root user will have to change the mounteed volume to "read & Write" by
typing the following:

/sbin/mount -u -w /

Once you've done that, you should be all set to:

vi /etc/rc.conf

...and change that damned 'NO' to a 'YES', and if you're like me, add the
line:

dhclient=YES

...so that your machine will use the dynamic host configuration protocol
("DHCP") to configure the IP settings for your computer.   However, who
expects to encounter this:

mount: Cannot open '/etc/fstab': No such file or directory
mount_ffs: root_device on /: No such file or directory

Hmm, I can't change my file system to 'read write' because 'fstab' is
missing from my 'etc' directory.   Well, that means that I can't configure
'rc.conf' and I can't do anything on this computer that requires writing to
the disk.

Basically, I have a totally useless installation of NetBSD.   So my question
is: Why?   Why is there "no such file or directory"?

I have already attempted a reinstallation of NetBSD and I get the same
problem.   There's gotta be a way...

Suggestions?   Suggestions, anyone?   I'm open to suggestions.

Regards,

William

> This is now my second NetBSD installation.   I'm now running NetBSD 2.0 on
> my Quadra 700 and upon completion of this install, I'll be running NetBSD
> 2.0 on my LCIII.   Hopefully this weekend, I'll get my PowerMac 7300/200
> running NetBSD 2.0.2.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> William
> 
> 
> ps. I really like BSD!
> 
> 
>> From: William Duke <wduke@cogeco.ca>
>> Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 19:51:56 -0400
>> To: <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
>> Subject: Error on SCSIRead(), #5
>> 
>> Trying to install NetBSD 2.0 on an LCIII.   The system configuration is as
>> follows:
>> 
>> Macintosh LC III Computer
>> 36 Megabytes of RAM
>> Farallon Etherwave NIC
>> 13" Apple RGB Monitor
>> 2 Gigabyte IBM HD  Model: DORS-32160  Apple Firmware 1996
>> 
>> Okay, here's the situation:
>> 
>> Hard drive is partitioned, formatted and waiting for NetBSD to be installed.
>> System 7.6 is installed on the single Mac HFS partition and there is one BSD
>> Root partition and one BSD Swap partition.
>> 
>> So far, everything works fabulously...
>> 
>> But just when you thought it was safe to walk away from the installation
>> process and let the thing autopilot to victory, this happens:
>> 
>> Error on SCSIRead(), #5
>> pos = 0, i = 33, fs = /
>> alloccgblk: can't find blk in cyl
>> 
>> 
>> Okay, having said all of that, I turn to you with a dumb look on my face and
>> mercifully mumble the word, "Huh?"
>> 
>> 
>> Here's what I've done so far to figure this out:
>> 
>> I have repartitioned and reformatted the hard drive probably about ten times
>> now - same outcome.
>> I have attempted to install the sets from different sources - same outcome.
>> I have run disk first aid and silverlining disk utilities on the hard drive
>> - no errors or bad blocks reported.
>> 
>> So, to add to the initial, "Huh," I now look to you with an even dumber look
>> on my face and repeat the query, "Huh?"
>> 
>> Any help and/or guidance is greatly appreciated.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> William
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ps.  Could it be that NetBSD just doesn't support this drive?   I'm not
>> holding my breath on this possibility, but I'm thoroughly and totally
>> befuddled.  
>