Subject: Re: Rx3230 MIPS install question
To: None <wdk@netbsd.org>
From: M. Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
List: port-mipsco
Date: 11/12/2002 01:18:45
In message: <20021111215752.A757-100000@grunt.lab>
Wayne Knowles <wdk@netbsd.org> writes:
: What you need to do is update the NetBSD disklabel with the correct
: parameters. I don't know the minimum requirements, so I go for broke
: and set all spt, tpc, spcyl, cyl and total sectors. Then set slice
: 'c' to match the total sectors. After that it knows the correct disk
: size, and you are away.
OK. I did exactly that. I suspect that it is close to the minimal
set that's need.
: > RiscOS gets the right MAC address for this beast, but I see that it is
: > a FAQ on how to cope, so I won't ask about that just yet....
:
: Hmmm - A little worrying that it lost the MAC address - If RISC/os has one
: then perhaps we are looking at the wrong NVRAM address.
On second examination, it appears that RISC/os has the same
problem... Now, to find a way to get a replacement part as well as a
way to program it. Maybe I'll hack together something to allow me to
have a better MAC address in the interrum.
I now have the machine up and running. I guess that I'll see about
building a newer kernel/userland...
Warner