Subject: Re: help with install
To: /Eric McWhorter <ericmc@xsis.xerox.com>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 01/04/1999 23:28:54
Is it possible you've created a partition that does not fit
exactly on cylinder partitions? In order to work with SunOS
disklabels, NetBSD/space must use partitions that fit on
exact cylinders.
David/absolute
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On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, /Eric McWhorter wrote:
> I got my sparc 2 to remote boot via a crossover patch cord from my PC.
>
> I used to work with NetBSD/pmax and assumed the installation process would
> be the same. I may have made a boo-boo in the process.
>
> I ran disklabel with -r, which after reading the docs I discovered is a
> no-no on the sparc port. Oops. Am I screwed? The system still has
> the old sunos partitions. I can newfs these partitions and copy files
> over, but the disk doesn't seem to be bootable. :-( Can I install boot
> blocks from NetBSD/sparc onto a sparc?
>
> The disklabel executable I used gives me an error message, "Label magic
> number or checksum is wrong! (disklabel or kernel is out of date?)".
> I thought maybe there was a goof and the wrong /sbin/disklabel was
> copied into the base.tgz file I used for my executables, so I tried
> recompiling 1.3.2 from source on my PC. I got a kernel to build and
> could boot the kernel (had to beat on config to get it to compile),
> but many programs complain about breakage (as did config) and I'm just
> not interested in running down all the problems. I used the following
> compiler:
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/sparc/snapshot/19981105/binary/sets/comp.tgz
> My NetBSD/i386 box (runs 1.3.2) can compile the entire tree from the
> same source files that the sparc fails to compile.
>
> To boot the system, I used the following files:
> kernel:
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/sparc/snapshot/19981105/binary/kernel/netbsd.GENERIC_SCSI3.gz
> executables:
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/sparc/snapshot/19981105/binary/sets/*
>
> Thanks!
>
> Eric McWhorter
> emcwhorter@xsis.xerox.com
>