Re: Installer questions

[Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 7:17 PM, David Brownlee <abs%netbsd.org@localhost> 
wrote:
> On 26 June 2012 00:09, Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>> Hello!
>> What finally happened regarding the Installer on the latest release of
>> NetBSD/VAX, that is installing it on SIMH/VAX? Earlier this year I
>> tried to follow the installer steps as described on the NetBSD
>> website, and this was on the soon to be released SIMH-3.90 release.
>> (Soon to be released in that case, as it happens it has been
>> released.)
>>
>> I first tried to install the OS via the CD. No such luck, the
>> installer couldn't figure out how to make use of the CD (Actually an
>> ISO presenting itself as one.). I then tried to install the OS via
>> fetching things across the Internet directly from the site. Well that
>> worked, even the fun part of laying out the disk and even the means of
>> setting up the network worked for that. However when it fetched the
>> first few sets it kept crashing. I brought this to the attention of
>> the SIMH gang, and they not surprising felt I should bring things up
>> to the people here.
>>
>> So group has this been resolved? And what has happened?
>
> "Funny you should mention that" :)
>
> I've just spent a little time over the last week primarily looking at
> installing NetBSD/vax in simh.
>
> NetBSD/vax BETA6 installs fine, providing you override the CD device to ra1a.
> NetBSD/vax current had some issues related to using gcc 4.5, which has
> now been reverted to the same gcc 4.1 used by netbsd-6.
>
> current has also introduced racd* devices, so a current build should
> also pickup default to the first simh CD image automatically.
>
> Could you try either a NetBSD-6 build, or a current build from ideally
> tomorrow or later and see if you see the same issues?

Hello!
Of  course. As it happens that's on my greatly improved and not
written down to do list.

I was following the discussions, but, ah, wanted to ask in a
completely new thread.
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