Problems installing NetBSD 6.1.2 on IBM 4910-T3S

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Subject: Problems installing NetBSD 6.1.2 on IBM 4910-T3S
From: Marc Balmer <marc%msys.ch@localhost>
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:04:37 +0100
When I install NetBSD 6.1.2 from CD-ROM on an IBM 4910-T3S (older
SurePOS 300 model) with a WDC400ABJS 40 GB harddrive, the installer does
not detect the drive geometry and asks me to specify it.

The installer then proceeds and installs everything the usual way, but
when I reboot the system, the primary FFSv2 bootstrapper exits with
errno 5, Can't open /boot.

Another bug in the installer is that when I select the swiss german
keyboard layout it will not switch the layout.  But I can enter
wscontrol -w encoding=sg by hand on the shell from the utility menu and
that works.

Any ideas on how to install NetBSD 6.1.2 on this machine are appreciated.

For reference, it add the output of fdisk, disklabel, and the dmesg:

fdisk wd0:

fdisk: Cannot determine the number of heads
Disk: /dev/rwd0d
NetBSD disklabel disk geometry:
cylinders: 77536, heads: 16, sectors/track: 63 (1008 sectors/cylinder)
total sectors: 78156288

BIOS disk geometry:
cylinders: 1023, heads: 255, sectors/track: 63 (16065 sectors/cylinder)
total sectors: 78156288

Partitions aligned to 16065 sector boundaries, offset 63

Partition table:
0: NetBSD (sysid 169)
    start 63, size 78156225 (38162 MB, Cyls 0-4865/0/63), Active
1: <UNUSED>
2: <UNUSED>
3: <UNUSED>
Bootselector disabled.
First active partition: 0
Drive serial number: 314496 (0x0004cc80)

disklabel wd0:

# /dev/rwd0d:
type: unknown
disk: WDC WD400ABJS-2
label:
flags:
bytes/sector: 512
sectors/track: 63
tracks/cylinder: 16
sectors/cylinder: 1008
cylinders: 77536
total sectors: 78156288
rpm: 3600
interleave: 1
trackskew: 0
cylinderskew: 0
headswitch: 0           # microseconds
track-to-track seek: 0  # microseconds
drivedata: 0

16 partitions:
#        size    offset     fstype [fsize bsize cpg/sgs]
 a:  77123088        63     4.2BSD   2048 16384     0  # (Cyl.      0*-
 76511*)
 b:   1033137  77123151       swap                     # (Cyl.  76511*-
 77535)
 c:  78156225        63     unused      0     0        # (Cyl.      0*-
 77535)
 d:  78156288         0     unused      0     0        # (Cyl.      0 -
 77535)

dmesg:

Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
    2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
    The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

NetBSD 6.1.2_PATCH (GENERIC) #18: Mon Dec  2 11:09:45 CET 2013
        root@netbsd-6-1:/usr/obj/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
total memory = 503 MB
avail memory = 482 MB
timecounter: Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
timecounter: Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 100
IBM CORPORATION 481033H (481033H)
mainbus0 (root)
cpu0 at mainbus0 apid 0: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.00GHz, id 0xf29
ioapic0 at mainbus0 apid 2: pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins
acpi0 at mainbus0: Intel ACPICA 20110623
acpi0: X/RSDT: OemId <IntelR,AWRDACPI,42302e31>, AslId <AWRD,00000000>
acpi0: SCI interrupting at int 9
timecounter: Timecounter "ACPI-Fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpibut0 at acpi0 (PWRB, PNP0C0C): ACPI Power Button
SYSR (PNP0C02) at acpi0 not configured
attimer1 at acpi0 (TMR, PNP0100): io 0x40-0x43 irq 0
pcppi1 at acpi0 (SPKR, PNP0800): io 0x61
midi0 at pcppi1: PC speaker
sysbeep0 at pcppi1
npx1 at acpi0 (COPR, PNP0C04): io 0xf0-0xff irq 13
npx1: reported by CPUID; using exception 16
com3 at acpi0 (UAR1, PNP0501-1): io 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4
com3: ns16550a, working fifo
com4 at acpi0 (UAR2, PNP0501-2): io 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3
com4: ns16550a, working fifo
LPT1 (PNP0400) at acpi0 not configured
PMIO (PNP0C02) at acpi0 not configured
FWH (INT0800) at acpi0 not configured
MEM (PNP0C01) at acpi0 not configured
apm0 at acpi0: Power Management spec V1.2
attimer1: attached to pcppi1
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1
pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, rd/mult, wr/inv ok
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0: vendor 0x8086 product 0x2560 (rev. 0x03)
agp0 at pchb0: detected 8060k stolen memory
agp0: aperture at 0xe0000000, size 0x8000000
vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0: vendor 0x8086 product 0x2562 (rev. 0x03)
wsdisplay0 at vga1 kbdmux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsmux1: connecting to wsdisplay0
i915drm0 at vga1: Intel i845G GMCH
i915drm0: AGP at 0xe0000000 128MB
i915drm0: Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730
uhci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 0: vendor 0x8086 product 0x24c2 (rev. 0x02)
uhci0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 16
usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
uhci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 1: vendor 0x8086 product 0x24c4 (rev. 0x02)
uhci1: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 19
usb1 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0
uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 2: vendor 0x8086 product 0x24c7 (rev. 0x02)
uhci2: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 18
usb2 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0
ehci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 7: vendor 0x8086 product 0x24cd (rev. 0x02)
ehci0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 23
ehci0: EHCI version 1.0
ehci0: companion controllers, 2 ports each: uhci0 uhci1 uhci2
usb3 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
ppb0 at pci0 dev 30 function 0: vendor 0x8086 product 0x244e (rev. 0x82)
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
pci1: i/o space, memory space enabled
satalink0 at pci1 dev 1 function 0: Silicon Image SATALink 3512 (rev. 0x01)
satalink0: SATALink BA5 register space disabled
satalink0: bus-master DMA support present
satalink0: primary channel wired to native-PCI mode
satalink0: using ioapic0 pin 17 for native-PCI interrupt
atabus0 at satalink0 channel 0
satalink0: secondary channel wired to native-PCI mode
atabus1 at satalink0 channel 1
fxp0 at pci1 dev 8 function 0: Intel PRO/100 VE Network Controller with
82562ET/EZ PHY (rev. 0x82)
fxp0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 20
fxp0: Ethernet address 00:11:25:c1:f8:c7
inphy0 at fxp0 phy 1: i82562ET 10/100 media interface, rev. 0
inphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
ibmcd0 at pci1 dev 9 function 0: IBM 4810 BSP cash drawer
gpio0 at ibmcd0: 3 pins
puc0 at pci1 dev 9 function 1: IBM SurePOS 300 Series (481033H) (com,
com, com, com)
com5 at puc0 port 0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 17
com5: ns16550a, working fifo
com6 at puc0 port 1: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 17
com6: ns16550a, working fifo
com7 at puc0 port 2: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 17
com7: ns16550a, working fifo
com8 at puc0 port 3: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 17
com8: ns16550a, working fifo
ichlpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0: vendor 0x8086 product 0x24c0 (rev.
0x02)
timecounter: Timecounter "ichlpcib0" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
ichlpcib0: 24-bit timer
ichlpcib0: TCO (watchdog) timer configured.
map gpio space at 58
gpio1 at ichlpcib0: 64 pins
piixide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 1: Intel 82801DB IDE Controller (ICH4)
(rev. 0x02)
piixide0: bus-master DMA support present
piixide0: primary channel configured to compatibility mode
piixide0: primary channel interrupting at ioapic0 pin 14
atabus2 at piixide0 channel 0
piixide0: secondary channel configured to compatibility mode
piixide0: secondary channel interrupting at ioapic0 pin 15
atabus3 at piixide0 channel 1
ichsmb0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3: vendor 0x8086 product 0x24c3 (rev. 0x02)
ichsmb0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 17
iic0 at ichsmb0: I2C bus
auich0 at pci0 dev 31 function 5: i82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4M) AC-97 Audio
auich0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 17
auich0: ac97: Analog Devices AD1981B codec; headphone, 20 bit DAC, no 3D
stereo
auich0: ac97: ext id 0x601<AC97_22,AMAP,VRA>
isa0 at ichlpcib0
lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378-0x37b irq 7
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
acpicpu0 at cpu0: ACPI CPU
acpicpu0: C1: HLT, lat   0 us, pow     0 mW
timecounter: Timecounter "clockinterrupt" frequency 100 Hz quality 0
satalink0: port 0: device present, speed: 1.5Gb/s
auich0: measured ac97 link rate at 48001 Hz, will use 48000 Hz
audio0 at auich0: full duplex, playback, capture, mmap, independent
wd0 at atabus0 drive 0
uhub0 at usb0: vendor 0x8086 UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub1 at usb1: vendor 0x8086 UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub2 at usb2: vendor 0x8086 UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub3 at usb3: vendor 0x8086 EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub3: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
wd0: <WDC WD400ABJS-23TEA0>
wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA48 addressing
wd0: 38162 MB, 77536 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 78156288 sectors
IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
wd0: 32-bit data port
wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 6 (Ultra/133)
wd0(satalink0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 6 (Ultra/133)
(using DMA)
umass0 at uhub3 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0
umass0: USB2.0 External Mass Storage Device, rev 2.00/1.58, addr 2
umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only
scsibus0 at umass0: 2 targets, 1 lun per target
cd0 at scsibus0 target 0 lun 0: <hp DVD, DE8A4L, RH61> cdrom removable
uhidev0 at uhub0 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0
uhidev0: vendor 0x046a product 0x0023, rev 2.00/0.32, addr 2, iclass 3/1
ukbd0 at uhidev0
wskbd1 at ukbd0 mux 1
wskbd1: connecting to wsdisplay0
uhidev1 at uhub0 port 1 configuration 1 interface 1
uhidev1: vendor 0x046a product 0x0023, rev 2.00/0.32, addr 2, iclass 3/0
uhidev1: 2 report ids
uhid0 at uhidev1 reportid 1: input=2, output=0, feature=0
uhid1 at uhidev1 reportid 2: input=1, output=0, feature=0
uhub4 at uhub3 port 6: vendor 0x04cc product 0x1520, class 9/0, rev
2.00/2.00, addr 3
uhub4: single transaction translator
uhub4: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered
uhidev2 at uhub4 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0
uhidev2: vendor 0x0461 USB Optical Mouse, rev 2.00/2.00, addr 4, iclass 3/1
ums0 at uhidev2: 3 buttons and Z dir
wsmouse0 at ums0 mux 0
Kernelized RAIDframe activated
boot device: cd0
root on cd0a dumps on cd0b
root file system type: cd9660
warning: no /dev/console


- Marc
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