On 7 January 2014 10:04, Marc Balmer <marc%msys.ch@localhost> wrote:
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.
[dmesg etc]
My guess would be an oddball BIOS or a bug in NetBSD with a slightly odd BIOS.
I assume the disk works fine in another box?
As a data point does a (much) earlier version of NetBSD detect the disk OK?