Re: Problems installing NetBSD 6.1.2 on IBM 4910-T3S

[Marc Balmer <marc%msys.ch@localhost>]

Am 08.01.14 00:43, schrieb John Nemeth:
> On Jan 7,  6:37pm, Marc Balmer wrote:
> } Am 07.01.2014 18:28, schrieb David Brownlee:
> } > 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?
> } 
> } NetBSD 5.0.x installed just fine, and an upgrade to 5.1.3 went smooth 
> } (though we did not update the bootloader).
> 
>      Can you run dumpfs /dev/r<root filesystem> | head?

It is a FFSv2 filesystem, fwiw.

> 
> }-- End of excerpt from Marc Balmer
>