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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!csn!hansford!murrayc From: murrayc@hansford.com (Charles H. Murray) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: NetBSD Install Bug Message-ID: <NVY7rAbLBh107h@hansford.com> Date: Sun, 9 May 93 18:27:25 -0700 References: <736860317snz@triton.demon.co.uk> Organization: The Hansford Group - Contract Software Engineering and Consulting Lines: 29 In <736860317snz@triton.demon.co.uk> paul@triton.demon.co.uk (Paul Medcalf) writes: >I booted the KC-AHA floppy (new version) and went used the install1.fs2 >floppy next. Entered, 1024, 15,26 for disk params. Total NetBSD >size of 383760 with offset 15810 (allowing 40 cyls for initial DOS >bootable partition). Root was 15990. At this point the install >program bombs with > install 136: Syntax Error. Is this because the number of sectors must be a multiple of 2048? (i.e. 15990/2048=7.8) Using 8*2048 or 16384 might work. >I have been able to get it to the section on asking for swap size by >changing the values for root, but at the swap point (after I enter >31980 for swap size) it bombs (garbage appears and the screen scrolls >a couple of pages) with the final message > error 63 > mount: 2:Syntax Error: ")"unexpected > ./install cannot create /etc/disktab: read-only file system Same as above, 31980/2048 is 15.6 which is not a whole number. I'm not sure if this is the problem. I'm only speculating, but I used multiples of 2048 for all sizes, and got all the way through to the end. -- Charles H. Murray "Performing Rocket Science at Software Engineering Consultant Orbital Sciences Corporation Breckenridge, Colorado USA Chantilly, Virginia USA" murrayc@hansford.com