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From: paul@triton.demon.co.uk (Paul Medcalf)
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Subject: Re: NetBSD Install Bug
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References: <NVY7rAbLBh107h@hansford.com>
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Date: Mon, 10 May 1993 20:34:27 +0000
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In article <NVY7rAbLBh107h@hansford.com> murrayc@hansford.com writes:
>> 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.
>
>> ./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
Charles,
I gave your suggestion a go, but with no luck unfortunately. The
install still bombs with the second of my two previously posted errors:
i.e.
Mount: 2: Syntax error: ")" unexpected
./install: cannot execute /etc/disktab: read-only file system
The reason I used the previous numbers was that the install document
specifies that sizes used must be a multiple of cyls x heads x sectors.
Is there any other way to install NetBSD if you already have 386BSD
installed ?
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