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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!newsroom.utas.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!news.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!ensta!not-for-mail From: bouyer@chassiron.ensta.fr (Manuel Bouyer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: install NetBSD on pmax Date: 18 Feb 1996 15:52:05 GMT Organization: Ecole Nationale Superieure de Techniques Avancees, Paris Lines: 38 Message-ID: <4g7hv5$cqa@ici-paris.ensta.fr> References: <4g2uke$fu@news.oscs.montana.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: chassiron.ensta.fr To: ericm@math.montana.edu X-Newsreader: Newsview 0.34 (pre-beta) Eric McWhorter (ericm@math.montana.edu) wrote: > I've attempted to install NetBSD on a decstation with > no success. > > I've tried numerous permutations of the directions, but what > I think should have worked was: > > I put the disk on a decstation 5000/120 running ULTRIX 4.3. > I compiled disklabel with gcc 2.5.8, moved bootrz and rzboot > to /usr/mdec and ran disklabel as such: > > ./disklabel -B /dev/rrz3c > (some warning about no disk label) > ./disklabel -B -R /dev/rrz3c rz24 > > Now, if I run ./disklabel -r /dev/rrz3c it looks good. I then > did the dd: > > dd if=./miniroot of=/dev/rrz3c seek=16 The install guide is wrong. The right command is: dd if=./miniroot of=/dev/rrz3c seek=16 skip=16 (you can also do :dd if=./miniroot of=/dev/rrz3c before labelling the disk). This is because the miniroot also contains the 8k for disklabel+boot blocks. > > the disklabel is still in tact. So, I didn't clobber it. > > However, the resultant disk is NOT bootable on a decstation > 5000/133 or a 2100. Anyone get this beast to work? Yes. -- Manuel Bouyer, Ecole Nationale Superieure de Techniques Avancees, Paris email: bouyer@ensta.fr --