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Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.hawaii.edu!ames!olivea!uunet!usc!chaph.usc.edu!aludra.usc.edu!not-for-mail From: eddy@aludra.usc.edu (George Edmond Eddy) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Installing 386bsd Keywords: install boot 386bsd Message-ID: <1atp2bINNcqf@aludra.usc.edu> Date: 7 Oct 92 04:28:59 GMT References: <Bvn4H4.5Fz@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 41 NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu prkoch@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Peter Koch) writes: > wd0: no disk label > can't mount wd0a as root >and then the system reboots. >then i've booted from the fixit.fs and tried to "mount /dev/wd0a /mnt" >but the 'no disk-label' message has also been shown. >When running 'install' again and break (CNTRL-C) at the reboot-message, >the "mount /dev/wd0a /mnt" works and i can see, that the system is >installed in the partition. >- how to bring up 386BSD in my partition (technical data below) >- is any documentation for 'disklabel, diskpart, newfs, etc.' > out there >- by the way: how to place a filesystem on a floppy (1.2/1.44) >my technical datas >------------------ > 386 25MHz > AMI-BIOS > 8 MB RAM > 1.2 MB and 1.44 MB floppys > 205 MB Seagate AT-Bus disk > - 33MB DOS 3.3 - System Partition > - 70MB DOS 3.3 - Extended Partition Since your seagate drive is that large i assume it is an IDE. One thing you may want to try when using device type wd for an IDE is to remove the "bad sector" flag from the disklabel. This can be done by using the -e option with disklabel, or better yet, edit the disktab file on the fixit floppy removing the :sf flag from the entry your using. You *do not* want to use bad144 bad-sector mapping with your IDE. -rusty -- eddy@usc.edu