Re: 9.1 install comments

On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 09:42:17AM -0400, Mouse wrote:
> [...]
> When configuring the network, it asked me for a hostname and DNS
> domain, even though I can't see anything it actually needs either one
> for.  Am I missing something here?
> 
> >>> - I was operating on serial, and it didn't recognize mterm as a
> >>>    terminal type.  8.0 recognized mterm; was it unreasonable of me
> >>>    to expect 9.1 to?
> >> Which medium did you boot?
> > I'm fairly sure it was amd64/installation/cdrom/boot.iso, burnt to a
> > CD-R.
> 
> I had the same failure when booting from the CD-R this time, so (a) the
> problem exists there for me and (b) that probably _is_ how I did it
> before.
> 
> In case it's relevant: I used boot.iso, with "consdev com0" entered
> manually before booting, rather than using boot-com.iso.
> 
> >>> - I was trying to use MBR partitioning, [...]
> >> Please file a PR for this [...]
> > Will do.
> 
> install/55740
> 
> >>> - I couldn't even _try_ to get the sets from the install CD,
> >>>    because it refused to mount the silly thing.
> >> Can you describe this more detailed?
> > I'll have to redo the install, [...]
> 
> Okay.  I saw the same symptom again.  My transcript says I picked the
> sets to install (which was "all of them", though I did it via the
> custom interface rather than picking "full installation").  I picked
> "CD-ROM / DVD / install image media" as the source of the sets.  I got
> a display showing me
> 
> Command: /sbin/mount -rt cd9660 /dev/cd0a /mnt2
> 
> and
> 
> Command failed

Note that boot.iso this is just a boot cd, it doesn't have the sets.
It is mounted as /:
[   5.0511643] boot device: cd0
[   5.0812031] root on cd0a dumps on cd0b
[   5.1212272] root file system type: cd9660

no you can't mount it again on /mnt ...

-- 
Manuel Bouyer <[email protected]>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
--