Re: Need help getting started

Hi again,

i can now install the NetBSD system almost to my needs, but it fails
to boot .

During install (via ftp) i see that only /binary/sets/kern-ATARITT.tgz 
is fetched.
shouldn't i see kern-FALCON.tgz downloaded?

How do i change the kernel after the installation finished?
I can boot the new system just like before, with "loadbsd.ttp -b netbsd"
and then pointing to my harddisk wd1a, i guess?

And then i need to install nano for having an editor i can work with
(vi isn't mine)...

Greetings,
Stefan


Am 11.03.2014 07:10, schrieb Stefan Niestegge:
> Okay, i got the installer started and did a default quickinstall to the
> CF card. My HD is partitioned using HD Driver, which seems to do
> extended partitions different than AHDI.
>
> Greetings,
> Stefan
>
> Am 10.03.2014 07:05, schrieb Stefan Niestegge:
>> Thanks for the reply, Alex
>>
>>
>> Am 10.03.2014 00:20, schrieb Alexander Bochmann:
>>> ...on Sun, Mar 09, 2014 at 10:44:47PM +0100, Stefan Niestegge wrote:
>>>
>>>   > > There are six atari floppy images to be found in the
>>>   > >     atari/installation/floppies subdirectory of the NetBSD 6.1.2
>>> distribu-
>>>   > >     tion.
>>>   > This directory does not exist any more. I guess the directory
>>>   > atari/installation/miniroot contains what i need.
>>>
>>> It's been quite some time since I installed NetBSD from scratch on my
>>> Atari TT the last time, but I don't remember using installation disks...
>>>
>>> I think I had a harddisk prepared with three partitions, one small
>>> GEMDOS
>>> to hold the tools and installation sets, one for NetBSD, and another
>>> smaller
>>> one for swap. Even though I have enough RAM, I used the file2swp method
>>> to copy sysinst.fs to the swap partition - in the install docs, that
>>> part
>>> starts from:
>>> http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-6.1.3/atari/INSTALL.html#Booting%20the%20installer%20on%20new%20systems
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ...and then using the swap partition with sysinst.fs as root device.
>>
>> I am going to try this, then.
>>>
>>>   > When i boot the kernel, it ask me for root device. I tried md0a
>>> and fd0a
>>>   > but nothing worked.
>>>
>>> That should work too - although from the docs, with the 1.44MB sysinst
>>> image,
>>> you'll have to use "md2a" - guess there is some magic to automatically
>>> load the
>>> installer floppy image into a matching RAM disk depending on the
>>> device name?
>>
>> I get a floppydrive timeout or a recalibration error displayed.
>> i read in the mailinglist that the md2a approach is broken, and fd0a
>> should be used instead. There was a patch suggested, too
>>>
>>> Did the kernel say anything about detecting your floppy drive? You
>>> should be
>>> fine then... On the TT it's something like:
>>>
>>>   > fdc0 at mainbus0
>>>   > fd0 at fdc0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
>>>
>>> (That's copied from an old dmesg, but I don't think the message has
>>> changed much.)
>>
>> Yes, i get these info, too.
>>
>>
>> Thanks so far,
>> Stefan
>