Re: 7.1 on a IBM 43P, 7248-132

I'm using the integrated ncr53c810 SCSI-2 controller so it may not be 
the same issue you are having.

Using sysinst_small.fs in the PReP partition allowed loading of the boot 
loader. The boot process will proceed to a point where it requires user 
input to specify a boot device because it does not find one by default. 
Providing it "sd0" will allow for the generic kernel to load (when going 
multi-user?) and provide the login prompt.

If I enter "boot -s" at the boot loader prompt (single user), it will 
boot into sysinst.

sysinst.fs will boot when I network boot with BOOTP/TFTP. I have not 
tried writing that into the PReP partition (as I did with the small 
version) but I suspect it would work because it is less than 2MB in size.

sysinst_com0.fs used in the same way mentioned above will not work for 
me. I have not tried sysinst_small_com0.fs in this manner.


On 06/30/2017 03:35 AM, Artyom Tarasenko wrote:
> Interesting. At a first glance the log says that the scsi driver is
> broken in the NetBSD 7+. I hit that problem in this thread:
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-prep/2017/01/23/msg000108.html
>
> Are you saying the very same NetBSD version works for you if you use a
> smaller sysinit image?
>
> On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 7:23 AM, T <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The PReP partition was set to use 5MB (as recommended in the documentation)
>> and located in the first BIOS partition. Only the kernels 2MB or less seem
>> to make it to the boot loader for me. The <2MB serial console sysinit image
>> will make it to the boot loader if I put it into the PReP partition, but
>> will not boot past that point as mentioned in this thread:
>> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-prep/2017/06/27/msg000119.html
>>
>>
>>
>> On 06/29/2017 03:32 AM, Artyom Tarasenko wrote:
>>> Is it a general issue, or was the PReP partition just too small in your
>>> setup?
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 10:15 AM, T <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Found that the kernel size is the issue by using mkbootimage with
>>>> install_small.fs and dding that into the PreP partition and getting that
>>>> to
>>>> boot. Will end up doing the small kernel work around mentioned in the
>>>> referenced email thread.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 06/24/2017 06:37 PM, t wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> I'm trying to get NetBSD 7.1 working on a 7248-132 but cannot get the
>>>>> computer to boot from the SCSI disk after installation. Booting the
>>>>> install kernel over the network seems to work with BOOTP/TFTP. After
>>>>> completing the installation process and restarting the machine, I load
>>>>> into the SMS and change the boot priority to boot from the SCSI disk
>>>>> instead of the network. Upon restarting and completing the boot screen,
>>>>> the computer ends up at a black screen and blinking cursor.
>>>>> I believe this issue may be related to this thread:
>>>>> https://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-prep/2014/07/thread1.html#000101
>>>>>
>>>>> This is my first time installing NetBSD so it could also be something
>>>>> I'm
>>>>> doing.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've tried re-writing the generic kernel to the prep partition with
>>>>> "mkbootimage" but that did not seem to work.
>>>>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> One other thing I've noticed with this machine is interactions with the
>>>>> pcn0 device seem to occasionally lockup the machine. I originally was
>>>>> going to install the NetBSD binary packages from a NFS mount, but the
>>>>> system would lockup halfway through the installation of the second
>>>>> package. I bypassed this issue by using the CDROM instead.
>>>>>
>>>
>
>