Re: 10.0 - Installer newfs segfaults on SS2

> On Aug 31, 2024, at 3:21 AM, Martin Husemann <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Aug 30, 2024 at 09:07:32PM -0400, vom513 wrote:
>> The fact that newfs segfaults and doesn?t produce any other errors makes me think it?s *not* hardware ?  I could certainly be wrong on this point, but it just seems very specific.
> 
> Can you show us details?
> Something that would help is (with the root disk unchanged after a failed
> install attempt): boot into the installer, exit sysinst (e.g. use Utilities/
> Run /bin/sh, or just ^Z out of it). Then show aus the partition details,
> like: disklabel sd0
> and try to run newfs manually.
> 

This has been my test as I run through things.  Dropping to shell from the utility menu and trying newfs by hand.  Just gives me a segfault and no other useful info. 

> Or maybe even better: from the ZuluSCSI, make an image of the root disk
> available somewhere for download, so I can try to reproduce the issue
> locally in a debugabble environment.
> 

The root disk (before the installer touches it) is literally just 8G of zeroes courtesy of dd.

One other thing to throw out - this machine currently has a “modern” NVRAM 48T02.  So I believe this has the extra century value which makes the machine not POST and complain.  It boots manually and runs though.  Could this cause something like this ?

I should have an actual vintage NVRAM in my possession in about a week.  I have a glitchwrks retrofit coin cell kit I plan on installing on it.  But as of right now I only have this “semi compatible” NVRAM for sun4c.

Thanks.