Re: boot VaxStation 4000/60 from disk

Martin Reindl <[email protected]> wrote: 
> "Sebastian Reitenbach" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Martin Reindl <[email protected]> wrote: 
> > > "Sebastian Reitenbach" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > after I got a serial cable working, thanks for all of your 
suggestions, 
> > I 
> > > > was able to install OpenBSD via network (MOP).
> > > > A dmesg can be found here:
> > > > https://www.l00-bugdead-prods.de/VaxStation.dmesg.txt
> > > > 
> > > > Due to limited disk space, I only installed bsd, base43.tgz, and 
> > etc43.tgz.
> > > > After the usual "Congratulations, your system is successfully 
> > installed..."
> > > > I rebooted. In the chevron prompt I told the box to boot from hard 
disk, 
> > but 
> > > > this fails, with the following error message:
> > > > ?43 FILESTRUCT
> > > > 
> > > > I assume I have to prepare the disk in a given way, to be able to 
boot 
> > from 
> > > > it? Or do I have to enter special parameters to the boot command on 
the 
> > > > chevron prompt?
> > > > I know from my old SGI Indigo, I have to tell the box, that there is 
a 
> > > > different operating system than the "standard" one coming, to be 
able to 
> > > > boot NetBSD, maybe  I have to do sth similar?
> > > > I also did not fiddled around with disk geometry or sth. like that, 
when 
> > I 
> > > > installed OpenBSD onto the disk, maybe I should have done sth?
> > > > 
> > > > The box itself seems to work fine, I can boot a NFS root filesystem 
via 
> > > > network, but it refuses to boot from disk.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > From your NFS enviroment, can your run:
> > > 
> > > cp /usr/mdec/boot /boot
> > > /sbin/disklabel -B sd0
> > I've done above commands. There was no output to the disklabel command, 
so 
> > no error at least. However, nothing changed when I try booting from the 
> > disk.
> > 
> > I just wonder, should I really copy the boot file to /boot on the nfs 
root? 
> > or should I have copied it onto the disk? I don't really understand, for 
> > what the copy has to be done.
> > 
> 
> Sorry, from your NFS, mount sd0, then do
> 
> cp /mnt/usr/mdec/boot /mnt/boot
> /sbin/disklabel -B sd0

ok, mounted sd0a, and copied the file, but
still no luck. 
btw. running disklabel verbose shows this:
# /sbin/disklabel -v -B sd0
disklabel: bootstraps: xxboot = /usr/mdec/sdboot, bootxx = NONE

thanks
Sebastian