> Wireless network didn't work during setup. I used wireless.
> The device was recognized. ifconfig let me fiddle with it.
> It gets a DHCP address, but that's it.
> Maybe my local network. I have OpenBSD/macppc
> working wireless, but maybe I forgot how.
> Anyway, ok, move on.
Does it work after the installation? The installation media is supposed
to have all the required firmware files, but one might have been
forgotten.
> The instructions are a bit lacking if you have a completely
> empty USB key. The installer doesn't seem to handle this well.
> It seemed to create an ext2 partition, but it was too small I think.
You are right. This has been fixed post release.
> I couldn't figure out how to create the ext2 partition and file
> system in OpenBSD.
The installer uses ``newfs -t ext2fs -O 1 -b 4096'' on gdium (the O and
b options are used to circumvent shortcomings in the PMON ext2fs code).
> At the end of setup, I get an error:
> mkdir /mnt2/boot failed
> Won't be able to boot from sd1.
>
>
> /mnt2/boot is a file.
This is vecause you copied boot, bsd and bsd.rd to the root of the
ext2fs partition. The installer (and the documentation) expect these
files to be in the boot/ subdirectory.
> PMON> set al /dev/fs/e...@usbg0/boot/boot
> PMON> set rd /dev/fs/e...@usbg0/boot/bsd
>
>
> are a bit confusing and unclear to me.
>
> After I set the variables, then what?
If you have the files in the root of the ext2fs partition, you will need
to adjust the path first:
PMON> set al /dev/fs/e...@usbg0/boot
PMON> set rd /dev/fs/e...@usbg0/bsd
> Power cycle and it should autoboot?
Yes.
> What worked I think:
>
> load /dev/fs/e...@usb0/bsd
> g
This will boot a kernel, but it will ask for its root device everytime
(which is why the boot loader is preferred over direct boot from PMON).
> There's apparently no installboot here.
No, there isn't. The bastardized PMON shipped on these machines can only
load code from an ext2fs partition, so the boot code can simply be
copied there instead of needing a special tool to put it on a magic area
on the disk.
Miod
