On 11 June 2015 at 13:00, William A. Mahaffey III <[email protected]> wrote: > On 06/11/15 06:14, David Brownlee wrote: >>> >>> >OK, I'm up to the (try to) install, & hit a minor snag. I prepped my >>> > various >>> >filesystems closely following the attached notes, posted earlier in this >>> >thread & now cleaned up to reflect what I actually did in the last part >>> > of >>> >the install (as well as I can from memory). In particular, I prepped the >>> >root filesystem to be bootable. I then rebooted the box & removed the >>> > USB >>> >key, hopefully to reboot into an install environment upon reboot. >>> > Instead, I >>> >get an endless string of messages: >>> > >>> >init: can't exec getty (/usr/libexec/getty) for port /dev/console: no >>> > such >>> >file or directory. >>> > >>> > >>> >I rebooted again (hit the reset button) & inserted the USB install er >>> > back >>> >into the USB drive. It was acknowleged during boot, & I have the BIOS >>> > set to >>> >try to boot from the USB device 1st, then try hard drives next. >>> > Nonetheless, >>> >it still apparently tries to boot from the HDD's, & returns to that >>> > endless >>> >string of init messages. More pilot, error, I assume, but how do I get >>> >around this ? Any clues appreciated. TIA & have a good one. >> >> Do you have a RAID1 set to autoconfigure as root? If so, it will >> 'steal' root even when you boot off a USB key or other. > > > *Aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh*, that explains much !!!! > >> >> If you drop to the boot prompt and 'boot netbsd -a' you should be >> asked for a root device (among other items:) > > > That's where I seem to be stuck, I don't recall an opportunity to do that, > when & where do I (try to) drop to the boot prompt ? TIA & thanks for the > reply :-) ....
Should be at the very first NetBSD boot loader prompt - when it counts down
