s:/etc/fdisk:/etc/fstab: # ;^] On Sun, 3 Dec 2017 at 09:31 Petar Bogdanovic <pe...@smokva.net> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 03, 2017 at 02:21:31AM +0200, Iliyan Stoyanov wrote: > > > > I decided to abandon the use of the installer and just drop to a shell > and > > proceed by hand. I use gpt to create a 512MB efi partition, and then > proceed to > > create a swap one, and 3 more FFS partitions. When I try to use those in > the > > installer, I always reach some errors and can not move forward with the > > installation of the sets. If I try to use the partitioning tool from the > menu I > > always end up loosing the EFI partition, which I wan't there, no matter > if I'm > > gonna use it or not. After creating the partitions in the console, dkctl > shows > > the wedges properly, I create FS on them with newfs, but in the end, > even if I > > chose to use current partition table, the installer doesn't like it and > I can't > > install NetBSD successfully. > > If you already did all the partitioning manually, you could also just > `tar xpzf' the sets and adjust /etc/rc.conf & /etc/fdisk. > > Last two steps would then be `installboot' and `gpt biosboot'. > > I was migrating the rootfs of a netbsd-6 box yesterday; here are the > gpt, dkctl, newfs, installboot steps I did: > > $ sudo gpt show wd0 > start size index contents > 0 976773168 > > $ sudo gpt create wd0 > > $ sudo gpt show wd0 > start size index contents > 0 1 PMBR > 1 1 Pri GPT header > 2 32 Pri GPT table > 34 976773101 > 976773135 32 Sec GPT table > 976773167 1 Sec GPT header > > $ sudo gpt add -b 2048 -t ffs wd0 > Partition added, use: > dkctl wd0 addwedge <wedgename> 2048 976771087 <type> > to create a wedge for it > > $ sudo gpt label -i 1 -l netbsd-root wd0 > partition 1 on rwd0d labeled netbsd-root > > $ sudo gpt show wd0 > start size index contents > 0 1 PMBR > 1 1 Pri GPT header > 2 32 Pri GPT table > 34 2014 > 2048 976771087 1 GPT part - NetBSD FFSv1/FFSv2 > 976773135 32 Sec GPT table > 976773167 1 Sec GPT header > > $ sudo dkctl wd0 addwedge netbsd-root 2048 976771087 ffs > dk4 created successfully. > > $ sudo newfs -O2 /dev/rdk4 > /dev/rdk4: 476939.0MB (976771080 sectors) block size 32768, fragment > size 4096 > using 643 cylinder groups of 741.75MB, 23736 blks, 46848 > inodes. > super-block backups (for fsck_ffs -b #) at: > 192, 1519296, 3038400, 4557504, 6076608, 7595712, 9114816, 10633920, > (...) > > .....................................................................(...) > > $ sudo installboot -v -o console=com0,speed=115200,timeout=5 /dev/dk4 > /usr/mdec/bootxx_ffsv2 > File system: /dev/dk4 > Primary bootstrap: /usr/mdec/bootxx_ffsv2 > Ignoring PBR with invalid magic in sector 0 of `/dev/dk4' > Boot options: timeout 5, flags 0, speed 115200, ioaddr 0, > console com0 > > $ sudo gpt biosboot -c /usr/mdec/gptmbr.bin -i 1 wd0 > > > /etc/fdisk would then contain something like: > > NAME=netbsd-root / ffs rw 0 1 > > > Hope that helps, > Petar >
