Re: odd /dev/random behavior with dd ?

2023-01-04 Thread Havard Eidnes
> Hi, 'dd' seems to behave different if the 'if' is /dev/random > than if it is anything else, e.g. /dev/zero: > > # sh > # dd if=/dev/zero of=zero.out bs=65536 count=1 > 1+0 records in > 1+0 records out > 65536 bytes transferred in 0.001 secs (65536000 bytes/sec) rnd(4) says: Applications

Re: NetBSD_10.0_BETA boot issues

2023-01-04 Thread Martin Husemann
On Wed, Jan 04, 2023 at 02:07:04PM -0600, Robert Nestor wrote: > Be happy to try and provide more info if someone has suggestions. Is this the same machine as in https://gnats.netbsd.org/56737 ? As Rin asked there: we need the full dmesg output of the machine. Martin

Is this normal floppy behavior?

2023-01-04 Thread Michael Cheponis
There are a bunch of files on the floppy when mounted; I delete them all; but then, there is a large amount of 'used' space! unmounting + remounting 'fixes' this problem. *# mount_msdos /dev/sd2a /a* *# ls -l /atotal 2drwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel512

odd /dev/random behavior with dd ?

2023-01-04 Thread Michael Cheponis
Hi, 'dd' seems to behave different if the 'if' is /dev/random than if it is anything else, e.g. /dev/zero: *# sh # dd if=/dev/zero of=zero.out bs=65536 count=11+0 records in1+0 records out65536 bytes transferred in 0.001 secs (65536000 bytes/sec)# ls -l

NetBSD_10.0_BETA boot issues

2023-01-04 Thread Robert Nestor
The old problem of IDENTIFY failed and WDCTL_RST failed on the boot disk doesn’t seem to be completely fixed in the current 10.0_BETA builds. When I try to capture the boot output on a serial console it never seems to show up, but when the boot output is sent to the main monitor it seems to

Re: Wiki page review

2023-01-04 Thread Andy Ruhl
On Tue, Jan 3, 2023 at 11:54 PM Brook Milligan wrote: > > I have written a page for the NetBSD Wiki on how to build bootable ARM images > using build.sh (see the attached PDF version). Before I commit it, I would > appreciate feedback regarding its clarity and completeness. If anyone is >