Re: Missing sd0 on sparc with boot floppy

[Diana Eichert <deichert@wrench.com>]

I had the same problem earlier this week, however running disklabel from
the shell worked okay.  So my quick fix was to find the function in the
install.md ( i think that was the file ) and I inserted "echo sd0" at the
end of the function.  I figure the sed command in that function wasn't
parsing the drives correctly, but I was to lazy to find out while.

Besides it gave me a chance to use 'ed' :-).

diana

On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Bob Zoller wrote:

> I ran into the same thing.. floppy26.fs current's install script didn't
> show my sd0, but the 2.6 release floppy26.fs did.  I'm running a Sparcbook
> 2GS.
> --Bob
> 
> On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Lesyshyn wrote:
> 
> > What has changed in current snapshot (3/7) that the boot floppy no longer
> > gives
> > the option to install onto sd0. The kernel seems to see the drive correctly
> > at boot.
> > I have tried several drives all of which I can mount an manually disklabel,
> > but
> > if I read the label after writing and quitting it gives an error disklabel:
> > warning, partition c: size % cylinder-size !=0. The original drive I had in
> > this
> > machine died, so I am using drives I had in it in the past that were moved
> > to PC's and back (yes, I even did a low level format before I put it back.)
> > This is in
> > a sparc 2 32MB ram and a quantum 1g fireball. Any thoughts or if more info
> > is needed
> > let me now.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Adam
> > 
> > 
> 
> 



Diana Eichert
VP Technical Services
Nothing in Particular at the Moment, Inc.
deichert@wrench.com