Re: Installation problems - Amiga - OpenBSD 2.1

[DEMIRCI CAGHAN <demirci_(_at_)_yunus_(_dot_)_cmpe_(_dot_)_boun_(_dot_)_edu_(_dot_)_tr>]

On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Kevin Bewley pulled up his sleeves and wrote:

> Hi there, I'm new to the list and also to OpenBSD and I've had a 
> problem installing the system.
> 
> I have partitioned my drive - fine.

[et cetera]

> I then reset, after 'halt'ing the system, and load up my installed 
> Un*x with loadbsd -A bsd.
> 
> The system boots, asks me to choose a shell, I pick 'sh' by just 
> hitting return and the system then throws me in with a # prompt. I 
> cannot get to any of the files that have been installed in /usr I just 
> get . .. if I do 'ls -a'. What am I doing wrong? My /usr partition is on 
> sd0b. My root is on sd0a. I'm not sure about swap!?

  It happens.  It is a nuisance.  Type "exit".  My brain must have been
deep-fried in grease and cooled down in petrified honey when I endured a
green-purple flash of inspiration to try that.  You could even yell
"logout", or admittedly "login", at the intricate and beautiful sh in
all its magnificence in order to get where you long for.  Somehow I
believe this perfectly-tailored annoyance of Amiga OpenBSD is more 
immutable than it looks.  But away with the worries, when you exit, many
sundry widgets will load before your eyes, and your rc* files will get
gaily executed, along with mounting every entity in sight.
  Should you perchance know how to change the screen resolution and colors
for the OpenBSD console?  AGA+1084S makes for sore eyes in the name of
interlaced chivalry.  And I'll soon be complaining noisier than ever if
I can't find out how to switch consoles on this wacky Amiga 
implementation.
  Is that even possible?  Geez.


  -Caghan "MuadDib" Demirci