On Sun, Jun 23, 2024 at 11:44:30AM +0000, Anon Loli wrote: > On Sat, Jun 22, 2024 at 06:34:19PM +0000, James Cook wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 22, 2024 at 03:46:16PM GMT, Anon Loli wrote: > > > On Sat, Jun 22, 2024 at 03:11:50PM +0000, Anon Loli wrote: > > > > (I sent this a few hours ago, but I didn't see it in the mailing list, > > > > I think > > > > you aren't allowed to have a ':' in the subject title) > > > > > > > > Hello list and fellow wizards > > > > > > > > I have a problem installing OpenBSD on one of my computers > > > > I tried 7.3 and 7.5 installs, both(I think, not sure if both share same > > > > "hd0a" > > > > part) give me this right after BOOT command is > > > > initiated in the initial OpenBSD screen: > > > > cannot open hd0a:/etc/random.seed: No such file or directory > > > > It's normal for that message to appear when you're booting from an install > > image. I guess /etc/random.seed is not included because it would be the same > > for everyone, defeating the purpose of the file. > > > > > > And I can't use DD on other drives such as a SD or a WD device > > > > > > > > Do you know what the issue is? It could be just some BIOS option, but I > > > > loaded > > > > EFI defaults so IDK > > > > > > I also forgot to mention that during installation I used > > > auto-partitioning, and > > > that seems to have gone well, except that the / partition was like 130% > > > full > > > because /dev/rsd1 which was the other drive, was like 600M in size or > > > something > > > like that, and I was even able to `rm /dev/rsd1` without problem and that > > > freed > > > up the negative storage space.. so I'm sure that it's something related to > > > storage, maybe a BIOS setting, or maybe my USB drive was corrupted or > > > something? > > > > /dev/rsd1 should not exist. Probably it is a regular file you created with a > > command like cat image > /dev/rsd1. This is a great way to accidentally fill > > up your root partition. If you want to overwrite the contents of sd1, the > > device you want is /dev/rsd1c. > > > > -- > > James > > > > Every time I tried it, be it 7.3 or 7.5 install*.img, or I now tried a CD/DVD > 7.5 iso and got "cannot open cd0a.....\n booting cd0a", I always went to SHELL > and typed this: > `dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/rsd0c bs=1m` the sd0 or sd1 being 2 of my drives > I always get the exact following message: > "uid 0 on /: file system full > > /: write failed, file system is full > dd: /dev/rsd0c: No space left on device > 1+0 records in > 0+0 records out > 0 bytes transferred in 0.003 seconds (0 bytes/sec)" > > Okay, dmesg seems to see them well, but I don't see them in /dev/ at all, I > just now realized this > > There is another message which looked like an error message, right after the > "booting cd0a", it has something similar to "0x00FFFF", but it goes away way > too fast for me to read it, is there a logfile of the full boot sequence > output that I can take a look at or something? >
So it's after "booting cd0a (or hd0a)", but before "OpenBSD 7.5" aka the 1st line in dmesg There was a logfile with these kind of logs, but I forgot where it is ._.
