On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:00:01 -0400, Chris Zakelj wrote: >Rod.. Whitworth wrote: >> I have a 4801 with CF installed with 3.9 in exactly the manner I would >> install on a HDD. >> >Rod, tried to email you off-list, but it seems my ISP is relaying >through a Chinese server that's on your blacklist.
8-) na, nobody gets through except a filtered list of listservers. I have two choices: Either do loads of permanent catch-up spam filtering or never post to help somebody. I took the third choice, only pass from a limited list. ;-) Maybe this is useful for others so it's not bad to have it on the list. >Anyways, what >special sauce are you using to install to CF? Any time I've tried it >using my IDE-CF adapter, the install seems to go cleanly (including >fdisk/disklabel), but when the time comes to boot off the CF card (Lexar >512M), I'm stuck with 'ERR R', suggesting something is happening to the >translation. I'm discounting (perhaps incorrectly) the possibility of a >read error since it's happened with three different cards. > > I do nothing special at all. I have used Sandisk and Apacer CF. Both show up properly as an IDE drive. 63 sec. 16 heads 993 cyl. on a 512MB CF of either brand. I have an old box set up as a pxeboot server/ftp install server. I put a little tree in for each version, For example for 4.0 beta /40beta has etc/boot.conf pxeboot and bsd.rd from the latest download Of course it then has pub/OpenBSD/4.0/i386/ to hold the install sets and kernels and it has packages/ to hold a selection of pkgs. That structure has /tftpboot symlinked to it and so I can point /tftpboot to any version I want. The reason for the long path to install files is because that is the path default for an ftp install. Don't forget to setup ftpd for anon logins and enable tftpd as well. So to install on a 4801 I just hook a crossover cable to sis0 and to the server. make sure conspeed is 9600 on the 4801 and that boot.conf has the same. Netboot it, enter bsd.rd at the boot prompt and away goes the bunny. Without sauce. Did you use the offset 63 on the a partition? I think you know that it is needed but no harm asking. I installed a 4.0 beta yesterday just like that. HTH if not, ask. >From the land "down under": Australia. Do we look <umop apisdn> from up over? Do NOT CC me - I am subscribed to the list. Replies to the sender address will fail except from the list-server. Your IP address will also be greytrapped for 24 hours after any attempt. I am continually amazed by the people who run OpenBSD who don't take this advice. I always expected a smarter class. I guess not.
