Hi List,
the problem is solved with the following patch for the
flashdisk.sh
---snip---
--- flashdist.sh Mon Nov 13 04:15:50 2006
+++ flashdist-new.sh Wed Aug 1 13:37:49 2007
@@ -473,6 +473,24 @@
# Here we setup an 'a' partition that takes up the whole flash media
# and a 'b' partition of minimal size which can be used with mount_mfs
+echo "type: SCSI" >> $T
+echo "disk: vnd device" >> $T
+echo "label: fictitious" >> $T
+echo "flags:" >> $T
+echo "bytes/sector: ${bytessec}" >> $T
+echo "sectors/track: ${sectorstrack}" >> $T
+echo "tracks/cylinder: ${trackscylinder}" >> $T
+echo "sectors/cylinder: ${sectorscylinder}" >> $T
+echo "cylinders: ${cylinders}" >> $T
+echo "total sectors: ${totalsize}" >> $T
+echo "rpm: 3600" >> $T
+echo "interleave: 1" >> $T
+echo "trackskew: 0" >> $T
+echo "cylinderskew: 0" >> $T
+echo "headswitch: 0 " >> $T
+echo "track-to-track seek: 0 " >> $T
+echo "drivedata: 0 " >> $
+echo "" >> $T
echo "a: $asize $sectorstrack 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16" >> $T
echo "b: 1 $offset swap" >> $T
echo "c: $totalsize 0 unused 0 0" >> $T
---snip---
Thomas
> Hi List,
>
> i've probleme with flashdist and OpenBSD 4.1. 4.0 works
> fine but on 4.1 i've problems with the partiontables.
>
> here my setup procedure
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> # dd if=/dev/zero of=flashimg bs=512 count=250368
> 250368+0 records in
> 250368+0 records out
> 128188416 bytes transferred in 2.593 secs (49432122 bytes/sec)
> # vnconfig -c svnd0 flashimg
> # sh flashdist.sh svnd0 flashsmall.txt bsd /
> flashdist.sh 20061112 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Using disk device: svnd0
> Using distfile: flashsmall.txt
> Copying kernel from: bsd
>
> You did not specify -d and you did not specify a manual geometry.
> Please enter Cylinders/Heads/SectorsPerTrack.
>
> Cylinders: 978
> Tracks Per Cylinder(Heads): 8
> Sectors Per Track: 32
>
> Please pay attention to any error messages that you may
> receive from the commands this script is using. If you
> end up having problems, they could explain why.
>
> WARNING: This will erase ALL DATA on the svnd0 disk device!
> Press enter key to continue or Control-C to abort...
>
> Updating MBR and partition table...
> fdisk: sysctl(machdep.bios.diskinfo): Device not configured
> Note, you may ignore "sysctl(machdep.bios.diskinfo)" errors if present.
>
> Setting up disklabel...
> # Inside MBR partition 3: type A6 start 32 size 250336
>
> The install script is using the following parameters:
> Total size of media: 250368 sectors (128188416 bytes)
> Bytes/Sector: 512
> Sectors/Track: 32
> Sectors/Cylinder: 256
> Tracks/Cylinder (heads): 8
> Cylinders: 978
>
> Press enter key to continue or Control-C to abort...
>
> Checking distribution list...
>
> Installing disklabel...
> # Inside MBR partition 3: type A6 start 32 size 250336
>
> Creating new filesystem...
> /dev/rsvnd0a: 250080 sectors in 977 cylinders of 8 tracks, 32 sectors
> 122.1MB in 4 cyl groups (285 c/g, 35.62MB/g, 9088 i/g)
>
> Mounting destination to /tmp/flashdist.iXZgI9414...
> Checking free space on svnd0...
> Copying OpenBSD distribution to media...
> Copying bsd kernel, boot blocks, /etc/resolv.conf...
> Installing boot blocks...
> Running MAKEDEV...done
> Setting up directories and links...
> Changing any instance of /bin/csh
> in /tmp/flashdist.iXZgI9414/etc/master.passwd to /bin/ksh
> Generating new RSA host key... done
> Generating new RSA1 host key... done
> Generating new DSA host key... done
>
> Please assign a root password...
> Password:
> Verify:
> Passwords don't match or password was empty. Try again.
> Password:
> Verify:
>
> Copying configuration files to /etc... ttys fstab rc syslog.conf boot.conf
> nshrc
>
> Please enter the hostname or IP address of the central log host which will
> receive udp syslog packets from this installation. (Press enter for none,
> and syslog will log to ramdisk)
>
> Loghost:
>
> Installation finished.
> Unmounting filesystem...done!
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> # fdisk svnd0
> fdisk: sysctl(machdep.bios.diskinfo): Device not configured
> Disk: svnd0 geometry: 978/8/32 [250368 Sectors]
> Offset: 0 Signature: 0xAA55
> Starting Ending LBA Info:
> #: id C H S - C H S [ start: size ]
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 0: E8 963667 7 23 - 14415919 1 7 [ 246698998: 3443776305 ]
> <Unknown ID>
> 1: 01 0 0 1 - 16777215 7 32 [ 0: 0 ] DOS
> FAT-12 2: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused
> 3: 3F 0 0 1 - 16777215 7 32 [ 0: 0 ] <Unknown
> ID>
>
>
> # disklabel svnd0
> # /dev/rsvnd0c:
> type: vnd
> disk: vnd device
> label: fictitious
> flags:
> bytes/sector: 512
> sectors/track: 32
> tracks/cylinder: 8
> sectors/cylinder: 256
> cylinders: 978
> total sectors: 250368
> rpm: 3600
> interleave: 1
> trackskew: 0
> cylinderskew: 0
> headswitch: 0 # microseconds
> track-to-track seek: 0 # microseconds
> drivedata: 0
>
> 16 partitions:
> # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg]
> a: 250080 32 4.2BSD 1024 8192 285 # Cyl 0*-
> 976 b: 1 250112 swap # Cyl 977 -
> 977*
> c: 250368 0 unused 0 0 # Cyl 0 -
> 977
>
>
> after unmounting and mounting the image
>
> # disklabel svnd0
> # /dev/rsvnd0c:
> type: vnd
> disk: vnd device
> label: fictitious
> flags:
> bytes/sector: 512
> sectors/track: 100
> tracks/cylinder: 1
> sectors/cylinder: 100
> cylinders: 2503
> total sectors: 250368
> rpm: 3600
> interleave: 1
> trackskew: 0
> cylinderskew: 0
> headswitch: 0 # microseconds
> track-to-track seek: 0 # microseconds
> drivedata: 0
>
> 16 partitions:
> # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg]
> c: 250368 0 unused 0 0 # Cyl 0 -
> 2503*
> i: 250368 0 MSDOS # Cyl 0 -
> 2503*
>
>
> it seems very strange ....
>
> have you anyone an idea ?
>
> with openbsd 4.0 no problem ....
>
> Thanks
>
> Thomas
