Comments on: How to install NetBSD on Compact Flash (for the Soekris 4501) http://bsdsupport.org/2007/01/how-to-install-netbsd-on-compact-flash-for-the-soekris-4501/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:44:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Greg A. Woods http://bsdsupport.org/2007/01/how-to-install-netbsd-on-compact-flash-for-the-soekris-4501/comment-page-1/#comment-272 Greg A. Woods Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:44:11 +0000 http://bsdsupport.org/v2/2007/01/how-to-install-netbsd-on-compact-flash-for-the-soekris-4501/#comment-272 So, if you have an existing running NetBSD/i386 machine that can give you RW access to a CF card, which is pretty much true for any machine with USB so far as I can see, then why not just use "sysinst" to install to the CF card? That's what I did -- it works perfectly! (The only pain is that you'll have to run sysinst from your build.sh <code>$DESTDIR</code>, which might be an even worse pain if your build host isn't running the same release as what you've built to install on the CF card.... As part of the fix for this issue I used to patch the install to copy sysinst to the installed system, and perhaps it should always be installed in /sbin.) So, if you have an existing running NetBSD/i386 machine that can give you RW access to a CF card, which is pretty much true for any machine with USB so far as I can see, then why not just use “sysinst” to install to the CF card?

That’s what I did — it works perfectly!

(The only pain is that you’ll have to run sysinst from your build.sh $DESTDIR, which might be an even worse pain if your build host isn’t running the same release as what you’ve built to install on the CF card…. As part of the fix for this issue I used to patch the install to copy sysinst to the installed system, and perhaps it should always be installed in /sbin.)

]]> By: from http://bsdsupport.org/2007/01/how-to-install-netbsd-on-compact-flash-for-the-soekris-4501/comment-page-1/#comment-130 from Sun, 28 Nov 2010 20:09:02 +0000 http://bsdsupport.org/v2/2007/01/how-to-install-netbsd-on-compact-flash-for-the-soekris-4501/#comment-130 you can install primary bootstrap on mounted device. you simply prefix the device name with "r" to indicate the raw device, e.g. /dev/rsd0a also, i don't understand why you are using 3 steps: dd, vnconfig and newfs (not to mention the chroot step) when all this could be done in one step with makefs. maybe i'm missing something obvious. the disklabel can be generated from your dmesg output and resulting img size with some simple CHS maths, then saved to a proto file and applied non-interactively. there's no need to go through the awkward and slow "disklabel -I" process. you can install primary bootstrap on mounted device.
you simply prefix the device name with “r” to indicate the raw device, e.g. /dev/rsd0a

also, i don’t understand why you are using 3 steps: dd, vnconfig and newfs (not to mention the chroot step) when all this could be done in one step with makefs. maybe i’m missing something obvious.

the disklabel can be generated from your dmesg output and resulting img size with some simple CHS maths, then saved to a proto file and applied non-interactively. there’s no need to go through the awkward and slow “disklabel -I” process.

]]> By: ScannerPrincess » Blog Archive » NetBSD on an alix2d2 http://bsdsupport.org/2007/01/how-to-install-netbsd-on-compact-flash-for-the-soekris-4501/comment-page-1/#comment-127 ScannerPrincess » Blog Archive » NetBSD on an alix2d2 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:34:47 +0000 http://bsdsupport.org/v2/2007/01/how-to-install-netbsd-on-compact-flash-for-the-soekris-4501/#comment-127 [...] PC Engines alix2d2 [2] NetBSD on a Soekris 4501 [3] NetBSD based router on Compact Flash [4] NetBSD on solid [...] [...] PC Engines alix2d2 [2] NetBSD on a Soekris 4501 [3] NetBSD based router on Compact Flash [4] NetBSD on solid [...]

]]> By: David http://bsdsupport.org/2007/01/how-to-install-netbsd-on-compact-flash-for-the-soekris-4501/comment-page-1/#comment-118 David Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:51:07 +0000 http://bsdsupport.org/v2/2007/01/how-to-install-netbsd-on-compact-flash-for-the-soekris-4501/#comment-118 Hello, For the fdisk / disklabel command, we just must add a 44BSD partition and NetBSD type ? I followed a OpenBSD tutorial which says many thing like sectors/cylinders, cylinders, total sectors. Do we need to changes them too ? Hello,

For the fdisk / disklabel command, we just must add a 44BSD partition and NetBSD type ? I followed a OpenBSD tutorial which says many thing like sectors/cylinders, cylinders, total sectors. Do we need to changes them too ?

]]> By: Jeb http://bsdsupport.org/2007/01/how-to-install-netbsd-on-compact-flash-for-the-soekris-4501/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Jeb Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:18:55 +0000 http://bsdsupport.org/v2/2007/01/how-to-install-netbsd-on-compact-flash-for-the-soekris-4501/#comment-109 newfs /dev/vnd0a <-- You should use newfs /dev/rvnd0a instead or you may get an "open for write: Device busy" error message newfs /dev/vnd0a <– You should use newfs /dev/rvnd0a instead or you may get an “open for write: Device busy” error message

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