6.1.4-i386 Installation problem

Adam Jensen

2014-09-06 19:30:50 UTC

*Problem Resolved*

I found a [forum thread][1] suggesting that this issue might be the
result of GUID Partition Table (GPT) on the disk.

[1]: http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=8186

I found [SystemRescueCd][2] and followed this [Wiping Out Old GPT
Data][3] directions.

[2]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/systemrescuecd/
[3]: http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/wipegpt.html

I used this method:

# gdisk /dev/sda

But it would have probably been simpler to avoid the menus and use:

# sgdisk --zap-all /dev/sda

After zapping the GUID partition table info from the disk, I shut down
the machine, inserted the NetBSD installation disk, powered-up and the
installation went as expected.

Post by Adam Jensen
I would like to tinker with NetBSD but I am having some problems getting
it to install on an old Dell Latitude CPi A366XT laptop. Both OpenBSD
and FreeBSD were successfully installed on this machine.
[dmesg][http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=UFHSSEsp]
FreeBSD 10.0 is currently installed.
Status: Command failed
Command: /sbin/newfs -V2 -O 2 -b 16384 -f 2048 /dev/rwd0a
Hit enter to continue
---------------------------------------------------------
newfs: /dev/rwd0a: open for read: Device busy
http://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-exinst.html#exinst-partitions
but there doesn't seem to be any variation of MBR partitioning and fdisk
slicing to get around this failure.
Any advice, words of wisdom, or insight into this part of the
installation process will be greatly appreciated!