Hi,

I want to try out OpenBSD on my Peg, but I can't get past the first hurdle. I burned the CD, and pop it in the drive

I type

boot cd:OFWBOOT 3.4/pegasos/bsd.rd

as instructed, and I get the error

bootimage is of unknown format

Anyone know what the problem is?

Cheers

Moray

Try:
boot /pci/cd OFWBOOT 3.4/pegasos/bsd.rd

UPDATE:

Got OpenBSD installed, but it won't boot, it's trying to use wd1a as the root partition, even though I repeatedly told it to use wd0a, I type in wd0a, it panics and crashes.




Your suggestion led me to try something else

boot /pci/ide/cd ofwboot

then it asks for the path

so I type

3.4/pegasos/bsd.rd

and it boots!

Of course, that's not the end of the story, it appears to install OK, then won't boot, I think my HD is f**ked, as 'disklabel' and 'fdisk' report different partions on the disk. I need to find a way to wipe the disk properly.

Thanks a lot for the suggestion, I think I was a bit confused about the OpenFirmware error, it suggested the file was corrupted, but I think it just couldn't find it.

Cheers

Moray

If you got PC (with Win), you could use that to wipe the HD ;)

Or maybe Linux-fdisk.

Hi!

Start here:

http://odc.pegasosppc.com



That is where you should post your question.

R&B