aboot not working or something

[bdina at seresc.net]

Quoting Dialup Jon Norstog <thursday at allidaho.com>:

> To Bryan & list:
> 
> IMHO the Disk Druid and auto-partition are a lttle shaky on RH 7.2 as well
> as
> AC0.9.
> 
> I had problems similar to yours .. one thing that worked pretty well for me
> was to use Disk Druid to delete all partitions on a disk that had a
> pre-existing Linux setup (I've done this on an upgrade from 7.2 with a new
> install of AC; a fesh install beginning with the Copmaq "jumpstart" disk;
> and
> with an originally blank disk that I formatted during a failed AC install)
> 

I have sort of used Disk Druid to remove all partitions...

> Back to it, you then create new partitions.  The Druid will give you the
> option to
> 
> "start at sector .. end at sector" Begin at sector 1 instead of 0 for your
> first partition.  This should be the /boot partition, and should be at least
> 75-80 setors.  Use the format option for all partitions.

perhaps my Druid is old or incorrect, because I have no options in mine to
select sector(s) for the partition(s) to reside.  I have been installing in text
mode if that makes a difference.

> 
> Once you have an install done and complete, you will then find often as not
> that  the installer failed to write a workable "aboot.conf" file and SRM
> will
> be unable to boot the install.  The fix is pretty easy using your install CD
> in rescure mode, or booting from the rescue floppy you made before exiting
> the
> install procedure.

hopefully I get to that part... it seems as though BSD is much more refined for
the Alpha... however I would really like to get this working.

> 
> good luck
> 
> jn
>