a. Can you post your fdisk, disklabel and dmesg?
I decided to use simple partitions for the first time around. Next time I'll try something fancier. Here's my info - although I am no longer having install problems.
1. dmesg
OpenBSD 3.8 (GENERIC) #148: Fri Sep 2 14:12:27 MDT 2005
deraadt@zaurus.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/zaurus/compile/GENERIC
real mem = 67108864 (65536K)
avail mem = 53383168 (52132K)
using 844 buffers containing 3457024 bytes (3376K) of memory
mainbus0 (root)
cpu0 at mainbus0: PXA27x rev 4 (XScale core)
cpu0: DC enabled IC enabled WB enabled LABT branch prediction enabled
cpu0: 32KB(32b/l,32way) I-cache, 32KB(32b/l,32way) wr-back-lock D-cache
pxaip0 at mainbus0: CPU clock = 416.002 MHz
pxaintc0 at pxaip0 addr 0x40d00000: Interrupt Controller
pxagpio0 at pxaip0 addr 0x40e00000: GPIO Controller
pxadmac0 at pxaip0 addr 0x40000000 intr 25: DMA Controller
saost0 at pxaip0 addr 0x40a00000
saost0: SA-11x0 OS Timer
com0 at pxaip0 addr 0x40100000 intr 22: pxa2x0, 32 byte fifo
com1 at pxaip0 addr 0x40200000 intr 21: pxa2x0, 32 byte fifo
com2 at pxaip0 addr 0x40700000 intr 20: pxa2x0, 32 byte fifo (SIR)
pxaudc0 at pxaip0: USB Device Controller
ohci0 at pxaip0, version 1.0
usb0 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0 at usb0
uhub0: PXA27x OHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
lcd_pxaip0 at pxaip0
wsdisplay0 at lcd_pxaip0 mux 1: console (std, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 1 added (std, vt100 emulation)
zkbd0 at pxaip0
wskbd0 at zkbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
scoop0 at pxaip0: PCMCIA/GPIO controller
scoop1 at pxaip0: PCMCIA/GPIO controller
pxapcic0 at pxaip0: 2 slots
pcmcia0 at pxapcic0
pcmcia1 at pxapcic0
zssp0 at pxaip0
apm0 at pxaip0
zts0 at pxaip0
wsmouse0 at zts0 mux 0
zaudio0 at pxaip0: I2C, I2S, WM8750 Audio
audio0 at zaudio0
clock: hz=100 stathz=64
wdc0 at pcmcia0 function 0 "HITACHI, microdrive" port 0x0/16: irq 138
wd0 at wdc0 channel 0 drive 0: <HMS360404D5CF00>
wd0: 32-sector PIO, LBA, 3906MB, 7999488 sectors
wd0(wdc0:0:0): using BIOS timings
boot_file: 'bsd'
boot device: wd0.
rootdev=0x1000 rrootdev=0x1000 rawdev=0x1002
WARNING: using filesystem date -- CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!
wi0 at pcmcia1 function 0 "The Linksys Group, Inc., Wireless Network CF Card, ISL37300P" port 0x0/64, irq 137
wi0: PRISM2.5 ISL3873 (0x800c), Firmware 1.0.4 (primary), 1.0.3 (station), address 00:06:25:03:e3:8d
wd0a: aborted command reading fsbn 4322400 of 4322400-4322431 (wd0 bn 4322463; cn 4288 tn 2 sn 33), retrying
wd0: soft error (corrected)
2. fdisk
Disk: wd0 geometry: 7936/16/63 [7999488 Sectors]
Offset: 0 Signature: 0xAA55
Starting Ending LBA Info:
#: id C H S - C H S [ start: size ]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
0: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused
1: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused
2: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused
*3: A6 0 1 1 - 7935 15 63 [ 63: 7999425 ] OpenBSD
3. disklabel
# Inside MBR partition 3: type A6 start 63 size 7999425
# /dev/rwd0c:
type: ESDI
disk: ESDI/IDE disk
label: HMS360404D5CF00
flags:
bytes/sector: 512
sectors/track: 63
tracks/cylinder: 16
sectors/cylinder: 1008
cylinders: 7936
total sectors: 7999488
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: 7300000 63 4.2BSD 2048 16384 328 # Cyl 0*- 7242*
b: 699425 7300063 swap # Cyl 7242*- 7935
c: 7999488 0 unused 0 0 # Cyl 0 - 7935