Subject: Sysinstall 1.3I problem.
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: None <dillema@acm.org>
List: current-users
Date: 02/05/1999 13:25:16
I installed the 1.3I snapshot on a i386 laptop using sysinstall.
I choose `use full disk for install of netbsd' and that does
not seem to entirely to do right thing. I had expected that
would put boot code in the MBR, so that no bootloader would be
necessary. Well, it didn't.

This is what disklabel gives me:

#        size   offset     fstype   [fsize bsize   cpg]
  a:   174321       63     4.2BSD     1024  8192    16   # (Cyl.    0*- 172)
  b:   132993   174384       swap                        # (Cyl.  173 - 304*)
  c:  2654001       63     unused        0     0         # (Cyl.    0*- 2632)
  d:  2654064        0     unused        0     0         # (Cyl.    0 - 2632)
  e:  2346687   307377     4.2BSD     1024  8192    16   # (Cyl.  304*- 2632)

I don't know much about these things, but I thought for a full disk install
the `a' partition should start at offset 0, not 63. At least, running 
installboot again doesn't make the disk bootable. I need to install an
additional bootloader or use a floppy with a bootblock to boot.

Feico Dillema,
 - no problem