Subject: Re: -current bootblocks breaking booting off raid1 root?
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Amitai Schlair <schmonz@schmonz.com>
List: current-users
Date: 09/05/2003 07:02:51
In April, Jaromir Dolecek wrote:

> ever since I switched to raid1 root, I used setup as explained
> from http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-i386/2001/10/18/0001.html
> i.e. have a small wd0h partition with just the bootblocks,
> and have them pick up kernel from one or the other side of
> the mirror off wd0a. This worked fine.
> 
> I updated the bootblocks to -current version, and this stopped
> working. The bootblocks attempt to boot off wd0h, do not find
> the kernel there (of course), and endlessly loop through
> netbsd/onetbsd/netbsd.old etc.

I just attempted a similar installation of 1.6U and encountered
the same problem. Anyone know what's wrong?

- Amitai