David Laight wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 07:02:51AM -0400, Amitai Schlair wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> Things have moved on....
> 
> The bootblocks will now boot straight from the raid set (provided the
> root filesystem is at the start of it).
> 
> If you are running a recent current, the following should chaneg your
> install so that it will boot the raid partition.

I haven't put anything important on this system yet, so if it'll
make things simpler, I'd be glad to reinstall. How recent a -current
do I need in order to install the boot blocks directly into the
RAID1 root?

Thanks!

- Amitai