>Number:         28453
>Category:       install
>Synopsis:       NetBSD doesn't boot when 'a' is not the first partition (physically)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    install-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Nov 29 10:03:00 +0000 2004
>Originator:     Geert Hendrickx
>Release:        NetBSD-2.0_RC4
>Organization:
Univ. of Antwerp
>Environment:
>Description:
I installed NetBSD with a custom partitioning scheme.  I created a swap partition (wd0b) on the outermost zone of the disk, then the root partition (wd0a), and then the rest (wd0e, ...).  NetBSD installed just fine, but it wouldn't boot.  I retried it several times, but it only worked correctly when wd0a was the outermost partition.  
>How-To-Repeat:
Install NetBSD with a partitioning scheme where wd0a is not the first partition (phyisically) on the disk.  
>Fix:
It will only boot when wd0a is the outermost partition.  -- If this problem can't be fixed, it should at least be documented (that is, the documentation, or even the installer, should tell you about this).