port-alpha/41807: Will not boot with FFSv2 File System

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>Number:         41807
>Category:       port-alpha
>Synopsis:       Will not boot with FFSv2 File System
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    port-alpha-maintainer
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 +0000 2009
>Originator:     Will L G
>Release:        5.0.1
>Organization:
na
>Environment:
can't run 'uname -a'... it's NOT running! 
Alpha UP1500
GeForce 6200
2GB ram
2x74GB Fujitsu

>Description:
When installing with FFSv2 option, everything installs but the system cannot 
boot, just replies "bootstrap fail" and thats it! back to SRM console.

When you select 'newfs', fsck_ff fails with the following error:
Status: command failed
Command: /sbin/fsck_ffs -p -q /dev/rsd0a
sysinst: execup /sbin/fsck_ffs: Exec format error

(NEXT SCREEN AFTER HITTING ENTER)

It appears that /dev/sd0a is not a BSD file system or the fsck was not 
successful. The upgrade (I chose install and attempted to install several 
times) has been aborted (error number 1)
>How-To-Repeat:
Simply install and choose FFSv2 file system and "newfs"... craps out every time!
>Fix:
Use Gentoo ;-)