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>From: 	Bruce Walker[SMTP:bmw@visgen.com]
>Sent: 	Tuesday, January 27, 1998 1:40 AM
>To: 	frank@wins.uva.nl
>Cc: 	Koestler, Sonja (IT Man.); netbsd-help@NetBSD.ORG
>Subject: 	Re: 1.3 installation: next problem
>
>Funny thing: I have the very same problem (system won't boot from
>hard disk), and I checked: the NetBSD partition is marked Active.
>
>My system is a 486DX4/100, 32M RAM, Vesa Local Bus Adaptec SCSI,
>500M hard disk (and Sony SCSI CD, VLB ATI video).  I have re-run
>the installation in different ways several times now.  Each time
>I get a nicely installed system, all packages on the drive, but it
>won't boot.  It simply freezes immediately after the normal BIOS
>messages. I don't get the kernel version message or the booter
>stuff; just blankness.
>
>The installation is fine otherwise because I can boot it off the
>floppy...
>
>      boot sd0a:netbsd
>
>and away she goes.  I've tried running disk afterward to reinstall
>tye boot blocks, but no dice.
>
>Did you get anywhere Sonja?
>
Well, my first thought was there's sth wrong with the boot sector. So I
formatted my HD with Linux and installed BSD again and there it goes.
Maybe you just have to try several times as Michael did, otherwise
format your HD with an other OS.

>_sonja