In article <20060116183527.GA1433@antioche.eu.org>,
Manuel Bouyer  <bouyer@antioche.eu.org> wrote:
>On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 03:22:32PM -0800, Richard Nelson wrote:
>> Dear NetBSD Help,
>> 
>> I'm trying to do a clean install of NetBSD using 4.4LFS instead of
>> FFSv1 for filesystem type.  I get a "No bootcode for root partition"
>> message after the disklabel part of the install process if 4.4LFS is
>> selected as the filesystem for the a: partition, and the Hit Enter to
>> Coninue just puts me back at the disklabel partitions screen again.
>> If I change the a: filesystem to FFSv1 then the install will proceed.
>> 
>> Any suggestions on how to install i386 3.0 using 4.4LFS?
>
>This just means that you can't use LFS for the boot partition. Use FFS
>for a:, and LFS for others.

I think that you should be able to suspend the installation format the
filesystem, install the boot block and resume.

christos