On Tue, 30 Jan 2001 wojtek@wojtek.from.pl wrote:

> > through the install program ?   I tried the following today, and am unable
> > to boot into NetBSD (1.5, btw):
> strange - i my first attempt i've done everything manually except
> disklabel 

Exactly.  I had done the same with OpenBSD, and it had worked.  Strange.

> > 4. After this, I untarred those files to /mnt.
> with xzpvf

yes.

> > I use GRUB to boot my OSes, and I gave it the proper commands (root,
> > chainloader, boot), but it refuses to boot.  I get some screen output like
> > "^_@%"  and the machine hangs.
> 
> did not use grub but i think you should reinstall grub bootblocks after
> installboot

I did.  I reinstalled GRUB to my hard-disk from the floppy.  Still the
same.

Regards.

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Rakhesh Sasidharan	rakhesh@cse.iitd.ac.in