J.D. Bronson wrote:

> then I tried to installboot via:
> installboot -v -o timeout=5 /dev/rwd1a /usr/mdec/bootxx_ffsv1

> But when I try to boot off of the new drive:
> 
> MISSING OPERATING SYSTEM (right after the bios POST)
> 
> What step(s) did I miss?

It seems so, that the message comes from BIOS than from the bootloader.
Maybe you have forgotten the bootcode in the MBR? Look at mbr(8) and
fdisk(8) for more information about it. AFAIK you can update the bootcode
in the MBR with "fdisk -B".

Regards,
Björn Bosselmann