Subject: why NetBSD can not be bootable in case it is installed before
To: NetBSD/users <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: Alexander Bubnov <alexander.bubnov@gmail.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 02/26/2007 12:47:49
Greetings!

When I try to install NetBSD before 1024 cylinder NetBSD can not boot
itself. Any BSDs, which I try to install (OpenBSD and FreeBSD), can do it
without problem.

Below my current NetBSD installation. As you can see 1Gb is not used at all!
the platform is i386.

Disk: /dev/rwd0d
NetBSD disklabel disk geometry:
cylinders: 77542, heads: 16, sectors/track: 63 (1008 sectors/cylinder)
total sectors: 78163247

BIOS disk geometry:
cylinders: 1024, heads: 240, sectors/track: 10 (2400 sectors/cylinder)
total sectors: 78163247

Partition table:
0: NetBSD (sysid 169)
    start 2457600, size 75705600 (36966 MB, Cyls 1024-32568), Active
1: <UNUSED>
2: <UNUSED>
3: <UNUSED>
Bootselector disabled.

Is it correct for NetBSD?