Re: Problem booting 5.1_RC3

[Sad Clouds <cryintothebluesky%googlemail.com@localhost>]

On Sat, 3 Jul 2010 10:38:15 +0000
Sad Clouds <cryintothebluesky%googlemail.com@localhost> wrote:

> Hi, has much changed between 5.0.2 and 5.1_RC3 in regard to boot
> selector on i386?
> 
> I've just upgraded to 5.1_RC3 and cannot boot the system. After the
> BIOS messages, boot selector menu comes up, when I press 2 to select
> NetBSD, the machine simply reboots before it even had a chance to load
> kernel.
> 
> The only way I can boot, is from the CD-ROM, i.e. boot hd0a:netbsd.
> I've tried running 'fdisk -B wd0' and pressing 'yes' to update boot
> blocks, but it doesn't help.
> 
> Am I missing something? This used to work in the past, I think.

OK no worries, it was my fault, I forgot to install /boot file.