Subject: Re: Is there a way to boot off of a second disk?
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From: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
List: port-i386
Date: 08/20/2003 09:07:43
> OK, so I should ask where to get an iso of this disk. I've been using
> boot floppies (from the latest snapshot available on ftp.netbsd.org) and
> things are, well, odd. I tried to let things install without installing
> (quit when fetching the install sets) but that didn't work.

Quitting won't, you need somw things that are done later.
Deselecting all the sets is a better idea.

> I edited the disklabel and ran fdisk by hand and still I get:
> 
> Error 3

That means there isn't any boot code in the first sector of the partition.
You need to run 'installboot /usr/mdec/bootxx_ffsv1 /dev/rwd0a',
and probably 'cp /usr/mdec/biosboot /boot'.
 
> I can boot into Win98, but not netbsd. I'm attaching my disklabel and
> fdisk info. Perhaps someone can point out where I'm screwing up?

Including the fdisk output of my disk?

	David

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David Laight: david@l8s.co.uk