On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 wysoft@extremecode.org wrote:

> I read some past posts to the lists (see "4000 VLC Disk Boot Problems",
> Dec 2002) and noted that there are also problems with the disk boot
> blocks. Okay then. I tried installing 'sdboot' from 1.5 onto /dev/sd0c and
> placed the 1.5 'boot' in the root partition. That still gives me the "83
> BOOT SYS" error when trying to boot from DKA200.
>
> Am I missing something? I tried these 'installboot' commands:
>
> installboot -v /dev/sd0c sdboot
> installboot -v -t raw /dev/sd0c sdboot
>
> I also tried the same using the 'xxboot' block, though I'm not sure what
> that block is for. It didn't work, either.

http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=28724
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-vax/2005/01/17/0006.html

Try using disklabel, instead of installboot.

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Kirk Russell            <kirk@ba23.org>            http://www.ba23.org/
Bridlewood Software Testers Guild                  Ottawa Ontario Canada