Subject: Re: i386 won't boot from scsi
To: Current Users <current-users@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Patrick Welche <prlw1@newn.cam.ac.uk>
List: current-users
Date: 03/17/2001 19:08:39
On Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 09:00:09PM +0200, Jukka Marin wrote:
... 
> I have done "installboot biosboot.sym /dev/rsd0a" thrice, but it doesn't
> help.
> 
> Do I have to relabel and reformat the disk or what could be the problem?
> I have copied 2 GB of data to the disk already, so I don't like the idea
> of reformatting the disk - but if that's what I have to do, then I will ;)
> 
> Any ideas?

Does /dev/sd0a start at the beginning of the disk? (offset 0)
If not what does fdisk sd0 have to say? (partition active, flag=0x80)

Cheers,

Patrick