In message <I7o3H2.L1o@tac.nyc.ny.us>, Christos Zoulas writes:
>In article <20041124042917.6C3481AE9A@berkshire.research.att.com>,
>Steve Bellovin <smb@research.att.com> wrote:
>>I just tried installing -current (i386, as of today) to a new disk.  The
>>resulting system wasn't bootable.
>>
>>On my first attempt, I said "use the whole disk for NetBSD"; the BIOS 
>>told me "no operating system".  I had accepted the defaults on most 
>>things, except that I said to use a serial console.  I redid the 
>>installation, this time saying that it should create an FDISK label, 
>>but with NetBSD the only partition.  I got the first-level boot prompt; 
>>I hit '1' for NetBSD.  It said "Err 3".  Rerunning installboot didn't 
>>fix it; when I tried running 'disklabel -B wd0' (from the installation 
>>CD's shell), I got a usage error for disklabel.
>>
>>My error?  Or do I need to send-pr?
>
>Send-pr... Even if it was your fault, the default settings should just
>work or provide a more helpful error message.

I'll poke at it again and send-pr tonight, when I next have access to 
the machine in question.  Any suggestions on what I should do to get it 
working?


		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb