Re: i386/amd64 image generated trough mkimage stuck on primary bootsrap at boot

[Lloyd Parkes <lloyd%must-have-coffee.gen.nz@localhost>]

On 8/07/22 19:57, br0nko wrote:
> On Thursday, July 7th, 2022 at 11:25 PM, Mike Pumford <mpumford%mudcovered.org.uk@localhost> wrote:
>
> > On 07/07/2022 15:40, br0nko wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > 0: NetBSD (sysid 169)
> > > start 63, size 1568384 (766 MB, Cyls 0/1/1-97/160/62), Active
> > > beg: cylinder 0, head 1, sector 1
> > > end: cylinder 97, head 160, sector 62
> > > Information from PBR:
> > > Not bootable: All bytes are identical (0x00)
> > > Not bootable: Bad magic number (0x0000)
> >
> > No MBR boot code in the partition table.
> >
> > fdisk -i /dev/rvnd0
> >
> > should resolve that I think.
>
> I did give a try, using an amd64 mkimage image build from current tree (9.99.98/amd64):

Note that, in general, NetBSD fdisk, installboot and disklabel can be 
run directly against the image itself without needing to use vnconfig. 
Sometimes you might need a flag to tell the command that it is being 
given a disk image instead of a real disk, but that's about it.

Cheers,
Lloyd