Re: port-i386/43453: Can't boot NetBSD i386 normally or with DOSBOOT: "Not a bootxx image"

[David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-i386/43453; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-i386/43453: Can't boot NetBSD i386 normally or with
 DOSBOOT: "Not a bootxx image"
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 21:37:18 +0000

 On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 11:10:06AM +0000, David Laight wrote:
  >> I can't boot NetBSD normally from the hard drive;
  >> I get the error message "Not a bootxx image".
  >  
  > That error indicates that the bootxx_xxxfs code isn't properly
  > installed. The code need to be at the start of the bios partition
  > that contains NetBSD. This is usually the root filesystem - but if
  > you've used a non-standard disk layout this may not be true.
  >
  > Possibly just running 'installboot' to copy in the correct bootxx
  > image will fix things.
 
 Did this problem ever get resolved?
 
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 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost