Re: install/54010: NetBSD didn't boot after installation

[Rami Shibli <rami.shibli%posteo.net@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR install/54010; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Rami Shibli <rami.shibli%posteo.net@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: install-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
	netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, freebsd%posteo.co@localhost
Subject: Re: install/54010: NetBSD didn't boot after installation
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2019 20:29:24 +1100

 Thank so muchg Martin
 I will try again and let you know. The laptop was running on OpenBSD
 before. I am not sure if you get my reply to Michael but what I get is
 basically:
 NetBSD MBR boot
 Error No Operating system.
 
 I will try your suggestion and report back.
 
 
 -- 
 
 Best Regards,
 Rami Shibli
 
 On 24/02/19 09:20, Martin Husemann wrote:
 > The following reply was made to PR install/54010; it has been noted by GNATS.
 > 
 > From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > Cc: 
 > Subject: Re: install/54010: NetBSD didn't boot after installation
 > Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2019 10:16:00 +0100
 > 
 >  On Sun, Feb 24, 2019 at 08:05:01AM +0000, Michael van Elst wrote:
 >  >  >Yet after the installation done I couldn't boot the machine. It was giving error boot netbsd and then no operating system available. no matter what I tried to do I just couldn't boot.
 >  >  
 >  >  Can you be a bit more precise about the error messages? A screenshot maybe?
 >  
 >  This sounds like a boot block problem to me, maybe an old existing bootblock
 >  for another OS was left there (the installer usually asks if you want
 >  to replace that).
 >  
 >  If you want to nuke everything on the disk anyway, and assuming it is some
 >  kind of ATA disk showing up as wd0 in NetBSD, you could go to the utility
 >  menu in the installer, start a shell, and then do:
 >  
 >    dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rwd0d count=100
 >  
 >  CAVEAT: this will destroy all your disk contents!
 >  
 >  Then exit the shell, go back to the main menu and do the installation again.
 >  
 >  Martin
 >