In message <Pine.LNX.4.62.0504041133230.11610@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE>, Johnny B
illquist writes:
>On Mon, 4 Apr 2005, Oliver Fuchs wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I have installed netbsd 2.0 (i386) on my pc celeron with two hard
>> disks (wd0 and wd1).
>> After the installation (succeeded) I am not able to boot into netbsd
>> 2.0 - no matter what I try it ends always up with "No operating
>> system). Running the shell from the boot cd shows me that everything
>> is on wd1a installed correctly.
>> I tried to boot with netbsd boot manger, also tried to boot directly
>> the second drive (via bios) - but I cannot run into the system.
>> Did I miss something in the installation/partition procedure.
>>
>> FreeBSD 5.3 and OpenBSD 3.6 all runn without any problems on the
>> second harddrive - only netbsd 2.0 ends up with the error message.
>
>Forgot to install the boot block? See installboot(8)
>

In particular, you need bootblocks on both drives for this to work.

		--Prof. Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb