Re: USB stick error message

[Bob Bernstein <poobah%ruptured-duck.com@localhost>]

On Wed, 13 Oct 2021, Michael van Elst wrote:

> > fn: diskn
> > 1: NetBSD
> > Error 3

> The message comes from the MBR bootcode and says that the PBR 
> bootblock has an invalid signature which usually means it 
> hasn't been written.

Is that a defect that is susceptible of a remedy that would not 
be destructive to the contents of the stick's filesystem?

I followed the Netbsd-Wiki article "how to install netbsd from 
an usb memory stick," specifically the section labeled "Make the 
Memory Stick bootable" found here:

https://wiki.netbsd.org/tutorials/how_to_install_netbsd_from_an_usb_memory_stick/



Thank you.

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