Re: Installer Upgrade - "No root partition defined. Cannot continue"

[gary%duzan.org@localhost]

> On Sun, Nov 08, 2026 at 03:42:12PM -0500, gary%duzan.org@localhost wrote:
>> gduzan-hvm# mount
>> /dev/xbd0a on / type ffs (local)
>
> OK, that all looks pretty default-ish.
>
> Are you runing the installer from within the currently running 11.0
> system (and selecting "current system" in the "Available disks" menu)
> or are you booting into a 11.1 install medium and pointing that at xbd0?
>
> Martin
>

   I have this in xbd0a:/boot.cfg

menu=Boot normally:rndseed /var/db/entropy-file;boot
menu=Boot single user:rndseed /var/db/entropy-file;boot -s
menu=Boot installer:rndseed /var/db/entropy-file;boot /netbsd-INSTALL.gz
menu=Drop to boot prompt:prompt
default=1
timeout=15
clear=1

   And this in xbd0a:/

-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  8858327 Nov  8 13:32
/NetBSD-11.1/amd64/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel       22 Nov  8 15:02 /amd64 ->
NetBSD-11-branch/amd64
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel       37 Nov  8 13:29 /netbsd-INSTALL.gz ->
amd64/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz

   When I selected "current system", both for the 10.2->11.0 upgrade and
now, it seems to want to upgrade the miniroot (md0a), and while it gets
further, the targetroot is clearly not xbd0a, as it can't find the
kernel set. I did the 11.0 upgrade by selecting "xbd0".

   Hmmm. Actually, after a failed attempt at "current system" (and a brief
/bin/sh session in which I only ran df), an "xbd0" attempt is going
forward.

   And now it is upgraded.

gduzan-hvm# uname -a
NetBSD gduzan-hvm.vm.tornadovps.net 11.1 NetBSD 11.1 (GENERIC) #0: Mon Nov
 2 16:34:32 UTC 2026 
mkrepro%mkrepro.NetBSD.org@localhost:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC amd64

   Curiouser and curiouser.

                           Gary Duzan