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

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

On Mon, Nov 09, 2026 at 07:03:20AM -0500, gary%duzan.org@localhost wrote:
> 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
[..]
>    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".

OK, so the intention is: if you boot the first menu entry ("Boot normally")
you should end up in 11.0. You can then invoke "sysinst", select "Upgrade"
and pick "Current system" at the disk selection.

This will update your currently running system and after the next reboot
you should be running 11.1.

The other disk choices do not make much sense in this case, unless you want
to install onto a different disk. Picking the root disk will not work
(actually it should not be offered at all, but we have seen this heuristic
go wrong sometimes).

The other option is to boot the installer via your third menu item, select
upgrade and then point it at xbd0. Selecting "current system" does not make
any sense with a ramdisk root.

Anyway, glad that it worked now.

Martin