jjhartley@gmail.com wrote:

> I haven't been able to install from the July 9 or 10 builds either, &
> I have simply been using the  bootloader from 3.0 Restore CD.  How is
> the bootloader built?

3.0 uses gcc3 but 4.0 has gcc4, so it could make some difference.

You can extract boot binary from base.tgz of 4.0_BETA2:
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% ftp ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-4/200707160000Z/cobalt/binary/sets/base.tgz
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% tar zxf bast.tgz ./usr/mdec/boot
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% gzip boot
% cp boot.gz somewhere/boot/vmlinux.gz

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I'm not sure how it could be used on restorecd installation, but
"Using a boot loader as /boot/vmlinux.gz" section in the FAQ
http://www.netbsd.org/ports/cobalt/faq.html#preparehd
might help.
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Izumi Tsutsui