Unless its a bad hard drive, maybe track 0 is bad  ?? Or it could be LILO still interfering with the process.. I had a similar problem and
the _only_ way I found around it is  ... yes ladies and gentlemen ... a BIG FAT DoS boot disk .. I typed :
c:\> fdisk /mbr

rebooted .. < hehe >

reinstalled and then I got netbsd's boot loader and dove into NetBSD..
if this fails you might try to use OS-BS its a boot loader that works pretty good right now .

If all that fails ... Im out of Ideas !!

Cheers

Tony Hernandez


David Heller wrote:

> Heron GALLEGOS wrote:
>
> > Hello
> >
> > I have installed 10 times today netbsd 1.4 in the same computer.
> > In the installation part, it seems like a good installation, but
> > when i finish and reboot the machine, a message appears in the
> > screen and the machine halts
> > "Tabla de particion invalida" (yes, in spanish)
> >
> > In the n-th event, i rebboted the machine with the installation
> > diskette inside and i interrupted it (in the count of 5 seconds)
> > and i wrote manually the command "boot:wd0a" and bingo!!!... NetBSD
> > started from har disk... (i dont know why i have an invalid
> > partition table) Then i could have access to the messages file.
> >
> > Please help me... how can i write a good partition table to my
> > har disk.
> >
> > The messages file:
> > /netbsd: NetBSD 1.4 (GENERIC) #0: Fri May  7 12:27:31 PDT 1999
> > /netbsd:     perry@cynic.cynic.net:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
> > /netbsd: cpu0: family 6 model 5 step 0
> > /netbsd: cpu0: Intel Pentium II (686-class)
> > /netbsd: real mem  = 66715648
> > /netbsd: avail mem = 58359808
> > /netbsd: using 840 buffers containing 3440640 bytes of memory
> > /netbsd: mainbus0 (root)
> > /netbsd: pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1
> > /netbsd: pci0: i/o enabled, memory enabled
> > /netbsd: pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0
> > /netbsd: pchb0: Intel 82443LX PCI AGP Controller (PAC) (rev. 0x03)
> > /netbsd: ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0: Intel 82443LX AGP Interface (PAC) (rev. 0x03)
> > /netbsd: pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
> > /netbsd: pci1: no spaces enabled!
> > /netbsd: pcib0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0
> > /netbsd: pcib0: Intel 82371AB PCI-to-ISA Bridge (PIIX4) (rev. 0x01)
> > /netbsd: pciide0 at pci0 dev 7 function 1: Intel 82371AB IDE controller (PIIX4)
> > /netbsd: pciide0: bus-master DMA support present
> > /netbsd: pciide0: primary channel wired to compatibility mode
> > /netbsd: wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <FUJITSU MPA3035ATU>
> > /netbsd: wd0: drive supports 32-sector pio transfers, lba addressing
> > /netbsd: wd0: 3337MB, 6780 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 6835952 sectors
> > /netbsd: wd0: 32-bits data port
> > /netbsd: wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 2
> > /netbsd: pciide0: primary channel interrupting at irq 14
> > /netbsd: pciide0: secondary channel wired to compatibility mode
> > /netbsd: pciide0: secondary channel ignored (disabled)
> > /netbsd: wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 (using DMA data transfers)
> > /netbsd: uhci0 at pci0 dev 7 function 2: Intel 82371AB USB Host Controller (PIIX4) (rev. 0x01)
> > /netbsd: uhci0: can't map i/o space
> > /netbsd: Intel 82371AB Power Management Controller (PIIX4) (miscellaneous bridge, revision 0x01) at pci0 dev 7 function 3 not configured
> > /netbsd: isa0 at pcib0
> > /netbsd: com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo
> > /netbsd: com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, working fifo
> > /netbsd: vga0 at isa0 port 0x3b0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff
> > /netbsd: wsdisplay0 at vga0: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
> > /netbsd: lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378-0x37b irq 7
> > /netbsd: we1 at isa0 port 0x300-0x31f iomem 0xcc000-0xcffff irq 10
> > /netbsd: we1: WD8013WC Ethernet (16-bit)
> > /netbsd: we1: Ethernet address 00:00:c0:3a:2e:4a
> > /netbsd: pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
> > /netbsd: pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
> > /netbsd: pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
> > /netbsd: wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard
> > /netbsd: opmsprobe: command error
> > /netbsd: pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
> > /netbsd: midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
> > /netbsd: sysbeep0 at pcppi0
> > /netbsd: isapnp0 at isa0 port 0x279: ISA Plug 'n Play device support
> > /netbsd: npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0-0xff: using exception 16
> > /netbsd: fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2
> > /netbsd: fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB, 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
> > /netbsd: isapnp0: no ISA Plug 'n Play devices found
> > /netbsd: biomask 4040 netmask 4440 ttymask 44c2
> > /netbsd: wscons: wskbd0 glued to wsdisplay0 (console)
> > /netbsd: boot device: wd0
> > /netbsd: root on wd0a dumps on wd0b
> > /netbsd: root file system type: ffs
> > savecore: no core dump
> >
> > This is the result of the command "disklabel wd0"
> >
> > # /dev/rwd0d:
> > type: unknown
> > disk: mydisk
> > label:
> > flags:
> > bytes/sector: 512
> > sectors/track: 63
> > tracks/cylinder: 16
> > sectors/cylinder: 1008
> > cylinders: 6780
> > total sectors: 6835952
> > rpm: 3600
> > interleave: 1
> > trackskew: 0
> > cylinderskew: 0
> > headswitch: 0           # milliseconds
> > track-to-track seek: 0  # milliseconds
> > drivedata: 0
> >
> > 8 partitions:
> > #        size   offset     fstype   [fsize bsize   cpg]
> >   a:   305361       63     4.2BSD     1024  8192    16   # (Cyl.    0*- 302)
> >   b:   264096   305424       swap                        # (Cyl.  303 - 564)
> >   c:  6835889       63     unused        0     0         # (Cyl.    0*- 6781*)
> >   d:  6835952        0     unused        0     0         # (Cyl.    0 - 6781*)
> >   e:  3000000   569520     4.2BSD     1024  8192    16   # (Cyl.  565 - 3541*)
> >   f:  3266432  3569520     4.2BSD     1024  8192    16   # (Cyl. 3541*- 6781*)
> >
> > So i cant boot the machine in an automatic way.
> >
> > Thanks for your help and your time
> >
> > Heron Gallegos
> > Centro Siglo XXI - Informatica Educativa
> > Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
>
> Heron
>
>   This sounds like new bootstrap code needs to be written to your hard disk check out the man pages for "disklabel" check out the -B
> option thats the one you will need. Did you install a new disklabel when you installed bsd or did the hard drive already have a disklabel
> on it? . whatever you do use caution !! as you could wipe out your disk!!
>
> Good Luck !!
>
> Dave