In article <Pine.SOL.3.96.1020803215405.10345A-100000@bitter.mit.edu> you wrote:
> I tried this again, and it seems i missed an important detail.  I get a
> '3' on the screen right when I press F3 (the netbsd key).  I've now been
> told that this is actually an error from the bootblock.  So time to
> rtfs...

no, time for mbr(8):

     3             No operating system.  The bootsector was loaded successful-
                   ly, but it was not valid (i.e.  the magic number check
                   failed).


 - Hubert

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