On Sat, Sep 14, 2002 at 12:57:04AM -0700, Mike Cheponis wrote:
> Hi, I'm trying to use the bootlap[12].fs floppies to install 1.6 on my
> Thinkpad 770 228 MB ram on enire HD (wd0 is 657 Cyl, 64 Heads, 63 Sec/Tr
> 1296 MB).
> 
> I do a net install, and everything seems fine but systems doesn't boot from
> HD.
> 
> Using the rescue floppy, fdisk reports that partition 3 is being used; on a
> hunch, I changed things to use partition 0 and set it bootable.
> 
> Still, no boot.
> 
> >From the rescue floppy, in /usr/mdec/ I did:
> 
> $ ./installboot biosboot.sym /dev/rwd0a
> 
> (I have the whole disk in the A partition, and no swap partition).
> 
> Still, the machine does not boot.
> 
> Any suggestions?  And, has anybody else seen this problem with 1.6 install?

Can you show disklabel and fdisk outputs ?
Does it boot if you start from floppy and type at the boot prompt:
boot wd0a:

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