On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 03:12:02PM +0200, netbsd@bortal.de wrote:
> Hello!
> I just installed Netbsd on my compac flash, and i wrote the boot loader.
...
>  1 Seconds to automatic boot.   Press Ctrl-P for entering Monitor.
> F4: NetBSD
> 3
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> And then it hangs.
> Whats the error here?

RTFM...  in this case mbr(8)

The '3' is an error code and means that the magic number 0xaa55 wasn't
found at the end of the first sector of the bios partition.

Possibly you forgot to run installboot.

FWIW you will have trouble running the netbsd bootselect code
on a serial console.


	David

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