Subject: Re: problems installing bootloader
To: Miles Nordin <carton@Ivy.NET>
From: Joel CARNAT <joel@carnat.net>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 05/12/2005 20:41:42
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On Thu, May 12 2005 - 13:51, Miles Nordin wrote:
> I'm trying to install a bootblock on the SCSI disk at ID 1, and get
> this:
>=20
> Executing last command: boot /pci/pci@1/scsi@8/disk@1,0:a            =20
> Boot device: /pci/pci@1/scsi@8/disk@1,0:a  File and args:=20
> NetBSD IEEE 1275 Bootblock
> Invalid superblock magic
>=20
> Could this be because I've newfs'd / as FFSv2 rather than FFSv1?=20
>=20

 I always got non-bootable partition when FFSv2 on sparc64 :(
 You can set others partitions (/home, /var, ...) to FFSv2 though.

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