you need to copy the ufsboot into the new filesystem and point installboot
at that file.  so if your new filesystem is mounted on /mnt, this would be

  cp /usr/mdec/ufsboot /mnt
  /usr/mdec/installboot /mnt/ufsboot /usr/mdec/bootxx /dev/rsd0a

-Chuck


On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 09:04:21PM -0700, Rick Kelly wrote:
> 
> I have installed the latest -current snapshot on a Sun 3/50. Now I need to
> install the bootstrap.
> 
> I have tried:
> 
> /usr/mdec/installboot /usr/mdec/ufsboot /usr/mdec/bootxx /dev/rsd0a
> 
> many times, and I get the error: partition must be an FFS partition.
> 
> The partition is mounted.
> Kernel security = 0.
> I'm root.
> Partition is FFS.
> I ran fsck on it.
> 
> What next?
> -- 
> Rick Kelly  rmk@rmkhome.com  www.rmkhome.com