On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 07:06:04AM -0700, Michael wrote: > On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 07:39:20AM -0500, Josh Grosse wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 04:28:54AM -0700, Michael wrote: > > > On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 07:40:12AM +0530, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: > > ... > > > > cd /mnt > > > > > > > > # /usr/mdec/installboot -v boot /mnt/biosboot wd0 > > > > > > > > It should not be /usr/mdec/biosboot. Definitely not. > > ... > > > Thanks for your answer. If 4.4 doesn't install completely (without the > > > installboot error) on a 120 gig hd, I'll try the command the way you > > > posted it and see if it works vs what Josh sent me. > > > > The biosboot file (found in /usr/mdec/biosboot of either the ramdisk kernel > > or a default install) is the PBR which is placed in the first sector of the > > partition. The boot file (found in /usr/mdec/biosboot of either the > > ramdisk kernel or a default install, or in /boot in a default install) is > > the second stage bootloader program. > > > > As far as I know, there is no "/biosboot" file in a standard install, so > > the "/mnt/biosboot" will not work. > > > Thanks again Josh :) >
Well, I tried installing 4.4 on my Acer Aspire 3000 with 60 gig hd and got the same problem with installboot. Again, I used the above commands that Josh sent me with my 4.3 cd and the installboot ran fine and now I'm using 4.4 on the Acer. Info on this hd: 117210240 sectors OpenBSD starts at 32788665 with a size of 25270245 "a" partition starts at 32788665 with a size of 102400 sectors. Mike
