On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 07:20:54AM -0500, Greg Jones wrote: > Michael wrote: >> 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 >> >> > Did you generate and use a new PBR file as discussed in section 4.8 of > the FAQ? > > Once I did, Vista's boot loader works. > > Regards, > > Regards
I don't use ntldr for any multi-system bootloader.
