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:
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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
