On Sun, 6 Jul 2025, beaker wrote:
Thanks but my system isn't UEFI so I think this won't work but I'll squirrel this away for future reference.
So, you want BIOS + GPT? Hmm, this'll be a bit tricky, I think. On Mon, 7 Jul 2025, beaker wrote:
# determine which wedge to install primary bootstrap to: $ sudo dkctl wd0 listwedges /dev/rwd0: 6 wedges: dk5: e8b85d79-899f-4cd6-964e-af3db098e992, 2048 blocks at 2048, type: dk0: Boot, 1046528 blocks at 4096, type: msdos dk1: Debian, 268435456 blocks at 1050624, type: ext2fs dk2: NetBSD, 125829120 blocks at 269486080, type: msdos # <<<
This should be type `ffs', but, no matter because, ...
# reboot and attempt GRUB 'chainloader (hd0,gpt3)+1': => ERROR NO SLICE
I don't think bootxx_ffsv2 understands GPT. Here, I think it finds only the Protective MBR (and no NetBSD-type primary partition) and throws this error. Try creating an Hybrid MBR with an NetBSD-type MBR entry with start and size corresponding to that of `dk2' (gdisk(8) on Linux). -RVP
