Re: The first reboot to hard drive after the CD-rom install failed

Martin Husemann <[email protected]> Tue, 31 Mar 2020 22:53:20 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.os.netbsd.ports.macppc
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On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 04:16:45PM -0400, Mark Grieveson wrote:
> 3 partitions:
> #Â Â Â  sizeÂ Â Â Â Â  offsetÂ Â Â Â  fstypeÂ Â  [fsize bsize cpg/sgs]
> Â a: 156037280Â Â Â Â  0Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  4.2BSDÂ  0Â Â Â  0Â Â Â Â  0Â Â  # (Cyl.Â Â Â Â  0 - 154798*)
> Â b: 262144Â Â Â Â  156037312Â Â Â  swapÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  # (Cyl. 154798*- 155058*)
> Â c: 156301488Â Â Â Â Â  0Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  unusedÂ  0Â Â Â  0Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  # (Cyl.Â Â Â Â  0 - 155060)

I am not an expert in this area, but I would have expected a to have a
small offset (to make space for APM and the bootloader) - but maybe
that just goes into the unused space at the beginning of a.

> I find the "unused" partition curious (letter "c").

That is the "raw disk" partition, it is typical for disklabel and looks
good.

> Here's the result of the other command you suggested:
> 
> # installboot /dev/rwd0c /usr/mdec/bootxx /ofwboot
> installboot: Could not find secondary bootstrap 'ofwboot' in '/dev/rwd0c'
> installboot: (Path must be relative to the file system in '/dev/rwd0c')
> installboot: Set bootstrap operation failed.

Someone should fix either installboot or the manual page ;-)

We need a macppc bootloader expert...

Martin