On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 05:03:48PM +0100, Chavdar Ivanov wrote: > [...] > a USB stick to boot - where and how to install the bootblocks on the > two RAID members - the manual says 'installboot ... /dev/rwd?a > /usr/mdec/bootxx_ffsv2' - on condition that 'file -s /dev/rwd?a' finds > FFS v2, or dumpfs -s /dev/rwd?a finds the same - in my case I get: > > uksup1# disklabel wd4 > # /dev/rwd4d: > type: ESDI > disk: ST3120827AS > label: fictitious > flags: > bytes/sector: 512 > sectors/track: 63 > tracks/cylinder: 16 > sectors/cylinder: 1008 > cylinders: 232581 > total sectors: 234441648 > rpm: 3600 > interleave: 1 > trackskew: 0 > cylinderskew: 0 > headswitch: 0 # microseconds > track-to-track seek: 0 # microseconds > drivedata: 0 > > 5 partitions: > # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg/sgs] > a: 234441585 63 RAID # (Cyl. 0*- > 232580) > c: 234441585 63 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0*- > 232580) > d: 234441648 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - > 232580)
what does fdisk says about this disk ? also, why is it called wd4 ? are there other drives in the system ? Are you sure the BIOS disk you boot from matches this one ? Another reason why /boot may not be found is that you used the wrong first-stage boot sector: bootxx_ffsv2 with a ffsv1 filesystem or vice-versa. -- Manuel Bouyer <[email protected]> NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference --
