> I zeroed the ENTIRE hard disk before the install (using the > shell on the install CD with `dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/wd0d bs=512', > takes overnight), then rebooted the install CD, did the install and now > machine booted NetBSD from hard disk correctly. No other way for > me to get this machine to work! 5.2.1 did not have this problem.
> Zeroing PART of the disk before install did not allow a successful > installation. Not sure how much needs to be zeroed. > I can now do a successful re-install of 6.1.2 on the same disk, over > and over, once one install worked. > Not sure if I bump it down to 5.2.1 then up to 6.1.2 if have the same > problem. Experiment on this another day. > Maybe some old disklabel is being carried over on the disk? > Hope this helps debug the problem. > John Refling If NetBSD-6.1.2 fails to boot, you could try NetBSD-current. If you don't want to build from source, you can download snapshots from http://nyftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/ see http://releng.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/builds.cgi On a new computer with MSI Z77 MPOWER motherboard, NetBSD 6.1_STABLE hangs on boot, but NetBSD-current boots. I haven't tried 5.2_STABLE on this computer. I really need the ability to use NAME=.... in /etc/fstab because the NetBSD installations are on USB sticks, and I have other USB media too. Tom
