>>Could you try "cd /usr/mdec;./installboot biosboot.sym /dev/rwd0a"
>>and then a reboot?
>
>sure.  that'll be this evening, though...the laptop's at home.  :)

no dice.  i still just get a 3.

>>If this doesn't work, could you send me a dump of the first sector
>>of /dev/rwd0d and the first two sectors of /dev/rwd0a (like the
>>output of "dd if=/dev/rwd0d count=1|od -x" and
>>"dd if=/dev/rwd0a count=2|od -x") (in private mail, please!)?
>>I'll try to look into it then.
>
>oohh...feeling tricky, eh?  okay...i'll send them out.  :)

i've stuffed them at:

ftp://ftp.daemon.org/pub/rwd0a
ftp://ftp.daemon.org/pub/rwd0d

:)

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