Subject: Re: can't installboot
To: Henry Nelson <henry@irm.nara.kindai.ac.jp>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/23/2001 21:49:28
On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 10:06:04PM +0900, Henry Nelson wrote:
> Had no trouble doing installboot just a few weeks ago, but now on 1.5.1
> I get the following.  Any ideas what could cause this?
> 
>     # /usr/mdec/installboot /usr/mdec/biosboot_com0_38400.sym /dev/rwd0a
>     installboot: open raw partition RW: Device busy
>     renaming //boot.bak -> //boot

I suspect you're running at securelevel > 0. Try this in single user mode.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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