yancm%sdf.org@localhost writes: >> boot hd0:boot > boot: hd0a:boot Input/output error Have you read your entire disk with dd, and checked SMART? > By putting my backup /boot from my previous 8_Stable, the machine > boots fine again, no cd required. > > Could I have goofed up the installboot step? filesystem IS ffsv1 > and I used the ffsv1 1st stage. > > For my understanding, does the first stage loader > /usr/mdec/bootxx_ffsv1 in my case have to be the same revision as /boot? > (ie. both NetBSD 9) Could having them out-of-sync cause this? This is often complicated and hard to tell. I would be surprised if this were an issue.
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