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Re: non-functional /usr/mdec/boot? - NetBSD 9_Stable (20210114)



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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