Subject: Re: NetBSD Hang after disklabel, xsm crash
To: None <port-i386@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Bruce Anderson <brucea@wavefront.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 07/28/1998 02:13:00
On Mon, Jul 27, 1998 5:46 PM, Harald Bjoroy <mailto:harald@bitcon.no>
wrote:
>
> I have booted MSDOS and done a "fdisk" on the disk, including
> formatting, this has gone well, but it doesn't help; NetBSD will not
> boot with this disk enabled.
>
> I have tried to use the NetBSD install disk to write a new disklabel to
> the disk, but when I try disklabel on wd1 it hangs immediately, there is
> no problems when I do a "disklabel -r wd0".
Make sure that you do not have wd1 entry in you
/etc/fstab while wd1 is hammered, that might cause a problem.
>
> Any tips - Please!
>
Did you go into the BIOS and turn off boot sector virus protection before
doing FDISK /MBR ? (It will fail without warning you.)
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