Re: The first reboot to hard drive after the CD-rom install failed

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 04:16:45PM -0400, Mark Grieveson wrote:
> 3 partitions:
> #    size      offset     fstype   [fsize bsize cpg/sgs]
>  a: 156037280     0        4.2BSD  0    0     0   # (Cyl.     0 - 154798*)
>  b: 262144     156037312    swap                # (Cyl. 154798*- 155058*)
>  c: 156301488      0        unused  0    0        # (Cyl.     0 - 155060)

I am not an expert in this area, but I would have expected a to have a
small offset (to make space for APM and the bootloader) - but maybe
that just goes into the unused space at the beginning of a.

> I find the "unused" partition curious (letter "c").

That is the "raw disk" partition, it is typical for disklabel and looks
good.

> Here's the result of the other command you suggested:
> 
> # installboot /dev/rwd0c /usr/mdec/bootxx /ofwboot
> installboot: Could not find secondary bootstrap 'ofwboot' in '/dev/rwd0c'
> installboot: (Path must be relative to the file system in '/dev/rwd0c')
> installboot: Set bootstrap operation failed.

Someone should fix either installboot or the manual page ;-)

We need a macppc bootloader expert...

Martin