* On 2004-12-11 at 17:22 GMT, Hubert Feyrer wrote:

> Wild guess: is this a FFSv1 vs. FFSv2 issue?

All file systems are FFSv1.  The only difference I've noticed (which I
should have mentioned in my previous email) is the output of the
installboot command.

  NetBSD Guide:
  # /usr/sbin/installboot -v /dev/rwd1a /usr/mdec/bootblck (sic)
  File system:         /dev/rwd1a
  File system type:    raw (blocksize 8192, needswap 0)
  [...]

  My server:
  # /usr/sbin/installboot -v /dev/rwd1a /usr/mdec/bootblk
  File system:         /dev/rwd1a
  File system type:    ffs (blocksize 8192, needswap 0)
  [...]

I have no idea whether the "raw" vs "ffs" difference is important, nor
why it's changed since the guide was written.

 [..tries adding '-t raw' to the installboot command, still breaks..]

Cheers,

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