Re: ./installboot - a silent killer?

[Paolo Supino <paolo@consonet.com>]

   Hello Micahel 

   OK. I tried to re install, the OppenBSD. Ignored Cyl - totally
(partition begins on cyl 1 ignoring cyl 0 both with fdisk and with
disklabel (so everything should be alright). The install passed fine. When
I rebooted the computer it prompted: "reading boot." and then gave the
error: "read error". I rebooted with the CDROM and when I ran fdisk it
showed that all the partitions were unused, though disklabel showed the
slices I created in the last install. If 'installboot' installs the boot
loader (both primary and secondary) than it must touch the MBR, doesn't
it? 



	Paolo 




> 
> re
> by any meaning none of the partitions go at offset 0.
> and offset is always at least a track, or cylinder-bound otherwise.
> cu
> 
> Making, drinking tea and reading an opus magnum from Paolo Supino:
> > 
> > 
> >    Hi Micahel 
> > 
> > 
> >     I have a question (my guess the answer is yes): 
> > 
> > Can disklabel go out of bounds of a partition? 
> > 
> > If the answer is yes, then I admit the fault is mine (why does it seem
> > obvious only now ?) and understand that I should have started the swap
> > slice on offset 1 and not zero. 
> > 
> > Here is my disklabel printout (only the relevant part): 
> > 
> > #        size   offset    fstype   [fsize bsize   cpg]
> > a: 12292560   393120    4.2BSD     1024  8192    16   # (Cyl. 416-13423)
> > b:   393120        0      swap                        # (Cyl.     0-415)
> > c: 12685680        0    unused        0     0         # (Cyl.    0-13423)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > :) 
> > 
> > 
> > 	Paolo
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
>     paranoic mickey       (my employers have changed but, the name has remained)
>