MBR problems

[Paolo Supino <paolo_(_at_)_consonet_(_dot_)_com>]

   Hi 

   I'm trying to install OpenBSD 2.4 on my notebook (after I installed a
new 6.4GB HD). The first instal 'installboot'
complained that the MBR was broken and after booting it printed NO
OPERATING SYSTEM FOUND. Did a second install and everything went ok (not
MBR borken), but when I boot the machine it printed "read error". A third
install didn't give any messages at all (simply didn't boot). Running
fdisk on third installed showed something weird: I had 3 FAT partitions
and one NetBSD partition. 
 From previous installs (on other computers) I noticed that OpenBSD's boot
loader doesn't handle LBA addressing, and usually coughs an error because
of it, but on this notebook I can't turn LBA off). 

why is this happening? 

Has anyone any good suggestions how to bypass this problem (apart of
hacking the boot loader, which seems like I will eventually learn to do)? 

Has anything changed in 2.5's bootloader that it will be worth waiting
until I get my CDs back? 









TIA 

	Paolo