problem with 4.4 installboot

Michael bsd4me at cableone.net
Thu Oct 23 19:01:13 CEST 2008


Michael wrote:
> I have been trying to install 4.4 on a previous 4.3 partition, but keep
> getting this message after installation:
> installboot: broken MBR
> And then when booting from the hd, all I get is: ERR M
>
> Thinking I did something wrong, I tried installing 4.4 again and got the
> same response. I then tried just upgrading and got the same response.
> Knowing that 4.3 installed and ran fine, I grabbed that cd and installed
> 4.3. It installed just fine, so I used my backup files and got 4.3 the
> way I use it and let it go for some time. This morning I tried
> installing 4.4 again and got the same ol problem again.
>
> I'm not on the misc maillist at the moment, but have checked marc for
> anybody else having this problem. If memory serves me correctly, I've
> been running OpenBSD on this machine since about 4.2 with no problems.
>
> My homebrewed computer is: 1.2 ghz Duron, 256 megs ram, radeon 7000
> video and soundblaster live sound card.
> I have Windows on here for the dreaded emails with pps files, linux to
> run flash and other nonsense. I try to keep my OpenBSD system clean ;)
>
> Thanks for any help.
> btw- would it help if I rejoined misc and sent this to them also?
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I should make one thing clear that I just noticed about my post.
Just the OpenBSD partition won't boot. Other systems boot fine.
I use Air-Boot for boot manager (which I have used for years).


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