Got it. I’ll get on it and see how far I get. Thanks a bunch. — Duke Sent from my iPhone
> On Sep 21, 2026, at 7:57 AM, Crystal Kolipe <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2026 at 06:59:33AM -0600, Duke Normandin wrote: >> Boot> boot hd0a:/bsd >> simply starts a non-ending boot loop. So I did a ???boot hd0a:/bsd.rd??? to >> the installer. > > If /bsd doesn't exist but /bsd.rd does, then this installation is broken in a > non-obvious way. Re-installing may well get you a working system with a lot > less time and effort than trying to fix the current install. > >> I did all the preliminaries then `mount -o ro /dev/sd1a /mnt???. >> Then `installboot -n -v - r /mnt sd1???. No joy!! I got back >> ???installboot: realpath: No such file or directory???. What am I missing? >> TIA???.. > > I mentioned running installboot in case somebody else with a similar but > different problem finds this discussion in the archives, (specifically a > system trying to boot from hd0a instead of sr0a). This is not the issue you > are facing. > > The reason for the error message from installboot is that the installer > envionment is missing certain files in /usr/mdec that it needs. If a working > system needs to have the bootstrap re-written, you can boot into it from > another disk, mount the relevant partitions and invoke installboot to rewrite > it. This is not really a task for someone who is new to OpenBSD, and in any > case should not be necessary to get you a working system. > > I would just attempt a fresh install, and expect it to work.
