Uwe Dippel wrote:
Having done upgrades from 4.0 onwards, on a OpenBSD-only server
(amd64), this time something must have gone wrong: Despite of the
(remote, I have no physical access, via serial console) 'successful'
upgrade (no error messages), when I was asked to reboot, I did, as
always. Alas, it came up with
Attempting Boot From Floppy Drive (A:)
Attempting Boot From CD-ROM
Attempting Boot From Hard Drive (C:)
Using drive 0, partition 3.
Loading...
ERR M
on an HP ML350G4p.
From all I know it is a problem with the MBR.
What I'd really like to get, before I drive there and get access, is
how to best solve this problem, and most straightforward. Talking
about what went wrong can wait, since this is a production machine and
should be back as soon as possible.
Thanks in advance,
Uwe
This sort of problem happens a lot. It was covered recently.
You will probably be able to fix it.
Search here, try ERR M
http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.os.openbsd.misc
<http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.os.openbsd.misc>http://marc.info
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