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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:45:27 -0500
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: venti+fossil problems on new install
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On Fri Sep 22 12:34:18 CDT 2006, stalker@maths.tcd.ie wrote:
> > 3. how do you verify that the disk driver is hosed?
> 
> disk/fdisk claims it can't read the mbr:
> 
> The disk you selected HAS NO master boot record on its first sector.
> (Perhaps it is a blank disk.)
> You need a master boot record to use the disk.
> Should we install a default master boot record?
> Install mbr (y,n)[no default]:

when you boot to freebsd, do you see "MBR" printed first thing?
if you don't then there the plan9 MBR is not installed.

i went through this two weeks ago with an unsupported sata chipset.
unfortunately, i didn't take notes.

one thing that is definately wrong nis the drive letters.  if you
have a sata disk, then the drive letter should be know as /dev/sdE0.

i would try booting from the floppy and interrupting the installer with
"!rc" then 
	cd /dev
	cat sdctl
	for(i in sd??){
		echo $i
		cat $i/ctl
	}
should give some interesting results.

- erik