On 2018-04-29, Eric Zylstra <ezyls...@mac.com> wrote: > I’m installing 6.3 on a RAID1. Install was fine until ending with an error > message, “invalid boot record signature…”. > > I manually ran installboot: >>. installboot -v -r /mnt sd4 > > Hand transcription: > > Using /mnt as root > Installing bootstrap on /dev/rsd4c > Using first-stage /mnt/usr/mdec/biosboot, second-stage /mnt/usr/mdec/boot > sd4: softraid volume with 2 disk(s) > sd4: installing boot loader on softraid volume > /mnt/usr/mdec/boot is 6 blocks x 16384 bytes > sd0a: installing boot blocks on /dev/rsd0c, part offset 144 > Master boot record (MBR) at sector 0 > Install boot: invalid boot record signature (0x0000) @ sector 0 > > I did not typo the secondary boot block install. It attempts to install on > sd0 instead of sd4 as specified in my command.
With softraid the bootblock is installed on all component disks of a raid1. Since the installer doesn't directly support softraid...what did you type earlier to prepare this?
