I ran into a problem when rebooting to a current kernel (i386 GENERIC) due to a secondary disk without an 'a' partition. Disk sd0 checked out fine, but all the partitions on sd1 had bad magic numbers and failed fsck:
/dev/rsd1d: BAD SUPER BLOCK: MAGIC NUMBER WRONG /dev/rsd1d: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck_ffs MANUALLY. ... /dev/rsd1n: BAD SUPER BLOCK: MAGIC NUMBER WRONG /dev/rsd1n: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck_ffs MANUALLY. "Old" disklabel sd1: # Inside MBR partition 0: type A5 start 63 size 71681967 # /dev/rsd1c: type: SCSI disk: da0s1 label: flags: bytes/sector: 512 sectors/track: 63 tracks/cylinder: 255 sectors/cylinder: 16065 cylinders: 4462 total sectors: 71687370 rpm: 3600 interleave: 1 trackskew: 0 cylinderskew: 0 headswitch: 0 # microseconds track-to-track seek: 0 # microseconds drivedata: 0 15 partitions: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] c: 71681967 63 unused 0 0 # Cyl 0*- 4461 d: 2104452 63 4.2BSD 2048 16384 132 # Cyl 0*- 130 e: 8385930 2104515 4.2BSD 2048 16384 328 # Cyl 131 - 652 f: 23294250 48387780 4.2BSD 2048 16384 328 # Cyl 3012 - 4461 h: 4112640 15936480 4.2BSD 2048 16384 256 # Cyl 992 - 1247 i: 2104515 40933620 4.2BSD 2048 16384 132 # Cyl 2548 - 2678 j: 18828180 20049120 4.2BSD 2048 16384 328 # Cyl 1248 - 2419 k: 5349645 43038135 4.2BSD 2048 16384 16 # Cyl 2679 - 3011 l: 2056320 38877300 4.2BSD 2048 16384 128 # Cyl 2420 - 2547 m: 2104515 10490445 4.2BSD 2048 16384 132 # Cyl 653 - 783 n: 3341520 12594960 4.2BSD 2048 16384 208 # Cyl 784 - 991 "New" disklabel sd1: # Inside MBR partition 0: type A5 start 63 size 71681967 # /dev/rsd1c: type: SCSI disk: SCSI disk label: ST336705LW flags: bytes/sector: 512 sectors/track: 470 tracks/cylinder: 8 sectors/cylinder: 3760 cylinders: 19036 total sectors: 71687370 rpm: 3600 interleave: 1 trackskew: 0 cylinderskew: 0 headswitch: 0 # microseconds track-to-track seek: 0 # microseconds drivedata: 0 16 partitions: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] c: 71687370 0 unused 0 0 # Cyl 0 - 19065* d: 2097000 34314840 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # Cyl 9126*- 9683 e: 1049040 36411840 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # Cyl 9684 - 9962 f: 4196160 37460880 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # Cyl 9963 - 11078 g: 4196160 41657040 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # Cyl 11079 - 12194 h: 8388560 45853200 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # Cyl 12195 - 14425 i: 530082 63 ext2fs # Cyl 0*- 140* j: 1060290 16466625 unknown # Cyl 4379*- 4661* k: 16787925 17526915 ext2fs # Cyl 4661*- 9126* l: 15936480 530145 ext2fs # Cyl 140*- 4379* I assume this is due to using the new kernel with the old fsck and that installing the next snapshot will fix it. If this is unexpected, please let me know if you want additional information. Last dmesg, just in case... OpenBSD 4.0-current (GENERIC) #1141: Sun Oct 8 13:54:04 MDT 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC cpu0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1500MHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.50 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM real mem = 804384768 (785532K) avail mem = 725274624 (708276K) using 4256 buffers containing 40341504 bytes (39396K) of memory mainbus0 (root) bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(00) BIOS, date 06/06/01, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xffe90, SMBIOS rev. 2.3 @ 0xf0450 (97 entries) bios0: Dell Computer Corporation Precision 330 apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2 apm0: AC on, battery charge unknown apm0: flags 30102 dobusy 0 doidle 1 pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xf0000/0x10000 pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfbbb0/176 (9 entries) pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:31:0 ("Intel 82801BA LPC" rev 0x00) pcibios0: PCI bus #2 is the last bus bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xa800 0xca800/0x5800 cpu0 at mainbus0 pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82850 Host" rev 0x02 ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82850/82860 AGP" rev 0x02 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "NVIDIA Vanta" rev 0x15 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) ppb1 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BA AGP" rev 0x04 pci2 at ppb1 bus 2 fxp0 at pci2 dev 8 function 0 "Intel 8255x" rev 0x05, i82558: irq 10, address 00:90:27:86:21:9c inphy0 at fxp0 phy 1: i82555 10/100 PHY, rev. 0 ahc0 at pci2 dev 10 function 0 "Adaptec AHA-2940U2 U2" rev 0x00: irq 11 scsibus0 at ahc0: 16 targets sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST39102LW, 0005> SCSI2 0/direct fixed sd0: 8683MB, 6962 cyl, 12 head, 212 sec, 512 bytes/sec, 17783240 sec total sd1 at scsibus0 targ 2 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST336705LW, 5063> SCSI3 0/direct fixed sd1: 35003MB, 19036 cyl, 8 head, 470 sec, 512 bytes/sec, 71687370 sec total cd0 at scsibus0 targ 4 lun 0: <YAMAHA, CRW8824S, 1.00> SCSI2 5/cdrom removable cd1 at scsibus0 targ 6 lun 0: <TEAC, CD-ROM CD-532S, 1.0A> SCSI2 5/cdrom removable ichpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801BA LPC" rev 0x04 pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 1 "Intel 82801BA IDE" rev 0x04: DMA, channel 0 wired to compatibility, channel 1 wired to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <IC35L040AVER07-0> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 38166MB, 78165360 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 pciide0: channel 1 ignored (disabled) uhci0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801BA USB" rev 0x04: irq 11 usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0 at usb0 uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801BA SMBus" rev 0x04: irq 10 iic0 at ichiic0 uhci1 at pci0 dev 31 function 4 "Intel 82801BA USB" rev 0x04: irq 9 usb1 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0 uhub1 at usb1 uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered auich0 at pci0 dev 31 function 5 "Intel 82801BA AC97" rev 0x04: irq 10, ICH2 AC97 ac97: codec id 0x41445360 (Analog Devices AD1885) ac97: codec features headphone, Analog Devices Phat Stereo audio0 at auich0 isa0 at ichpcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pmsi0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot wsmouse0 at pmsi0 mux 0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> spkr0 at pcppi0 lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: using exception 16 pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo pccom1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec biomask ef65 netmask ef65 ttymask ffe7 pctr: user-level cycle counter enabled ahc0: target 0 using 16bit transfers ahc0: target 0 synchronous at 20.0MHz, offset = 0xf dkcsum: sd0 matches BIOS drive 0x80 ahc0: target 2 using 16bit transfers ahc0: target 2 synchronous at 20.0MHz, offset = 0x3f dkcsum: sd1 matches BIOS drive 0x82 wd0: no disk label dkcsum: wd0 matches BIOS drive 0x81 root on sd0a rootdev=0x400 rrootdev=0xd00 rawdev=0xd02