malabar // deploy netbsd ext2fs on bare-metal with lilo (FAIL)

THIS IS A DRAFT – Error no magic

tested on scaleway dedibox with bionic as a rescue system

descriptiondescription

here we try to avoid netbsd mbr and use LILO + chain load instead

requirementsrequirements

setupsetup

apt install -y lilo

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
ls -lF /mnt/
mkdir /mnt/etc

LILO’s required /boot/ folder conflicts with the NetBSD /boot secondary boot strap file – this is why we define map and backup

vi /mnt/etc/lilo.conf

lba32
boot = /dev/sda
root = /dev/sda1
prompt
timeout = 30
vga = normal
compact
map=/bootalt/map
backup=/bootalt

other=/dev/sda1
    label=netbsd

mkdir /mnt/dev/
mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev
mkdir /mnt/bootalt/

lilo -V # 24.2
lilo -r /mnt
#lilo -P ignore -r /mnt

FAIL – got the LILO boot prompt (boot:)– it then says

Loading netbsd
Error no magic

troubleshootingtroubleshooting

when running lilo

Fatal: creat /boot/boot.0800: Not a directory

==> cannot use both netbsd boot file and required boot/ folder.

Fatal: raid_setup: stat("/dev/sda")

==> /mnt/dev not binded

Fatal: First sector of /dev/sda1 doesn't have a valid boot signature
strings base/usr/mdec/mbr

==> bootxx not applied

resourcesresources

https://linux.die.net/man/5/lilo.conf

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/LILO

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LILO

Fatal: Kernel /vmlinuz is too big https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=61903