UFS2 (invalid format) boot problem

[Daniel C. Sobral]

Tomi Vainio - Sun Finland wrote:
> I've tried to migrate my system to use UFS2 on all file systems.
> Creation, dump, disklabel done without problems I think because if I
> use UFS1 on new root everything works using this same procedure.  When
> using UFS2 I just get
> 
> "Invalid format"
> 
> FreeBSD/i386 boot
> Default: 1:da(1,a)/kernel
> boot:
> No /kernel
> 
> Boot from old disk after this works also fine
> 3:da(3,a)/boot/loader
> 
> Any ideas?

You need a new boot block. What I'd recommend is booting an install 
floppy or cd, going to custom installation, checking the partitioning 
(ensuring everything is correct), writing, and then selecting the boot 
loader. I *think* this should work.

What I *don't* recommend is getting a fixit disk and running boot0cfg. 
Last time I did that I spent three days recovering my partitions.

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