> Well, according to Guido's mini-howto,
>
> SystemPartition=scsi(0)disk(1)partition(8)
>
> should be OK. It outright refuses to boot with
>
> SystemPartition=scsi(0)disk(1)partition(0)
> or
> SystemPartition=scsi(0)disk(1)partition(1)
I think this should be
SystemPartition=scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(8)
^^^^^^^^
partition 8 is the volume header where either your kernel or your bootloader (arcboot) should be.