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i have acquired the following O2 system:
> hinv
                   System: IP32
                Processor: 180 Mhz R5000, with FPU
     Primary I-cache size: 32 Kbytes
     Primary D-cache size: 32 Kbytes
     Secondary cache size: 512 Kbytes
              Memory size: 64 Mbytes
                 Graphics: CRM, Rev C
                    Audio: A3 version 1
                SCSI Disk: scsi(0)disk(1)
               SCSI CDROM: scsi(0)cdrom(4)
>

and would like to install NetBSD, but the boot CD at
<ftp://ftp.ayamura.org/people/ayamura/NetBSD/sgimipscd-1.6.1.iso.gz>
didn't boot, it failed with 

> setenv SystemPartition scsi(0)disk(4)rdisk(0)partition(8)
> setenv OSLoadPartition scsi(0)disk(4)rdisk(0)partition(0)
> setenv OSLoader boot
> setenv OSLoadFilename netbsd
> setenv OSLoadOptions auto
> boot

Cannot load scsi(0)disk(4)rdisk(0)partition(8)/boot.
Range check failure: Section start 0x88002000, size 0xc460.
Section would overwrite an already loaded program.
Unable to execute scsi(0)disk(4)rdisk(0)partition(8)/boot:  not
enough space
Unable to load scsi(0)disk(4)rdisk(0)partition(8)/boot: not enough
space
>

i'll probably try a netboot later, but the caveats listed here:
<http://raisdorf.net/files/NetBSD/faq.html#sys_o2> make me leery. 
how old is this document?  has anything (particularly the onboard
NIC) been fixed?  if not, what NICs will work with NetBSD?  any
gotchas i should be aware of in the install process?

thanks in advance
  --waldo

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