Subject: Re: 1.5.3 Problems
To: Lubomir Sedlacik <salo@Xtrmntr.org>
From: Bill Dorsey <dorsey@lila.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 07/24/2002 16:30:59
On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 01:00:09AM +0200, Lubomir Sedlacik wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 03:41:11PM -0700, Bill Dorsey wrote:
> > Here is the error message I got on the system console when the
> > bootloader tried to load the new kernel:
> > 
> > Boot device: /iommu/sbus/espdma@5,8400000/esp@5,8800000/sd@1,0:a  File and args: netbsd
> > >> NetBSD/sparc Secondary Boot, Revision 1.9
> > >> (toor@proxima, Tue Aug 21 23:18:13 CST 2001)
> > Booting netbsd
> > netbsd: Inappropriate file type or format
> 
> you should upgrade your bootloader.  this is the old one from 1.5.2
> follow instructions in installboot(8).
> 
Thanks, that fixed the boot problem.  This is the first time I've
needed to upgrade the bootloader during an upgrade, which is where
my confusion came from.

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Bill Dorsey
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