Ulrich Hausmann wrote:
> Bill,
> 
> meanwhile I made a complete backup, formatted the hd with HD SC Setup,
> created 3 partitions (plus the fourth for the driver), 2 of them for
> NetBSD (Usr & Root and Swap) - and guess what? I'm getting the same
> error as I described before. I can not install more than one tgz file at
> once with NetBSD Installer. Man.tgz for example quits immediately,
> whithout any installation. When I'm lucky, it expands just one row
> (file?). Now, I'm feeling pretty helpless (since otoh, the installation
> on a Syquest seems to work flawlessly (but I'm not following that at
> this moment) and even worse, I can not even be sure, that the other
> installed stuff was expanded and installed correctly and completely.
> 
> Actually, I'm booting with the 1. Aid floppy disk of OS 7.1, getting and
> starting the NetBSD related stuff from the Syquest. So, there aren't any
> exotic extensions or control panels at all. Oh, I should say, when I get
> that error, there is no way to leave NetBSD Installer other than RETURN.
> 
> Possible NetBSD does not like the hd (Dec RZ29B = Seagate Barracuda, 4.2
> GB)?

What partition layout are you using (i.e. what is the order and type of
each partition, including the various unseen apple partitions)?  This
seems to be a crucial factor in determining whether or not it will work...

Later.

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