On Mittwoch, 16. September 1998 16:59:23 Uhr, Michael A. Fuselier wrote:

>Here is the problem. On installation, of the base.tgz and etc.tgz files I 
>get an error:
>
>Error on SCSIRead(), #5
>pos - 0, i = 57, fs = /
>alloccgblk; can't find blk in cyl
>

Michael,

that's exactly what happened to me. And this is what I got as a
resoloving advice:

>As far as I know, NetBSD doesn't have a limit. Yet, through personal
>experience and the FAQ at
><http://www.macbsd.com/macbsd/macbsd-docs/faq/faq-4.html#ss4.12>, I have
>found out that the installer does sometimes have some problems with larger
>partitions. I'd recommend you look at the question and answer, and then
>give it a try. The above mentioned answer does give a work around if your
>system does have the problem.
>
>Eric Damien Berna
>eric@thiel.com
>
>NetBSD 1.3.1 on a Mac IIcx
>NetBSD-current on a Mac Quadra 950

Hope this will help you too,

Ulrich