> On Thu, 11 Jul 1996 13:41:11 -0500 (CDT) 
>  Dane Ohe <djohe@usgs.gov> wrote:
>
>  > 	1) My sparc has a floppy drive (but the floppy image under
>  > 	   ftp.netbsd.org:/pub/NetBSD/arch/sparc doesn't work for me).
>
> Hmm ... what exactly is the failure mode?

Here is what mine does:


ok boot floppy netbsd
SPARCstation 2, Type 4 Keyboard
ROM Rev. 2.0, 64 MB memory installed, Serial #14225.
Ethernet address 8:0:20:b:18:d9, Host ID: 55003791.


Rebooting from floppy netbsd
Boot device: /fd   File and args: netbsd
>> NetBSD BOOT [$Revision: 1.1.1.2 $]
Booting netbsd @ 0x4000
827360+68368+1534120+[36720+38863]=0x267adf
[ preserving 75592 bytes of netbsd symbol table ]
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

NetBSD 1.2_ALPHA (FLOPPY) #5: Sun Jun 16 22:46:04 EST 1996
    mrg@splode.eterna.com.au:/orb/q/build/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/FLOPPY
real mem = 67002368
avail mem = 59830272
using 817 buffers containing 3346432 bytes of memory
bootpath: /fd0
mainbus0 (root)
cpu0 at mainbus0: SUNW,Sun 4/75 (RT601 or L64811 v2 @ 40 MHz, TMS390C602A FPU)
cpu0: cache chip bug; trap page uncached
cpu0: 65536 byte write-through, 32 bytes/line, hw flush cache enabled
memreg0 at mainbus0 ioaddr 0xf4000000
clock0 at mainbus0 ioaddr 0xf2000000: mk48t02 (eeprom)
timer0 at mainbus0 ioaddr 0xf3000000 delay constant 17
auxreg0 at mainbus0 ioaddr 0xf7400003
zs0 at mainbus0 ioaddr 0xf1000000 pri 12, softpri 6
zs0a: console i/o
zs1 at mainbus0 ioaddr 0xf0000000 pri 12, softpri 6
audio at mainbus0 ioaddr 0xf7201000 not configured
sbus0 at mainbus0 ioaddr 0xf8000000: clock = 20 MHz
le0 at sbus0 slot 0 offset 0xc00000 pri 5: address 08:00:20:0b:18:d9
le0: 8 receive buffers, 2 transmit buffers
dma0 at sbus0 slot 0 offset 0x400000: rev 1+
esp0 at sbus0 slot 0 offset 0x800000 pri 3: ESP100A 20Mhz, target 7
scsibus0 at esp0
sd1 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <MICROP, 1924-21MZ1077810, HZ2P> SCSI1 0/direct fixed
sd1: 2000MB, 2280 cyl, 21 head, 85 sec, 512 bytes/sec
Aurora Model 010/210  at sbus0 slot 1 offset 0x100 not configured
cgsix0 at sbus0 slot 2 offset 0x0: SUNW,501-1481, 1152 x 900, rev 1
cgsix0: attached to /dev/fb
fdc0 at mainbus0 ioaddr 0xf7200000 pri 11, softpri 4: chip 82072
fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
panic: rd_read_image: open: error 19
Stopped at      _Debugger+0x4:  jmpl            [%o7 + 0x8], %g0
db> trace
_rd_read_image(0, f80ec168, 0, 0, 1, a) at _rd_read_image+0x50
_rd_attach_hook(0, f87e5d90, 0, 0, 30, 64) at _rd_attach_hook+0x1c
_rdattach(0, f87e5d00, 0, 0, 20, f87e5d14) at _rdattach+0xd0
_rdattach(1, f80b15c8, c, 4000000, ffffffff, 3) at _rdattach+0xa8
_main(0, 8, 1, f80d6077, ffffffff, 10) at _main+0x2d0
_getidprom(1, ffea0e08, 10, ec000, ffffffff, 10) at _getidprom+0x3c0
db> c
syncing disks... done
Frame pointer is at 0xf80d5b08
Call traceback:
  pc = f80bbb98  args = (0, 11901fe0, f80dcc00, f80ca898, ffffffff, 10, f80d5b70) fp = 0xf80d5b70
  pc = f80bbaa8  args = (100, 0, f80ca894, f80d5bf0, f8db4000, f8db4000, f80d5bd8) fp = 0xf80d5bd8
  pc = f8023828  args = (100, f80d8000, 1, 3a, 2710, f423f, f80d5c40) fp = 0xf80d5c40
  pc = f80b1cf8  args = (100, 13, 2000, f80e6f10, f8024c10, 0, f80d5ca8) fp = 0xf80d5ca8
  pc = f80b1c04  args = (0, f80ec168, 0, 0, 1, a, f80d5d80) fp = 0xf80d5d80
  pc = f80b1698  args = (0, f87e5d90, 0, 0, 30, 64, f80d5de8) fp = 0xf80d5de8
  pc = f80b1670  args = (0, f87e5d00, 0, 0, 20, f87e5d14, f80d5e50) fp = 0xf80d5e50
  pc = f8017424  args = (1, f80b15c8, c, 4000000, ffffffff, 3, f80d5eb8) fp = 0xf80d5eb8
  pc = f80088d4  args = (0, 8, 1, f80d6077, ffffffff, 10, f80d5f30) fp = 0xf80d5f30
  pc = 340be4  args = (1, ffea0e08, 10, ec000, ffffffff, 10, f7ffffa0) fp = 0xf7ffffa0

dumping to dev 501, offset 8
dump error 19
rebooting