Subject: Re: Boot floppy
To: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
From: J. Heinrich <lists+netbsd@y.ml.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 06/23/1999 14:44:16
On Tue, Jun 22, 1999 at 11:46:03PM -0700, David Brownlee wrote:

> 	What happens if you try to gunzip the image first?

It actually works.  Thanks to all who provided that clue.

> 	Also - you probably want to try the syboot-14.fs.gz image
> 	rather than boot-14.fs.gz

Yes, that's better; I end up in sysinst with that disk.

I'm now at the point where I can fish or cut bait.  This is the
only Sparc that I have access to at the moment, so I want to make
sure that I have everything I might need before proceeding and
overwriting the existing Solaris installation (which I don't have
media for), thereby losing the ability to write floppies.

I have a vague recollection of a utility that can be used on a
dos/windows pc to write big-endian disk images; does anyone know
if such a thing exists and where to get it?

> 		David/absolute
> 
> 	"You think you're God's gift to the opposite sex"
> 	"Maybe... if you believe in a malevolent God."

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