Subject: Re: hmm, i must be doing something wrong
To: Julian Coleman <J.D.Coleman@newcastle.ac.uk>
From: nm <nm@vt.edu>
List: port-sparc
Date: 04/22/2000 11:05:07
At 10:15 AM 4/22/00 +0100, Julian Coleman wrote:
>> So I have an IPX.  I am trying to boot off of a floppy disk so that
>> I may install version 1.4.2 of my favorite OS.  I type 
>> 'boot floppy netbsd' at the openboot prompt and I am rewarded with
>> "Data Access Exception"
>
>There were some problems in -current with the memory layout in 4c's.  This
>might be the same.  If you have a 4Mb SIMM in the first bank, you might run
>into this.  Can you put a 16Mb in the first bank and then try?
>
>J

This doesn't sound good.  Are there any boot floppies for 1.3.3?  I would
like to get something installed today if I could.

Nick