I know that this is a run of the mill question, and I have checked the
archives on it, but I really haven't seen a definitive response. When
trying to load the installer via floppy so I can ftp install, I get the
following errors:

ok boot
floppy                                                                  
Boot device: /fd   File and
args:                                               
Can't read disk
label.                                                          
Can't open Sun disk label
package                                               
Can't open boot
device                                                          
                                                                                
ok 

Does anyone know why? I made the boot floppies using the instructions in
the INSTALL.html doc from ftp.netbsd.org in the sparc directory. Got the
gzipped file, unzipped it, used:

dd if=disk1.fs of=/dev/rfd0a bs=36k

Only thing I can figure is that something isn't kosher about doing it in
FreeBSD or Debian. I honestly have no clue as to why this is happening.
The disk is fine, AFAIK. My Sun is a Sparc 2, pretty much standard,
using a serial console to access it. Heck, I got that machine for the
explicit purpose of a) learning Sun systems better and b) learning
NetBSD. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and I'm open to
suggestions ( you guys are bound to know way more about it than I do.)


Thanks again,
Josh Ramos

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- Josh Ramos, JRAMOS2@nc.rr.com