2711 wrote:

> Howdy, I've got the same problem with my Sparcbook3xp.
>
> ok boot cdrom
> Boot device: /iommu/sbus/espdma@4,8400000/esp@4,8800000/sd@6,0:d File and args:
>
> Short disk read
> Type 'help' for more information
> ok
>
> I know this is probably a dumb question, (simple things for smple minds) what is a
> short disk read?  I tried to get around this using miniroot.fs, and itle boot,
> from my root partition. But the dumb thing wont boot from swap. I think it's
> because my swap doesn't have a mount point, but, aren't swap partitions not
> supposed to have Mount points (atleast on linux anyway)?
>
> Ruibiao Qiu wrote:
>
> > Hi, all
> >
> > I created the two boot floppies using the disk images from the NetBSD ftp
> > site.  (fdformat and dd on an i386 box).  When I tried booting using the first
> > disk, I got the following message:
> >
> > <#0> ok boot floppy
> > Boot device: /obio/SUNW, fdtwo  file and args:
> > bootxx: short read
> > Program terminated
> > <#0> ok
> >
> > Looking into the source tree (bootxx.c).  This happens in the loadboot()
> > function.
> >
> > What causes this to fail?  How can I fix it?  Thanks.
> >
> >             Ruibiao