When you dd the files to the tape, include 'conv=sync' in the dd command.

Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: <afeisy@mail.lokmail.net>
To: <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 3:00 PM
Subject: Tape install failure


> Hi,
> I am attempting to install NetBSD 1.5.1 on a SparcStation 1. This box has
> a SCSI Sun-branded Tape drive, that identifies in dmesg to SunOS 4.1.4 as
> a QIC-150. The floppy disk drive is broken.
>
> In placing tapefile1 and tapefile2 onto a tape, the kernel issues
> errors about the write size not being modulo 512 bytes - on the
> very last write.
>
> Ignoring these errors and attempting to boot from the tape causes the
> following error after the NetBSD banner:
>
> data fault: pc=0xf00d1578 addr=0xf82271d8 ser=80<INVAL>
> panic: kernel fault
> halted
>
> Is there some way to align the tape files to 512 bytes safely?
> I have tried simply concatenating the two files together and padding it at
> the end, as well as padding tapefile1, then appending tapefile2 and
padding that.
> I have also tried using the NetBSD 1.5 tapefiles, with the same result..
>
>
> Thank you
>
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