it don't like you switching floppy's or try openbsd i know you only need
one floppy to boot openbsd for the sparc or maybe try installing older
netbsdf then upgrading or obtain a external or internal cdrom drive then
setup it i found mac cdrom drives from like a mac 7200

Sincerly, Setient
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On Sat, 4 Aug 2001, Jim Kovalchuk wrote:

>
> I have a SS10.
> Trying to get NetBSD installed on it.
>
> I boot up with disk1.fs
> Everything is fine until it asks for the second one.
> I insert disk2.fs and get this:
>
> Floppy device to load the installation utilities from [/dev/rfd0a]:
> Extracting installation utilities...
> fd0a: hard error reading fsbn 0
> fd0: controller status: state 17 (st0 70<abnrml,seek_cmplt,drv_chck> cyl
> 0)
> fd0a: hard error reading fsbn 0 of 0-127
> fd0: controller status: state 17 (st0 70<abnrml,seek_cmplt,drv_chck> cyl
> 0)
> tar: End of archive volume 1 reached
>
> ATTENTION! tar archive volume change required.
> Ready for archive volume: 1
> Input archive name or "." to quit tar.
> Archive name >
>
>
>
> That's what I get.
> I've tried entering into this prompt.
> Nothing seems to work. No matter what i type it gives me :
> tar: Failed open to read on <whatever i enter> <No such file or directory>
> gzip: standard input is a terminal -- ignoring
> Cannot open <whatever i enter>, try again.
>
>
> Help me out here.
> I've tried remaking the boot floppy several times.
> And i've also tried renaming the file to someting tar would recognize .gz
> or .tgz .
>
>
> I've tried making the floppies myself.
> But the information i found in the FAQ was wrong.
>
> Can anyone help me debug this further please ?
> Or atleast point me to the right docs on howto make boot floppies.
>
>
> thanx.
>
> - DAFT PUNK ARE ROBOTS !
>
>