are you using the multiboot cd i had that same problem

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On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Luke Kearney wrote:

> Hi There,
> I am having a devil of a time installing NetBSD 1.5 on my sparc
>
> machine details as follows:-
> SPARCstation 20 MP (2 X 390Z55), No Keyboard
> ROM Rev. 2.22, 256 MB memory installed, Serial #7499156.
> Ethernet address 8:0:20:72:6d:94, Host ID: 72726d94.
>
> I get the damn thing to boot well enough but then all of a sudden I get to
> the point of trying to install and I get this funky tar message which just
> does not get any easier to deal with see below
>
>
> CD-ROM device to use [/dev/cd0a]:
> tar: Failed open to read on /cdrom/installation/bootfs/instfs.tgz <No such
> file or directory>
>
> ATTENTION! tar archive volume change required.
> Ready for archive volume: 1
> Input archive name or "." to quit tar.
> Archive name > gzip: standard input is a terminal -- ignoring
>
> Empty file name, try again
> Input archive name or "." to quit tar.
>
> I am new at NetBSD specifically on sparc architecture. I am sure I am not
> the first one with this issue so if someone would be kind enough to point me
> in the right direction I would be most greatful.
>
> Thanks in Advance
>
> Luke K
>
>