In article <11037.1066349995@cesium.clock.org>
fair@netbsd.org wrote:

> I just tried to install 1.6.1 on an SS10 clone with the 1.6.1
> miniroot, and had this SAME PROBLEM.

What exact command did you try? On sysinst, or on sh prompt?

At least, binstall and installboot in 1.6.1 miniroot.fs work on my SS1+:
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Program terminated
Type  help  for more information
ok boot sd(0,0,1)
Booting from: sd(0,0,1) 
>> NetBSD/sparc Secondary Boot, Revision 1.12
>> (autobuild@tgm.daemon.org, Wed Apr  9 02:46:11 UTC 2003)
Booting netbsd
2843976+100108+257920 [182784+139576]=0x36c8d0
Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
    The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

NetBSD 1.6.1 (GENERIC) #0: Wed Apr  9 03:02:04 UTC 2003
    autobuild@tgm.daemon.org:/autobuild/netbsd-1-6/sparc/OBJ/autobuild/netbsd-1-6/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/GENERIC
total memory = 65484 KB
avail memory = 60284 KB
using 128 buffers containing 512 KB of memory
bootpath: /sbus0/esp0/sd@0,0:b
mainbus0 (root): Sun 4/65
cpu0 at mainbus0: MB86900/1A or L64801 @ 25 MHz, WTL3170/2 FPU
cpu0: 64K byte write-through, 16 bytes/line, sw flush: cache enabled
memreg0 at mainbus0 ioaddr 0xf4000000
clock0 at mainbus0 ioaddr 0xf2000000: mk48t02: hostid 53009494
timer0 at mainbus0 ioaddr 0xf3000000 ipl 10: delay constant 10
auxreg0 at mainbus0 ioaddr 0xf7400000
zs0 at mainbus0 ioaddr 0xf1000000 ipl 12 softpri 6
zstty0 at zs0 channel 0 (console i/o)
zstty1 at zs0 channel 1
zs1 at mainbus0 ioaddr 0xf0000000 ipl 12 softpri 6
kbd0 at zs1 channel 0: baud rate 1200
ms0 at zs1 channel 1: baud rate 1200
fdc0 at mainbus0 ioaddr 0xf7200000 ipl 11 softpri 4: chip 82072
fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
audioamd0 at mainbus0 ioaddr 0xf7201000 ipl 13 softpri 4
audio0 at audioamd0: full duplex
sbus0 at mainbus0 ioaddr 0xf8000000: clock = 25 MHz
dma0 at sbus0 slot 0 offset 0x400000: dma rev 1
esp0 at sbus0 slot 0 offset 0x800000 level 3: ESP100, 25MHz, SCSI ID 7
scsibus0 at esp0: 8 targets, 8 luns per target
le0 at sbus0 slot 0 offset 0xc00000 level 5: address 08:00:20:09:a2:a5
le0: 8 receive buffers, 2 transmit buffers
cgsix0 at sbus0 slot 2 offset 0x0 level 7: SUNW,501-xxxx, 1152 x 900, rev 1
cgsix0: attached to /dev/fb
scsibus0: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
sd0 at scsibus0 target 0 lun 0: <SGI, SEAGATE ST31230N, 0112> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd0: 1010 MB, 3992 cyl, 5 head, 103 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 2069860 sectors
sd0: async, 8-bit transfers, tagged queueing
Kernelized RAIDframe activated
root on sd0b dumps on sd0b
root file system type: ffs
erase ^H, werase ^W, kill ^U, intr ^C
Terminal type? [sun] 
Erase is backspace.

This installer now uses the new `sysinst' installer tool by default.  To
use the old install or upgrade shell scripts instead, enter the options
(OI) for Old Install or (OU) for Old Upgrade.

The script-based installers may be removed in a future release.

(I)nstall/Upgrade, (H)alt or (S)hell? s
# sh /usr/mdec/binstall -v ffs /mnt
Inspecting "root_device on / type ffs (read-only, local)"
Inspecting "/dev/sd0a on /mnt type ffs (local)"
Boot device: /dev/rsd0a
Primary boot program: /usr/mdec/bootxx
Secondary boot program: /mnt/boot
/usr/sbin/installboot -v -m sparc /dev/rsd0a /usr/mdec/bootxx boot
File system:         /dev/rsd0a
File system type:    ffs (blocksize 8192, needswap 0)
Primary bootstrap:   /usr/mdec/bootxx
Secondary bootstrap: boot
Bootstrap start sector: 1
Bootstrap byte count:   6724
Bootstrap block table:  118 entries of 8192 bytes available, 9 used: 4496 4512 4528 4544 4560 4576 4592 4608 348
Writing bootstrap
# halt
Oct 17 12:12:15 halt: halted by root
syncing disks... done
halted

Program terminated
ok boot sd(0,0,0)
Booting from: sd(0,0,0) 
>> NetBSD/sparc Secondary Boot, Revision 1.12
>> (autobuild@tgm.daemon.org, Wed Apr  9 02:46:11 UTC 2003)
Booting netbsd
1825644+76528+191036 [128752+103508]=0x247e1c
Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
    The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
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Izumi Tsutsui
tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp