Re: installing NetBSD on a Sparcstation 2.

[David Brownlee <abs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Has anyone had a chance to test Christos's changes yet? Presumably
booting the images at
http://nyftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/201009030000Z/sparc/installation/floppy/
should be a sufficient test?

On 26 August 2010 07:43, Christos Zoulas <christos%zoulas.com@localhost> wrote:
> On Aug 25, 11:31pm, rjs%fdy2.demon.co.uk@localhost 
> (<rjs%fdy2.demon.co.uk@localhost>) wrote:
> -- Subject: Re: installing NetBSD on a Sparcstation 2.
>
> |
> | Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
> | >On Aug 25, 2010, at 2:07 PM, Martin Husemann wrote:
> | >
> | >> Even better would be testing on actual hardware - does anyone have a
> | >> sparc64
> | >> machine with working floppy drive?
> | >
> | >Not even my U1 has a floppy.
> |
> | Both my U1 and U2 have floppy drives, I have never used them but can
> | try them out.
> |
> | Will sparc64 floppy images be built automatically now ?
>
> No, the only change that was made in the code not to load the note and the
> symbol table for floppies. Build one and test if you want!
>
> christos
>