On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, genkai wa doko da wrote:

> On 29 Dec 1999 jwbirdsa@picarefy.picarefy.com wrote:
> 
> >    This doesn't directly address your problem, but F everybody's I, the 1.4
> > INSTALL kernel does boot OK on a stock 3/50. So either the kernel has grown
> > significantly since May, or the one on the FTP isn't stripped down like
> > INSTALL is.
> > 
> >    --James
> > 
> 
> hm. after trying the 1.4 kernel as well (I'm not sure what you mean by
> INSTALL kernel there are 3 kernels on the FTP site: GENERIC3X,sun3 and
> sun3x. I, of course, used the sun3 kernel)
> I get the same sort of error :
> "Kernel too large for Sun3/50  
> ABORT AT 0E0842FA" *screen 50% fills with 'pink noise pattern'*
> 
> this is a diskless machine could that be any part of my problem?
> SunOS 4.1.3 netbooted fine so it's not that I am inept, I suppose ;).

AFAIK you should use the DISKLESS kernel.  

Marc Schneiders

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