Subject: Re: Sparcstaion 5 and netbsd
To: Michael Sodos <netbsd-help@NetBSD.org, mhs.wish@afteroffice.net>
From: Hubert Feyrer <hubertf@gmx.de>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/31/2005 21:11:15
In article <df4bje+u30j@eGroups.com> you wrote:
> I have a sparcstation 5 with a cd reader and 2-2 gig hard drives.
> Memory  is maxed out. I created an iso of netbsd 2 and popped it in to
> cd reader and it booted up and I installed netbsd or so I thought.
> Took out cd and
> rebooted the machine and lo and behold it just spins the hard drive
> and that is all that happens. Can someone tell me what I forgot to do
> to make this puppy boot netbsd. I do not have a floppy drive so I
> cannot make a boot floppy, and I do not want to always have a cd
> loaded.

Read the INSTALL.{txt,html,ps,whatever} that's part of the release (on the 
CD). If things still are shady after that, provide information.


 - Hubert