> This is answered in the FAQ.  
Sorry I've read A LOT lately but obviously have not found the fix.  

> The basic problem is that the older 4.3BSD
> fs code in the Installer doesn't seem to handle writing to cylinders that
> lie beyond the 1GB mark on a disk.  To get around this, you can either:
> 
> 1) make sure your NetBSD partition lies (more or less) entirely within the
>    first 1 GB of your disk and re-install,
My disk is only 495MB!

> 2) install netbsd.tgz, etc.tgz, and as much of base.tgz as you can and
>    then finish the install from within NetBSD (assuming that you managed
>    to install tar ;-)

I did get a useful installation once, but the fs was corrupt anyways so I 
couldn't do anything useful with the fear of having everything wiped 
away.
 
laters.



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