sonnie@263.net wrote:

> I want to boot my 5000/260 via RX23 floppy in this way:
> 
>   I have a NetBSD-1.4/i386. What I did:
> 
> 	# fdformat -C 160
> 	# disklabel -W /dev/rfd0c
> 	# gunzip -c /NetBSD-1.4.1/pmax/installation/diskimage/diskimage.gz |
> 		dd of=/dev/rfd0c bs=10240
> 
>   I got this:
> 
> dd: /dev/rfd0c: end of device
>  0+301 records in
>  0+300 recored out
> 	1228800 bytes transfered in 39 secs(31507 bytes/sec)
> Broken pipe
> 
>   What's wrong?

1228800 == 1200 * 1024 - sounds like an old 1.2MB 5 1/4" floppy.  If
it is, then you can't phyically fit a diskimage on it.  It _may_ be
possible to make a diskimage with a compressed kernel on it, and keep
everything under 1.2MB - if you want me to I'll try to make an image
that fits the bill for you.

Simon.