Subject: Re: bootable floppy for testing available.
To: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
From: Mike Ekholm <ekholm@visi.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 06/13/1998 22:00:53
On Wed, 3 Jun 1998, matthew green wrote:

> 
> i don't have a test system with a floppy drive handy, so this image
> is _totally_ untested.  i had to change a few things since the last
> time i built a floppy (1.2A :) so it may not work at all... but any
> feedback i get is hugely appreciated.
> 
> it seems i have a fair bit of space left in my floppy, BTW (about
> 500k of gzipped space left), so i'll be able to put back a bunch of
> the programs.  anyway, you can pick up the image from:
> 
> 	ftp.netbsd.org:/pub/incoming/mrg/boot13E.fs.gz
> 
> if you try this, *please* let me know either way how it goes.

Hi,
I did get my sparc 1 booted off this floppy, but I ran in to problems with
sysinst. during the disklabel portion I get an error "cp:
/etc/disktab.preinstall: No such file or directory"

 -Mike

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