For the record, I did the following commands from NetBSD-1.3

  mt rewind
  dd if=miniroot-14_ALPHA.fs of=/dev/rst0 bs=5120
  halt

  Then from the PROM monitor did:

  boot tape
  - result "The file just loaded does not appear to be executable."

  boot st(,0,2)netbsd
  - result "The file just loaded does not appear to be executable.

  boot st(0,0,1)
 - result "The file just loaded does not appear to be executable

Any suggestions?  I don't have a SunOS tape from which to boot.  I would 
also like to avoid using a SunOS tape since I don't really have a valid 
license to use it......

Steven G.


On Thursday, April 22, 1999 11:58 AM, rdkeys@unity.ncsu.edu 
[SMTP:rdkeys@unity.ncsu.edu] wrote:
> > I've looked through the FAQ's on www.netbsd.org but haven't been able 
to
> > find information on how to make a bootable tape.  Is it really as 
simple as
> > using dd to put a miniroot on the front of a tape and then telling the
> > SPARCstation to boot from tape or is there some more complicated magic 
to
> > it?  I'm going to be installing NetBSD-1.3.3 or NetBSD-1.4 to a 
completely
> > empty drive soon so if no one has any info on how to do this and I do
> > manage to figure it out, to where would I submit the procedure?
>
> I use a sunos tape to boot and initially set up the machine.  Then,
> I dd the miniroot to swap and boot that.  It might be nice to roll
> an ordinary bootable tape for my sun4 dinosaur.  Anyone got the right
> bootblock bits for that?  I know, the sun4 is only half a sparc, but
> it tries......(:+}}....
>
> Bob Keys