Subject: Re: Sparc1 Boot Question
To: Andrew S. Clapp <clapp@peak.org>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 05/21/1999 14:19:20
	Could you try booting netbsd.GENERIC when it asks
	boot (press RETURN to try default list):

		David/absolute

	"Its just another ultimate battle of good against evil..."

On Fri, 21 May 1999, Andrew S. Clapp wrote:

> I have successfully(?) installed netbsd 1.4 on a sun sparc one.
> Just at the end of the install process, the program complains that
> the disk fails the sanity check.  Then, when I try to boot from
> sd(0,0,0)netbsd (without floppy) it gives the following error:
> 
> Testing
> Booting from: sd(0,0,0)netbsd
> >> NetBSD/sparc Secondary Boot, Revision 1.8
> >> (pk@flambard, Sat May  8 21:54:06 MEST 1999)
> open: netbsd: No such file or directory
> device[sd(0,0,0)netbsd] ("halt" to halt):  (I press return here)
> boot (press RETURN to try default list):  (return again and it go thru the list)
> open: netbsd: No such  .... : trhying netbsd.gz...
> open: netbsd.gz: ...
> open: netbsd.old: ...
> .
> .
> .
> device[sd(0,0,0)netbsd] ("halt" to halt):
> 
> The syboot.fs disk is the only one that seemed to do the right thing
> for the install.  There are two scsi drives.  They are IBM S4F's.
> Is this a boot block/disklabel thing?  I can use the floppy to mount up 
> the disks and all the files are there and extracted.
> 
> Thanks muchly.
> 
> -ASC
> 
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