On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, J. Heinrich wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 22, 1999 at 11:46:03PM -0700, David Brownlee wrote:
> 
> > 	What happens if you try to gunzip the image first?
> 
> It actually works.  Thanks to all who provided that clue.
> 
> > 	Also - you probably want to try the syboot-14.fs.gz image
> > 	rather than boot-14.fs.gz
> 
> Yes, that's better; I end up in sysinst with that disk.
> 
	Excellent - if you could send the exact sequence of commands
	you used I can ensure they're added to the sparc FAQ.

> I'm now at the point where I can fish or cut bait.  This is the
> only Sparc that I have access to at the moment, so I want to make
> sure that I have everything I might need before proceeding and
> overwriting the existing Solaris installation (which I don't have
> media for), thereby losing the ability to write floppies.
> 
	You can write a floppy from a PC under unix or Windows, and
	as someone suggested you can install to a different partition.

	Personally... I'd fish :)

> I have a vague recollection of a utility that can be used on a
> dos/windows pc to write big-endian disk images; does anyone know
> if such a thing exists and where to get it?

	You can use the standard 'rawrite' that comes with NetBSD/i386


		David/absolute

	"Shall I be tempted by the devil thus?"
	"Yes, if the devil tempt you to do good..."