Subject: Illeagal instruction with floppy boot with snapshot/19991024
To: None <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: Makoto Fujiwara <makoto@ki.nu>
List: port-sparc
Date: 12/23/1999 11:59:25
Hi, I have a kind of primitive questions for the floppy boot.

(1) Can snapshot/19991024 be installed with boot floppy made for 1.4.1 ?
 I did it, but I have problem loading /netbsd, saying
  +--------------------------
  | Rebooting with command:                                               
  | Boot device: /iommu/sbus/espdma@f,400000/esp@f,800000/sd@3,0  File and args: 
  | >> NetBSD/sparc Secondary Boot, Revision 1.8
  | >> (mrg@sun4690, Mon Jul 19 04:22:51 PDT 1999)
  | Booting netbsd @ 0x4000
  | Bad format
  | Program terminated
  | Type  help  for more information
  | ok 
  +--------------------------
(2) When I boot floppy with following file:
arch/sparc/snapshot/19991024/installation/bootfs/boot-14L.fs.gz
 I got following.
  +-------------------------------------
  | ok boot floppy 
  | Resetting ... 
  | SPARCstation 10 (1 X 390Z55), No Keyboard
  | ROM Rev. 2.14.7, 112 MB memory installed, Serial #3244931.
  | Ethernet address 8:0:20:yy:aa:ce, Host ID: 723x82yy.
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | Rebooting with command: floppy                                        
  | Boot device: /obio/SUNW,fdtwo  File and args: 
  | >> NetBSD/sparc Secondary Boot, Revision 1.9
  | >> (pk@flambard, Tue Oct 19 11:10:24 MEST 1999)
  | Booting netbsd
  | 1176036+1776112+159192Illegal Instruction
  | Type  help  for more information
  | ok 
  +-------------------------------------
I made floppy (on MacOS) by suntar and DiskCopy.
I was carefull using binary mode of Fetch (on MacOS).
This machine boots with 1.4.1/boot.fs with no problems.

Can anybody figure out what is wrong ?

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Makoto Fujiwara, Chiba, Japan