Subject: Re: Installation of NetBSD 1.4.2 on IPX.
To: Todd Whitesel <toddpw@best.com>
From: Matthew Wallis <mattw@trinity.unimelb.edu.au>
List: port-sparc
Date: 03/27/2000 15:46:03
On Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 05:09:14AM -0800, Todd Whitesel wrote:
> First off, there might be a memory map problem with the 4mb SIMMS; try:
> 	ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/sparc/1.4.2-bootfs

Got those...

> 
> gunzip'ing is correct.
> 
> Are you sure about the bs=20 ??
> 
> With dd I am used to seeing a byte count there, and using suffix letters
> to pick units of blocks/kilobytes/megs/etc.
> 
> I'd try re-doing the dd, but with bs=20k for example.

OK, I've re-done the dd half a dozen times, with bs=18k and bs=20k on a
couple of different disks with still no luck.

Hmm, might have to start playing with booting off the Quadra...

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