Subject: Re: floppy problems?
To: nm <nm@vt.edu>
From: Todd Whitesel <toddpw@best.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 04/23/2000 02:51:52
> Boot device: /fd   File and args:
> Data Access Exception
> This is on an IPX.  Any ideas what this message means?

Do you have four megs in the first memory bank?

If so, either shuffle a 16 megger into the first memory bank, or use a
floppy image from this directory instead:

	ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/sparc/1.4.2-bootfs/

There was a lot of scrambling around at the last minute because originally
we couldn't get the boot floppies to work on machines with only 4 megs in
the first memory bank, but at the last minute it became possible again due
to other fixes that got checked in.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ best.com