Subject: Re: Floppy install.
To: Paul Halliday <dp@penix.org>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: port-sparc
Date: 05/21/2001 15:30:20
On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 11:43:32AM -0400, Paul Halliday wrote:
> Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 10:40:53PM -0400, Paul Halliday wrote:
> > > I am trying to install netbsd from the scsi floppy disk.
> > > I can get it to boot the first disk but when it asks for the second I am
> > > unsure of which device to specify.
> > 
> > I think it just wants you to remove the floppy from the drive, insert the
> > second floppy (the one with boot2.fs image) and hit enter.
> 
> Actually, that will not work :
> 
> -->eject: open: /dev/rfd0c: Device not configured
> -->Remove the boot disk from rhe floppy station and insert......
> 
> unless NetBSD although recognising the floppy as sd1 changes is to fd
> which I doubt.
> 
> -->....Usually,the default device will do just fine.
> -->Floppy device to load the installation utilities from [/dev/rfd0a]:
> <enter>
> -->Extracting installation utilities....
> -->tar: Failed open to read on /dev/rfd0a <Device not configured>
> 
> 	I have tried sd1a, sd1, fd, etc... all of which supply: <Device not
> configured>
> 
> Suggestions?

you may want /dev/rsd1c instead.

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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