Its not a multiple of 36k so without the sync the dd is going to
	fail.

	To verify the file you should be able to run 'tar tzf disk2.fs'
	(or 'gzip -d < disk2.fs | tar tf -' for the less helpful OSs :)

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On Fri, 18 May 2001, Paul Halliday wrote:

>
> Could somone please validate the integrity of this file?
>
> ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.5/sparc/installation/floppy/disk2.fs
>
> Multiple downloads and multiple dd's still produce the same error.
>
> [05:09pm]-root@pandora# dd if=disk2.fs of=/dev/rfd0a bs=36k
> dd: /dev/rfd0a: Invalid argument
> 37+1 records in
> 37+0 records out
> 1363968 bytes transferred in 46.109880 secs (29581 bytes/sec)
>
> hmm..
>
> I did try it with conv=sync option, which actually got me through half
> the installation process (with some errors) but then chokes on network
> setup.
>