> PK says: "Please note that this is a limitation of NetBSD/sparc version
> 1.5 and earlier. The next release will support memory bank configurations
> in which the first bank is empty. Of course, the hardware has to support,
> but that is generally the case on sun4m class machines (and most certainly
> on the SS4 and SS5)"
> 
> Jack says: "Yes, they are 1.5.1 floppies. The problem was fixed when I
> moved the memory sticks from slots 6 & 7 to 0 & 1. The 1.5.1 floppies
> wouldn't install when the memory sticks were in slots 6 & 7."
> 
> So the problem exists in 1.5.1.

Yes. My wording was imprecise, I should have said: "Fixed in 1.6 and up".

-pk