At 12:54 PM +0200 8/1/01, Paul Kranenburg wrote:

:)> 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".

OK, at least everything is consistent.  I'll update the FAQ with this info.

Thanks,
  -- MW