Subject: Re: 2nd Floppy
To: Jim Tittsler <jwt@OnJapan.net>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 09/25/2001 22:18:37
Just to confirm - this is the 1.5.2 floppies from ftp.netbsd.org,
generated with the rawrite.exe from the same server, booting on
a sparc10? I can dual boot a PC and test on a sparc10 here to
see if I can reproduce the problem...
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On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Jim Tittsler wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 03:08:54PM +0100, David Brownlee wrote:
> > Can you run a 'tar tvzf /dev/fd0a' on the second floppy
> > to verify it?
>
> I tried interrupting the install script at the point where it
> asks for the second floppy, but 'eject' failed with:
> # eject /dev/fd0a
> fd0: timeout: state 10
> fd0: timeout: state 13
> fd0: timeout: state 13
> fd0: timeout: state 13
> fd0: timeout: state 13
> fd0a: hard error reading fsbn 0
> fd0: controller status: state 13
>
> FWIW I did a 'tar tvzf /dev/fd0' on a Linux machine and was able to
> see all of the files I found in the disk2 image.
>