Ok - I've just reproduced this on a sparc10 here. I'll try to get
	a different sparc box hooked up to test it, and maybe also an
	earlier boot floppy set.

	Do you have any other NFS capable boxes you could use to help
	the install?

-- 
		David/absolute		-- www.netbsd.org: No hype required --


On Wed, 26 Sep 2001, James Dzimba wrote:

> yes that is correct
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Brownlee" <abs@netbsd.org>
> To: "Jim Tittsler" <jwt@OnJapan.net>
> Cc: "James Dzimba" <jdzimba@nrz.co.zw>; <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 11:18 PM
> Subject: Re: 2nd Floppy
>
>
> : 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...
> : --
> : David/absolute -- www.netbsd.org: No hype required --
> :
> :
> : 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.
> : >
>
>