Sorry about the delay - only just managed to extract a non sparc10
	box with floppy to test.

	I've just booted a sparc 1+ with the same set of floppy disks that
	did not work in a sparc10. I've also tried to access the floppy
	drive on a sparc10 under NetBSD after installation without luck.

	Could people with NetBSD running on a sparc10 with a floppy drive
	see if they can access floppies? Just tar something to the device
	and back again should be enough...

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


On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, James Dzimba wrote:

> NO unfortunately
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Brownlee" <abs@netbsd.org>
> To: "James Dzimba" <jdzimba@nrz.co.zw>
> Cc: "Jim Tittsler" <jwt@OnJapan.net>; <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 12:19 AM
> Subject: Re: 2nd Floppy
>
>
> : 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.
> : > : >
> : >
> : >
>
>