Re: installing NetBSD on a Sparcstation 2.

["..I'd rather be coding ASM!" <uridium%deviate.fi@localhost>]

I was having the same problem with an IPX last week, and the floppy images 
had issues. Booting off CD was crapping out also after the second stage 
loader had printed NetBSD..blah blah. Haven't had time to look at it this 
week. Same thing happened on the SS2 so I assumed the 5.0.2 iso cd was 
broken generally for sun4c. I haven't tried with any of my sun4m's.

Regards,
Al.

On Fri, 2 Jul 2010, peasthope%shaw.ca@localhost wrote:

> At 1530843 bytes, the 5.0.2 Sparc installer disk2
> is too big to fit on a diskette.  I see these
> choices for installing on the Sparc 2.
>
> * Try to make and use the NetBSD-5.1RC3 Sparc
>  installer diskettes.
>
> * Use a CD.
>  I have a Yamaha Model CRW4260tx external SCSI
>  drive.  I have Debian but no working NetBSD
>  system.  I can try to compile mksunbootcd in
>  a Debian system, make a 5.0.2 CD and try to
>  boot the Sparc 2 from the Yamaha drive.
>  According to sparc/INSTALL.* the drive might not
>  be recognized.
>
>  Incidentally, http://www.ebsinc.com/solaris/suncdrom.html
>  is cited in */sparc/INSTALL.* but does not exist.
>
> * Remove the internal drive containing the swap
>  partition, connect it to a Debian system and
>  attempt to install the bootable file system.
>  If that works, reinstall the drive and proceed
>  with the installation.
>
> Anyone care to suggest which of these options is
> liable to be the most efficient?  Or perhaps I
> should say "the least dicey".
>
> Thanks,            ... Peter E.

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