Re (3): installing NetBSD on a Sparcstation 2.

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Izumi,

From:   Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.j.@localhost>
Date:   Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:29:00 +0900
> PR port-sparc/42186, fixed in -current and 5.1_RC3.
> http://gnats.NetBSD.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=42186
> 
> No worth to reproduce many other bugs I met and fixed...

Thanks for finding and repairing bugs.

I've made the boot diskettes for 4.0, 5.0.2 and 5.1_RC3 
obtained from mirror.planetunix.net.  Sorry to say, all 
boot attempts end with "Data Access Exception".  Example.

ok boot floppy
[image] SPARCstation 2, ...
Boot device: /fd  File and args:
>> NetBSD/sparc Secondary Boot, Revision 1.15
>> (builds%b7.netbsd.org@localhost, Sun June 13 10:31:07 UTC 2010
Booting netbsd
Data Access Exception
ok

Perhaps your machine has 16 MB SIMMs or a later PROM or 
some other feature different from this SS2.

The user manual for the Yamaha CRW4260tx drive has no 
mention of a jumper for 512 byte blocks.  When there 
is time I'll look inside the case.

Regards,            ... Peter E.

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