Subject: Re: booting failure during install attempt on an ultra 10
To: None <michael@schmong.org>
From: Andrey Petrov <petrov@netbsd.org>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 07/27/2004 11:00:09
On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 03:04:37PM -0700, michael@schmong.org wrote:
> Hi, I get the following message when I try either a cd install,
> or booting from a HD I installed NetBSD 1.6.2 on by hand.
> 
> "The file just loaded does not appear to be executable."      
> 

How or did you install bootblock?

> This is an UltraSPARCIIi
> OpenBoot 3.5
> I did a printenv, and everything was default execpt the one thing I
> changed myself.
> security mode none.
> 
> I was going to attempt a netboot but I suspect that since the other two
> methods failed this would fail as well. So here are some questions I
> have.
> (1) should I attempt the netboot anyway?
> (2) should I try and figure out what's been going wrong and solve it?
> 
> If I try and do a CD boot, what is a good course of action?
> I have been operating from the install notes.
> 

Worth to try. I'd also recommend use 2.0_BETA.

	Andrey