bad luck :(

>> i have a ROM here but cannot test it at the moment; volunteers  
>> welcome!
>> ;)
>>
>> (it's an image to be dd'ed to a floppy)
>
> Not really.  It is a Solaris package in stream format.
> It contains the following package:
>
>    PKGINST:  ADPadp
>       NAME:  Adaptec 294X(U)W/394X(U)W/4944(U)W SCSI Host Adapter  
> Driver
>   CATEGORY:  system
>       ARCH:  UltraSparc
>    VERSION:  v2.00
>    BASEDIR:  /
>     VENDOR:  Adaptec
>     PSTAMP:  ultrasparc970703104704
>     STATUS:  spooled
>      FILES:     12 spooled pathnames
>                  4 directories
>                  1 executables
>                  7 package information files
>                454 blocks used (approx)
>
> Apart from some installation handwaving, the only useful thing
> included is:
>
> # ls -l
> total 464
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 volker   people    232228 Jul  2  1997 adp*
> # file adp
> adp:            ELF 32-bit MSB relocatable SPARC Version 1
>
> So this is a 32 bit Solaris driver for Adaptec SCSI cards.
> It was made on July 2, 1997.  :-)
>
>
> Sometimes, OEM drivers came on floppies without file systems.
> Maybe that's why your file was supposed to be dd'ed to a floppy.
>
>
> HTH -- Volker
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> -
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> Solaris
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>
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