On Mon, 30 Sep 1996 naamato@merit.edu wrote:

> Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 14:26:42 -0400 (EDT)
> From: naamato@merit.edu
> To: port-sun3@NetBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: 3/60 Not Booting?
> 
> > > > 
> > > > EEPROM boot device...st(0,0,0)
> > > > >> NetBSD tapeboot [$Revision 1.3 $]
> > > > 466260+284056+87436+[41688+45445]exec: short read
> > > > tapeboot: 1: Input/output error
> > > > tapeboot: segment? [1]
> > > 
> 

Dirty tape drive head, but you can press l1 and A which will abort boot, 
and retry again.  One out of 4 retrys should work, but you clean need to
clean the tape drive head.
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