On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, Rahim Azizarab wrote:

> 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.

That's not the problem (I know, because I did it and it still didn't work
:)

/mad