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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!nntp.se.dataphone.net!nntp.uio.no!newsfeeds.sol.net!worldnet.att.net!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!not-for-mail From: eric@fudge.uchicago.edu (Eric Fischer) Subject: Re: How do I install NetBSD on a Sparc? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: fudge.uchicago.edu Message-ID: <E8GEqo.qz@midway.uchicago.edu> Keywords: boot, install, floppy, network, netbsd, sparc1+ Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) X-Newsposter: Pnews 4.0-test51 (15 Jan 97) Organization: The University of Chicago References: <5ijimt$jd1$1@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu> Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 03:23:12 GMT Lines: 13 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5793 Jason Mader <jasonq@seas.gwu.edu> wrote: > I've even tried to write the netbsd kernel to a floppy disk but when > I boot 'b fd()' it says the file loaded has a bad magic number and > isn't executable. I can't help with the network, but I suspect that the problem here is that NetBSD (at least on the sparc) numbers the sectors on floppy disks in a different order than Linux does. I've had a lot of trouble trying to figure out how to get either of them to read tar files, etc., created by the other. eric