[rescue] Viper 150 reading QIC24?7z

[BSD Bob the old greybeard BSD freak]

> > What type of box are you booting? I ask because I have a Sun 3/80 at
> > work, with bootable 4.0.3 tapes, *and* all the manuals for installing
> > the OS. Might be useful if the hardware is similar. And, yes, I have
> > actually installed the OS from tape a few times. :)
> 
> I've tried both a SS2 and an IPX, and even a Cycle5. :)

Are you sure the hardware matches the tapes?  You get that kind of error,
I think, when trying to boot sun3 tapes on sparc and vice versa.  What
hardware does the tape label say it is supposed to run on?  What hardware
were the tapes written on, if they were not original tapes?

Bob