[SunHELP] having trouble installing netBSD on sun 4/470

Sun Mar 11 11:05:25 CST 2001

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Hello,
    I jsut recently acquired a Sun 4/470 system  without an OS, and I =
was trying to install netBSD 1.5 from a multiboot CD and unfortunately =
I'm having no luck. The CD-ROM drive is the original furnished Sony =
drive, and I'm controlling through a terminal on ttya.=20

    This machine is not equipped with openboot, so i'm installing from =
sunmon. When I give the boot command for CD, something strange happens.

>b sd(,30,)

gives back the answer

Illegal Instruction error 0x000060C3 at 0x0000004000

and returns me to the boot prompt. Could the machine be trying to boot =
the PC kernal, since the PC kernal is working on the disk? If so, is =
there any way to give path information on the sunmon command line?

If not, is there anyone who could point me in the general direction of a =
bootable ISO image, not a full install, but just enough to gain me =
access to the rest of the CD? I'm limited to dialup access and a 650 meg =
download is _just_ a little too much.

Thank you,
Mike Free
Mfree at planetc.com

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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Hello,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>    I jsut recently acquired a Sun =
4/470=20
system  without an OS, and I was trying to install netBSD 1.5 from =
a=20
multiboot CD and unfortunately I'm having no luck. The CD-ROM drive is =
the=20
original furnished Sony drive, and I'm controlling through a terminal on =
ttya.=20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>    This machine is not equipped with =
openboot,=20
so i'm installing from sunmon. When I give the boot command for CD, =
something=20
strange happens.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>>b sd(,30,)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>gives back the answer</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Illegal Instruction error 0x000060C3 at=20
0x0000004000</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>and returns me to the boot prompt. Could the machine =
be trying=20
to boot the PC kernal, since the PC kernal is working on the disk? If =
so, is=20
there any way to give path information on the sunmon command =
line?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>If not, is there anyone who could point me in the =
general=20
direction of a bootable ISO image, not a full install, but just enough =
to gain=20
me access to the rest of the CD? I'm limited to dialup access and a 650 =
meg=20
download is _just_ a little too much.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Thank you,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Mike Free</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Mfree at planetc.com</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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