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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!mips.infocom.com!infocom.com!josh From: josh@infocom.com (Josh Albertson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Failed? sun3 install? Date: 15 Dec 1995 02:42:12 GMT Organization: Infocom, Inc. Lines: 26 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4aqna4$l08@mips.infocom.com> References: <4af5l5$dvm@mips.infocom.com> <4aqbhj$8mj@atlas.uniserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tye.infocom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Tom Samplonius (tom@uniserve.com) wrote: : In article <4af5l5$dvm@mips.infocom.com>, josh@infocom.com says... : > : >I recently attempted to run NetBSD install for Sun3 on a 3/60. I started : out : >the simple way and made the boot tape via the supplied script. When I : tried : >to boot with this tape it started out like I thought it would, but then : spits : >"exec: short read". Maybe I should be asking people who know about tape : >messages, but I thought I would start here to determine if it was software : >related. I have tried 2 different tape drives and 3 tapes. Has anyone : >experienced this and know what I might be doing wrong? This is NetBSD-1.1/ : The MakeBootTape script is broken. The quickest way to fix it, is to : gunzip all the files beforehand, and modify the script to read the image : files directly rather from stdin (need to use if=...). Look at the dd man : page : Tom No dice. I have so far gotten the same results. You mentioned the quickest way to fix it, is there a best way to fix it? Thanks for the help. -Josh josh@infocom.com