>Number:         19706
>Category:       port-sparc
>Synopsis:       installboot aborts with assert fail at line 85 of ffs.c
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    port-sparc-maintainer
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Jan 05 22:21:00 PST 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Erik E. Fair
>Release:        NetBSD 1.6 and NetBSD 1.6_STABLE
>Organization:
The NetBSD Project
>Environment:
	
	
System: NetBSD 1.6 on SPARC
Architecture: sparc
Machine: sparc
>Description:
	I attempted to install NetBSD 1.6 on an SS5/170 this evening.
	Everything worked until I got to /usr/mdec/binstall:

	assertion "size > 0" failed: file "/autobuild/netbsd-1-6/usr/usr.sbin/installboot/ffs.c", line 85, function "ffs_read_disk_block"

	and thus did the installation fail.

	I ftp'd the latest 1.6_STABLE from releng.netbsd.org, and tried again.
	Same error.

	I tried to repeat this on a stable, boring SS20.
	Same error.

	Our installboot is hosed. How did we release this way?
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