As Doug Eckert wrote...
> 
>      I've been trying to boot from the floppy on my 166MHz Multia with no 
>      success.  I go through all the ARC console menus to "Boot alternate 
>      OS", and regardless of which one I choose, it tells me I need to 
>      reboot the machine.  So I do.  It always comes up to the ARC console.
>      
>      What am I doing wrong?

You should use the SRM console for NetBSD. Somewhere in the ARC
console there is a selection for this. Select the SRM console
and power cycle the machine to start it in SRM console mode.

Now try to boot the floppy.

Wilko
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