> Hello everybody:
> 
> When I was using the NetBSD/Mac Install Utility 1.1 to install the
> archives, the program was giving me this information:
> _______________________
> Partition read, SCSI ID=0
> Mounting partition `A' as /
> Choose file(s) to unpack
> bad checksum in tar header -34580
> Probably not a valid tar file
> Try usign the mini-shell and cpin or cpout
> Finished extracting base 121
> Unexpected end of file -- not a valid tar archive
> _______________________
> And this information was the same with the net121, sec121, and all the
> other archives.
> 
> Why is that? Is it may be that I download the archive in ascii and not in
> binary?

Yes, this is most likely the problem...it _must_ be downloaded as binary,
not ascii...

> Besides that, when I try to use the NetBSD/Mac68k Booter to boot the
> machine, the program gave me this information:
> _______________________
> Booting...File "netbsd" not found.
> Could not open kernel "(0,?)netbsd"
> ********* Boot Stopped *********
> _______________________
> So I tried to change the name of the kernel to netbsd121 and reconfigure
> the "Booting...".
> 
> Who knows what happened?
> Is it may be that the "NetBSD/Mac Install Utility 1.1" did not install
> "netbsd121" and that's why that "NetBSD/Mac68k Booter" did not find the
> "netbsd"?

Yes, that's exactly why.

> Thank you for your help.

You answered all the questions yourself ;-)

Later.

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Colin Wood                                      ender@is.rice.edu
Consultant                                        Rice University
Information Technology Services                       Houston, TX