On Wed, 12 Jul 1995 08:38:42 -0500 (CDT) 
 Ben Walters <bwal@nlu.nl.edu> wrote:

 > In the next couple of weeks I'll be getting a SS1+ and I'm going to
 > install NetBSD/sparc on it.  I'm wondering a couple of things;
 > should I install from the binaries in the NetBSD-current dir on
 > ftp.netbsd.org (I just ftp'ed the snapshot binary file) or from
 > the 1.0 binaries? 

Personally, I'd recommend -current.  That would mean, installing the 
snapshot, and then rebuilding/re-installing the world.  Well worth the 
trouble :-)

 > Also, the X11R6 distrib with NetBSD-current is corrupted - I can't
 > gzip -d the tar.gz file... has anyone else seen this?  Is there anywhere
 > other than ftp.netbsd.org that I might try to get a working one?

Yes, I know.  I tar'd up a fresh X11R6 build I did on my SS1 yesterday.  
It's currently sitting in my home directory, and I'll see about getting 
it on the ftp server today.

 > Ben (who is excited at the prospect of *finally* getting a sparc of his
 > own to play with ;-)

(Fun, aren't they? :-)

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