Also watch your syntax:


Try: 

ok boot floppy netbsd.gz


or

ok setenv boot-file netbsd.gz
ok sevenv boot-device floppy
ok nvramrc
ok reset

-Lava


On Sun, 23 Apr 2000, Todd Whitesel wrote:

> > Boot device: /fd   File and args:
> > Data Access Exception
> > This is on an IPX.  Any ideas what this message means?
> 
> Do you have four megs in the first memory bank?
> 
> If so, either shuffle a 16 megger into the first memory bank, or use a
> floppy image from this directory instead:
> 
> 	ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/sparc/1.4.2-bootfs/
> 
> There was a lot of scrambling around at the last minute because originally
> we couldn't get the boot floppies to work on machines with only 4 megs in
> the first memory bank, but at the last minute it became possible again due
> to other fixes that got checked in.
> 
> Todd Whitesel
> toddpw @ best.com
>