>> The 1.6 INSTALL.txt says:
>> 
>>    Most sparc systems have trouble booting if the root partition extends be-
>>    yond the first 2 GB of your disk.
>> [...]
> i have a 9g ibm drive on my ss5 (netbsd ~1.5) with ~8g of that being /,
> it booted just fine.

Could it be that "extends beyond" should instead be "starts above?"


--Bill