diff --git a/usr.sbin/ndbootd/README b/usr.sbin/ndbootd/README
index f98dc7b64da9..36e326470b44 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/ndbootd/README
+++ b/usr.sbin/ndbootd/README
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#	$NetBSD: README,v 1.2 2001/05/22 14:41:59 fredette Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: README,v 1.3 2001/06/13 21:38:30 fredette Exp $
 
-README for ndbootd-0.1
+README for ndbootd-0.5
 
 Copyright (c) 2001 Matthew Fredette.  All rights reserved.
 
diff --git a/usr.sbin/ndbootd/config.h b/usr.sbin/ndbootd/config.h
index f75d59376cbc..aeae238b706e 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/ndbootd/config.h
+++ b/usr.sbin/ndbootd/config.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: config.h,v 1.3 2001/05/23 02:59:35 fredette Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: config.h,v 1.4 2001/06/13 21:38:30 fredette Exp $	*/
 
 /* config.h.  Generated automatically by configure.  */
 /* config.h.in.  Generated automatically from configure.in by autoheader.  */
@@ -70,5 +70,5 @@
 #define PACKAGE "ndbootd"
 
 /* Version number of package */
-#define VERSION "0.4"
+#define VERSION "0.5"
 
diff --git a/usr.sbin/ndbootd/ndbootd.c b/usr.sbin/ndbootd/ndbootd.c
index c12689d50b40..eeeb01cae6c1 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/ndbootd/ndbootd.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/ndbootd/ndbootd.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: ndbootd.c,v 1.3 2001/05/23 02:59:35 fredette Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: ndbootd.c,v 1.4 2001/06/13 21:38:30 fredette Exp $	*/
 
 /* ndbootd.c - the Sun Network Disk (nd) daemon: */
 
@@ -25,10 +25,15 @@
  * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
  */
 
-/* <<Header: /data/home/fredette/project/THE-WEIGHT-CVS/ndbootd/ndbootd.c,v 1.8 2001/05/23 02:35:36 fredette Exp >> */
+/* <<Header: /data/home/fredette/project/THE-WEIGHT-CVS/ndbootd/ndbootd.c,v 1.9 2001/06/13 21:19:11 fredette Exp >> */
 
 /*
  * <<Log: ndbootd.c,v >>
+ * Revision 1.9  2001/06/13 21:19:11  fredette
+ * (main): Don't assume that a successful, but short, read
+ * leaves a zero in errno.  Instead, just check for the short
+ * read by looking at the byte count that read returned.
+ *
  * Revision 1.8  2001/05/23 02:35:36  fredette
  * Changed many debugging printfs to compile quietly on the
  * alpha.  Patch from Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>.
@@ -72,7 +77,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-static const char _ndbootd_c_rcsid[] = "<<Id: ndbootd.c,v 1.8 2001/05/23 02:35:36 fredette Exp >>";
+static const char _ndbootd_c_rcsid[] = "<<Id: ndbootd.c,v 1.9 2001/06/13 21:19:11 fredette Exp >>";
 
 /* includes: */
 #include "ndbootd.h"
@@ -866,7 +871,7 @@ where OPTIONS are:\n\
 					 * first-stage boot program is a
 					 * multiple of NDBOOT_BSIZE: */
 					if (byte_count_read != byte_count_wanted
-					    && errno == 0
+					    && byte_count_read > 0
 					    && file_offset + byte_count_read == boot1_byte_count) {
 						byte_count_read = byte_count_wanted;
 					}
@@ -914,7 +919,7 @@ where OPTIONS are:\n\
 					 * second-stage boot program is a
 					 * multiple of NDBOOT_BSIZE: */
 					if (byte_count_read != byte_count_wanted
-					    && errno == 0
+					    && byte_count_read > 0
 					    && file_offset + byte_count_read == boot2_byte_count) {
 						byte_count_read = byte_count_wanted;
 					}