On Fri, 20 Feb 1998 11:08:34 -0500 (EST) 
 romash@bbn.con wrote:

 > >Number:         5025
 > >Category:       port-alpha
 > >Synopsis:       System fails to boot without graphics console
 > >Confidential:   no
 > >Severity:       critical
 > >Priority:       high
 > >Responsible:    gnats-admin (GNATS administrator)
 > >State:          open
 > >Class:          sw-bug
 > >Submitter-Id:   net
 > >Arrival-Date:   Fri Feb 20 08:20:00 1998
 > >Last-Modified:
 > >Originator:     Cliff Romash
 > >Organization:
 > 	BBN Technologies/GTE Internetworking
 > >Release:        NetBSD-current 1-Aug-1997
 > >Environment:
 > 	NetBSD 1.2G, AlphaPC164 (EB164 motherboard) NCR83c875 SCSI controller with Seagate ST35401W disk

Hm, I am personally using an AlphaPC 164 + '875 + serial console, and
have never experienced the problems you're seeing.

I would encourage you to upgrade the system to NetBSD-current and see
if it helps.

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