Re: install/46027: First stage bootloader (bootxx_ffsv2) on i386 broken for Soekris net4801

[David Laight <david%l8s.co.uk@localhost>]

On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 05:05:00PM +0000, mbalmer%NetBSD.org@localhost wrote:
> >Number:         46027
> >Category:       install
> >Synopsis:       First stage bootloader (bootxx_ffsv2) on i386 broken for 
> >Soekris net4801
...
> >Description:
> A fresh install of NetBSD 5.99.65 on a Soekris Engineering net4801
> with a 2 GB San Disk CF card, finished without problems.
> When rebooting, however, the first stage bootloader resets the machine
> after printing the banner on the console (first and last line
> are from the soekris BIOS):

Did you select the serial console during the install?

Does it die immediately, or is there a short delay where it
might be reading the kernel from disk first?

I've booted a net4801 moderately recently.

        David

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