Re: port-i386/46061: NetBSD 6.0 does not boot: instant reboot

[Matthew Mondor <mm_lists%pulsar-zone.net@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-i386/46061; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Matthew Mondor <mm_lists%pulsar-zone.net@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-i386/46061: NetBSD 6.0 does not boot: instant reboot
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:05:23 -0500

 On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:25:03 +0000 (UTC)
 "Martin S. Weber" <Ephaeton%gmx.net@localhost> wrote:
 
 > The following reply was made to PR port-i386/46061; it has been noted by 
 > GNATS.
 > 
 > From: "Martin S. Weber" <Ephaeton%gmx.net@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > Cc: 
 > Subject: Re: port-i386/46061: NetBSD 6.0 does not boot: instant reboot
 > Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:57:32 -0500
 > 
 >  On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 08:20:07PM +0000, Martin Husemann wrote:
 >  > The following reply was made to PR port-i386/46061; it has been noted by 
 > GNATS.
 >  > 
 >  > From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
 >  > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
 >  > Cc: port-i386-maintainer%netbsd.org@localhost, 
 > gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
 >  >   netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, Ephaeton%gmx.net@localhost
 >  > Subject: Re: port-i386/46061: NetBSD 6.0 does not boot: instant reboot
 >  > Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:17:52 +0100
 >  > 
 >  >  On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 08:15:05PM +0000, Martin S. Weber wrote:
 >  >  >  I just copied the compiled kernel to / and its modules to 
 > /stand/i386/6.0.
 >  >  >  The mbr code and all the rest is from netbsd-5 times. I don't see 
 > anything
 >  >  >  in UPDATING signaling the necessity of updating the boot code though.
 >  >  
 >  >  Oh, great - so we can rule out the boot code (which the other PR 
 > mentioned
 >  >  is about).
 >  >  
 >  >  How far do you get? No copyright banner at all? Does it display cpu type
 >  >  and/or memory info before it reboots?
 >  
 >  Nothing. Just the first line that indicates how much it read (or its 
 > checksum
 >  or whateverdoIknow), the line that the boot loader displays (I presume).
 
 I remember having to update the boot code when starting to track
 -current from a netbsd-5 system... perhaps that UPDATING is missing an
 entry and that the boot code really should be updated?  Just a guess...
 -- 
 Matt