Unable to boot 8.1 on i386

[Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola%libero.it@localhost>]

Hi!

I have a Thinkpad R51 which is running 8.0 quite fine (except well known 
problems). To test these Problems, I also did occasionally boot 8.99

I did download NetBSD 8.1 to upgrade, but it fails to boot!
I see the typical kernel loading numbers and spinner, then almost the 
first message is printed out about a file missing and then the computer 
reboots.
I tried netbsd-INSTALL.gz and then also did burn boot.iso and have the 
same effect.

Is the image busted? It doesn't look like a computer specific issue...

Riccardo

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NetBSD 8.0 (GENERIC) #0: Tue Jul 17 14:59:51 UTC 2018
mkrepro%mkrepro.NetBSD.org@localhost:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
total memory = 2038 MB
avail memory = 1985 MB
rnd: seeded with 128 bits
timecounter: Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
Kernelized RAIDframe activated
running cgd selftest aes-xts-256 aes-xts-512 done
timecounter: Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 100
IBM 288732G (ThinkPad R51)
mainbus0 (root)
ACPI: RSDP 0x00000000000F6DA0 000024 (v02 IBM   )
ACPI: XSDT 0x000000007F6EB16B 00004C (v01 IBM    TP-1V    00001290 LTP 
00000000)
ACPI: FACP 0x000000007F6EB200 0000F4 (v03 IBM    TP-1V    00001290 IBM  
00000001)
ACPI BIOS Warning (bug): 32/64X length mismatch in FADT/Gpe0Block: 64/32 
(20170303/tbfadt-642)
ACPI BIOS Warning (bug): Optional FADT field Gpe1Block has valid Address 
but zero Length: 0x000000000000102C/0x0 (20170303/tbfadt-693)
ACPI: DSDT 0x000000007F6EB3E7 00BA37 (v01 IBM    TP-1V    00001290 MSFT 
0100000E)
ACPI: FACS 0x000000007F6F8000 000040
ACPI: FACS 0x000000007F6F8000 000040
ACPI: SSDT 0x000000007F6EB3B4 000033 (v01 IBM    TP-1V    00001290 MSFT 
0100000E)
ACPI: ECDT 0x000000007F6F6E1E 000052 (v01 IBM    TP-1V    00001290 IBM  
00000001)
ACPI: TCPA 0x000000007F6F6E70 000032 (v01 IBM    TP-1V    00001290 PTL  
00000001)
ACPI: BOOT 0x000000007F6F6FD8 000028 (v01 IBM    TP-1V    00001290 LTP 
00000001)
ACPI: 2 ACPI AML tables successfully acquired and loaded
cpu0 at mainbus0
cpu0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1500MHz, id 0x695
cpu0: package 0, core 0, smt 0
acpi0 at mainbus0: Intel ACPICA 20170303
acpi0: X/RSDT: OemId <IBM   ,TP-1V   ,00001290>, AslId < LTP,00000000>
acpiecdt0 at acpi0: ACPI Embedded Controller via ECDT
LNKA: ACPI: Found matching pin for 0.2.INTA at func 0: 11
LNKA: ACPI: Found matching pin for 0.29.INTA at func 0: 11
LNKD: ACPI: Found matching pin for 0.29.INTB at func 1: 11
LNKC: ACPI: Found matching pin for 0.29.INTC at func 2: 11
LNKH: ACPI: Found matching pin for 0.29.INTD at func 7: 11
LNKC: ACPI: Found matching pin for 0.31.INTA at func 1: 255
LNKB: ACPI: Found matching pin for 0.31.INTB at func 3: 11
LNKA: ACPI: Found matching pin for 2.0.INTA at func 0: 11
LNKF: ACPI: Found matching pin for 2.2.INTA at func 0: 11
LNKE: ACPI: Found matching pin for 2.8.INTA at func 0: 11
acpi0: SCI interrupting at int 9
timecounter: Timecounter "ACPI-Fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpiec0 at acpi0 (EC, PNP0C09-0): using acpiecdt0
MEM (PNP0C01) at acpi0 not configured
acpilid0 at acpi0 (LID, PNP0C0D): ACPI Lid Switch
acpibut0 at acpi0 (SLPB, PNP0C0E): ACPI Sleep Button
SIO (PNP0C02) at acpi0 not configured
attimer1 at acpi0 (TIMR, PNP0100): io 0x40-0x43 irq 0
pcppi1 at acpi0 (SPKR, PNP0800): io 0x61
midi0 at pcppi1: PC speaker
sysbeep0 at pcppi1
FPU (PNP0C04) at acpi0 not configured
pckbc1 at acpi0 (KBD, PNP0303) (kbd port): io 0x60,0x64 irq 1
pckbc2 at acpi0 (MOU, IBM0057) (aux port): irq 12
LPT (PNP0400) at acpi0 not configured
acpibat0 at acpi0 (BAT0, PNP0C0A-0): ACPI Battery
acpibat0: SANYO LION rechargeable battery
acpibat0: granularity: low->warn 0.001 Wh, warn->full 0.001 Wh
acpiacad0 at acpi0 (AC, ACPI0003-0): ACPI AC Adapter
thinkpad0 at acpi0 (HKEY, IBM0068)
acpivga0 at acpi0 (VID): ACPI Display Adapter
acpiout0 at acpivga0 (LCD0, 0x0400): ACPI Display Output Device
acpiout1 at acpivga0 (CRT0, 0x0100): ACPI Display Output Device
acpiout2 at acpivga0 (TV0, 0x0200): ACPI Display Output Device
acpivga0: connected output devices:
acpivga0:   0x0400 (acpiout0): Unknown Output Device, head 0
acpivga0:   0x0100 (acpiout1): Ext. Monitor, head 0
acpivga0:   0x0200 (acpiout2): TV, head 0
acpitz0 at acpi0 (THM0)
acpitz0: levels: critical 94.0 C, passive 86.5 C, passive cooling
apm0 at acpi0: Power Management spec V1.2
attimer1: attached to pcppi1
pckbd0 at pckbc1 (kbd slot)
pckbc1: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard
pms0 at pckbc1 (aux slot)
pms0: Synaptics touchpad version 5.9
pms0: Passthrough, Palm detect, Multi-finger
pckbc1: using irq 12 for aux slot
wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1
pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, rd/mult, wr/inv ok
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0: vendor 8086 product 3580 (rev. 0x02)
agp0 at pchb0: i855-family chipset
agp0: detected 8060k stolen memory
agp0: aperture at 0xe0000000, size 0x8000000
vendor 8086 product 3584 (miscellaneous system, revision 0x02) at pci0 
dev 0 function 1 not configured
vendor 8086 product 3585 (miscellaneous system, revision 0x02) at pci0 
dev 0 function 3 not configured
i915drmkms0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0: vendor 8086 product 3582 (rev. 0x02)
drm: Memory usable by graphics device = 128M
drm: Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 2 (21.10.2013).
drm: Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query.
i915drmkms0: interrupting at irq 11 (i915)
drm: initialized overlay support
intelfb0 at i915drmkms0
i915drmkms0: info: registered panic notifier
intelfb0: framebuffer at 0xdb4d0000, size 1024x768, depth 32, stride 4096
wsdisplay0 at intelfb0 kbdmux 1: console (default, vt100 emulation), 
using wskbd0
wsmux1: connecting to wsdisplay0
vendor 8086 product 3582 (miscellaneous display, revision 0x02) at pci0 
dev 2 function 1 not configured
uhci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 0: vendor 8086 product 24c2 (rev. 0x01)
uhci0: interrupting at irq 11
usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
uhci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 1: vendor 8086 product 24c4 (rev. 0x01)
uhci1: interrupting at irq 11
usb1 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0
uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 2: vendor 8086 product 24c7 (rev. 0x01)
uhci2: interrupting at irq 11
usb2 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0
ehci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 7: vendor 8086 product 24cd (rev. 0x01)
ehci0: interrupting at irq 11
ehci0: EHCI version 1.0
ehci0: 3 companion controllers, 2 ports each: uhci0 uhci1 uhci2
usb3 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
ppb0 at pci0 dev 30 function 0: vendor 8086 product 2448 (rev. 0x81)
pci1 at ppb0 bus 2
pci1: i/o space, memory space enabled
cbb0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0: vendor 104c product ac56 (rev. 0x00)
iwi0 at pci1 dev 2 function 0: vendor 8086 product 4220 (rev. 0x05)
iwi0: interrupting at irq 11
iwi0: 802.11 address 00:0e:35:60:1a:48
iwi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
iwi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 
24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
fxp0 at pci1 dev 8 function 0: Intel PRO/100 VE (MOB) Network Controller 
(rev. 0x81)
fxp0: interrupting at irq 11
fxp0: Ethernet address 00:0d:60:75:47:b4
inphy0 at fxp0 phy 1: i82562ET 10/100 media interface, rev. 0
inphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
cbb0: cacheline 0x8 lattimer 0x40
cbb0: bhlc 0x24008
cbb0: interrupting at irq 11
cardslot0 at cbb0
cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 3
pcmcia0 at cardslot0
ichlpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0: vendor 8086 product 24cc (rev. 0x01)
timecounter: Timecounter "ichlpcib0" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
ichlpcib0: 24-bit timer
tco0 at ichlpcib0: TCO (watchdog) timer configured.
tco0: Min/Max interval 2/37 seconds
ichlpcib0: SpeedStep enabled
piixide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 1: Intel 82801DBM IDE Controller 
(ICH4-M) (rev. 0x01)
piixide0: bus-master DMA support present
piixide0: primary channel configured to compatibility mode
piixide0: primary channel interrupting at irq 14
atabus0 at piixide0 channel 0
piixide0: secondary channel configured to compatibility mode
piixide0: secondary channel interrupting at irq 15
atabus1 at piixide0 channel 1
ichsmb0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3: vendor 8086 product 24c3 (rev. 0x01)
ichsmb0: interrupting at irq 11
iic0 at ichsmb0: I2C bus
auich0 at pci0 dev 31 function 5: i82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4M) AC-97 Audio
auich0: interrupting at irq 11
auich0: ac97: Analog Devices AD1981B codec; headphone, 20 bit DAC, no 3D 
stereo
auich0: ac97: ext id 0x601<AC97_22,AMAP,VRA>
vendor 8086 product 24c6 (modem communications, revision 0x01) at pci0 
dev 31 function 6 not configured
isa0 at ichlpcib0
lpt2 at isa0 port 0x3bc-0x3bf irq : polled
est0 at cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep
timecounter: Timecounter "clockinterrupt" frequency 100 Hz quality 0
auich0: measured ac97 link rate at 47628 Hz, will use 48000 Hz
audio0 at auich0: full duplex, playback, capture, mmap, independent
auich0: Virtual format configured - Format SLINEAR, precision 16, 
channels 2, frequency 48000
auich0: Latency: 256 milliseconds
acpiacad0: AC adapter online.
uhub0 at usb0: vendor 8086 (0x8086) UHCI root hub (0000), class 9/0, rev 
1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub1 at usb1: vendor 8086 (0x8086) UHCI root hub (0000), class 9/0, rev 
1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub2 at usb2: vendor 8086 (0x8086) UHCI root hub (0000), class 9/0, rev 
1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub3 at usb3: vendor 8086 (0x8086) EHCI root hub (0000), class 9/0, rev 
2.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub3: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
wd0 at atabus0 drive 0
wd0: <FUJITSU MHT2030AT>
wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA addressing
wd0: 28615 MB, 62016 cyl, 15 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 58605120 sectors
wd0: 32-bit data port
wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 5 (Ultra/100)
wd0(piixide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 (Ultra/100) (using 
DMA)
atapibus0 at atabus1: 2 targets
cd0 at atapibus0 drive 0: <DW-225, , 2.2A> cdrom removable
cd0: 32-bit data port
cd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 2 (Ultra/33)
cd0(piixide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 (Ultra/33) (using DMA)
boot device: wd0
root on wd0a dumps on wd0b
root file system type: ffs
kern.module.path=/stand/i386/8.0/modules
wsdisplay0: screen 1 added (default, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 2 added (default, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 3 added (default, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 4 added (default, vt100 emulation)