Curt Sampson writes:
 > 
 > On ftp.netbsd.org, in
 > 
 >     /ftp/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.3_ALPHA/alpha/19971105/install13_ALPHA.fs.gz
 > 
 > you'll find my first cut at a boot/install floppy image. It should
 > have all of the tools you need to do an install. Don't attempt to
 > use the install scripts yet, however; they're broken.

Just an fyi, but using a DE-500-XA on an AS600 seems to cause a
problem.  Appended are the boot messages, ifconfig command & trap
message.  I haven't played with NetBSD/alpha since June or so, so I'm
not really setup to help debug this right now, but I am willing to
test boot kernels..

Drew


NetBSD 1.3_ALPHA (INSTALL) #3: Wed Nov 12 16:05:48 PST 1997
    cjs@academic.cynic.net:/usr1/netbsd/co/branch/src/sys/arch/alpha/compile/INSTALL
AlphaStation 500 or 600 (KN20AA), 266MHz
8192 byte page size, 1 processor.
real mem = 134217728 (2228224 reserved for PROM, 131989504 used by NetBSD)
avail mem = 108380160
using 1611 buffers containing 13197312 bytes of memory
mainbus0 (root)
cpu0 at mainbus0: ID 0 (primary), 21164 (pass 4)
cia0 at mainbus0: DECchip 21171 Core Logic chipset
pci0 at cia0 bus 0
vendor 0x1011 product 0x001b (Co-processor processor, revision 0x01) at pci0 dev 7 function 0 not configured
ppb0 at pci0 dev 8 function 0: vendor 0x1011 product 0x0001 (rev. 0x02)
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
de0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0
de0: interrupting at kn20aa irq 16
de0: DEC 21040 [10Mb/s] pass 2.3
de0: address 08:00:2b:e7:e6:d6
de0: enabling 10baseT port
isp0 at pci1 dev 1 function 0
isp0: Board Revision 1020, ROM F/W Revision 2.10
isp0: Differential Mode
isp0: interrupting at kn20aa irq 17
scsibus0 at isp0: 16 targets
sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST15150W, 0023> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd0: 4095MB, 3712 cyl, 21 head, 107 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8388315 sectors
cd0 at scsibus0 targ 5 lun 0: <DEC, RRD45   (C) DEC, 1645> SCSI2 5/cdrom removable
isp1 at pci1 dev 2 function 0
isp1: Board Revision 1020, ROM F/W Revision 2.10
isp1: Differential Mode
isp1: interrupting at kn20aa irq 18
scsibus1 at isp1: 16 targets
sd1 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST32171W, 0338> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd1: 2061MB, 5168 cyl, 5 head, 163 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 4222640 sectors
sd2 at scsibus1 targ 1 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST32171W, 0484> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd2: 2062MB, 5172 cyl, 5 head, 163 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 4223444 sectors
sd3 at scsibus1 targ 2 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST32171W, 0484> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd3: 2062MB, 5172 cyl, 5 head, 163 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 4223444 sectors
sd4 at scsibus1 targ 3 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST32171W, 0484> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd4: 2062MB, 5172 cyl, 5 head, 163 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 4223444 sectors
de1 at pci0 dev 9 function 0
de1: interrupting at kn20aa irq 12
de1: DEC DE500-XA 21140 [10-100Mb/s] pass 1.1
de1: address 00:00:f8:00:99:ba
de1: enabling Full Duplex 100baseTX port
pceb0 at pci0 dev 10 function 0: vendor 0x8086 product 0x0482 (rev. 0x04)
tga0 at pci0 dev 11 function 0: DC21030 step B, board type T8-02
tga0: 1280 x 1024, 8bpp, Bt485 RAMDAC
tga0: interrupting at kn20aa irq 0
wscons0 at tga0
vendor 0x10e8 product 0x8043 (miscellaneous prehistoric, revision 0x01) at pci0 dev 12 function 0 not configured
eisa0 at pceb0
isa0 at pceb0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo
com0: console
com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, working fifo
lpt0 at isa0 port 0x3bc-0x3bf irq 7
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
pcprobe: reset error 1
pckbd0 at pcppi0
mcclock0 at isa0 port 0x70-0x71: mc146818 or compatible
md0: internal 2048K image area
WARNING: can't figure what device matches "DVA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0"
root on md0a dumps on md0b
WARNING: preposterous clock chip time
 -- CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!
....

# ifconfig de1 inet 152.3.145.4 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 152.3.145.255 up

fatal kernel trap:

    trap entry = 0x3 (instruction fault)
    a0         = 0x4
    a1         = 0xfffffe004a59bd80
    a2         = 0x5
    pc         = 0xfffffc00006e2004
    ra         = 0xfffffc00003f6a2c
    curproc    = 0xfffffe004a5da000
        pid = 18, comm = ifconfig

panic: trap
syncing disks... 
fatal kernel trap:

    trap entry = 0x3 (instruction fault)
    a0         = 0x4
    a1         = 0xfffffe004a59bd80
    a2         = 0x2
    pc         = 0xfffffc00006e2004
    ra         = 0xfffffc00003f6a2c
    curproc    = 0xfffffe004a5da000
        pid = 18, comm = ifconfig

panic: trap

dump to dev 601 not possible