On the firmware / booting issue:

   If your firmware is older than Feb, 1998, you're probably bumping
into a bug in the old firware.  This bug was worked around in the
DEC-provided NetBSD 1.3 patches, but is not in NetBSD 1.4.  The proper 
solution is to upgrade your firmware to Feb, 1998 or later.

[ Unfortunately, I don't have a good answer to the obtaining the
firmware question.  I've signed the license for it, but I can't
distribute it.]

You might also consider taking information from or linking to the
Shark FAQ:

http://www.duh.org/shark/faq/shark-faq.html

It's out of date, but it has some nice hardware information/links.

   -Dave


Lo and Behold, Paul Wain said:
> David Brownlee asked me to take a look at reworking the NetBSD/arm32
> FAQ. Its almost done and I need some feed back :) Can people take a look
> at:
> 
>         http://www.brunel.ac.uk/~ccsrpsw/faq.html
> 
> Its not spell checked - and I need more info - e.g. a proper answer on
> the Shark firmware FAQ, and a better phrasing of the mailing list
> information.
> 
> Please please take a look. If I've missed FAQs, let me know. If you
> think answers are wrong, let me know. If you have any comments at all,
> let me know.
> 
> My plan is to get this submitted to the main NetBSD by the end of next
> week :)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Paul
> 
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