If I netboot the bootloader and try to run a kernel from the SCSI disk  
(ID 4) I attempted to prepare on my sparc64 system:

 >> NetBSD/hp700 LIF/FFS/LFS Boot, Revision 1.2
 >> (nick@arthur, Mon Nov  8 12:12:10 GMT 2004)
 >> Enter "reset" to reset system.
Boot: [[[dk0a:]netbsd][-a][-c][-d][-s][-v][-q]] :- sd4a:netbsd
open sd4a:netbsd: Unknown error: code 19
boot: Unknown error: code 19
Boot: [[[dk0a:]netbsd.gz][-a][-c][-d][-s][-v][-q]] :- sd0a:netbsd
open sd0a:netbsd: Unknown error: code 19
boot: Unknown error: code 19
Boot: [[[dk0a:]netbsd.bak.gz][-a][-c][-d][-s][-v][-q]] :- halt
open dk0a:halt: No such file or directory
boot: No such file or directory
Boot: [[[dk0a:]netbsd.old][-a][-c][-d][-s][-v][-q]] :- reboot
open dk0a:reboot: No such file or directory
boot: No such file or directory

Any ideas what steps are necessary to get a SCSI disk prepared on  
another platform?  installboot does not support hp700 yet.

If I netboot a kernel, it autoconfigs, then hangs when looking for its  
root filesystem.  I know my DHCP server is OK, but it never seems to  
get the request from the hp700.  tcpdump confirms that the hp700 never  
requests dhcp info.  dmesg below

Any ideas?  It seems to find the iee ethernet device just fine (which  
is what's connected to my network), though the eisa ethernet card isn't  
configured.

TIA,
   -- MW

8725412+110592+573440 [254000+219757]=0xb1ad04
Start @ 0x200000 [1=0xca7000-0xd1ad04]...
SPID bits: 0x0, error = -2
Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
     The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
     The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

NetBSD 2.99.10 (GENERIC) #0: Mon Nov  8 12:21:49 GMT 2004
          
nick@arthur:/usr/obj/hp700/home/nick/work/netbsd/src-current/sys/arch/ 
hp
700/compile/GENERIC
HP9000/735/99 (Hardball)
real mem = 240 MB (73728 reserved for PROM, 218 MB used by NetBSD)
avail mem = 214 MB
mainbus0 (root) [flex fff80000]
pdc0 at mainbus0
cpu0 at mainbus0 hpa 0xfffbe000 path 8 irq 31 ipl 0: PA7100 (T-Bird)  
rev 2
cpu0: PCX-T, PA-RISC 1.1b, lev 1, cat A, 99 MHz clk
cpu0: shadows, 256K/256K D/I caches, 120 shared TLB, 16 shared BTLB
cpu0: PCX-T (Rolex - CMOS-26B) floating point, rev 1
mem0 at mainbus0 hpa 0xfffbf000 path 9: size 240MB
asp0 at mainbus0 hpa 0xf0000000 path 2 irq 28: Hardball rev 20, lan 1  
scsi 7
gsc0 at asp0: wordleds
oosiop0 at gsc0 hpa 0xf0825000 path 2/0/1 irq 9 ipl 1: NCR53C700 rev 0,  
33MHz, S
CSI ID 7
scsibus0 at oosiop0: 8 targets, 8 luns per target
iee0 at gsc0 hpa 0xf0826000 path 2/0/2 irq 8 ipl 2: Intel 82596DX/SX  
address 08:
00:09:48:88:79
"Core HIL" at gsc0 (type 0xa, sv 0x73) hpa 0xf0821000 path 2/0/3 not  
configured
com0 at gsc0 hpa 0xf0823000 path 2/0/4 irq 5 ipl 3: ns16550a, working  
fifo
com0: console
com1 at gsc0 hpa 0xf0822000 path 2/0/5 irq 6 ipl 4: ns16550a, working  
fifo
lpt0 at gsc0 hpa 0xf0824000 path 2/0/6 irq 7 ipl 5
"Core FW SCSI" at gsc0 (type 0xa, sv 0x7c) hpa 0xf0830000 path 2/0/7  
not configu
red
harmony0 at gsc0 hpa 0xf1000000 path 2/0/8 irq 13 ipl 6: rev 0
audio0 at harmony0: full duplex
mongoose0 at mainbus0 hpa 0xfc000000 path 4 irq 17: HWPC000 rev 34, 33  
MHz
eisa0 at mongoose0
Hewlett-Packard LAN AdapterCard -- 25567A at eisa0 slot 1 not configured
isa at mongoose0 not configured
biomask 00000302 netmask 00000306 ttymask 0000073e
Kernelized RAIDframe activated
scsibus0: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
sd0 at scsibus0 target 1 lun 0: <QUANTUM, LPS525S, 3110> disk fixed
sd0: 499 MB, 2448 cyl, 6 head, 69 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 1023484 sectors
sd0: sync (180.00ns offset 8), 8-bit (5.555MB/s) transfers
sd1 at scsibus0 target 4 lun 0: <QUANTUM, FIREBALL1080S, 630G> disk  
fixed
sd1: 1042 MB, 4135 cyl, 4 head, 129 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 2134305  
sectors
sd1: sync (180.00ns offset 8), 8-bit (5.555MB/s) transfers
sd2 at scsibus0 target 6 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST3600N, 8836> disk fixed
sd2: 499 MB, 1872 cyl, 7 head, 78 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 1023484 sectors
sd2: sync (180.00ns offset 8), 8-bit (5.555MB/s) transfers
sd0: fabricating a geometry
sd0: no disk label
sd1: fabricating a geometry
sd1: no disk label
sd2: fabricating a geometry
sd2: no disk label
boot device: iee0
root on iee0
nfs_boot: trying DHCP/BOOTP

[hit reset button]


machine check: TOC

        General Registers:
         0x00000000 0x00000005 0x008af894 0x00d1cb00
         0x02129f00 0x0001b0a0 0x00000000 0x00006b00
         0xfc4ff000 0xfc4ff000 0x00001000 0x000a5a59
         0x000a5a59 0x000ff000 0xf0001128 0x00000000
         0x00000001 0x08000059 0xf96bf96b 0x00205540
         0x00c00800 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000020
         0x00000040 0x04bd507f 0x04bd5080 0x00c00000
         0x00000001 0x00000040 0x266dfc40 0x008af894

         Control Registers:
         0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
         0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
         0x00000002 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000019
         0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00203000 0x00000000
         0x73db2b0b 0x00000000 0x00204170 0x000004b6
         0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x80000000
         0x00000fff 0x00d46000 0x266dfb00 0xf0000000
         0x00d46d90 0x01234567 0x00d1b000 0x00d1ca80

         Space Registers:
         0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
         0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000

         IIA 0x0:0x00204170 0x0:0x00204174
         IPSW 0
         SP 0x0:0x266dfc40 FP 0x0:0x00d1cb00
panic: machine check
Stopped in pid 0.1 (swapper) at netbsd:cpu_Debugger+0x10:       ldo      
R'40(%r3
),%r30
db> trace
cpu_Debugger(9458a4,f0823800,0,8) at netbsd:cpu_Debugger+0x10
panic(a243dc,1,0,8) at netbsd:panic+0x1b8
panic(4,0,0,0) at netbsd:panic+0x148
hppa_machine_check(0,0,0,0) at netbsd:hppa_machine_check+0x7e0
os_hpmc_cont(0,0,0,0) at netbsd:os_hpmc_cont+0xf8
(null)(0,0,0,0) at 0
(null)(0,0,0,0) at 0
[... many nulls]
db> reboot
syncing disks... iee0: iee_gsc_cmd: timeout n=100000
done
WARNING: not updating battery clock
rebooting...