Subject: Re: Getting 1.6 to boot
To: David Krause <netbsd@davidkrause.com>
From: Adam K Kirchhoff <adamk@voicenet.com>
List: port-hpcmips
Date: 09/14/2002 20:39:29
On Sat, 14 Sep 2002, David Krause wrote:

> Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 17:20:46 -0500
> From: David Krause <netbsd@davidkrause.com>
> To: Adam K Kirchhoff <adamk@voicenet.com>
> Subject: Re: Getting 1.6 to boot
>
> * Adam K Kirchhoff <adamk@voicenet.com> [020914 09:58]:
> > Has anyone been successful in getting the kernel from NetBSD 1.6 to boot
> > on their machine?
> >
> > On my z50, the kernel has considerable difficulties trying to mount wd0a
> > and eventually gives up.  I have to reboot and use my old 1.5Z kernel :-)
>
> Nope doesn't work for me either.  See my previous post from yesterday:
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-hpcmips/2002/09/13/0000.html
>
> Do you have a microdrive or a hard disk?  I'm trying to boot off a
> microdrive and it doesn't work.

Microdrive.  None of the z50's have hard disks :-)

> I'm currently using the 1.6 userland with the -current kernel from
> http://kame.naobsd.org/snapshots/20020812-1.6F/.  While not ideal, this
> seems to work ok for the moment if you want to run 1.6.

Well, I'm running the 1.6 userland.  I'm using a kernel I built sometime
b/w 1.5.2 and 1.5.3, I believe.  Again, not ideal, but it seems to be
working just fine.

> I'm new to NetBSD and just got the microdrive a week ago.  What's the
> process to follow?  Should we file a bug report in GNATS or something?

First we wait here to see if anyone else is having the same problem and/or
knows what the problem is.  I've never had a problem with my z50 that
usually wasn't already being worked on or easily solved by someone else on
the list :-)

Adam