here is a ddb trace:
db> trace
at trap+54c
at ddblow+e0
at end+ffc01bfc
at bread+48
at ffs_vget+1b8
at ffs_valloc+c0
at ufs_mkdir+c4
at sys_mkdir+178
at trap+3c0
at ddblow+e0
at end+1404a20
at end+1404aac
at end+1404aac
at end+1404aac
at end+1404aac
at end+1404aac
at end+14034cc
at end+1402a20
at end+214459b8
db>


any help? anything else I can do? 

I have basically narrowed my problems down to half-completed mesh
drivers. I have an ATTO (ncr*) Host Adapter which I discovered
last night, can install the entire distribution set without a
hitch. I cannot seem to boot from it ..

Q. How do I tell with OF `.properties' or somesuch, whether a
device is bootable?

So after installing with the ATTO card, I swapped the hdd back to
the mesh device - and it just does dies again. Also note that
I have had the exact same experience on a 7300. Surely someone
has used mesh on these machines before to some better effect?

Next bet is to try 1.4 boot.fs and see if the mesh support was
less broken there :\ 

I have 3 machines (and a lab more of them) here if someone wants
me to run some tests? 

  C.
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