Hi!

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Well, I finally managed to boot the 1.6 release install floppy on a 
Network Server 500, with serial console.

The first question is that why do I need this serial console thing... 
With regular local console, NetBSD starts to boot, and the bootloader's 
messages are readable on the screen, but when the kernel is started, 
every output becomes balck on black. Can't this be solved somehow?

My more serious problem is that this NS500 has an Apple PCI Ethernet 
100BaseTX ethernet adapter, which seems to cause some fatal error when 
accessed. The session log is included below. Does anyone have some 
suggestion as to why this may happen and how to solve it?

thx mortee

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OpenFirmware1.1.22
To continue booting from the default boot device type:
BOOT<return>
  ok
0 > boot fd:0
fd:0  -
OF_open bootpath=/bandit/gc/swim3
read stage 2 blocks: 01234567. done!
starting stage 2...

 >> NetBSD/macppc OpenFirmware Boot, Revision 1.6
 >> (autobuild@tgm.daemon.org, Sun Sep  8 21:53:46 UTC 2002)
3720996+128848=0x3ac088
  start=0x800000
Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
     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 1.6 (INSTALL) #0: Sun Sep  8 22:07:39 UTC 2002
 
autobuild@tgm.daemon.org:/autobuild/macppc/OBJ/autobuild/src/sys/arch/macppc
/compile/INSTALL
total memory = 65536 KB
avail memory = 54100 KB
using 844 buffers containing 3376 KB of memory
mainbus0 (root)
cpu0 at mainbus0: 604 (Revision 3.3), ID 0 (primary)
cpu0: HID0 8000c084<EMCP,ICE,DCE,SGE,BHT>
bandit0 at mainbus0
pci0 at bandit0 bus 0
pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled
pchb0 at pci0 dev 11 function 0
pchb0: vendor 0x106b product 0x0001 (rev. 0x03)
tlp0 at pci0 dev 13 function 0: DECchip 21140A Ethernet, pass 2.0
tlp0: interrupting at irq 23
tlp0: Ethernet address 00:05:02:41:60:e0
tlp0: no media found!
ofb0 at pci0 dev 15 function 0: vendor 0x1013 product 0x00a0
ofb0: 640 x 480, 8bpp
wsdisplay0 at ofb0 (kbdmux ignored)
obio0 at pci0 dev 16 function 0: addr 0xf3000000
esp0 at obio0 offset 0x10000 irq 12: NCR53C94, 25MHz, SCSI ID 7
scsibus0 at esp0: 8 targets, 8 luns per target
mc0 at obio0 offset 0x11000: irq 14,2,3: address 00:a0:40:25:f9:66
zsc0 at obio0 offset 0x13000: irq 15,16
zstty0 at zsc0 channel 0 (console)
zstty1 at zsc0 channel 1
awacs at obio0 offset 0x14000 not configured
swim3 at obio0 offset 0x15000 not configured
adb0 at obio0 offset 0x16000 irq 18: 0 targets
nvram0 at obio0 offset 0x1d000
lcd at obio0 offset 0x1c000 not configured
siop0 at pci0 dev 17 function 0: Symbios Logic 53c825a (fast wide scsi)
siop0: using on-board RAM
siop0: interrupting at irq 22
scsibus1 at siop0: 16 targets, 8 luns per target
siop1 at pci0 dev 18 function 0: Symbios Logic 53c825a (fast wide scsi)
siop1: using on-board RAM
siop1: interrupting at irq 26
scsibus2 at siop1: 16 targets, 8 luns per target
bandit1 at mainbus0
pci1 at bandit1 bus 1
pci1: i/o space, memory space enabled
pchb1 at pci1 dev 11 function 0
pchb1: vendor 0x106b product 0x0001 (rev. 0x03)
scsibus0: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
scsibus1: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
cd0 at scsibus1 target 0 lun 0: <MATSHITA, CD-ROM CR-8005A, 4.0i> SCSI2 
5/cdrom
removable
cd0: sync (200.0ns offset 8), 8-bit (5.000MB/s) transfers
sd0 at scsibus1 target 4 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST34520N, 1498> SCSI2 0/direct 
fixed
sd0: 4340 MB, 9006 cyl, 4 head, 246 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8888924 sectors
sd0: sync (100.0ns offset 8), 8-bit (10.000MB/s) transfers, tagged queueing
scsibus2: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
scsibus2 target 4 lun 0: <HP, C1533A, 9503> SCSI2 1/sequential removable 
not con
figured
md0: internal 2048 KB image area
boot device: <unknown>
root on md0a dumps on md0b
root file system type: ffs
erase ^H, werase ^W, kill ^U, intr ^C, status ^T
Terminal type? [vt100]
Erase is backspace.
(I)nstall, (S)hell or (H)alt ? s
# ifconfig -l
tlp0 mc0 lo0
# ifconfig tlp0
tlp0: flatrap: kernel ISI by 0x7f8802a4 (SRR1 0x40009032)
panic: trap
syncing disks... gs=8802<Bdone
ROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICASTdumpsys: TBD
rebooting