ok, got NetBSD put onto the machine manually (netbooted diskless and then
put NetBSD onto the disk) running 1.6.2 and i get this while doing a CVS
checkout of the kernel sources:

login: trap: kernel write DSI @ 0x7472746d by 0x2591b0 (DSISR 0x42000000, err=14)
Press a key to panic.
panic: trap          
Stopped in pid 212 (cvs) at       0x313e9c:     lwz     r0, r1, 0x14
db> trace                                                           
0xdd647ac0: at 0x23aa2c
0xdd647b80: at 0x319ce0
0xdd647bf0: kernel DSI write trap @ 0x7472746d by 0x2591b0: srr1=0x9032
            r1=0xdd647ca0 cr=0x40882088 xer=0x20000000 ctr=0x2271b0 dsisr=0x4200
0000                                                                           
  <????>  : at 0x201a20
0xdd647ca0: at 0xfffffffc
0xdd647cc0: at 0x201a20  
0xdd647d40: at 0x2661c0
0xdd647d60: at 0x25bb60
0xdd647da0: at 0x25b6b4
0xdd647e00: at 0x2631ec
0xdd647ee0: at 0x3199e8
0xdd647f50: user SC trap by 0x41b6f9bc: srr1=0xf032
            r1=0x7fffa810 cr=0x24022084 xer=0 ctr=0x41b6f9b4
db>                                                         

now, i'd be willing to try 2.0 BETA on this thing, but i cannot get it on in
the same way due to mknod being different (is it?) between the two and the
mknod on 1.6.2 (what my other NetBSD machines run) doesn't grok the flags
that the MAKEDEV in 2.0 is trying to use.

if someone would have a simple solution to that, i could maybe get 2.0 onto
this thing.

-brian
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