>> I tried the 'netbsd.ecoff' image, and my MAXINE unit sucessfully
>> booted it.  The PROM version is 'KN02-CA2.0m'
>> 
>> However, the same unit failed to boot with a.out 'netbsd' populated
>> in the root filesystem while loading the image;
>> 
>>       Size: 96006+2141472   (fails to proceed, then)
>>       >>
>> 
>> It seems the boot loader problem.
>
> I didn't think -current had the changed bootblocks enabled, but I may be
> wrong.  It's possible Jonathan had a set of my bootblocks in place at
> the time he build the snapshot though...

It's not your bootblock under development recently, but an old
bootblock shipped with formal NetBSD/pmax distribution, I was lazy
enough to try to boot 'netbsd' after gunzipping
'installation/netboot/netbsd.gz' into my filesystem in use.

Tohru Nishimura
Nara Institute of Science and Technology