On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 21:50:08 -0500
Patrick Finnegan <vax@purdue.edu> wrote:

> Andy Ruhl declared on Wednesday 02 November 2005 20:42:
> > On 11/2/05, Patrick Finnegan <vax@purdue.edu> wrote:
> > > I've tried the installer for both 1.6.2, 2.0.2, and 2.1.  All three
> > >
> > > freeze at the same place (booting sysinst_com0.fs):
> > > > NetBSD/prep BOOT, Revision 1.5
> > > >
> > > >> (jmc@faith.netbsd.org, Tue Mar 22 21:54:55 UTC 2005)
> > >
> > > Boot: Loading in()
> > > 3537936+185964=0x38d4e0
> > > start=0x100000
> > >
> > > That's the output for the 2.0.2 installer.  1.6.2 and 2.1 have the
> > > same message with different numbers. :)
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> >
> > Do you know if those boxes are able to boot NetBSD from other people
> > posting?
> 
> It's listed in the "supported hardware" list for NetBSD/prep, and there's 
> a news item on the port page saying that support for the machine was 
> added on 2004/06/26, which is why I bothered trying NetBSD anyways.

Exactly.  However, the creation of the 2.x release branch predates this;
the first release to support this machine will be 3.0.  Daily snapshots
of this release branch (netbsd-3) are available from
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-3/ .

> > How are you booting the kernel by the way? I had trouble initially
> > until I netbooted. But I have a different box.
> 
> dd image to floppy, boot off floppy.
> 
> I can't netboot, as this machine doesn't have a built-in network 
> interface, and I don't seem to have a compatible card.

In case you can get hands on that particular model there's also the
option of installing a vanilla 3C509 card for which a firmware driver
is available, too.


- Klaus