Rafal,

It is definitely specific to the kernel, because if I move the
old kernel from /netbsd.old to /netbsd it will boot again.
I haven't looked at the file sizes, or attempted to boot
via dhcp/tftp, but that's where I'm at.

Robert

>In message <3CD132EE.5A79C7E3@attbi.nospam.com>, you write: 
>
>-> I downloaded the latest config file GENERIC from mrynet,
>-> got the latest CVS kernel sources, and applied the patch
>-> to disable the L2 cache for my R5k.  I rebuilt the
>-> kernel but it panics when I boot from the drive:
>
>This looks like one of two things:
>        (1) Hardware trouble, or
>        (2) Bad bootloader/kernel installation -- maybe the on-disk versions
>            got corrupted somehow?
>
>Personally, as you're getting panics from the PROM, I'd blame hardware...
>Th point at which you get these panics is before the kernel is even
>loaded, so I doubt rebuilding it will help (unless somehow there is
>a kernel size issue that causes the bootloader to fall over, but again,
>this is grasping at straws).
>
>--rafal
>
>----
>Rafal Boni                                                     rafal@attbi.com
>  We are all worms.  But I do believe I am a glowworm.  -- Winston Churchill

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