Hi!

On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 18:15:10 +0900
Christopher SEKIYA <wileyc@rezrov.net> wrote:

> OTOH, hmmm.  Hendrik, could you disconnect everything from the SCSI
> chain and try a netboot?

That's what I did. I tried netbooting the following combinations:

- custom kernel/your kernel with adaptec support and
   - no devices attached
   - one harddisk (original SGI)
   - two harddisks
   - one hdd/ internal cdrom (seems to be broken so I removed it from
     the chain but left the terminator on)

   => "timedout scb" problem

- custom kernel w/o ahc support but with symbios support:

  - same combinations, always the same problems

- custom kernel w/o any scsi support

  - netbooting works and shows the prompt where I should select the
    root device. I didn't manage to use nfs root with the mec0
    interface. My tlp0 (plugged in the pci slot) cannot be used for
    nfs root as it didn't get an ip.

- custom kernel w/o scsi and w/o mec support

   - netbooting comes to the "root selection" point but due to
     the fact that I netbooted the box from mec0 even before NetBSD
     knew about it it didn't work ...

While netbooting the box I didn't see any response from the mec0 to
sent packets when NetBSD was running.
Is the mec0 interface supported or is it just a stub?

I hope this helps, Hendrik

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