Subject: Re: Kernel panic on disklablling sparcstation1 netbsd-1.4.2...
To: NetBSD Bob <nbsdbob@weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
From: Rick Kelly <rmk@toad.rmkhome.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 04/21/2000 15:02:20
NetBSD Bob said:

>I was trying to bring up NetBSD-1.4.2 on my sparcstation1.  It booted the
>miniroot from swap (OpenBSD-2.6) fine, and came up through the disklabel
>fine, but died trying to write the disklabel with a kernel panic, dump,
>and abort to reboot.  Offhand, anyone know what might be causing this
>kind of response on a 4/60 sparcstation1.  It loaded just fine on my 
>IPX, last night, but not on the old SS1, today.

I have a SS1 running 1.4.2. Since it doesn't have a floppy, I did the
install over the net with zero problems. I opted to use a ramdisk
kernel rather than using the miniroot.

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Rick Kelly  rmk@rmkhome.com  www.rmkhome.com