I tried booting one of my machines with a released 1.3 Generic Kernel, and
was unable to get this problem. So I guess it is fixed in something chnaged
between August and January.

Cliff ROmash



At 12:24 PM 2/21/98 -0800, Jason Thorpe wrote:
>On Fri, 20 Feb 1998 11:08:34 -0500 (EST) 
> romash@bbn.con wrote:
>
> > >Number:         5025
> > >Category:       port-alpha
> > >Synopsis:       System fails to boot without graphics console
> > >Confidential:   no
> > >Severity:       critical
> > >Priority:       high
> > >Responsible:    gnats-admin (GNATS administrator)
> > >State:          open
> > >Class:          sw-bug
> > >Submitter-Id:   net
> > >Arrival-Date:   Fri Feb 20 08:20:00 1998
> > >Last-Modified:
> > >Originator:     Cliff Romash
> > >Organization:
> > 	BBN Technologies/GTE Internetworking
> > >Release:        NetBSD-current 1-Aug-1997
> > >Environment:
> > 	NetBSD 1.2G, AlphaPC164 (EB164 motherboard) NCR83c875 SCSI controller
with Seagate ST35401W disk
>
>Hm, I am personally using an AlphaPC 164 + '875 + serial console, and
>have never experienced the problems you're seeing.
>
>I would encourage you to upgrade the system to NetBSD-current and see
>if it helps.
>
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