Re: port-i386/38220: NetBSD 4.0 REL (LARGE_INSTALL) won't boot properly on HP proliant DL380 G3 (3.20 GHz uni)

[Andrew Doran <ad%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-i386/38220; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Andrew Doran <ad%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: "Jared D. McNeill" <jmcneill%invisible.ca@localhost>
Cc: Carl Brewer <carl%bl.echidna.id.au@localhost>, 
gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: port-i386/38220: NetBSD 4.0 REL (LARGE_INSTALL) won't boot 
properly on HP proliant DL380 G3 (3.20 GHz uni)
Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 15:49:14 +0100

 On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 08:21:50AM -0400, Jared D. McNeill wrote:
 > Carl Brewer wrote:
 > >Jared D. McNeill wrote:
 > >>Carl Brewer wrote:
 > >>>
 > >>>Has this been fixed at all in any more recent versions? (at all?)
 > >>>I have a proliant ML350 G3 that is showing the same symptom, boot 
 > >>>hanging at the same time.
 > >>>
 > >>>I'm downloading some newer ISO's to see if they fix it, but that's a 
 > >>>bit of a random brute-force approach!
 > >>
 > >>I fixed a similar issue recently I think on a DL360 -- you might want 
 > >>to give -current a try.
 > >
 > >I'm trying to pull down a nightly build iso of 4-0 at the moment, should 
 > >I abort the download and grab -current instead?
 > 
 > Yeah, the following should do the trick:
 > 
 > http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/200805080002Z/i386/installation/cdrom/boot.iso
 
 Agreed, it shouldn't be a problem on -current (hopefully). I guess the
 work-around for 4.0 is to run with an SMP kernel.
 
 Andrew