Re: port-i386/45704: Floppy install fails to load //ffs/ffs.kmod and reboots

[David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-i386/45704; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-i386/45704: Floppy install fails to load //ffs/ffs.kmod and
 reboots
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:57:02 +0000

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 From: Jarle Greipsland <jarle%uninett.no@localhost>
 To: port-i386-maintainer%netbsd.org@localhost, 
gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
        netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
 Subject: Re: port-i386/45704: Floppy install fails to load //ffs/ffs.kmod and
        reboots
 Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:10:35 +0100 (CET)
 
 Hi,
 
 some additional information.  This problem might actually be
 unrelated to the floppy install stuff.  I dumped a MONOLITHIC
 (5.99.56) kernel into the existing root file system on the
 machine, updated the boot blocks, and rebooted.  I interrupted
 the boot loader, got to the boot loaded prompt and redirected the
 console to the serial port.  The log from the boot attempt
 follows:
 
 >> NetBSD/x86 BIOS Boot, Revision 5.9 (from NetBSD 5.99.56)
 >> Memory: 639/65535 k
 > boot netbsd -12s
 11522248+559748+449144 [579424+568209]=0xd0df20
 Loading /stand/i386/5.99.56/modules/ffs/ffs.kmod  
 
 and then the system spontanously rebooted.  The ffs.kmod file
 does really exist at the path printed out above.  I have tried
 with various combinations of the -1, -2 and -s flags to the
 kernel, but the combination seems to make no difference.  Any
 suggestions for what I should try next?
 
                                        -jarle
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