Re: install/46027: First stage bootloader (bootxx_ffsv2) on i386 broken for Soekris net4801

[David Laight <david%l8s.co.uk@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR install/46027; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Laight <david%l8s.co.uk@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: install-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
        netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: install/46027: First stage bootloader (bootxx_ffsv2) on i386 
broken for Soekris net4801
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:45:57 +0000

 On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 05:05:00PM +0000, mbalmer%NetBSD.org@localhost wrote:
 > >Number:         46027
 > >Category:       install
 > >Synopsis:       First stage bootloader (bootxx_ffsv2) on i386 broken for 
 > >Soekris net4801
 ...
 > >Description:
 > A fresh install of NetBSD 5.99.65 on a Soekris Engineering net4801
 > with a 2 GB San Disk CF card, finished without problems.
 > When rebooting, however, the first stage bootloader resets the machine
 > after printing the banner on the console (first and last line
 > are from the soekris BIOS):
 
 Did you select the serial console during the install?
 
 Does it die immediately, or is there a short delay where it
 might be reading the kernel from disk first?
 
 I've booted a net4801 moderately recently.
 
        David
 
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 David Laight: david%l8s.co.uk@localhost