Re: kern/51148: i386 install floppies no longer boot

[Ryota Ozaki <ozaki-r%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/51148; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Ryota Ozaki <ozaki-r%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: "gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost" <gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
Cc: kern-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/51148: i386 install floppies no longer boot
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 18:34:21 +0900

 On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 2:12 PM, Ryota Ozaki <ozaki-r%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
 > On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 10:00 PM, Andreas Gustafsson <gson%gson.org@localhost> wrote:
 >>>Number:         51148
 >>>Category:       kern
 >>>Synopsis:       i386 install floppies no longer boot
 >>>Confidential:   no
 >>>Severity:       serious
 >>>Priority:       high
 >>>Responsible:    kern-bug-people
 >>>State:          open
 >>>Class:          sw-bug
 >>>Submitter-Id:   net
 >>>Arrival-Date:   Tue May 17 13:00:00 +0000 2016
 >>>Originator:     Andreas Gustafsson
 >>>Release:        NetBSD-current, source date >= 2016.05.14.21.19.05
 >>>Organization:
 >>
 >>>Environment:
 >> System: NetBSD
 >> Architecture: i386
 >> Machine: i386
 >>>Description:
 >>
 >> The automated i386 tests on babylon5 are failing at the install stage,
 >> hanging immediately after the kernel load.
 >
 > This problem should be fixed though,
 
 Oops. I meant "We should fix the problem anyway though, ..."
 
   ozaki-r
 
 > I think this may be an opportunity
 > to switch test frequency between i386 and amd64 because nowadays amd64
 > has more popularity than i386. How about the idea?
 >
 > Thanks,
 >   ozaki-r