I exhibit this behavior on a Multia with -current.  It looks like
we can track it down to something done right around the snapshot
build.  It acts like the booter is jumping to a wrong address and
just resets the machine.. over and over again :)

--billc


-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Sarkes <joe@js.ne.mediaone.net>
To: <port-alpha@NetBSD.ORG>
Date: Saturday, July 11, 1998 3:34 PM
Subject: Unable to boot -current


>Well, i downloaded the latest alpha snapshot and it boots
>fine. When i build a new kernel using -current source tree
>it builds fine, but when i try to boot it, it loads up through
>the whirlygig netbsd load, then the screen flickers, and it
>dumps back to the SRM. Has work been done since the snapshot
>on the display? If so, that might be where the problem is, as
>i get NO info printed out during the startup past when the
>loader seems to jump to the loaded kernel. If there is a way
>to debug this somehow that will provide meaningful info to
>the person working on this aspect, let me know. I am running
>a multia box, and was trying to check out the ide interface 
>changes recently announced, to see if it would work now, as
>I have a laptop ide drive installed in the box also.
>
>-- 
>Joseph Sarkes                   mailto:joe@mediaone.net
>